Is 2023 the WORST movie year in history so far?

[blackheart]

This was fantastic.
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I see grandfather Nurgle has blessed this film

 

[BB in Crazy!!!!]

and a loser, who the fuck watches a movie every week? especially in the theater

and Barbie

Barbie was awesome!

 

[blackheart]

This was fantastic.
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Great premise and pretty solid overall

The dog scene got an audible gasp out of me lol

As per usual in horror films, this was somewhat tarnished by some unnatural reactions from the characters

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the little boy sees his sister getting literally eaten alive by their dog and his reaction is like ohhhh weirdddd, what is this? whats going on here??? how peculiar! then only starts reacting naturally by screaming in horror like 15-20 seconds later

the dad, seeing his small son being held by his demon possessed dead wife, whom he watched die, doesn't IMMEDIATELY try to get his son back and instead watches the demon-dead wife slowly back up to a ledge and jump off

in the final act as they're pulling up the rotten one, surrounded by children that they know are possessed by demons, with the elder demon-experienced lady telling the dad not to listen to the demon spawn, decides to listen to the demon spawn to go get an axe that isn't there, resulting in insta-death for the lady. durrrrr

fuck, yet another one - the dad just sitting there blankly and doing nothing while the nurgle baby walks out and runs his hand over his head. a natural reaction would either be shrieking in horror and running or going primal and trying to rip the child limb from limb.

This type of shit in horror movies is so frustrating, so stupid, and so easily avoidable. It's been the #1 stain on horror movies going back to the very beginning - characters not having natural and logical reactions to what is being presented on screen. Its such an easy thing to remedy and still it keeps happening.

great premise, mostly great execution moderately diminished by classic horror bs in key moments - 7/10

 

[Blayt7hh]

I thought Oppenheimer was kind of lame. No action it was just talking.

Yeah but it gets better when you realize it’s a prequel to Godzilla minus one

 

[TJ Dillashank]

Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
Poor Things
Red Rooms
Past Lives
Anatomy of a Fall
May December
Bottoms
Fallen Leaves
Do Not Expect Too Much From the End of the World
Monster
Dream Scenario
John Wick 4
Godzilla Minus One
How to Have Sex
Beau is Afraid
Blackberry
Rotting in the Sun
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3
Humanist Vampire Seeking Consenting Suicidal Partner
Barbie
Naga
The Killer
Infinity Pool
Close Your Eyes

need me to go on? i can go on.

Put it in alphabetical order or im not reading

 

[Dogpound2020]

1940s films were laughable bad. Let's not be pompous here.

Barbie
Saltburn
Oppenheimer
Iron Claw
Gran Turismo
House of Gucci
Flower Moon
Air
Godzilla - 1
Aloners
Pastlives
Boy and the Heron
Nimona
How to Have Sex
Mission Impossible

Lots of good stuff. Hardly a week season. You're just lazy OP

 

[HenryFlower]

It's too late, I've already taken to Twitter to make a statement and even posted an apology video on YouTube where I cry and play a guitar.

 

[HenryFlower]

Put it in alphabetical order or im not reading

Anatomy of a Fall
Barbie
Beau is Afraid
Blackberry
Bottoms
Close Your Eyes
Do Not Expect Too Much From the End of the World
Dream Scenario
Fallen Leaves
Godzilla Minus One
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3
How to Have Sex
Humanist Vampire Seeking Consenting Suicidal Partner
Infinity Pool
John Wick 4
The Killer
May December
Monster
Naga
Past Lives
Poor Things
Red Rooms
Rotting in the Sun
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse

 

[TJ Dillashank]

Anatomy of a Fall
Barbie
Beau is Afraid
Blackberry
Bottoms
Close Your Eyes
Do Not Expect Too Much From the End of the World
Dream Scenario
Fallen Leaves
Godzilla Minus One
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3
How to Have Sex
Humanist Vampire Seeking Consenting Suicidal Partner
Infinity Pool
John Wick 4
The Killer
May December
Monster
Naga
Past Lives
Poor Things
Red Rooms
Rotting in the Sun
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse

Nice try but The killers is in the wrong spot

 

[HenryFlower]

Nice try but The killers is in the wrong spot

depends

 

[chardog]

has anyone brought up that in 2023, there was a massive strike?

 

[HenryFlower]

has anyone brought up that in 2023, there was a massive strike?

the strike delayed US studio productions almost exclusively, so iirc only some Q4 releases were affected for 2023. there will also be a ripple effect that impacts 2024 studio releases, but i’m not sure how drastic that impact was or will be

 

[HenryFlower]

fwiw:

there are currently seven 2023 movies in the Letterboxd top 250

Godzilla Minus One (250)
Poor Things (129)
The Holdovers (192)
Oppenheimer (159)
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse (20)
Monster (230)
Past Lives (189)

compared to:

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2022 - 2
2021 - 2
2020 - 1
2019 - 2
2018 - 3
2017 - 0
2016 - 3
2015 - 0
2014 - 4
2013 - 2
2012 - 4
2011 - 1
2010 - 2
2009 - 3
2008 - 3
2007 - 3
2006 - 4
2005 - 0
2004 - 5
2003 - 4
2002 - 3
2001 - 4
2000 - 5

kinda surprised Anatomy of a Fall didn’t make the cut. figured for sure it’d be a lock.