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Thoughts on Movies of 2022

posted 2 years ago by LDMcCoy (140)
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A compilation of what I thought were the best and worst movies of last year, plus my favorite performances and some other thoughts. What were yours?

TOP 10 BEST MOVIES OF 2022

10) Bones and All
9) Women Talking
8) The Menu
7) The Banshees of Inisherin
6) All Quiet on the Western Front (Im Westen nichts Neues)
5) The Fabelmans
4) Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio
3) Decision to Leave (Heeojil gyeolsim)
2) Everything Everywhere All at Once
1) TÁR

TOP 10 WORST MOVIES OF 2022

10) The Grey Man
9) Moonfall
8) Where the Crawdads Sing
7) Disney’s Pinocchio
6) Morbius
5) Clerks III
4) The 355
3) Texas Chainsaw Massacre & Halloween Ends (tie)
2) The Bubble
1) There Are No Saints

Underrated: Black Adam, I Love My Dad, I Want You Back, The Outfit, Strange World

Overrated: Avatar: The Way of Water, Bodies Bodies Bodies, Triangle of Sadness, Prey, Vortex

Surprises: Barbarian, Hustle, The Menu, Puss in Boots: The Last Wish, Top Gun: Maverick

Disappointments: Amsterdam, Babylon, Blonde, Crimes of the Future, I Wanna Dance with Somebody, Men, She Said, Thor: Love and Thunder, White Noise

MY ACTING PICKS 2022:

BEST LEADING ACTOR
Austin Butler; Elvis
Brendan Fraser; The Whale
Caleb Landry Jones; Nitram
Jeremy Pope; The Inspection
Cooper Raiff; Cha Cha Real Smooth

BEST LEADING ACTRESS
Cate Blanchett; TÁR
Danielle Deadwyler; Till
Mia Goth; Pearl
Michelle Williams; The Fabelmans
Michelle Yeoh; Everything Everywhere All at Once

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Paul Dano; The Batman
Brendan Gleeson; The Banshees of Inisherin
Brian Tyree Henry; Causeway
Ke Huy Quan; Everything Everywhere All at Once
Mark Rylance; Bones and All

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Hong Chau; The Whale
Kerry Condon; The Banshees of Inisherin
Stephanie Hsu; Everything Everywhere All at Once
Keke Palmer; Nope
Tandie Wright; Pearl

BEST VOICE PERFORMANCES
Jack Black; Apollo 10 1/2: A Space Age Childhood
Kate McKinnon; DC League of Super-Pets
John Mulaney; Puss in Boots: The Last Wish
Sam Rockwell; The Bad Guys
Jenny Slate; Marcel the Shell with Shoes On

BEST EMSEMBLES
All Quiet on the Western Front, Bullet Train, Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery, The Outfit, Women Talking

[–] Redsfan001 (6147) 2 years ago

Nice effort Bones.

I just realized I've only seen one current movie.

I have to stop living in the past, watching old movies that I've never seen before.

I'll eventually see more of them, but it will take time.

[–] Where (1500) 2 years ago

Agree, Tár was the best film. Such a complex, slow building puzzle. The more you rewatch it, the more pieces of the puzzle you can fit together. Blanchett gave an off the charts mind blowing performance.

[–] LDMcCoy (140) 2 years ago

I 100% agree. I saw TÁR three times and it climbed higher on the list after every viewing.

[–] InquiringMind (2272) 2 years ago

~~Good movies~~
• The Adam Project (2022)
• The Batman (2022)
• Beavis and Butt-Head Do the Universe (2022)
• Samaritan (2022)
• Mr. Harrigan's Phone (2022)
• Bandit (2022)
• Top Gun: Maverick (2022)
• Bullet Train (2022)
• The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent (2022)
• The Fabelmans (2022)

~~Movies that sucked donkey dick~~
• Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore (2022)

[–] M1sterDoct0r (4423) 2 years ago

The Adam Project was a much better movie than I thought it'd be. Had such a fun time with that one

[–] InquiringMind (2272) 2 years ago

Same here. Ryan Reynolds movies are generally good. I can't think of a bad movie with him in it.

[–] LDMcCoy (140) 2 years ago

Green Lantern...

[–] InquiringMind (2272) 2 years ago

Touché

Well, they can't all be winners.

[–] majaplaya (922) 2 years ago

I have only seen a few of these. I disagree on Avatar 2 (loved it) and agree on Moonfall, which was not very good. I was actually a little shocked at how bad it was...

[–] LDMcCoy (140) 2 years ago

Avatar 2, like the first one, was nothing special. 3+ hours of just generic, sci-fi blockbuster clichés galore. I too was surprised by how terrible Moonfall was. A movie with split personality, constantly changing into something else, and never knowing what it was supposed to be.

[–] StoneKeeper (26663) 2 years ago

Cool post man!

Question; I see a mention of Brendan Fraser but why no mention of The Whale anywhere?

[–] LDMcCoy (140) 2 years ago

While I thought both Fraser and Hong Chau were excellent, I found the writing a little heavy-handed. That's why it gets a shout out for acting but I reserved spots in my Top 10 list for the movies that I felt were more well-rounded by having great scripts, directing, editing, etc.