As a huge Godzilla fan ( I watched all 37 movies) I'm so happy Godzilla Minus One is getting the deserved attention and hype and that people see what Godzilla was originally meant to be, the metaphor of the horror of atomic bombs and an anti-war film. Out of all the Godzilla films clearly my favourite film.
The two biggest surprises for me this year was The boy and the Heron and Godzilla Minus One. The Godzilla movies tend to focus on the monster, while minus one focuses on the characters making such a good movie out of the Godzilla can be plucked out of the movie and not hurt the story whatsoever.
Biggest surprise for me was Pixar's Elemental. Saw trailers and did not think too much of it. Watched it this week with my wife and we were both moved by how relatable the love story is and the quality of the animation! It is now one of our favorite movies to watch together! That is saying a lot as I am not usually one to gravitate to a romantic comedy or even get emotional over it.
@@andreimcallister1365 the final product put to screen should the FINAL product, should be the complete vision, why leave things out purposefully just to accomodate a director's cut
Hot take: the most underrated movie of this year was The Last Voyage of the Demeter. I thought it would just be a generic horror movie, but I was genuinely blown away by how well-made and entertaining it was.
I have that one fairly high up in full year list and I liked it more than most. It was the set design, atmosphere and characters that I made that movie worth while.
@@brianng8350 I'd say that's just because there are SO MANY dracula movies that exist, as well as vampire and horror movies in general. But I like how Last Voyage changed Dracula's character from what we are used to, making him scarier in a different way. The other characters also made the movie much better, and there were some great emotional moments (the last scene with Toby comes to mind). I also liked how the characters were different from the typical characters in most dracula movies. Those are just 2 reasons why I really liked the movie, but I'm probably not going to change your mind. But hey, to each their own
Biggest surprise would easily be Godzilla Minus One. Top 3 of the year for me. D&D was a surprise. I think Totally Killer was a pleasant surprise (thank you Sean for making me aware of its existence). There's also a smaller Tamil film, Chittha, that came out this year. Not a blockbuster, not an action film, it is a drama (and a hard one at that). Did not have it on my radar, and it is easily my favourite Indian film of 2023. Stand out disappointments would be Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania, Wish, as well as Animal (sorry to the fans, but it did not float my boat). Obviously every Indian would say Adipurush, but I guess I expected it to suck after that first teaser. I did like The Creator and The Flash, but they were below my expectations. However, my biggest disappointment of 2023, is easily Dunki. Shahrukh Khan in his 'return from hiatus' year. Back to back with Pathaan, and Jawan. This time a comedy-drama, with a message, and with the director of 3 Idiots. Did not expect it to be so mediocre.
You’re like the 4th comment I see that was disappointed with The Creator, and so I’m low key glad I’m not the only one who was disappointed with it, especially after all the hype it got on the channel. I didn’t think it was bad, but not astounding either…
The Iron Claw is my biggest surprise of the year. Definitely would recommend it to you Sean if you haven’t seen it. The Von Eirichs were big in Texas and it tells a very emotional story with what I believe as Zach Efron’s best performance
Hidden Gems: BlackBerry How to Blow Up a Pipeline Past Lives Surprising: The Hunger Games: Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes Dungeons and Dragons: Honor Amongst Thives GOTG Vol 3 (not a James Gunn fan) Wonka Plane Gran Turismo Disappointing: The Creator Evil Dead Rise Maestro Ferrari
I'm glad I'm not the only one who was surprised with Ballad of Songbirds & Gran Turismo. Both movies I didn't have much expectations for but both are pretty good in their plots. I love how they did Snow's arc from compassionate student to dark and jaded leader
Biggest surprises: Godzilla Minus One, Cobweb, Renfield, When Evil Lurks, D&D Biggest disappointments: Knock at the Cabin (the story really fell off for me as the movie went on), John Wick 4 (the action scenes go on far too long), The Boy and the Heron (I wanted to like this more than I did), Talk to Me (I heard all the praise, I liked the concept but didn't care for the characters)
Top 5 Biggest Disappointments: 5. Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania-While a lot of elements of this film are now pretty much meaningless, for the introduction of Kang the Conqueror, this one was definitely disappointing 4. The Creator-To be very clear, I’m positive on this film, but for how much it was being hyped up for being an original sci-fi epic, this movie certainly let me down as it was essentially a bunch of elements of previous sci-fi projects thrown together to make The Creator 3. Napoleon-On technical levels, this is a well made movie, which made for a decent movie but when it came to the story, characters, and themes, there wasn’t an actual exploration of who Napoleon Bonaparte was, which was rather disappointing 2. Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny-While it’s a good enough closure to the Indiana Jones franchise and character, it lacks the classic movie making of what makes the original trilogy special, and takes Indy to emotional places I think I could’ve done without 1. The Flash-Despite enjoying this movie both times I watched it in theaters, this movie has aged rather poorly for me because of how it executes multiple of its ideas, its terrible CGI, the way the story plays out, and especially how hollow Barry’s journey is by the time the movie wraps up
Same for me with The Creator. I appreciate that its an original movie but it still feels like its not that different from what TLOU, Logan and The Mandalorian was doing
Most surprising for me: Blue Giant, Past Lives, The Holdovers, Nimona, Dungeons and Dragons (I wasn’t aware of these films til they released and I very much enjoyed them) Most disappointing for me: Indiana Jones and The Dial of The Destiny, Napoleon, Scream VI, Quantumania, The Creator (it’s not bad, but I bought into the massive hype most were creating and it didn’t work out for the best) My picks for hidden gems: Suzume, The First Slam Dunk, Past Lives, Blue Giant I won’t say Minus One was surprising for me because I knew it was gonna be great, and I won’t say Wish was disappointing cause I already knew I wasn’t gonna be big on it personally
I agree. I wasn’t the biggest fan of it by the end either not as much as so many people and Sean were hyping it up to be. It wasn’t bad, but I definitely didn’t see what all the hype was for…
Top movies of the year: The Super Mario Bros Movie Spider Man Across the Spider-Verse TMNT Mutant Mayham Leo by Adam Sandler Guardians of the Galaxy vol.3 John Wick Chapter 4 Transformers: Rise of the Beasts Wonka Barbie Mission Impossible Dead Reckoning Part One Godzilla Minus One
My most surprisingly 1. Godzilla Minus one 2. Poor things 3. Dream scenario 4. Totally Killer 5. Nimona Keep in mind these are just the biggest surprises. Although some of them are in my top five favorite movies of the year. I just didn’t have high expectations for some of them.
Biggest Surprises: Godzilla Minus One, Dungeons and Dragons, Thanksgiving, Ninja Turtles Biggest Disappointments: Wish, Asteroid City, Napoleon, Dream Scenario, 65
Biggest surprises: Godzilla minus one, the holdovers, m3gan, gran Turismo, nimona Biggest disappointments: 65, ant man and the wasp quantumania, the marvels, rebel Moon, wish Hidden gems Dnd Air Missing Past lives Nimona yes this is on two lists I really enjoyed this movie it has potential of being on my top 15 if not top 10
That Dungeons & Dragons movie deserved to do so much better at the box office. Such a great movie and one of my favorite films this year. Still holding out hope that a sequel will happen. Godzilla Minus One is definitely for me the best Godzilla film. I do agree Indiana Jones 5 was a disappointment because I was really hoping for the franchise to end on a great note instead of just being ok. In my headcannon his story ended with the final shot in last crusade. Great job as always with your videos.
5 under the radar films: Theater camp Rye Lane Flora and Son Suzume Sanctuary 5 most disappointing Gran Turismo Any-Man and The Wasp: Quantumania Totally killer Saltburn Mission impossible: Dead reckoning part one Most surprising: Batman: The Doom That Came to Gotham The Marvels Rebel Moon Part One: A child of fire Elemental Godzilla minus one
1 John Wick 2 Napoleon 3 Scream 6 4 Barbie 5 The Creator 6 The Hunger Games The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes 7 Thanksgiving 8 Sisu 9 Sick 10 Blue Beetle
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1 Gran Turismo 2 Megan 3 Blackberry 4 Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves 5 A Haunting in Venice 6 Saw X 7 No Hard Fellings 8 The Fabelmans 9 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem 10 The Flash
Scream VI was a disappointment. It felt too much like Scream 2. I loved Oppenheimer. One of few movies that I have watched multiple times. Guardians of the Galaxy vol 3 was the biggest surprise, but so was the first one.
Biggest surprises for me are: Godzilla Minus One-I didn’t even know it was coming out until the reviews Barbenheimer-cultural success The Fablemans-one of my favourite movies of the year. The Marvels-I had no expectations but really enjoyed it. Sound of Freedom-Bro it outperformed MI Dead reconning prt 1 in a crowded summer. Gran Turismo-I wasn’t originally going to watch it but it blew me away. Wonka-I really enjoyed it and I found it captured the joy of Padington Disappointments: Flash-everyone played it up to be the next best Dc film but instead was one of the worst in my opinion. Ant Man and The Wasp Quatumania-Disappointing film with wasted potential. Indiana Jones 5-No one cared. Rebel Moon-Could have been so great if they had characters who we cared about. Wish-Celebrated Disneys 100 year anniversary and no one showed up Mission Impossible Dead Reckoning prt 1-I liked it but it under performed. Aquaman and the lost kingdom-Ended the DCEU on a whimper.
I'm not disappointed with Wish becuz not only was there little hype for that movie but also because Once upon a studio had more heart than the actual movie that didnt do a good job w/ songs or adding a princess that isnt adorkable
Most Disappointing: Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania Shazam! Fury of the Gods Ruby Gillman, Teenage Kraken It's a Wonderful Knife Five Nights at Freddy's Most Suprising: Renfield Godzilla Minus One The Holdovers Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves Nimona
I loved Godzilla - Minus One. Its been decades since we had a Godzilla movie, where the CGI didn't take you out of the film. It's back to roots, dude in a suit, with minatures and people green screened in, and it has a plot beyond Kaiju smash. Also loved Cocaine Bear. Completely over the top fun, and so loosely based on real events, it's pretty much fiction.
(Spoilers for Godzilla minus one in this comment) My biggest disappointment: Napoleon, you have one of greatest directors teaming up with his fellow coworker who’s a Oscar award winning actor in Joaquin Phoenix who is playing one of the greatest war generals in history and it just seemed bland. This movie should’ve been much more action packed and less romantically focused than what it was making the film messy and a complete head scratcher. Most surprising: Godzilla minus one. I was never too fond of the other Godzilla movies but I saw this one because I was hearing good things about so I watched it with my aunt and uncle and I was blown away. From start to finish I was immediately captured by the main character and his emotional journey from when he first survives the Godzilla attack to him falling in love with a girl he randomly met because she was struggling to take care of a random baby she had to take care of. Godzilla was fantastic and the score they had playing in the final fight scene is honestly iconic as I’ll never forget that. Then to put the icing on the cake, the plot twist at the end that reveals the main character’s girlfriend/wife never actually died had me in complete shock and just blew we away with how everything was perfect as my only complaint was that the movie unfortunately ended. Was my 3rd favorite film of 2023 and easily the one that surprised me the most.
My biggest surprise of the year would actually be one I watched last night and that’s Oppenheimer it’s my first Nolan film so I thought it’d be a regular drama biopic but it’s so much more and it’s a 4/5 for me
Biggest Disappointments: 1. The Flash 2. Ghosted 3. Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania 4. Haunted Mansion 5. Napoleon BIGGEST SURPRISES: 1. Talk to Me 2. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem 3. Elemental 4. Dungeons and Dragons: Honor Among Thieves 5. The Marvels
I've barely seen any Godzilla movies, and Minus One was the first one I'd ever seen in theaters. Truly an amazing, thrilling, and emotional cinematic experience I will never forget. I'm still thinking about the film weeks after I've seen it and want to re-watch it immediately
Biggest Surprise: The Holdovers. Really came out of nowhere and ended up being one of the best films of the year. Love it Biggest disappointment: Last Voyage of the Demeter has a great concept (Alien but with Dracula and on a boat) but ended up waisting the concept Hidden gem: Shin Ultraman is an absolute blast. It’s a really fun kaiju film that is just a great time
Hey Sean, there is a new Indian movie named Merry Christmas releasing on 5th January (😅 I know it should have been during Christmas but dunki and saalar took all the screens I guess) You should check the movie out. It looks like a Christmas murder mystery movie with some kind of paranormal or sci-fi elements. I think it will be fun to watch.
Hidden Gems: 1. Renfield 2. Infinity Pool 3. The Passenger 4. Sharper 5. Knock at the Cabin Biggest Disappointments: 1. Scream VI (sloppiest script in the franchise, no stakes, reusing a previous motive, weakest killer reveal, and too much plot armor. Solid film but my least favorite of the franchise) 2. Silent Night (Trailer was better than the movie) 3. Haunted Mansion (Forgettable) 4. Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania (bad cgi, no stakes but still fun) 5. Five Nights at Freddy’s (wasted Matthew Lillard, lack of gore, a bit dull) Biggest Surprise: 1. Saw X (Top 3 in the franchise) 2. Dungeons and Dragons: Honor Among Thieves 3. Thanksgiving 4. Blue Beetle 5. No Hard Feelings
Godzilla minus one fantastic best film of the year also who knows this might be the wake up call for Hollywood or it could be their demise and more of these independent and foreign companies can show what they can do without Hollywood burying them
Disappointing movies: Flash Meg 2 Ant Man 3 65 Wish Hunger Games Ballad Of Songbirds and Snakes (I wasn’t very excited for it but I thought it would be decent and I thought it was awful) Most surprising Gran Turismo Wonka Elemental I did think these would be at least decent, but I didn’t think I would really like them
I definitely agree that Gran Turismo, Wonka and Dungeons and Dragons were some of the best surprises of the year. For Gran Turismo, the plot was just so bizarre that it’s enough to check out but it gave a good story, good acting and when we got to the racing scenes, I was always on the edge of my seat. For Wonka, I was amazed by how charming it was. It gave some Paddington vibes and it put a big smile on my face. For Dungeon and Dragons, I just thought it was better than I expected. Some other movies I was surprised by… The Super Mario Bros Movie- everyone thought this would be a flop but instead we got one of the highest grossing movies of 2023 so it’s clear the team making this movie put a lot of work into it. Nimona- seriously how did this movie not get into theatres? It’s so good it should’ve been on the big screen. Dumb Money- I feel like this film just doesn’t get talked about enough. While not mind blowing new, it’s still really good. The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes- it manages to add more to both the world of Hunger Games and to the character of Snow.
Thankfully I had more surprises than disappointments this year! 😁 for me Quick disappointing mention: Quantumania (I still enjoyed it but it could’ve been better) Surprises: Wonka, TMNT:Mutant Maythem, Gran Turismo, and Godzilla: Minus one (all of these are in my top 10 of the year;)
M3gan was disappointing? Idk dude, M3Gan is lot more watchable than some of the movies I was excited for: The Flash, Ant man 3, and Transformers 6 got nothing on this movie
Most surprising flicks for me were Dungeons and Dragons, Mutant Mayhem, and Fast X. D & D was legit great. Really fun family movie with heart. Really Recommend it. Did not expect Mutant Mayhem to be this good. That ending where people know about their existence was a great surprise too. Well executed. Fast X was way more enjoyable than F9. John Cena was way better in Fast X than F9😂. And Jason Momoa was really fun.
Agreed man, as someone who loves Fast and Furious (I’m into the trashiest things ever huh?) and his family loves Fast and Furious, we were all upset with F9. X righted some wrongs for us 👍
Godzilla absolutely brilliant. Also very glad you included The Covenant. I watched it twice in 1 week, I thought it was super engaging, superbly acted and had a really gripping and emotional storyline. Excellent film
My hidden gems: Polite Society, Nimona, Suzume, Mad Heidi, D&D: Honor Among Thieves Overrated: Sound Of Freedom, Wonka Underrated: Renfeld, The Baker, Magic Mike’s Last Dance, Shazam 2: Fury Of The Gods, Wish, The Pope’s Exorcist Biggest disappointment: Ant-Man 3, Haunted Mansion, Napoleon Worst movie: The Exorcist: Believer, Freelance, Expend4bles, It’s A Wonderful Knife
I don’t have any hidden gems, so I’ll just do the other categories Disappointments: *Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania.* - I was so hyped for this one because I’m a big MCU fan and the trailers made it look like a high stakes, action-packed introduction to Kang. Unfortunately it wasn’t really that. I still liked it a lot more than most people, and the final fight was super intense, but it didn’t meet my expectations. *Wish*: It was the 100th anniversary Disney movie but it was just a cringey mess and it was hard to sit through. It was also kinda generic and the songs were mid. Biggest Surprises: *TMNT: Mutant Mayhem* - I really wasn’t expecting much out of this one because the premise just didn’t sound promising, but it’s a really solid movie and is very heartwarming and entertaining. *Elemental:* I really didn’t care to see this one at first and I didn’t even see it until it came on Disney Plus, but it was actually really fun and super heartwarming. The animation also blew me away. *Diary of a Wimpy Kid Christmas: Cabin Fever* - The first two animated wimpy kid movies were pretty awful, so my expectations were as low as Earths core for this one. But it was actually decent. Compared to the first two, it’s a massive improvement and it’s a fresh story since there’s never been a Cabin Fever adaptation. *Five Nights at Freddy’s:* I’m not the HUGEST FNAF fan, but I definitely know most of the lore and references and stuff. My expectations were neutral since I heard the reviews were mediocre, but I throughly enjoyed FNAF. I understood all the references which made the experience 1000x more enjoyable, and all around it was just really entertaining for me.
that movie the covenant, is a true story and the real people who it is loosely based abt, visited our church and spoke. it was so powerful, and it was awesome
So glad to see that someone else liked "The Covenant" and "Operation Fortune." Both terrific films and very different. Couldn't talk anyone into seeing them.
Biggest Surprises of the Year for me: Dungeons and Dragons Honor Among Thieves and The Creator. Both had me surprised with just how great they were and my enjoyment with them. Biggest Dissappinontment: Fast X. I was just hoping for something coherent and they couldn't even do that.
I agree with the Hidden Gems. The two Guy Ritchie movies I loved (especially The Covenant)and Missing is one easily forgotten because it came out in January but it was a solid watch.
Ant Man Quantumania was a better film than The Marvels but it was a bigger disappointment because it had the task of setting up Kang. But apparently we don't need the Avengers to take him down, we just need ants
14:47 interesting fact about the de aging technology, industrial light and Magic originally developed the technology for the Netflix 2019 Martin Scorsese film The Irishman. Also I got the 4k + blu ray and you wanna know a special feature I wasn't expecting...a score only option. Even more surprising that none of these extras are not on Disney+ with the movie.
Rebel Moon was definitely a big disappointment, but maybe the Rated R version is better. Silent Night was also awful, I dunno wtf John Woo was trying to do, but he failed.
My Biggest Surprise was guardians 3, I was never a huge guardians fan and with the way marvel had been going I went in with low expectations and was pleasantly surprised, and I was disappointed by ATSV.
@@noobmasterruben5167 felt like nothing happened throughout the movie, I was left underwhelmed by the entire thing. Normally I’m ok with a 2 part movie (example being Mission Impossible) but this one didn’t work because the ending didn’t leave me satisfied, the whole movie felt like one very long 1st Act, and when done right it can workout incredibly well but for this it just didn’t work out for me. It left me wanting more but not in a good way. What sucks is that first movie is my favourite animated movie of all time and I desperately wanted to love this movie.
@4ProStudios i guess we have differing opinions. The 2 major things I didn't love in this movie was they wasted time reintroducing Miles & the best parts are when they actually go to Spidersociety. The other one is the fact that The Spot was gone for the 2nd half. Otherdanthat, ATSV is easily the best thing Sony released this year and its pretty hilarious Disney's 100th anniversary movie was such a disaster
Hidden gems: • Rye Lane (One of the most fresh and stylistic recent rom-coms) • Flora and Son (Not as good as Once or Sing Street, but John Carney still doesn’t miss) • How to Have Sex (Very under-appreciated, stressful and realistic with great acting from some very talented young actors) Disappointments: • Ant-Man: Quantumania (Maybe I shouldn’t have had high hopes for this, but I cant believe it was as bad and ugly as it was) • 65 (I didn’t think this was gonna be great, but a space/dinosaur flick with Adam Driver should’ve been so much more fun, worst film I watched this year) • Asteroid City (Not bad, but it was one of my most anticipated films of the year and imo it’s one of Wes Anderson’s weakest) Surprises: • Dungeons and Dragons (My expectations were as low as they could’ve been and it turned out to be really fun) • Godzilla Minus One (Yea it’s fantastic) • Nimona (Another sweet and creative animated hit from Netflix)
I don't think anyone ever would have thought a Godzilla movie would be so good but here we are. Its just so refreshing to have a Godzilla movie that actually has a deep, well written, interesting story with heavy emotion in there, rather than all the modern monsterverse movies that, although are still extremely enjoyable, entertaining movies, have very thin and forgettable stories and characters
Stormy Daniels was one of your best puns yet! Surprises: The Covenant,Cobweb,Past Lives,Pain Hustlers,Godzilla Minus One Disappointments: The Flash, Napoleon (It'll still be in my top 20-25),It’s A Wonderful Knife,Hypnotic,65
I can definitely agree with this list. Out of this whole video, I personally saw Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania, Wish, Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny, Napoleon, Rebel Moon: Part One - A Child of Fire, Gran Turismo, Wonka, Dungeons and Dragons: Honor Among Thieves and Godzilla: Minus One. However, I didn't see Polite Society, The Covenant, Sisu, Missing, Operation Fortune, We Have a Ghost, 65 and Saw X
I was one of the few people who didn’t like Polite Society. It lacked a cohesive tone and plot. There was some fun to be had, but it felt over the top and silly to the point of outright stupid at times. The movie does action for actions sake, and it was poorly executed for me.
One movie that surprised the hell out of me was MEGAN. I went into expecting a stupid dumb self aware thriller. And while I wouldn’t call it amazing by any means, it was a movie that delivered way more entertainment and intensity than I thought it would. MEGAN was my biggest surprise of the year!
Dissapointments: Shazam Fury Of The Gods, Five Nights At Freddys, Rebel Moon, 65, Antman & The Wasp Quantumania. Surprises: The Iron Claw, Nimona, BlackBerry, Wonka, Talk To Me
One of the biggest surprises for me was Sisu. I only knew about it because of you and Cody Leach. Kind of a Finnish First Blood. Along with John Wick Chapter 4, one of my favorite action films of the year.
The beginning of 2023 was so strong. All the movies mentioned like The Covenant and Missing as well as M3GAN. But so many other good movies that are not franchises like Are You There God? It’s me, Margaret, The Blackening, Joy Ride, Past Lives, The Holdover, American Fiction, Poor Things.
Hidden Gems for me: Are you there God, it's me Margaret Robot Dreams Past Lives All Your Faces Close Your Eyes Biggest Dissappointments: Elemental The Killer Beau is afraid (Not bad movies, just... Not great ones) Biggest surprises: Anatomy of a fall Ninja Turtles Nimona Hunger Games Prequel
I think some big surprises for me this year were TMNT Mutant Mayhem as the Ninja Turtles don't have the greatest movie history in modern Hollywood and they decided to make it an animated movie in the same year Across the Spider-Verse came out. Another surprise would be The Creator because I only heard about it a couple weeks before it came out and saw it was an original idea Sci-Fi movie which is my favorite movie type to watch. It's also one of the best looking Sci-Fi movies I've ever seen.
Great video Sean the movies that surprise the most this year were beau is Afraid because I was a fan of the director and I did relate a lot to the main character and Godzilla is a another film that surprises me because it gives me a different type of Godzilla
It’s dejavu once again. People hating on Rebel Moon just like when MOS first cane out. The delayed reactions happening all over again. I am just glad there are no muppets involved in his take on Star Wars, and those badass bad transformer robots were genius. The floating landscape in the final battle was so dope… and many more
I would say the biggest surprise of the year was Sound of Freedom. I was a really powerful movie and surprisingly good. The box office was also really good.
Mine is Gran Turismo. Underdog story are cliche for me, but Gran Turismo was an underdog story done right, engaging action scenes and great mentor-apprentice relationship
I really hated how quick to harass people who loved the movie were to UA-camrs who gave it any criticism (even if they gave it a positive review!). It was like "you said something negative about this movie, you must like child sex trafficking." Drove me crazy. Movie was decent but had some inaccuracies (and the way people spoke about it, it should have been spotless)
How am I only now finding out about the "Missing" movie. I am not even certain that I will like it very much; it is just such an interesting way to frame a story.
I don't really have any hidden gem movies here, so I'll just cut to the biggest disappointments Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania. The only thing I'll give it praise for is Jonathan Majors' portrayal as Kang the Conqueror! He felt really threatening and you could just feel his presence coming. It's a shame with what happened recently. Also I was pleasantly surprised with the twist they made with MODOK. Other than that, they just kept on dragging the jokes out for too long, the story was completely wasted, and... that's it. Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny. While not as bad as Crystal Skull, it just didn't live up to the magic and legacy of the first three movies. Most Surprising Films. Elemental. I had no interest in watching this movie. But I gave in and gave it a try and... I really liked it. It surprised me a whole lot. Five Nights at Freddy's. Now I would say I had no intention on watching it, because I don't like horror movies, but the trailers kept on pulling me in and so, I watched it, and I gotta say. While it's not perfect, I still had fun. Migration. Sinilar thing with FNAF. My grandpa normally convinces me to watch Illumination movies with him, and it was a really fun movie!
My picks Most dissapointing: -Quantumania (They removed all the charm of the first two movies and replaced it with the most bland and generic mcu stuff. I could forgive it if the movie had some stakes at the end. Instead, Kang got beaten up by ants) -Five night's at Freddy's (Instead of delivering scares and kills, the movie delivered 100 minutes of exposition and dreams) - Indiana Jones (I can't believe they made such a forgetable Indy movie. I forgot about the movie immediately after watching it) Most surprising: - Saw X (I had zero anticipation for the movie because if franchise's poor track record. It ended up being one of the coolest horror movies of the lat few years) - John Wick 4 (I liked the first 3 movies but nothing besides the action stood out to me. The plot and the characters were pretty generic. This one however had one of the most memorable and coolest supporting characters of the year. It really elevated the movie and it's one of my favourites of the year)
Honestly the biggest surprise for me was both Dungeons & Dragons Honor Among Thieves and Gran Turismo, they looked awful from trailers until I saw the movie and was shocked by how good both movies were. As for my biggest disappointment it definitely was Silent Night, Five Nights At Freddy and Rebel Moon, such wasted potential. Hidden gem is Renfield
My most disappointing - Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania - Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny My most surprising - Dungeons and Dragons: Honor Among Thieves - The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes
The Covenant is 10000% a hidden gem. You said it's a Dad movie. I am no Dad (and at this point I doubt I ever will be) but I am an uncle so maybe it's an uncle movie too?
As a huge Godzilla fan ( I watched all 37 movies) I'm so happy Godzilla Minus One is getting the deserved attention and hype and that people see what Godzilla was originally meant to be, the metaphor of the horror of atomic bombs and an anti-war film. Out of all the Godzilla films clearly my favourite film.
The two biggest surprises for me this year was The boy and the Heron and Godzilla Minus One. The Godzilla movies tend to focus on the monster, while minus one focuses on the characters making such a good movie out of the Godzilla can be plucked out of the movie and not hurt the story whatsoever.
Glad to hear it man. Might just be my fanboy-ism but Miyazaki always delivers 🔥
i don't like dinosaurs
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Minus One was just.... still hard to describe how amazing it was to be honest
It was Epic in my opinion
Screw all y’all and whoever got to see that masterpiece …I didn’t know it was gonna a limited release and didn’t get a chance to see it😢🤦♂️
Biggest surprise for me was Pixar's Elemental.
Saw trailers and did not think too much of it. Watched it this week with my wife and we were both moved by how relatable the love story is and the quality of the animation!
It is now one of our favorite movies to watch together! That is saying a lot as I am not usually one to gravitate to a romantic comedy or even get emotional over it.
Elemental is pretty charming amd better written than a lot of Dreamworks films this year
@@noobmasterruben5167what do you mean “a lot of dreamworks movies?” There was only 2 this year.
@@andreimcallister1365 lol I may have mistyped that I meant all the Dreamworks films 😅
Finally, someone who likes elemental
Napoleon and Rebel Moon were by far the biggest disappointments of the year for me, was ridiculously excited for both 😔
That’s cause none of them are the director’s complete visions. That’s why we are getting a director’s cut for both.
@@andreimcallister1365for Napoleon?
@@andreimcallister1365So movies are gonna have dlcs now?
@@Highostrichhopefully yes, please.
@@andreimcallister1365 the final product put to screen should the FINAL product, should be the complete vision, why leave things out purposefully just to accomodate a director's cut
Hot take: the most underrated movie of this year was The Last Voyage of the Demeter. I thought it would just be a generic horror movie, but I was genuinely blown away by how well-made and entertaining it was.
I agree
I have that one fairly high up in full year list and I liked it more than most. It was the set design, atmosphere and characters that I made that movie worth while.
It was well done, but it is pretty generic and forgetful at the end of the day.
@@brianng8350 I'd say that's just because there are SO MANY dracula movies that exist, as well as vampire and horror movies in general.
But I like how Last Voyage changed Dracula's character from what we are used to, making him scarier in a different way.
The other characters also made the movie much better, and there were some great emotional moments (the last scene with Toby comes to mind). I also liked how the characters were different from the typical characters in most dracula movies.
Those are just 2 reasons why I really liked the movie, but I'm probably not going to change your mind. But hey, to each their own
Biggest surprise would easily be Godzilla Minus One. Top 3 of the year for me. D&D was a surprise. I think Totally Killer was a pleasant surprise (thank you Sean for making me aware of its existence). There's also a smaller Tamil film, Chittha, that came out this year. Not a blockbuster, not an action film, it is a drama (and a hard one at that). Did not have it on my radar, and it is easily my favourite Indian film of 2023.
Stand out disappointments would be Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania, Wish, as well as Animal (sorry to the fans, but it did not float my boat). Obviously every Indian would say Adipurush, but I guess I expected it to suck after that first teaser. I did like The Creator and The Flash, but they were below my expectations. However, my biggest disappointment of 2023, is easily Dunki. Shahrukh Khan in his 'return from hiatus' year. Back to back with Pathaan, and Jawan. This time a comedy-drama, with a message, and with the director of 3 Idiots. Did not expect it to be so mediocre.
You’re like the 4th comment I see that was disappointed with The Creator, and so I’m low key glad I’m not the only one who was disappointed with it, especially after all the hype it got on the channel. I didn’t think it was bad, but not astounding either…
@@NinthShinigami Yes. I think a lot of love it is getting is just that it's a new "original" sci-fi blockbuster. But, was it really?
vampire vs werewolf
The Mario movie was a good surprise for me. I thought it looked really bad based on the trailers but it was actually pretty good imo.
Hell yeah, The Mario movie is easily one of the best Illumination movies and it was what Ralph breaks the Internet should have been fun and exciting
It tooks 20 years to do a good Mario movie!
I agree, such a fun and entertaining movie
The Iron Claw is my biggest surprise of the year. Definitely would recommend it to you Sean if you haven’t seen it. The Von Eirichs were big in Texas and it tells a very emotional story with what I believe as Zach Efron’s best performance
I was gonna mention that one too.
Hidden Gems:
BlackBerry
How to Blow Up a Pipeline
Past Lives
Surprising:
The Hunger Games: Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes
Dungeons and Dragons: Honor Amongst Thives
GOTG Vol 3 (not a James Gunn fan)
Wonka
Plane
Gran Turismo
Disappointing:
The Creator
Evil Dead Rise
Maestro
Ferrari
Glad to see I wasn’t the only one who thought creator was disappointing
I'm glad I'm not the only one who was surprised with Ballad of Songbirds & Gran Turismo.
Both movies I didn't have much expectations for but both are pretty good in their plots. I love how they did Snow's arc from compassionate student to dark and jaded leader
Godzilla: MInus One came out of nowhere and *STOMPED* past expectations for me
Biggest surprises: Godzilla Minus One, Cobweb, Renfield, When Evil Lurks, D&D
Biggest disappointments: Knock at the Cabin (the story really fell off for me as the movie went on), John Wick 4 (the action scenes go on far too long), The Boy and the Heron (I wanted to like this more than I did), Talk to Me (I heard all the praise, I liked the concept but didn't care for the characters)
Top 5 Biggest Disappointments:
5. Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania-While a lot of elements of this film are now pretty much meaningless, for the introduction of Kang the Conqueror, this one was definitely disappointing
4. The Creator-To be very clear, I’m positive on this film, but for how much it was being hyped up for being an original sci-fi epic, this movie certainly let me down as it was essentially a bunch of elements of previous sci-fi projects thrown together to make The Creator
3. Napoleon-On technical levels, this is a well made movie, which made for a decent movie but when it came to the story, characters, and themes, there wasn’t an actual exploration of who Napoleon Bonaparte was, which was rather disappointing
2. Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny-While it’s a good enough closure to the Indiana Jones franchise and character, it lacks the classic movie making of what makes the original trilogy special, and takes Indy to emotional places I think I could’ve done without
1. The Flash-Despite enjoying this movie both times I watched it in theaters, this movie has aged rather poorly for me because of how it executes multiple of its ideas, its terrible CGI, the way the story plays out, and especially how hollow Barry’s journey is by the time the movie wraps up
We got pretty much the same list, glad we agree on Creator. Not bad. Not peak modern gen sci fi either.
Same for me with The Creator. I appreciate that its an original movie but it still feels like its not that different from what TLOU, Logan and The Mandalorian was doing
Most surprising for me:
Blue Giant, Past Lives, The Holdovers, Nimona, Dungeons and Dragons (I wasn’t aware of these films til they released and I very much enjoyed them)
Most disappointing for me:
Indiana Jones and The Dial of The Destiny, Napoleon, Scream VI, Quantumania, The Creator (it’s not bad, but I bought into the massive hype most were creating and it didn’t work out for the best)
My picks for hidden gems: Suzume, The First Slam Dunk, Past Lives, Blue Giant
I won’t say Minus One was surprising for me because I knew it was gonna be great, and I won’t say Wish was disappointing cause I already knew I wasn’t gonna be big on it personally
The Creator is easily my most disappointing movie of the year. Even the beautiful visuals couldn't stop me from dozing off
I agree. I wasn’t the biggest fan of it by the end either not as much as so many people and Sean were hyping it up to be. It wasn’t bad, but I definitely didn’t see what all the hype was for…
Minus One was the biggest surprise and one of the few movies I’ve ever given a perfect score. Just incredible
Top movies of the year:
The Super Mario Bros Movie
Spider Man Across the Spider-Verse
TMNT Mutant Mayham
Leo by Adam Sandler
Guardians of the Galaxy vol.3
John Wick Chapter 4
Transformers: Rise of the Beasts
Wonka
Barbie
Mission Impossible Dead Reckoning Part One
Godzilla Minus One
Hidden Gems: Leo
Surprises: The Super Mario Bros Movie, Fnaf, Sound of Freedom, Across the Spider-Verse
*Didn't see many films this year*
My most surprisingly
1. Godzilla Minus one
2. Poor things
3. Dream scenario
4. Totally Killer
5. Nimona
Keep in mind these are just the biggest surprises. Although some of them are in my top five favorite movies of the year. I just didn’t have high expectations for some of them.
Biggest Surprises: Godzilla Minus One, Dungeons and Dragons, Thanksgiving, Ninja Turtles
Biggest Disappointments: Wish, Asteroid City, Napoleon, Dream Scenario, 65
Biggest surprises: Godzilla minus one, the holdovers, m3gan, gran Turismo, nimona
Biggest disappointments:
65, ant man and the wasp quantumania, the marvels, rebel Moon, wish
Hidden gems
Dnd
Air
Missing
Past lives
Nimona yes this is on two lists I really enjoyed this movie it has potential of being on my top 15 if not top 10
Godzilla -1 was the best film of 2023 and no one was expecting that.
That Dungeons & Dragons movie deserved to do so much better at the box office. Such a great movie and one of my favorite films this year. Still holding out hope that a sequel will happen. Godzilla Minus One is definitely for me the best Godzilla film. I do agree Indiana Jones 5 was a disappointment because I was really hoping for the franchise to end on a great note instead of just being ok. In my headcannon his story ended with the final shot in last crusade. Great job as always with your videos.
5 under the radar films:
Theater camp
Rye Lane
Flora and Son
Suzume
Sanctuary
5 most disappointing
Gran Turismo
Any-Man and The Wasp: Quantumania
Totally killer
Saltburn
Mission impossible: Dead reckoning part one
Most surprising:
Batman: The Doom That Came to Gotham
The Marvels
Rebel Moon Part One: A child of fire
Elemental
Godzilla minus one
Upvote for Suzume alone 🔥🔥🔥
Dissapointed
1 John Wick
2 Napoleon
3 Scream 6
4 Barbie
5 The Creator
6 The Hunger Games The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes
7 Thanksgiving
8 Sisu
9 Sick
10 Blue Beetle
Surprise
1 Gran Turismo
2 Megan
3 Blackberry
4 Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves
5 A Haunting in Venice
6 Saw X
7 No Hard Fellings
8 The Fabelmans
9 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem
10 The Flash
Scream VI was a disappointment. It felt too much like Scream 2. I loved Oppenheimer. One of few movies that I have watched multiple times. Guardians of the Galaxy vol 3 was the biggest surprise, but so was the first one.
Biggest surprises for me are:
Godzilla Minus One-I didn’t even know it was coming out until the reviews
Barbenheimer-cultural success
The Fablemans-one of my favourite movies of the year.
The Marvels-I had no expectations but really enjoyed it.
Sound of Freedom-Bro it outperformed MI Dead reconning prt 1 in a crowded summer.
Gran Turismo-I wasn’t originally going to watch it but it blew me away.
Wonka-I really enjoyed it and I found it captured the joy of Padington
Disappointments:
Flash-everyone played it up to be the next best Dc film but instead was one of the worst in my opinion.
Ant Man and The Wasp Quatumania-Disappointing film with wasted potential.
Indiana Jones 5-No one cared.
Rebel Moon-Could have been so great if they had characters who we cared about.
Wish-Celebrated Disneys 100 year anniversary and no one showed up
Mission Impossible Dead Reckoning prt 1-I liked it but it under performed.
Aquaman and the lost kingdom-Ended the DCEU on a whimper.
Isn't The Fabelmans a 2022 film?
I'm not disappointed with Wish becuz not only was there little hype for that movie but also because Once upon a studio had more heart than the actual movie that didnt do a good job w/ songs or adding a princess that isnt adorkable
@@Ruben_Kenny I think it released in the uk in 2023
Disappointments:
Almost every movie I was looking forward to
Surprises: Movies I wasn’t looking forward to
Most Disappointing:
Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania
Shazam! Fury of the Gods
Ruby Gillman, Teenage Kraken
It's a Wonderful Knife
Five Nights at Freddy's
Most Suprising:
Renfield
Godzilla Minus One
The Holdovers
Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves
Nimona
I loved Godzilla - Minus One. Its been decades since we had a Godzilla movie, where the CGI didn't take you out of the film. It's back to roots, dude in a suit, with minatures and people green screened in, and it has a plot beyond Kaiju smash.
Also loved Cocaine Bear. Completely over the top fun, and so loosely based on real events, it's pretty much fiction.
Godzilla is fully cgi in minus one though
@@devonbolanos5528 so not even motion capture?.
godzilla vs predator vs jason voorhees
@@felinekaiju4517Yeah, which makes it even more incredible considering the 15 Million Budget
(Spoilers for Godzilla minus one in this comment)
My biggest disappointment: Napoleon, you have one of greatest directors teaming up with his fellow coworker who’s a Oscar award winning actor in Joaquin Phoenix who is playing one of the greatest war generals in history and it just seemed bland. This movie should’ve been much more action packed and less romantically focused than what it was making the film messy and a complete head scratcher.
Most surprising: Godzilla minus one. I was never too fond of the other Godzilla movies but I saw this one because I was hearing good things about so I watched it with my aunt and uncle and I was blown away. From start to finish I was immediately captured by the main character and his emotional journey from when he first survives the Godzilla attack to him falling in love with a girl he randomly met because she was struggling to take care of a random baby she had to take care of. Godzilla was fantastic and the score they had playing in the final fight scene is honestly iconic as I’ll never forget that. Then to put the icing on the cake, the plot twist at the end that reveals the main character’s girlfriend/wife never actually died had me in complete shock and just blew we away with how everything was perfect as my only complaint was that the movie unfortunately ended. Was my 3rd favorite film of 2023 and easily the one that surprised me the most.
The biggest surprise for me is Wonka which was an absolute delight
I got a new favorite movie of all time this year (Godzilla minus one). Going for my 4th viewing this week.
My biggest surprise of the year would actually be one I watched last night and that’s Oppenheimer it’s my first Nolan film so I thought it’d be a regular drama biopic but it’s so much more and it’s a 4/5 for me
Biggest Surprise for me was Godzilla Minus One. I would point to this movie and say “This is what you’re missing, Hollywood!”
Biggest Disappointments:
1. The Flash
2. Ghosted
3. Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania
4. Haunted Mansion
5. Napoleon
BIGGEST SURPRISES:
1. Talk to Me
2. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem
3. Elemental
4. Dungeons and Dragons: Honor Among Thieves
5. The Marvels
I've barely seen any Godzilla movies, and Minus One was the first one I'd ever seen in theaters. Truly an amazing, thrilling, and emotional cinematic experience I will never forget. I'm still thinking about the film weeks after I've seen it and want to re-watch it immediately
Biggest Surprise: The Holdovers. Really came out of nowhere and ended up being one of the best films of the year. Love it
Biggest disappointment: Last Voyage of the Demeter has a great concept (Alien but with Dracula and on a boat) but ended up waisting the concept
Hidden gem: Shin Ultraman is an absolute blast. It’s a really fun kaiju film that is just a great time
I saw Shin Ultraman at fantastic fest in 2022!
Hey Sean, there is a new Indian movie named Merry Christmas releasing on 5th January (😅 I know it should have been during Christmas but dunki and saalar took all the screens I guess) You should check the movie out. It looks like a Christmas murder mystery movie with some kind of paranormal or sci-fi elements. I think it will be fun to watch.
Godzilla minus one was amazing
The stormi reed/Daniel’s bit was hilarious 😂😂
Hidden Gems:
1. Renfield
2. Infinity Pool
3. The Passenger
4. Sharper
5. Knock at the Cabin
Biggest Disappointments:
1. Scream VI (sloppiest script in the franchise, no stakes, reusing a previous motive, weakest killer reveal, and too much plot armor. Solid film but my least favorite of the franchise)
2. Silent Night (Trailer was better than the movie)
3. Haunted Mansion (Forgettable)
4. Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania (bad cgi, no stakes but still fun)
5. Five Nights at Freddy’s (wasted Matthew Lillard, lack of gore, a bit dull)
Biggest Surprise:
1. Saw X (Top 3 in the franchise)
2. Dungeons and Dragons: Honor Among Thieves
3. Thanksgiving
4. Blue Beetle
5. No Hard Feelings
Godzilla minus one fantastic best film of the year also who knows this might be the wake up call for Hollywood or it could be their demise and more of these independent and foreign companies can show what they can do without Hollywood burying them
Disappointing movies:
Flash
Meg 2
Ant Man 3
65
Wish
Hunger Games Ballad Of Songbirds and Snakes (I wasn’t very excited for it but I thought it would be decent and I thought it was awful)
Most surprising
Gran Turismo
Wonka
Elemental
I did think these would be at least decent, but I didn’t think I would really like them
I definitely agree that Gran Turismo, Wonka and Dungeons and Dragons were some of the best surprises of the year.
For Gran Turismo, the plot was just so bizarre that it’s enough to check out but it gave a good story, good acting and when we got to the racing scenes, I was always on the edge of my seat.
For Wonka, I was amazed by how charming it was. It gave some Paddington vibes and it put a big smile on my face.
For Dungeon and Dragons, I just thought it was better than I expected.
Some other movies I was surprised by…
The Super Mario Bros Movie- everyone thought this would be a flop but instead we got one of the highest grossing movies of 2023 so it’s clear the team making this movie put a lot of work into it.
Nimona- seriously how did this movie not get into theatres? It’s so good it should’ve been on the big screen.
Dumb Money- I feel like this film just doesn’t get talked about enough. While not mind blowing new, it’s still really good.
The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes- it manages to add more to both the world of Hunger Games and to the character of Snow.
Thankfully I had more surprises than disappointments this year! 😁 for me
Quick disappointing mention: Quantumania (I still enjoyed it but it could’ve been better)
Surprises: Wonka, TMNT:Mutant Maythem, Gran Turismo, and Godzilla: Minus one (all of these are in my top 10 of the year;)
Most surprising for me has to be Dungeons and Dragons. Still one of my fav movies of the year.
As far as disappointments go for me it is Barbie, M3gan, and Sisu. But Blood and Gold was a great surprise and finally a good Fast and Furious movie.
M3gan was disappointing? Idk dude, M3Gan is lot more watchable than some of the movies I was excited for: The Flash, Ant man 3, and Transformers 6 got nothing on this movie
I'm sorry, but Fast X was...GOOD?
HOW?
Most surprising flicks for me were Dungeons and Dragons, Mutant Mayhem, and Fast X.
D & D was legit great. Really fun family movie with heart. Really Recommend it.
Did not expect Mutant Mayhem to be this good. That ending where people know about their existence was a great surprise too. Well executed.
Fast X was way more enjoyable than F9. John Cena was way better in Fast X than F9😂. And Jason Momoa was really fun.
Agreed man, as someone who loves Fast and Furious (I’m into the trashiest things ever huh?) and his family loves Fast and Furious, we were all upset with F9. X righted some wrongs for us 👍
I love Godzilla Minus One
Godzilla Minus One was so good!!!
Godzilla absolutely brilliant. Also very glad you included The Covenant. I watched it twice in 1 week, I thought it was super engaging, superbly acted and had a really gripping and emotional storyline. Excellent film
Godzilla Minus 1 blew me away.
My hidden gems: Polite Society, Nimona, Suzume, Mad Heidi, D&D: Honor Among Thieves
Overrated: Sound Of Freedom, Wonka
Underrated: Renfeld, The Baker, Magic Mike’s Last Dance, Shazam 2: Fury Of The Gods, Wish, The Pope’s Exorcist
Biggest disappointment: Ant-Man 3, Haunted Mansion, Napoleon
Worst movie: The Exorcist: Believer, Freelance, Expend4bles, It’s A Wonderful Knife
I don’t have any hidden gems, so I’ll just do the other categories
Disappointments:
*Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania.* - I was so hyped for this one because I’m a big MCU fan and the trailers made it look like a high stakes, action-packed introduction to Kang. Unfortunately it wasn’t really that. I still liked it a lot more than most people, and the final fight was super intense, but it didn’t meet my expectations.
*Wish*: It was the 100th anniversary Disney movie but it was just a cringey mess and it was hard to sit through. It was also kinda generic and the songs were mid.
Biggest Surprises:
*TMNT: Mutant Mayhem* - I really wasn’t expecting much out of this one because the premise just didn’t sound promising, but it’s a really solid movie and is very heartwarming and entertaining.
*Elemental:* I really didn’t care to see this one at first and I didn’t even see it until it came on Disney Plus, but it was actually really fun and super heartwarming. The animation also blew me away.
*Diary of a Wimpy Kid Christmas: Cabin Fever* - The first two animated wimpy kid movies were pretty awful, so my expectations were as low as Earths core for this one. But it was actually decent. Compared to the first two, it’s a massive improvement and it’s a fresh story since there’s never been a Cabin Fever adaptation.
*Five Nights at Freddy’s:* I’m not the HUGEST FNAF fan, but I definitely know most of the lore and references and stuff. My expectations were neutral since I heard the reviews were mediocre, but I throughly enjoyed FNAF. I understood all the references which made the experience 1000x more enjoyable, and all around it was just really entertaining for me.
that movie the covenant, is a true story and the real people who it is loosely based abt, visited our church and spoke. it was so powerful, and it was awesome
So glad to see that someone else liked "The Covenant" and "Operation Fortune." Both terrific films and very different. Couldn't talk anyone into seeing them.
Biggest Surprises of the Year for me: Dungeons and Dragons Honor Among Thieves and The Creator. Both had me surprised with just how great they were and my enjoyment with them.
Biggest Dissappinontment:
Fast X. I was just hoping for something coherent and they couldn't even do that.
I agree with the Hidden Gems. The two Guy Ritchie movies I loved (especially The Covenant)and Missing is one easily forgotten because it came out in January but it was a solid watch.
Hey Sean big fan do you think you could do one final review of the cw arrowverse
Ant Man Quantumania was a better film than The Marvels but it was a bigger disappointment because it had the task of setting up Kang. But apparently we don't need the Avengers to take him down, we just need ants
14:47 interesting fact about the de aging technology, industrial light and Magic originally developed the technology for the Netflix 2019 Martin Scorsese film The Irishman.
Also I got the 4k + blu ray and you wanna know a special feature I wasn't expecting...a score only option. Even more surprising that none of these extras are not on Disney+ with the movie.
Rebel Moon was definitely a big disappointment, but maybe the Rated R version is better. Silent Night was also awful, I dunno wtf John Woo was trying to do, but he failed.
100%
biggest surprise for me was aquaman 2. expected it to be generic and horrible but it was good enough
Massive godzilla fan, and minus one was my 2nd favorite movie of the year, and i didnt have many expectations, but oh boi did it deliver
My Biggest Surprise was guardians 3, I was never a huge guardians fan and with the way marvel had been going I went in with low expectations and was pleasantly surprised, and I was disappointed by ATSV.
whats wrong with atsv
Why the hell are you disappointed with ATSV? Is it because they underused the Spot or is it because there was no final battle
@@noobmasterruben5167 felt like nothing happened throughout the movie, I was left underwhelmed by the entire thing. Normally I’m ok with a 2 part movie (example being Mission Impossible) but this one didn’t work because the ending didn’t leave me satisfied, the whole movie felt like one very long 1st Act, and when done right it can workout incredibly well but for this it just didn’t work out for me. It left me wanting more but not in a good way.
What sucks is that first movie is my favourite animated movie of all time and I desperately wanted to love this movie.
@4ProStudios i guess we have differing opinions. The 2 major things I didn't love in this movie was they wasted time reintroducing Miles & the best parts are when they actually go to Spidersociety. The other one is the fact that The Spot was gone for the 2nd half.
Otherdanthat, ATSV is easily the best thing Sony released this year and its pretty hilarious Disney's 100th anniversary movie was such a disaster
Biggest disappointment: Napoleon and the film the bike riders getting delayed. Hidden gems: Poor things (best of the year possibly) and infinity pool
Hidden gems: Nimona
Disappointing: Wish
Surprise: Mutant Mayhem and Godzilla Minus One
Hidden gems:
• Rye Lane (One of the most fresh and stylistic recent rom-coms)
• Flora and Son (Not as good as Once or Sing Street, but John Carney still doesn’t miss)
• How to Have Sex (Very under-appreciated, stressful and realistic with great acting from some very talented young actors)
Disappointments:
• Ant-Man: Quantumania (Maybe I shouldn’t have had high hopes for this, but I cant believe it was as bad and ugly as it was)
• 65 (I didn’t think this was gonna be great, but a space/dinosaur flick with Adam Driver should’ve been so much more fun, worst film I watched this year)
• Asteroid City (Not bad, but it was one of my most anticipated films of the year and imo it’s one of Wes Anderson’s weakest)
Surprises:
• Dungeons and Dragons (My expectations were as low as they could’ve been and it turned out to be really fun)
• Godzilla Minus One (Yea it’s fantastic)
• Nimona (Another sweet and creative animated hit from Netflix)
I think one thing nobody is talking about is inflation. Everyone is watching what they spend, more selective on movies and streaming.
I don't think anyone ever would have thought a Godzilla movie would be so good but here we are. Its just so refreshing to have a Godzilla movie that actually has a deep, well written, interesting story with heavy emotion in there, rather than all the modern monsterverse movies that, although are still extremely enjoyable, entertaining movies, have very thin and forgettable stories and characters
Hey Sean! Will you be doing your livestream of all the movies you’ve seen?
Also glad you included Dungeons and Dragons on your surprise list!
he also does an end of the year livestream of the movies of the year, so yes
Biggest dissapointment was Across the spiderverse. Biggest suprise was Mario.
Why?
Stormy Daniels was one of your best puns yet!
Surprises: The Covenant,Cobweb,Past Lives,Pain Hustlers,Godzilla Minus One
Disappointments: The Flash, Napoleon (It'll still be in my top 20-25),It’s A Wonderful Knife,Hypnotic,65
I can definitely agree with this list. Out of this whole video, I personally saw Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania, Wish, Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny, Napoleon, Rebel Moon: Part One - A Child of Fire, Gran Turismo, Wonka, Dungeons and Dragons: Honor Among Thieves and Godzilla: Minus One. However, I didn't see Polite Society, The Covenant, Sisu, Missing, Operation Fortune, We Have a Ghost, 65 and Saw X
I was one of the few people who didn’t like Polite Society. It lacked a cohesive tone and plot. There was some fun to be had, but it felt over the top and silly to the point of outright stupid at times. The movie does action for actions sake, and it was poorly executed for me.
One movie that surprised the hell out of me was MEGAN. I went into expecting a stupid dumb self aware thriller. And while I wouldn’t call it amazing by any means, it was a movie that delivered way more entertainment and intensity than I thought it would. MEGAN was my biggest surprise of the year!
Dissapointments: Shazam Fury Of The Gods, Five Nights At Freddys, Rebel Moon, 65, Antman & The Wasp Quantumania.
Surprises: The Iron Claw, Nimona, BlackBerry, Wonka, Talk To Me
Most surprising: D&D, Gran Turismo, mission impossible, Godzilla, The Holdovers, Air and Knock at the cabin.
One of the biggest surprises for me was Sisu. I only knew about it because of you and Cody Leach. Kind of a Finnish First Blood. Along with John Wick Chapter 4, one of my favorite action films of the year.
TMNT and Godzilla are my shockers for the year, two of the best theather experiences as well. (Besides Oppenhimer)
The beginning of 2023 was so strong. All the movies mentioned like The Covenant and Missing as well as M3GAN.
But so many other good movies that are not franchises like Are You There God? It’s me, Margaret, The Blackening, Joy Ride, Past Lives, The Holdover, American Fiction, Poor Things.
Dissapointments:
Wish
FNAF
Miraculous Ladybug
Indiana Jones 5
Barbie
Surprises:
Little Mermaid 2023
The Marvels
65
Hidden Gem:
Polite Society
Missing
Crater (Disney+ Movie)
Have you seen the Iron Claw? I can only describe it as an emotional masterpiece
Hidden Gems for me:
Are you there God, it's me Margaret
Robot Dreams
Past Lives
All Your Faces
Close Your Eyes
Biggest Dissappointments:
Elemental
The Killer
Beau is afraid
(Not bad movies, just... Not great ones)
Biggest surprises:
Anatomy of a fall
Ninja Turtles
Nimona
Hunger Games Prequel
Can you do a national lampoon ranking please
I think some big surprises for me this year were TMNT Mutant Mayhem as the Ninja Turtles don't have the greatest movie history in modern Hollywood and they decided to make it an animated movie in the same year Across the Spider-Verse came out.
Another surprise would be The Creator because I only heard about it a couple weeks before it came out and saw it was an original idea Sci-Fi movie which is my favorite movie type to watch. It's also one of the best looking Sci-Fi movies I've ever seen.
I consider The Creator both a hidden gem a big surprise
Id easily watch an extended cut
It came from a major studio. Just because a big studio movie bombed doesn't make it a hidden movie
Had lots of advertising
@@nms7872 I was unaware of the film until September 24
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Great video Sean the movies that surprise the most this year were beau is Afraid because I was a fan of the director and I did relate a lot to the main character and Godzilla is a another film that surprises me because it gives me a different type of Godzilla
It’s dejavu once again. People hating on Rebel Moon just like when MOS first cane out. The delayed reactions happening all over again. I am just glad there are no muppets involved in his take on Star Wars, and those badass bad transformer robots were genius. The floating landscape in the final battle was so dope… and many more
I would say the biggest surprise of the year was Sound of Freedom. I was a really powerful movie and surprisingly good. The box office was also really good.
Overrated
I would agree with this! It was impactful and well done.
Yeah agreed 👍
Mine is Gran Turismo. Underdog story are cliche for me, but Gran Turismo was an underdog story done right, engaging action scenes and great mentor-apprentice relationship
I really hated how quick to harass people who loved the movie were to UA-camrs who gave it any criticism (even if they gave it a positive review!). It was like "you said something negative about this movie, you must like child sex trafficking." Drove me crazy. Movie was decent but had some inaccuracies (and the way people spoke about it, it should have been spotless)
Her name is Storm Reid, not “Stormy Reid”.
How am I only now finding out about the "Missing" movie. I am not even certain that I will like it very much; it is just such an interesting way to frame a story.
I don't really have any hidden gem movies here, so I'll just cut to the biggest disappointments
Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania. The only thing I'll give it praise for is Jonathan Majors' portrayal as Kang the Conqueror! He felt really threatening and you could just feel his presence coming. It's a shame with what happened recently. Also I was pleasantly surprised with the twist they made with MODOK. Other than that, they just kept on dragging the jokes out for too long, the story was completely wasted, and... that's it.
Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny. While not as bad as Crystal Skull, it just didn't live up to the magic and legacy of the first three movies.
Most Surprising Films.
Elemental. I had no interest in watching this movie. But I gave in and gave it a try and... I really liked it. It surprised me a whole lot.
Five Nights at Freddy's. Now I would say I had no intention on watching it, because I don't like horror movies, but the trailers kept on pulling me in and so, I watched it, and I gotta say. While it's not perfect, I still had fun.
Migration. Sinilar thing with FNAF. My grandpa normally convinces me to watch Illumination movies with him, and it was a really fun movie!
My picks
Most dissapointing: -Quantumania (They removed all the charm of the first two movies and replaced it with the most bland and generic mcu stuff. I could forgive it if the movie had some stakes at the end. Instead, Kang got beaten up by ants)
-Five night's at Freddy's (Instead of delivering scares and kills, the movie delivered 100 minutes of exposition and dreams)
- Indiana Jones (I can't believe they made such a forgetable Indy movie. I forgot about the movie immediately after watching it)
Most surprising:
- Saw X (I had zero anticipation for the movie because if franchise's poor track record. It ended up being one of the coolest horror movies of the lat few years)
- John Wick 4 (I liked the first 3 movies but nothing besides the action stood out to me. The plot and the characters were pretty generic. This one however had one of the most memorable and coolest supporting characters of the year. It really elevated the movie and it's one of my favourites of the year)
Honestly the biggest surprise for me was both Dungeons & Dragons Honor Among Thieves and Gran Turismo, they looked awful from trailers until I saw the movie and was shocked by how good both movies were.
As for my biggest disappointment it definitely was Silent Night, Five Nights At Freddy and Rebel Moon, such wasted potential.
Hidden gem is Renfield
Dungeons and dragons was so surprisingly good. I would love it if that series continued
My most disappointing
- Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania
- Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny
My most surprising
- Dungeons and Dragons: Honor Among Thieves
- The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes
My biggest surprise was Dungeons and dragons
My biggest disappointment was The Flash
Same here!
The Covenant is 10000% a hidden gem. You said it's a Dad movie. I am no Dad (and at this point I doubt I ever will be) but I am an uncle so maybe it's an uncle movie too?
Uncle movie works too