The (Almost) Best & Worst Movies Of 2023

The fact that Oppenheimer is only an honorable mention honestly says more about the entrees on the actual top 10 then it does about Oppenheimer. If Oppenheimer is only an honorable mention, then the top 10 movies must be amazing.

They Cloned Tyron is probably in my top five.
great vid as always

I should have more to say about the whole video but I can't stop thinking about what part of Wes Anderson's career you find insufferable. Are we talking specific movies or more general stylistic aspects that pop up throughout his career?

You weren't a fan of the "Yeah we said the rapist is acutally a solid guy, but we thought nobody would ever know we said it." ""apology""? Weeeeeeird...

So happy you gave They Cloned Tyrone some love. Came out the same weekend as Barbenheimer and got totally buried and forgotten quickly the way most Netflix movies does but even more so in this case. Definitely in my top 3.

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Ah yes, "toilet chugging time wasters"... Spectacular!

“Cameo bukkake” is my favourite pairing of words of 2024 so far.

Is it weird that I love hearing you say "Jennifer C / Claire MD / Becchio" at the end of every video? At this point it's practically your theme song.

Nice list, here is my Top 10 Favorite Films of 2023

10. Operation Fortune: Ruse de Guerre
9. The Iron Claw
8. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem
7. Killers of the Flower Moon
6. The Holdovers
5. Godzilla Minus One
4. John Wick Chapter 4
3. Air
2. Bottoms
1. Oppenheimer

Barbie wasn't as pro-equality as it claims to be. The Ken's essentially went back to being second-class citizens at the end of the movie.

the royal hotel was terrible. no hard feelings was at least watchable

Any video that references ColecoVision must be praised

If all of that is the dishonorable mentions, what even made it into the Worst List?

Not sure it's fair to criticize Oppenheimer for the lack of fully developed female characters. This was a movie about the Manhattan Project whose key players were almost entirely men, so the movie understandably devoted most of its screen time to developing those characters. You could make another whole movie about Jean Tadlock and Katherine Oppenheimer, and probably a very good one. But for this movie, if Nolan had placed a huge focus on those characters and diverted attention away from the core Manhattan Project story, he would probably have wound up with something far more forgettable and muddled like Napoleon.

Best films I saw this year were;

Little Shop of Horrors and Buckeroo Banzai

Were they made this year? Nope. But I'd never seen them before so they were my favourites.

Plenty from this year is good too but, you likes what you like innit?

Do you have a letterboxd? I’d be interested to see what you watch throughout the year

God I love the turns of phrase you use. 😂❤ Every time I watch, you get such a shocked and earnest laugh out of me

I shudder to think of the horrors that await us if The Flash was only a dishonorable mention

I did not vibe with Astaroid City it just annoyed and bored me.

Here are my predictions for films that will appear in your best and worst lists:


Best:
Elemental
Beau Is Afraid
The Holdovers
Thanksgiving
Godzilla Minus One
Missing
Poor Things
Sympathy For The Devil
Theater Camp
No-One Will Save You
Paint

Worst:
The Marvels
Rebel Moon
Mafia Mamma
Wish
Winnie The Pooh: Blood and Honey
Sound Of Freedom (Given your comments about it in the Barbie section of the video)
Jingle Smells
Strays
Wonka
The Machine


I also want to mention Air, because I feel like it'll be on one of your lists, but I don't know if it'll be on the worst or best list.

Barbie sucked thats why ive never seen it

John wick sucked, thats why i never saw it

Oppenheimer sucked, i saw it because im an idiot

Damn! Did not know Lance Reddick died - RIP

The way you said “dingus” when talking about Barbie absolutely cracked me up.

I didn’t get to see too many movies last year, but I think Barbie was my favorite out of the ones I did see. Just an absolutely wonderful and goofy time that reminded me of one of my favorite movies of all time (Josie and the Pussycats).

Also, I have said this a lot, but I was honestly pleasantly surprised about how much I enjoyed Guardians of the Galaxy 3. I wasn’t a big fan of the last movie so I was shocked at how emotionally mature it was. And I say this as someone who has been following Gunn’s career since Slither.

The way you said “dingus” when talking about Barbie absolutely cracked me up.

I didn’t get to see too many movies last year, but I think Barbie was my favorite out of the ones I did see. Just an absolutely wonderful and goofy time that reminded me of one of my favorite movies of all time (Josie and the Pussycats).

Also, I have said this a lot, but I was honestly pleasantly surprised about how much I enjoyed Guardians of the Galaxy 3. I wasn’t a big fan of the last movie so I was shocked at how emotionally mature it was. And I say this as someone who has been following Gunn’s career since Slither.

That's why I love this channels list, because you actually watch EVERYTHING. Its a hard task, but one very few other reviewers actually do

I will volunteer myself for the firing squad here: I dislike Barbie the more I think about it, and it's not because I'm right-wing. I'm not. It's a functional enough comedy, and the costumes and set design are lovely. But it's also a film that simultaneously wants backpats for being a critique of capitalism and the patriarchy, and one that dares to ask the question, "what if sexist guys are just like that because the girl they were crushing on didn't care about their feelings?" I'd probably feel less ill disposed towards it if it hadn't been accompanied with a merchandising blitz insisting that the movie was a celebration of all things female, and that every woman should feel grateful to this movie and to Mattel for making Barbies to begin with. I played with Barbies as a kid. I have no ideological objection to them. But I have a big ideological objection to the pinkwashing of feminism as a political movement, one that argues that we can buy our way out of the patriarchy with these handy tie-in makeup palettes.

Thankyou for reminding us again that all things good do not come from Hollywood!
I’m looking forward to never hearing the word Barbenhiemer again!

Not a big fan of Asteroid City - notice how the horizon ie exactly in the middle of every single shot!

This channel deserves more views honestly. I really like the dry delivery, editing/music and clear love of film. Accent is also fun to listen to, ngl.

Happy New Year, I/F/O! Great selection as always.

I love your writing. You have a real way with words and do a great job summing up how these movies made you feel.

That letterman jacket sleeve bit was very specific....

It's not like I disliked The Killer, but...we could have gotten another season of Mindhunter instead.

We Loved No Hard Feelings, I lmao, different strokes and all eh? 😉

Heart of stone sounds like that Wanted movie from 2008. The one with young professor X and an old Morgan Freeman. But without the over the top action or the temptation towards corruption that a device that can predict the future gives you. Or any device that can give you a leg up against everyone else. Its weird how in these movies you rarely have someone say 'what if we used this to take over everything?' even as a simple thought experiment among characters debating ethics and morality.

I love these videos.

First off, I love your writing. Your praise and takedowns are enjoyable and hilarious.

I want to stan a little bit for No Hard Feelings. It's not great but I enjoyed it. The movie knows it's trash and leans into it just enough. J Law's performance sells it for me. She plays the townie dirt bag well and I like seeing her in a film she appears to be having fun in. I think the movie balanced sincerity without being saccharine and was able to make jokes without being at someone's expense specifically. The movie sort of laughs at everyone and how we can all be strange assholes at times from someone else's perspective.

Keep up the great work!

I saw poor things and now I'm working on Barbie. I absolutely loved Poor things, but barbie is just odd to me, I enjoy barbieland, but the real world stuff and the CEO and how it can just cross over, doesn't make sense to me

Murphy and Pugh deserve all the awards just for getting through filming that cramped office sex scene

Nice to see a shoutout to Cairo Conspiracy. Went in with almost no expectations and liked it a lot.

No Hard Feelings does have one thing going for it. Two, technically.

"Cameo Bukkake" 😅😅😅😅😅 Hey man, there's a beverage here.

Right on cue, many more people are about to experience the mistake that is the streaming tentpole blockbuster with Matthew Vaughan's Argylle, since Apple, clearly hoping to get content into theaters after Amazon made their decision to do so, chose to hedge their bets on this would-be franchise and release it in theaters. With Netflix's streaming blockbuster crap, you could be free to just back out any time, but with a film you paid money for in theaters? You have to sit through all of the issues that come from trying to make a blockbuster but for a streaming service, and so many more people (outside of those who actually watch Netflix's limited releases in theaters) are going to realize this.

And then you weep when a more deserving film like Richard Linklater's Hit Man is going to be buried hard by Netflix's algorithm just because they poached it away at TIFF from other distributors, in favor of the latest espionage blockbuster they want to push this year (and there are far too many of them to count too in fact).

i still can't believe the flash let the mental health joke in the final cut.