I don't mean this in a "movies suck now" kind of way, I actually think 2022 was a pretty good year for movies and 2024 will probably be better
but yeesh, 2023 seemed like a particularly bleak year for film. of those I've seen on this list, the only ones I'd heartily recommend are Bottoms and Nimona. maybe Beau is Afraid and Infinity Pool, but those are definitely not for everyone. oh and the TMNT movie was a lot of fun
(I haven't seen Flower Moon yet so don't get mad at me, Scorsesebros)
but please feel free to CMV and recommend any good movies from this year, whether they're in this image or not!
Saw X, Scream 6, and Across the Spiderverse were good. Haven’t seen most of these.
I really hated Saw X but I don't like any of the Saw movies so that was to be expected
was actually a bit cold on Scream 6 as well, even though I'm a fan of the series. I actually liked 5 more but it seems I'm in the minority there
I'm also in the minority of people who don't really like the Spider-Verse movies that much, I think it's too much sensory overload for me. also don't like the cop dad stuff, and there were twice as many cop dads in this one. still gonna watch part 3 though
The Saw movies are just torture porn. Gotta question the headspace of people who like them.
To be fair saw ten is pretty brutally racist if the analysis by the podcast Horror Vanguard is to be believed. I've not seen it yet
Damn I’ll listen to their episode on it later. Just from watching the movie I have no idea what this is referring to.
Edit: Just listened and agreed on most stuff. I did notice the yellow filter use but I didn’t notice they took it off with the white lady.
Side tangent, they say it’s clear the films take the side of Jigsaw being a hero, but i disagree with that. I mean you’re clearly meant to sympathize with the first two people in Saw X, as well as root for Amanda while she tries to get Garbriela out (although the film is also sadistic). The only person who’s portrayed as pure evil and worthy of “punishment” is the blonde millionaire lady, and she survives, which is in line with Jigsaw’s philosophy, while Mateo is killed on a technicality.
But there are clearly characters who are portrayed as doing bad things with the aim of making the viewer root for their death, Saw 3D having tons of examples. At the same time, while in some cases Jigsaw’s methods are seen as rehabilitative, there are also cases where it’s criticized. For example there’s the lady who chopped off her arm (from I don’t remember which movie, but it’s after 3) who scoffs at Jigsaw (Hoffman’s version, which is also seen as a corrupted version of Kramer, but what he did in this case is no different from something Kramer would do) when asked if she learned to appreciate her life, talking abt how the only benefit she received was handicap parking. It’s very clearly meant to show that Jigsaw’s philosophy does not necessarily rehabilitate people.
There’s even a deleted scene in 3 where Kramer’s Jigsaw says he was wrong before he dies according to the DVD commentary.
Yeah but Saw (and similar tortureporn movies) focus on the realistic, gruesome violence (often in closeup). That was never a selling point of the “summer slashers” you are trying to wax poetic about.
Nice little doodle, guy who masturbates to violence
Scream 5 has a better final sequence imo but I also think the side-characters in the movie were very forgettable, and 6 did a better job w that.
I agree with the cop dad stuff but we’ve always had that pig nonsense in Spider-Man w Captain Stacey.