2023 Movie Predictions (using the "Hot/Crazy" Matrix)

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  • @WayneTrain45
    @WayneTrain45 Рік тому +2268

    Ben: because it’s based on a book, they can’t stray that far from the book
    Rings of Power writers: hold my soy latte

    • @BeskarDevil
      @BeskarDevil Рік тому +32

      To the extent you can say rings of power is even based off a book. it’s really just based on the universe as a whole.

    • @Lawrence_Talbot
      @Lawrence_Talbot Рік тому +83

      @Mando No, not it’s not even based on the universe. It is a total bastardization of Tolkien. Even games like Shadow War/Mordor while having some free range with the Lore, at least were enjoyable and didn’t try to push a message. RoP is just utter trash with the writers intentionally giving Tolkien the middle finger because he didn’t have more female warriors or whatever nonsense

    • @victorcode2075
      @victorcode2075 Рік тому +20

      Hold my soy enema.

    • @henrybierman8431
      @henrybierman8431 Рік тому +1

      Also Ben: Mario movie bad because Pratt good and Martinet is dumb.

    • @jadespider7526
      @jadespider7526 Рік тому +20

      Rings of Power is a group collab fan fict written in a minorities and oppressed allies only safe space by a circa 2004 chatbot.

  • @Helloguys_c1p
    @Helloguys_c1p Рік тому +2035

    Only Ben could make a „what-movies-to-watch-List“ into a question in a math exam

    • @johnathoncuratolo4573
      @johnathoncuratolo4573 Рік тому +17

      He’s just ranking them it’s pretty simple

    • @DC-gh6dy
      @DC-gh6dy Рік тому +3

      @@colibri67 link it

    • @bglenn2222
      @bglenn2222 Рік тому

      @D C here's the link. This was posted by James Yeager who recently passed away. 😞
      ua-cam.com/video/pInk1rV2VEg/v-deo.html

    • @AlekseyMaksimovichPeshkov
      @AlekseyMaksimovichPeshkov Рік тому +17

      Should that be a surprise ? Ben is an Askenazi Jew; Jews, especially Ashkenazi ones in particular are literally the smartest human race out there, look it up…

    • @daerdevvyl4314
      @daerdevvyl4314 Рік тому

      colibri49 The crazy hot matrix plagiarized René Descartes.

  • @mrscassafrass
    @mrscassafrass Рік тому +739

    Ben: "they can't add wokeness into Dune because its not in the book"
    Hollywood: *is Hollywood*

    • @lookitwasnotme225
      @lookitwasnotme225 Рік тому +6

      And Ben people owns Hollywood too.

    • @bradysmith4245
      @bradysmith4245 Рік тому +22

      I think Villenueve though is one of the few directors that is just given free reign to actually tell the story he wants though. None of his movies have been noticeably woke. Wokeness usually comes in when a studio gets the last say in everything.

    • @Sam_T2000
      @Sam_T2000 Рік тому +12

      @@bradysmith4245 - agreed. if a particular director or even star is talented and/or beloved enough to run their own show, it rarely turns out particularly woke, and those types are not quite as rare as you’d think. _Dune, Part II_ will be great.
      …I don’t know what to make of _Indiana Jones 5,_ though. James Mangold has never made a bad movie, and hasn’t been woke up to this point, but _Indy 5_ is not looking good 🤷🏻‍♂️

    • @stvbrookie
      @stvbrookie Рік тому +3

      Yeah, ask Amazon how it’s done. They managed to much a trash adaptation of LOTR, that had no basis in the books at all. They only had a few pages in the appendices to work with, afterall.

    • @Neags
      @Neags Рік тому +9

      **Rings of Power enters the chat**

  • @RJam56
    @RJam56 Рік тому +46

    SPOILERS!
    After having seen the Mario movie I can understand for story reasons why they switched the roles of Luigi and peach. It wouldn’t make sense for Mario to just all out to save a princess he just met. It would make sense for him to want to save his own brother and go to the ends of the earth for him. Also, the first option would make Mario seem like a simp

    • @zerrot5302
      @zerrot5302 Рік тому +14

      Plus having Peach be a fighter isn’t exactly woke. She’s been a playable character for decades and even has her own game. She’s always been capable.

    • @RJam56
      @RJam56 Рік тому +6

      @@zerrot5302 exactly. I feel like Ben has kind of Ben desensitized to wokeness because he’ll just label anything that on the surface seems even the tiniest bit woke.

    • @jaxonjaxoff3291
      @jaxonjaxoff3291 Рік тому +1

      @@zerrot5302 since 1987

  • @DamienBuff
    @DamienBuff Рік тому +16

    Mario surprisingly non-woke. People moaning about Peach being strong/independent etc. - in Mario canon she is strong/superhuman powers.

    • @liamphibia
      @liamphibia Рік тому +1

      "Surprisingly?"

    • @Flamebreakerful
      @Flamebreakerful 9 місяців тому +1

      She isn't strong in what you would consider any of the main line games though, especially the earlier ones before woke culture took of. She's strong in her spin offs (duh what else would they do) and like mario party, or smash which is just for game balance. Other than that the only time I can think of peach gbeing strong is as one of the selectable characters for multiplayer in newer side scrollers. (Which by that same logic we'd have to say Toads are strong and have superhuman powers too lol)

    • @jaxonjaxoff3291
      @jaxonjaxoff3291 9 місяців тому

      She floats. I mean in Mario 2 she’s the best character.

  • @Utracia1
    @Utracia1 Рік тому +403

    Oppenheimer looks like it could definitely be a classic and the fact that it was getting hate for "lack of diversity" bodes well for it as it means higher chance of historical accuracy. I will wait and see with Roosevelt as well, how they decide to show the man, positive or negative. Also agree with Spider-Man and John Wick though I'd throw Hunger Games into the no go zone, hard pass for me. Mario deserves "Dating Zone" rating imo.

    • @michaelmurray11189
      @michaelmurray11189 Рік тому +10

      Not unlike ‘Ford v Ferrari’ was hated for “lack of diversity”.

    • @nealorr5086
      @nealorr5086 Рік тому +18

      I just can't wait for the sequel where it turns out three black women from Mississippi were the brains behind The Manhattan Project. Hopefully one of them is trans.

    • @braedynhoward3644
      @braedynhoward3644 Рік тому +10

      As someone who grew up playing the Mario games and collected the Mario plushies, I actually am excited for the Mario movie. I get what he's saying about Peach though. They don't have to Make her the damsel in distress, but I want to see Mario as the hero.

    • @nealorr5086
      @nealorr5086 Рік тому +1

      The "Hot/Crazy Matrix" is a joke about how women are proportionally hot and crazy.
      The "Wife Zone" is, the zone of the woman you want to marry - hot, but not too crazy. It doesn't have anything to do with who you're going to take to movies (though I admit it's a little confusing here, because Ben, for instance, isn't going to take his kids to see John Wick IV).

    • @isaacholzwarth
      @isaacholzwarth Рік тому +1

      I was thinking Mario at least deserved vicarious fun zone, I'm hoping it's better than that. I think it's going to be the highest grossing animated film of all time.

  • @MisterFhenix
    @MisterFhenix Рік тому +696

    your editors DESERVE A high five this is hilarious 😂

    • @Schnaubau
      @Schnaubau Рік тому +5

      The Cillian Murphy bit 🤣

    • @MisterFhenix
      @MisterFhenix Рік тому +7

      @@Schnaubau I know, perfection is WHITE "racist" man i SPAT my coffee

    • @akhiltrc9708
      @akhiltrc9708 Рік тому +3

      Dude, that moon rover insert shot in the middle of the fast furious trailer. Belly laughed.

    • @mikeross3122
      @mikeross3122 Рік тому +3

      You know what movie I'd like to watch in 2023 it's called we're going to war and there is now a draft that would be full of all sorts of entertainment

    • @andreasm9102
      @andreasm9102 Рік тому +1

      Transformers.. he didn't even speak 🤣

  • @Other_Kev
    @Other_Kev Рік тому +416

    "We'll put John Wick in the wife zone"
    Now that's a sentence

  • @Father_Daniel
    @Father_Daniel Рік тому +222

    I am so hyped for oppenheimer! I love Christopher Nolan and I love Cillian Murphy, the rest of the cast is stacked, and I'm fascinated with the story of Oppenheimer and the atomic bomb

    • @thanosianthemadtitanic
      @thanosianthemadtitanic Рік тому

      Ok boomer. Sorry I couldn't help it.

    • @Father_Daniel
      @Father_Daniel Рік тому +1

      @@thanosianthemadtitanic I'm a boomer cuz I like Christopher nolan! LOL

    • @C0RR0
      @C0RR0 Рік тому +5

      @@Father_Daniel he’s clearly joking

    • @Father_Daniel
      @Father_Daniel Рік тому +1

      @@C0RR0 I'm sure you're right LOL you just never know with people

    • @sibzism
      @sibzism Рік тому +1

      Same here my guy 🙌🏾😁 I'm well excited about it!

  • @ScarButta
    @ScarButta Рік тому +43

    The take on the Mario movie was off when this review came out. It's even more off base now that the movie is out. It was actually really good! I'm glad to see video game movies and shows actually be decent and memorable

    • @56jklove
      @56jklove Рік тому +4

      Yeah but that happens when u try to be too anti woke lol

    • @liamphibia
      @liamphibia Рік тому +6

      The Peach comment (mostly) didn't age well.😬

    • @jiszmo6668
      @jiszmo6668 Рік тому +4

      Just saw it yesterday. It was really surprisingly good.

  • @ResidentSkeptics
    @ResidentSkeptics Рік тому +357

    Ben's faith that Hollywood directors won't stray too far from the book is adorable

    • @samuelbowling4735
      @samuelbowling4735 Рік тому +19

      Denis is a different breed though

    • @spitingMYverse
      @spitingMYverse Рік тому +2

      Ben is a major lib when it comes to movies and tv. Strange.

    • @patricklarkin2610
      @patricklarkin2610 Рік тому +3

      Bro I’m a wheel of time fan I felt that

    • @broco1163
      @broco1163 Рік тому +4

      I feel like his premise for the chart was good, but then he just kinda forgot about the woke axis. Mermaid and Hunger games should be somewhere at the top of the chart. Fast X should be Vicarious Fun.

    • @shanaroberson
      @shanaroberson Рік тому

      Exactly.

  • @jemand8462
    @jemand8462 Рік тому +477

    I would say Top Gun Maverick is kind of a classic - as are the mission impossible movies. Very low wokeness, a lot of untoxic masculinity, great movies.

    • @burneraccount2345
      @burneraccount2345 Рік тому +2

      Don't you guys consider multiculturalism woke?

    • @jemand8462
      @jemand8462 Рік тому +68

      @@burneraccount2345 forced multiculturalism is woke. Already existing multiculturalism - like in the militairy - is not. It's realistic to have a high percentage of black people in the air force as would be in basket ball.
      What you mean is giving only black people the main roles, including much more black people in environments where there usually aren't many and thus forcing an unrealistic "diverse" image on a movie where it's just not right.

    • @burneraccount2345
      @burneraccount2345 Рік тому +1

      @@jemand8462 That makes sense. It would be pretty unrealistic if the military in the modern day was portrayed as all white

    • @hermonymusofsparta
      @hermonymusofsparta Рік тому +19

      "untoxic masculinity"
      There is no such thing as "toxic masculinity" to begin with

    • @jemand8462
      @jemand8462 Рік тому +6

      @@hermonymusofsparta that's pretty much what I was hinting towards

  • @keatomatic8535
    @keatomatic8535 Рік тому +335

    I love these fun side quests the DW does with hosts. And the editing… just top notch and hilarious

  • @puresnowball965
    @puresnowball965 Рік тому +7

    Mario movie is shattering records left and right. and it’s nowhere near woke. Princess Peach is LITERALLY a playable character in most of the games. and the movie was amazing and such a nostalgic trip for big Mario fans.

    • @dumbly-stupid
      @dumbly-stupid Рік тому +1

      She reminded me of her paper Mario version

    • @liamphibia
      @liamphibia Рік тому +1

      Well he's stated he's not gamer so...

  • @ryanfisch7047
    @ryanfisch7047 Рік тому +18

    I think Ben got the Super Mario Bros movie completely wrong.

    • @liamphibia
      @liamphibia Рік тому +3

      He did unfortunately. I get where he was coming from. But he didn't realize that Peach was always intended to be "kickass woman" according to Miyamoto.

    • @MrChrisMcLean
      @MrChrisMcLean Рік тому +1

      @@liamphibia Peach being kickass isn't new, she literally had her own game called Super Princess Peach, and shes literally a f*cking character in Smash Bros.. She's always compitent.

  • @Valorin1976
    @Valorin1976 Рік тому +214

    Ben: "they have source material...they can't stray that far from the book"
    Amazon Rings of Power: "hold my beer"
    Amazon Wheel of Time: "hold my beer too!"
    ABC Sword of Truth: "hold my...you got enough hands?"

    • @haloman713
      @haloman713 Рік тому +12

      Also Game of Thrones season eight.

    • @MrDecelles
      @MrDecelles Рік тому +3

      Rings of power.. They actually did not get the rights for the stuff..... Amazing revelation!

    • @GenP5908
      @GenP5908 Рік тому +6

      Ballad of songbird and snakes has good source material too but...

    • @TBass050
      @TBass050 Рік тому +1

      He’s saying that it’s directly based on the source material, not just the characters/universe

    • @Itstwofourteen
      @Itstwofourteen Рік тому +6

      The biggest difference between Dune and all of those other adaptations (to include The Witcher and many others) is that Villeneuve seems to actually give a fuck about the source material.

  • @MegaRetroRocket
    @MegaRetroRocket Рік тому +306

    Claiming the Super Mario Bros movie will be worse than the little mermaid is a crime. I also think there needs to be a category for if you have kids. Going squarely in wife zone for us.

    • @ac1dicsalt
      @ac1dicsalt Рік тому +10

      Facts!!

    • @nickynicks_
      @nickynicks_ Рік тому +31

      Agreed! Also I'm a big fan of Chris Pratt and I'm on his side when it comes to this voice casting war that's going on within fans. The teaser trailer looks pretty Mary Sue, but I'm hoping that the rest of the movie is not that woke.

    • @osmanyousif7849
      @osmanyousif7849 Рік тому +15

      I’m just waiting to hear Jack Black’s Bowser and how his dialogue will be.

    • @bradleymcavoy3432
      @bradleymcavoy3432 Рік тому +2

      @Kang Gaston Yet I would rather see a "Live Action" Metroid ( PG-13) or a "graphic novel Art style" LOZ! 🙄🤨😉

    • @protonjones54
      @protonjones54 Рік тому +1

      Peach looks so fucking stupid in this movie though... I was excited at first but now I see it's more forced social agenda bullshit into the culture

  • @DB-qf3ss
    @DB-qf3ss Рік тому +129

    How no movies were in the dating zone is reflective of how seriously Ben takes the subject of marriage, haha.

  • @1.618_Murphy
    @1.618_Murphy Рік тому +32

    As soon as Ben put Cillian in the classic zone, my respect for him skyrocketed! 😍

  • @damo9961
    @damo9961 Рік тому +12

    Taxi Driver is an amazing Scorsese film. In my mid 20s, estranged from my abusive broken family and working super long hours living alone on a farm, it really resonated with me. I used to go walking in malls on my day off just to be around people. I'd hit up the bars and clubs by myself and be super socially awkward, and I pushed my body to breaking point on the pull up bar.

  • @WoFDarkNewton
    @WoFDarkNewton Рік тому +58

    I always love when Ben does videos outside of the normal Ben Shapiro show. Movie reviews and personality tests and that sort of stuff are fantastic

  • @faithlynn1028
    @faithlynn1028 Рік тому +217

    “It can’t stray too far from the book”
    Me, a Wicked fan, watching them destroy one of the most beloved musicals on Broadway 😭

    • @ninjaartist1235
      @ninjaartist1235 Рік тому +8

      I’m reading the comments while watching the video and now I’m scared. No!! Not Wicked!!!

    • @williamwalton9154
      @williamwalton9154 Рік тому +8

      Funny enough the musical strays rather far from the book and that's a GOOD thing.

    • @AmandaRS91
      @AmandaRS91 Рік тому +4

      Oh no, are there updates to this travesty? I love Wicked. I hated the book, but the musical is incredible. I’m so disappointed they’re making a movie. 😓

    • @faithlynn1028
      @faithlynn1028 Рік тому +6

      @@ninjaartist1235 yeah it’s not looking good. They’re breaking it into a two part movie, adding new songs, removing old ones… I’m not optimistic

    • @faithlynn1028
      @faithlynn1028 Рік тому +1

      @@williamwalton9154 yeah I was more referencing the way that they’re straying from their source material of the musical which is so so so good

  • @toyotaecw
    @toyotaecw Рік тому +48

    I do not watch John Wick for how realistic it is, I watch for the dry, emotionless responses of Keanu in extremely inappropriate situations and of course, enough bullets to arm a small developing nation.

    • @beerme8949
      @beerme8949 Рік тому +3

      Plus I mean the fight scenes choreography it's insanely impressive.

  • @twocents7509
    @twocents7509 Рік тому +29

    Pretty sure Mario is still the hero of the Mario movie. It looks like peach helps to train Mario. And, I mean, she rules a kingdom, it makes sense she knows things he doesn’t (especially since she’s from the mushroom kingdom and Mario isn’t). Also, she is a playable character in a lot of games. If you think that she can’t fight, then boy you haven’t played the games.
    I will say that it does seem like they changed peach’s personality. She is a badass and runs a kingdom, but you also see her make cakes for Mario, make quirky jokes, and her movement is typically more graceful and less… b-line? However, you can only get so much from a trailer. We’ll see what she’s like in the movie.

    • @xhoana877
      @xhoana877 Рік тому +1

      Exactlyyyyyy
      Ben requires so little to get triggered and completely filtered sighted.

    • @liamphibia
      @liamphibia Рік тому +3

      Ben isn't a gamer and it seems he's never seen Smash or 3D World. So I don't blame him.

  • @jaxonjaxoff3291
    @jaxonjaxoff3291 Рік тому +7

    The Mario movie prediction aged like milk

  • @KeithGreenBiopic
    @KeithGreenBiopic Рік тому +105

    When he said, “we’ll get to the ones that look really bad in a second…” and than the trailer for Oppenheimer immediately played I was like, “Careful Ben…”

  • @sarasweightlossjourney1432
    @sarasweightlossjourney1432 Рік тому +97

    Only Ben Shapiro and the Daily Wire can create an almost 20-minute video about rating movies and keep me entertained. lol

  • @Hotsaucedeluxe
    @Hotsaucedeluxe Рік тому +120

    Always love it when Ben talks movies or TV shows.

  • @zerrot5302
    @zerrot5302 Рік тому +5

    Critics are hating the Mario Movie for not being woke enough. That’s a great sign.

  • @annawehmeyer
    @annawehmeyer Рік тому +15

    I'd be particularly sad if "Puss in Boots 2" went woke. It has the potential for some good cat-based fun, a lot of feels, and heartfelt reflections about aging and wishes. Especially when my cat Spunky is getting older.

  • @caleblim6890
    @caleblim6890 Рік тому +203

    I think we’re missing Mission Impossible: Dead Reckoning Part 1, which I think is a definite Wife Zone, and I’m really rooting for it to be a massive hit.
    Tom Cruise continues to show he’s unkillable and 100% dedicated to the art of action and pure entertainment, Christopher McQuarrie proved with Rogue Nation and Fallout that he knows how to write a good twisty action/thriller, and that he has the ability to direct those scripts with good pace and superb production quality, and the fact that they have stated that this is reaching a definite end (Part 2 will be the last MI movie) shows me that this isn’t just a quick buck blockbuster; Cruise and McQuarrie are crafting a proper sendoff to the greatest action hero of the 21st century.

    • @osmanyousif7849
      @osmanyousif7849 Рік тому +14

      Him and Keanu Reeves maybe be the last action stars....

    • @constantdoodle32
      @constantdoodle32 Рік тому +9

      Dude I've always liked MI but since ghost protocol I've loved every single one. I'm hoping this is gonna be amazing

    • @TheCmcyclist
      @TheCmcyclist Рік тому +7

      Cant believe this wasn’t on his list. This is the one I’m most looking forward to next year. Maybe along with Wick 4

    • @keyman6689
      @keyman6689 Рік тому +10

      Unlike Indy 5, here you will get the real stunts. Thank you MI for keeping to your roots!

    • @jameswitt645
      @jameswitt645 Рік тому +8

      Dead Reckoning has to be in the "classic" category. Cruise and McQuarrie make movie magic together. Can't believe Ben doesn't even categorize the movie in this video; especially since "Rouge Nation" and "Fallout" were classics.

  • @dylanmaddox1340
    @dylanmaddox1340 Рік тому +89

    Love this! Can we get a part 2 with: Cocaine Bear, Napoleon, MI: Dead Reckoning, 65, The Flash, Wonka, Dungeons and Dragons, Aquaman, Killers of the Flower Moon, and Elemental? Would love if you update the board as they come out/ you see them!

    • @marvman9791
      @marvman9791 Рік тому +1

      Shazam fury of the Gods, the flash

    • @dylanbrim2427
      @dylanbrim2427 Рік тому +1

      And creed 3 with him seeing the actual trailer🤦🏻‍♂️

    • @graythurman4506
      @graythurman4506 Рік тому

      Brother you also have a schedule? Badass!👍

    • @benjamindixon1904
      @benjamindixon1904 Рік тому

      Killers of the flower moon hasn’t even had a trailer.

    • @rudolphschmidt313
      @rudolphschmidt313 Рік тому

      Bro when tf is that napoleon movie gonna come out already

  • @faantasia1126
    @faantasia1126 Рік тому +79

    I would say that making Peach kick but in the movie is not off brand for Nintendo. They really don't cave to the woke. All the way back to the Super Nintendo in Mario RPG, Peaches was a playable character. So I think the movie is really more directed towards long time fans of the game franchise. At least I hope it is. I will say that when Nintendo was attacked by the woke mob over a hairstyle in Animal Crossing on Switch, they basically told the community, it's for everyone, if you like it play it, if not, then don't. Basically told the woke mob to go play something else since they wouldn't be changing their game for them.

    • @jr2904
      @jr2904 Рік тому +21

      If they decide to make a Metroid movie I'm gonna laugh at all the people saying it's woke because Samus is a woman

    • @vader3708
      @vader3708 Рік тому +11

      It also seems Mario is completely new to this world of fighting from the scenes so it makes sense for peach to be a lead. The games don’t really show much of a backstory of how Mario got to the mushroom kingdom, at least I haven’t seen such

    • @BrianHathcock
      @BrianHathcock Рік тому +7

      Peach was playable in Super Mario Bros. 2 on NES.

    • @Degeneratesociety83
      @Degeneratesociety83 Рік тому +9

      @@jr2904 you won't get many calling it "woke" because Samus is an original character that has ALWAYS been female. the woke backlash comes at characters changing core features (such as male/female, race) to satisfy an agenda. if they did a movie about Metroid and casted Samus with a male actor, i would be upset at that.

    • @ryancampbell955
      @ryancampbell955 Рік тому +3

      And how about Super Princess Peach for Nintendo DS? That was a great game. I've got no problem with Peach taking on a hero role. My daughter loves Mario, and I'm excited to take her to see the movie.

  • @riesterer
    @riesterer Рік тому +6

    Please review Mario. Mario is a slap to Disney!! No BS, no life lessons, it's just a fun movie !

    • @liamphibia
      @liamphibia Рік тому +1

      Well it does have some life lessons:
      -Value determination.
      -Be loyal to the people you care about.
      -Conquer your fears.
      -Never give up.

  • @bodigames
    @bodigames Рік тому +2

    Cant wait for:
    1. Oppenheimer
    2.Dune II
    3.Mission impossible dead reckoning.

  • @continuallyblessed44
    @continuallyblessed44 Рік тому +217

    The Mario bros movie is definitely my most anticipated movie of the year lol.

  • @hittingthewall
    @hittingthewall Рік тому +49

    "Silence" deserves far more credit than it is given. A gem of a movie.

    • @michaal105
      @michaal105 Рік тому +2

      I agree. Personally, I believe it was one of the best movies I've seen released in the 2010s. Andrew Garfield's performance was brilliant and possibly one of the best I've ever seen.

    • @osmanyousif7849
      @osmanyousif7849 Рік тому

      I believe Scorsese alone said the film was meant to be his Magnum Opus.

  • @1libertyboi
    @1libertyboi Рік тому +12

    A dark souls reference in Ben Shapiro? What a time to be alive.

    • @bleepbloop6303
      @bleepbloop6303 Рік тому

      I'm like a Ben Shapiro anti fan, but Ben gets major props for his meme game. Idk who gets got working there but they're good.

  • @DaFrancc
    @DaFrancc Рік тому +14

    Since I've read Dune, I will say that I think part 2 could be amazing. Part 1 has been labeled an exposition dump (which is pretty much the same in the book) but the latter parts of the book have more interesting stuff and don't really introduce anything new. For the most part they develop what's already been introduced save for a few things. But overall, if they stick to the book and maybe try a couple of new things, I think it will be great. I do appreciate sticking to the source material, but who doesn't like a nice little surprise here and there?

  • @danielscroggins4946
    @danielscroggins4946 Рік тому +10

    Ben comes across as funny and likable in these movie review things. I love it!

  • @universalmeditation8631
    @universalmeditation8631 Рік тому +37

    FAST X - Perfect placement on the board! 👍🏼 I’m absolutely disgusted at this point on where physics no longer applies to the franchise.

    • @lovescarguitar
      @lovescarguitar Рік тому +4

      Did it ever?

    • @osmanyousif7849
      @osmanyousif7849 Рік тому +1

      Yeah, and Geez Luiz…. Do they ever shut up with saying “What's important is family”? Like, everything Dominic Toretto says, basically involves saying “family”. WE GET IT ALREADY!!!

    • @MM-jc7uv
      @MM-jc7uv Рік тому +1

      @@lovescarguitar up until like 5 it did. I actually think 5, 6 and 7 are solid action films but 8 and 9 were atrocious

  • @karolinap1901
    @karolinap1901 Рік тому +123

    Less than 1 minute in and I already understood the reference and laughed my head off, thank you Ben, I'm happy I found this video

    • @geraldfrost4710
      @geraldfrost4710 Рік тому +1

      Yep. Crazy-Hot matrix. "Above a nine on the crazy axis is where you get strippers, hookers, and girls named Tiffany. It's where you get a bun in the oven and your car keyed. Just don't go there."
      That Ben used it for raiting movies, wow!

    • @bmw_m4255
      @bmw_m4255 Рік тому +2

      I love that vid

    • @whatdadogdoin9818
      @whatdadogdoin9818 Рік тому

      What reference

    • @bmw_m4255
      @bmw_m4255 Рік тому +3

      @@whatdadogdoin9818 look up the hot crazy matrix

    • @mattperciful8970
      @mattperciful8970 Рік тому +1

      Same

  • @Anchezio
    @Anchezio Рік тому +15

    “It can’t stray too far from a book.”
    I know a certain LOTR fandom that would have to disagree

  • @arvem8568
    @arvem8568 Рік тому +5

    I'd say the mario movie turned out pretty well. Least woke movie I've seen this year, and an absolute ton of nostalgic references.

    • @austincarlson9270
      @austincarlson9270 Рік тому

      John wick 4 wasn't woke. Both were good flicks

    • @arvem8568
      @arvem8568 Рік тому

      @@austincarlson9270 I didn't see the movie myself, so I'll take your word for it

    • @austincarlson9270
      @austincarlson9270 Рік тому

      @Arvem its an over the top action movie that is visually stunning and the action set pieces have some the best choreographed fight sequences I've seen in a movie. I'm also not too much of an action movie guy but it qas entertaining to say the least.

  • @Thelaretus
    @Thelaretus Рік тому +11

    I would want to see Ben rank all Oscars winners according to this scale.

  • @irkandcrew
    @irkandcrew Рік тому +33

    Gotta say...as a nerd...My butt is going to be in those seats day one of the movie release. It's been guided by the Japanese (they refuse to be woke) and it's Nintendo's precious property... They won't let it get wokified... Nintendo doesn't let anyone touch their properties after what happened to the first Mario movie and Zelda series.... And CDI games...... Etc... oof

    • @MegaRetroRocket
      @MegaRetroRocket Рік тому +14

      Agreed. Mr. Miyamoto himself has been working closely with the studio to make sure they don't stray from his vision

    • @Pichulover69
      @Pichulover69 Рік тому +4

      Sadly the biggest problem with Nintendo is how strict they are with their copyright. If anyone tries taking their characters and making a slight modification to them, a cease and desist letter will be nailed to your door.

    • @irkandcrew
      @irkandcrew Рік тому +10

      @@Pichulover69 THAT is very true... But at least the Mario movie won't be woke.....

    • @MrDecelles
      @MrDecelles Рік тому +2

      @@Pichulover69 They missed the mark for the FIRST mario movie. They surely will not trust any american studio that does not give assurances.

    • @ArynBacklogDragon
      @ArynBacklogDragon Рік тому +4

      @@Pichulover69 it's a blessing and a curse. on one hand, lots of quality control. on the other, they can be way too harsh to fan projects.

  • @danielplainview2584
    @danielplainview2584 Рік тому +17

    6:05 Never thought I'd see David Lynch pop up in a Shapiro video. Props to the editor, great work as always.

  • @ai_is_a_great_place
    @ai_is_a_great_place Рік тому +5

    "corrections"
    Wick 4 - classic
    Mario - dating
    FX - dangerzone (the definition of popcorn flick)
    Dune 2 - wife
    Gaurdians - danger

  • @liamphibia
    @liamphibia Рік тому +2

    "Apparently they made, because they have to, Princess Peach the hero of the film."
    SPOILERS: She's not. She serves more as a mentor figure/possible love interest to Mario. Plus, She grew up in the Mushroom Kingdom her whole which is why she's like this. At the end of day, Mario and Luigi are the *heroes.*

  • @wilfredberqvist9096
    @wilfredberqvist9096 Рік тому +2

    1. Roosevelt is not coming out this year because it hasn't even been greenlit let alone shot.
    2. Scorsese does however have a film starring DiCaprio and De Niro coming out this year and it's based on a book about the Osage Indian murders in the 1920s called "Killers of the Flower Moon". I've read the book and it's fantastic, I hope it's adapted well.

  • @ripstake
    @ripstake Рік тому +32

    I hope you are correct about Dune. The first one was good, but they are departing from the source material for the second. It's going to be about Chani, not Paul. Perhaps it will be well-balanced, but honestly, Hollywood does not get the benefit of the doubt any longer.

    • @kedb621
      @kedb621 Рік тому

      How do you get that it’s going to be about Chani?

    • @ripstake
      @ripstake Рік тому

      @@kedb621 The Director, the writer, and the producer all said it. In other words, Denis Villeneuve said Chani would be the main character of Dune 2. It's not exactly a secret.

  • @callidusj
    @callidusj Рік тому +4

    "They won't stray far from the book"
    RIP every fantasy show based on a book on Netflix

  • @rosmundsen
    @rosmundsen Рік тому +21

    I trust Ben to talk about movies because his wife is a doctor.

  • @deadlybladesmith3093
    @deadlybladesmith3093 Рік тому +2

    For those of you unaware, his wife he keeps mentioning in the video is, in fact, a doctor.

  • @asaphmedeiros4096
    @asaphmedeiros4096 Рік тому +2

    I agree with 90% of Ben prediction, but i have two observations:
    1- I believe Mario is Danger Zone, because Illumination doesn't have a history of being very woke;
    2- How Mission Impossible 7: Dead Reckoning - Part One wasn't in the list ? Tom Cruise is amazing and the franchise is one of the remaining not-woke and very popular

  • @TeaMasterIroh
    @TeaMasterIroh Рік тому +15

    Little fun fact: Instead of relying on cgi environments for Oppenheimer, Nolan will be using REAL EXPLOSIVES to mimic the Trinity test.

    • @jooyoungkang3858
      @jooyoungkang3858 Рік тому +1

      Me at the edge of the Arizonan desert just as the atomic blast hits: 😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱

    • @thebatman4279
      @thebatman4279 Рік тому

      RIP planet.

  • @lieutenantflyboy
    @lieutenantflyboy Рік тому +10

    Creed 3 has nothing to do with Mr. T or any of the previous Rocky villains or their kids. Damian is Adonis Creed’s childhood friend. So it’s literally the biggest departure from the original Rocky films to focus more on Adonis personal struggles.

  • @ItsKaiAlvelo
    @ItsKaiAlvelo Рік тому +87

    I understand Peach being a “girl-boss” cause she was in some of the video games. It’s generally a far more interesting character for her, ALTHOUGH idk if they’re doing that in the film for the reasons we’d hope. I’d put the film in the Wife Zone.

    • @peurx2089
      @peurx2089 Рік тому +12

      I gotta respect Nintendo for doing it to be honest. As a Mario fan me and the rest of the fandom WANT her to just stop being kidnapped for once😭. Plus it would make sense because she’s always been kidnapped so to have it happen again in the movie would just make it kinda predictable because we’ve already seen that situation a bunch of times.

    • @henryzeringue9611
      @henryzeringue9611 Рік тому +12

      I agree, I think the purpose of giving peach is stronger role in the movie is to increase Mario's respectability in the movie. Because it is more respectable to be given a quest by a competent ruler than a foolish one.

    • @Skitskl33
      @Skitskl33 Рік тому +5

      In the games, she doesn't have a smug girl boss personality though. She's more kind and whimsical and girly.

    • @Skitskl33
      @Skitskl33 Рік тому +3

      @Terrifying AltAcc Yeah, it was a funny contrast.
      She could fight and all when she needed too but she was sweet and bubbly and didn't have an action hero persona.
      It's what I don't get with the internet complaints about Pratt's Mario voice but Peach"s personality change you aren't allowed to discuss at all.

    • @juanmccoy3066
      @juanmccoy3066 Рік тому +5

      It was done in the video games to BE woke. But to be fair, it's not that bad. I'm not inherently against female protagonists or against feminism even, I'm against woke third wave feminism. The movie is for little kids. If it empowers little girls that's great. I played more Mario as a 30 year old man born in the 90s than today's kids, but it's still not my movie it's theirs.
      I wish more people realized that. Time to grow up, yeah?

  • @BoricuaBoy88
    @BoricuaBoy88 Рік тому +9

    Ben missed two:
    Mission Impossible 7, and Shazam 2.
    I'm personally a huge fan of the Fast and Furious movies, and am stoked for the new Transformers because I grew up with the Beast Wars cartoon, so I disagree with him on those, but pretty much agreed on everything else.

  • @Bill_Oddie_Face_Mask
    @Bill_Oddie_Face_Mask Рік тому

    You can't think of any classics from the last decade? I can name a few:
    Joker
    Belfast
    The Father
    1917
    Grand Budapest Hotel
    Dunkirk
    Darkest Hour
    Once Upon A Time in Hollywood
    Just Mercy
    Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
    Lincoln
    There are quite a few diamonds in the rough if you take the time to look for them.

  • @cheese6575
    @cheese6575 Рік тому +21

    I love Ben's mildly upset noises that he does as he's talking about woke junk.
    Also his Mario voice is 10/10.

  • @underthemilkywayy
    @underthemilkywayy Рік тому +40

    Think I might be a Nolan fangirl, just excited for pretty much anything he does. I can't wait for Oppenheimer and the entire cast is great, especially Cillian Murphy. also looking forward to MI:7 Dead Reckoning - cuz I love anything Tom Cruise does and it is the only franchise that ive seen and loved. Cant decide between the two which im more excited for

  • @MGone3
    @MGone3 Рік тому +10

    The daily wire should make Ben go to the theater for every single one of these movies and then have him do a review #MakeBenWatch

    • @briang.2218
      @briang.2218 Рік тому +1

      They juke him into thinking he's about to watch Oppenheimer but then show him 2 hours of woke tiktoks

  • @evasummers7610
    @evasummers7610 Рік тому +4

    I realy like it when Ben talks about movies, would love to see him make more movie content.

  • @guerillanextdoor
    @guerillanextdoor Рік тому +5

    "I hate all movies and you are a child if you enjoy things." - Matt Walsh

  • @littlebit813
    @littlebit813 Рік тому +7

    "They can't stay that far from the books." L O L

  • @commonsense2719
    @commonsense2719 Рік тому +73

    This can’t be real.

  • @JohnSmith-ls3um
    @JohnSmith-ls3um Рік тому +6

    Ben: They can’t stray far from the book.
    Me: Have you seen The Witcher series on Netflix?

  • @realIronKnight
    @realIronKnight Рік тому +47

    I’m mostly excited for Mario given how it’s kind of a dream of mine to see a movie of one of my favorite franchises like Mario. I love the 90s one (my standards are low), but this is gonna be the Mario we know and love.
    I’m actually alright with the change with Peach. She doesn’t have much character in the games, so it’s nice they’re making her an actual leader that’s gonna be contributing lol.

    • @steamed_ham1767
      @steamed_ham1767 Рік тому +10

      In some of the games peach is also a character of nigh god level power so it’s not really all that much of a character change to begin with

    • @0korz
      @0korz Рік тому

      @@steamed_ham1767 fr. she has had many games where she kicks ass idk why hes acting like a new thing

    • @SirBlackReeds
      @SirBlackReeds Рік тому

      Still, she's supposed to be a girly girl whereas Daisy's the tomboy.

    • @tjp_real
      @tjp_real Рік тому

      absolutely not. Mario will be a goofy idiot and Peach will be a OP woman boss leader. This is woke BS and NOTHING like the good old Mario.

  • @willclark4449
    @willclark4449 Рік тому +3

    mario is CRUSHING the woke critics and hollywood. XD

  • @MothyEmms
    @MothyEmms Рік тому +5

    I can't believe Ben didn't put Barbie straight into the no-go zone

    • @LadyDecember
      @LadyDecember Рік тому

      Ngl, Barbie kind of looks like a fun time, but ultimately I think it will highly depend on the tone they're going for. I gotta say that I'm digging the live-action cartoon energy they got going there from those brief clips.

  • @sigmatau8231
    @sigmatau8231 Рік тому +5

    Ben you should do more of these SERIOUSLY

  • @thefilmpoet5585
    @thefilmpoet5585 Рік тому +22

    I’m upset that y’all missed an important movie that will probably be either wife zone or classic - Mission: Impossible- Dead Reckoning Part I. M: I - Fallout was incredible & the practical effects are great. They also respect the audience by creating interesting stories too. I’d love to hear Ben’s take on that movie.

    • @josie4065
      @josie4065 Рік тому +2

      Yes, I'm disappointed he skipped this one.

  • @chancecurtiss9885
    @chancecurtiss9885 Рік тому +2

    Thanks ben. Interesting watch I appreciate your take on things. Saves me from wasting time on a bunch of trailers.

  • @infinitepowerTF
    @infinitepowerTF Рік тому +2

    6:50 It's a shame you are not interested, it looks pretty good.

    • @liamphibia
      @liamphibia Рік тому +2

      Plus, Michael bey ain't in the picture. Whoo hoo!

  • @B3FMandCProductions
    @B3FMandCProductions Рік тому +5

    "Kaguya-sama: First Kiss Never Ends" goes straight to classics 😤

  • @acelarson911
    @acelarson911 Рік тому +9

    Oppenheimer is probably my most anticipated for 2023, MUST SEE IN THEATERS

  • @renaissancenovice7202
    @renaissancenovice7202 Рік тому +11

    You need to do a lot more of these videos! Maybe a monthly segment about the movies coming out that month? You could also have a poll for existing movies that you would have to watch and rank, Matt Walsh style.

  • @emmas.m
    @emmas.m Рік тому +21

    I'm super excited for ballad of Songbirds and Snakes, mainly because the book was amazing in my opinion.
    And words cannot express how badly I want "The Little Mermaid" to be good. That movie was my childhood and I really don't want the movie to flop, but given their live action remake track record, it isn't likely. :(

  • @jessicadavis8865
    @jessicadavis8865 Рік тому +6

    Ben you’re missing the most important movie: Mission Impossible: Dead Reckoning! The only movie I’m looking forward too, so much so that I have a monthly countdown on my phone haha

  • @nicoleterry5105
    @nicoleterry5105 Рік тому +12

    “La fu” translated is “the fool”. Disney really stepped in it with the beauty and the beast remake

    • @MrDecelles
      @MrDecelles Рік тому

      Le fou. is the correct term. Also Fol is old french variation, folle is the french female variant.
      He can be gay, just a VERY WEIRD CHOICE to make in a children movie, as it was closer to the weird gay friend that you could have in 90's movies.

  • @izzieluv
    @izzieluv Рік тому +9

    My husband is a big marvel fan. We used to see them all in theater, but now there are only a few of the characters I am interested in seeing in the theater. We will see Spider-Man and very likely Guardians. We will see Oppenheimer, possibly on opening weekend. We will see Ballad of The Songbird and the Snake

  • @InfernoPhilM
    @InfernoPhilM Рік тому +19

    Looking forward to the live-action “Princess and the Frog” when they cast Emma Stone as [googling character name] Tiana so we can go full circle.

    • @penifuji5441
      @penifuji5441 Рік тому

      How many children will they traffic with your money? Keep watching Holly weird.

    • @SweeneyTodd1990
      @SweeneyTodd1990 Рік тому

      I would love for that to happen just to see the libs lose their damn minds.

    • @uno9915
      @uno9915 Рік тому +2

      daniel radcliffe as Dr. Facilier

    • @cryptodino3roberts712
      @cryptodino3roberts712 Рік тому +1

      As a person who loves that movie nothing would give me more respect for disney while also taking it away.

  • @brentbare7280
    @brentbare7280 Рік тому +1

    MY TOP 10 ANTICIPATED MOVIES OF 2023
    #1. GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY VOL. 3
    #2. OPPENHEIMER
    #3. KILLERS OF THE FLOWER MOON
    #4. ELEMENTAL
    #5. 65
    #6. A GOOD PERSON
    #7. CHAMPIONS
    #8. SCREAM 6
    #9. CREED III
    #10. MEGAN

  • @dteachout147
    @dteachout147 Рік тому +1

    Avatar was surprisingly good. Not very woke, awesome morals and ethics, good family values. Definitely worth a watch

    • @thebatman4279
      @thebatman4279 Рік тому

      I'll never understand how 'not woke' and 'good family values' is all it qualifies to make it a good film. The story and characters were absolute dogturd!

  • @osmanyousif7849
    @osmanyousif7849 Рік тому +12

    Ben forgot Mission Impossible: Dead Reckoning. Now that film will be a epic action piece, probably beating the Bond movie.

    • @akilanelango8997
      @akilanelango8997 Рік тому

      There's no Bond movie coming out next year.

    • @osmanyousif7849
      @osmanyousif7849 Рік тому +1

      @@akilanelango8997 , I mean, being better than how Craig’s Bond series was. Because the MI movies did everything Craig’s Bond series failed to be.

  • @2mon249
    @2mon249 Рік тому +22

    I've been a movie buff pretty much my whole life. Got SOO many movie quotes in my head lol. But movies these days are SO cringe... I just can't

    • @garrett3726
      @garrett3726 Рік тому +1

      Saying “cringe” is cringe

  • @norad_clips
    @norad_clips Рік тому +13

    Peach has been a bit of an action girl (granted mostly outside of the mainline 2D and 3D) for a long time. I’m not ready to dismiss Mario as a fun movie to see so easily.
    Granted, I highly doubt Ben would get any enjoyment from watching it one way or another.

  • @EricGiby
    @EricGiby Рік тому +1

    John Wick definitely deserves the classic zone

  • @SCharlesDennicon
    @SCharlesDennicon Рік тому +2

    If people go watch that shitty new Little Mermaid, if it's a huge box office success, it's the end.

  • @KevinFrost
    @KevinFrost Рік тому +59

    Kind of weird to have the baseline be a woke/good scale when you aren't even using that scale once you draw the zones 😛
    Also, I'm actually really excited about the Mario movie. I am worried they'll make Peach way too in your face "badass", but if they don't, and she's just a competent character, I think it'll be fine. Guess we'll see.

    • @briang.2218
      @briang.2218 Рік тому +18

      One thing I respect about her characterization in the trailer so far is that she doesn't seem to belittle Mario in her moments of competence.

    • @uno9915
      @uno9915 Рік тому +14

      peach has always been occasionally badass in the games, shes mostly portrayed as a helpless princess though but in action types games she can hold her own. though yes, they shouldnt try to make her some symbol of woman power since that isnt really her character

    • @ArynBacklogDragon
      @ArynBacklogDragon Рік тому +4

      @@uno9915 yeah, we don't get to see much of her personality in the main games but in the RPG games and specially Super Princess Peach (in which she just jumps into action herself to save mario) we get to see a lot more of her.

    • @xitaris5981
      @xitaris5981 Рік тому

      @@briang.2218 That is a low low bar to be giving brownie points for not belittling.

    • @briang.2218
      @briang.2218 Рік тому +1

      ​@@xitaris5981 Lmao perhaps.
      I think what's interesting is that the phenomenon of "encountering the Woman brings to light the insecurities and shortcomings of the Man" need not be a woke thing. It is an emanation of woke culture if the Woman does so to denigrate the Man and to narcissistically preen about her superiority in vengeful spite.
      However, in cases like -- for instance -- Nala calling for Simba to rise out of his juvenile frivolity and return to his kingdom to reign as king, it's actually quite a non-Wokist idea. It's the exhortation for the Man to manifest the form of masculinity that is most competent and virtuous so as to be worthy of kingship (or of union with an equally competent and virtuous Woman). In all this, therefore, there is the question of motivation behind the Woman's calling-to-attention the Man's shortcomings: is it vindictive and mocking, or is it to incentivize the Man to aspire for the greatest manifestations of the Masculine? From what little amount we've seen so far, Peach does not display the spiteful venom that is latent in -- say -- the 2016 Ghostbusters remake; instead, in her remarks about how vast and beautiful the world is, she seems to be introducing Mario to a larger spread of Being, with the implicit effect of inspiring in Mario the spirit of exploration and nobility -- in short, the spirit of the Archetypal Hero.
      Potentially, anyhoo. It is true that there's very little footage of the thing so far, so who's to say, haha.

  • @Harriz62
    @Harriz62 Рік тому +7

    Oppenheimer and Dune 2, thats all you need to see next year.

    • @hopegalaxy
      @hopegalaxy 2 місяці тому +2

      Already classics.

  • @carlosnieves5093
    @carlosnieves5093 Рік тому +44

    I'm actually really hyped for The super mario movie. I was skeptical hearing about it at first, but damn the trailers were fantastic. It looks promising and worth a shot.

    • @Maul222
      @Maul222 Рік тому +4

      yes. I new it wasn't going to be perfect, but as a Mario fan I am so excited

    • @uno9915
      @uno9915 Рік тому

      eh its definitely got good animation but Im afraid the story might be bland. like wreck it ralph, its just cool to see everything animated but thats it

    • @verti3213
      @verti3213 Рік тому +1

      Princess Peach is off-putting though. Due to wokeness im now wondering whether she is just female protagonist or a wokeness figurehead due to Mary Sue appearance.
      I will probably abandon movie by default.

    • @vader3708
      @vader3708 Рік тому +4

      @@verti3213 idk with a Japanese company involved the wokeness might not be that bad, I don’t think Japan really roles the same way America does. Could be wrong though, I don’t see much wokeness come from Nintendo and maybe Nintendo doesn’t have much to do with the film to begin with

    • @verti3213
      @verti3213 Рік тому

      @@vader3708 good point. Japanese don't give a shit so maybe their movie with female protagonist is a movie instead of propaganda?
      I have just knee jerk reaction when I see female Mary Sue character today to immediately become suspicious.

  • @Josh_Lee_Henderson
    @Josh_Lee_Henderson Рік тому +3

    I have to say I think Mario will still be the hero of his movie, he just has to train to get to that point first. And Peach was a playable character in Super Mario Bros II, so she hasn't been entirely just a damsel in distress, even from close to the beginning. I think this one will be pretty good

  • @mictheok
    @mictheok Рік тому +1

    I don’t even care that the little mermaid is black, can people start talking about how her left and right eye are a $30 Uber ride away from eachother?

  • @jayjaygeez
    @jayjaygeez Рік тому +8

    Silence was fantastic. Underrated by the general public.

  • @moviewolverine89
    @moviewolverine89 Рік тому +6

    No consideration for MI7: Dead Reckoning? Our man Tom Cruise is out there literally cliff diving off dirt bikes for our entertainment. That deserves at least a nod.

  • @Reyn_the_Insane
    @Reyn_the_Insane Рік тому +7

    I can't decide if I'm more excited for Mario or Spiderverse 2; a love letter to die-hard fans or a sequel to the greatest movie of all time.

  • @WCircuit7224
    @WCircuit7224 Рік тому +3

    I'm back from the mario movie. Okay that's all.

  • @choosetruth_ROG
    @choosetruth_ROG Рік тому +1

    "because you're wearing the face tattoo". Yes I put it on every morning.