Hello, Spongey here.
We’re now firmly in 2023 which means it’s time for my tradition at looking back at the previous year in film. Can you believe I’ve been doing these for over 5 years now? Don’t read the first one though, it’s bad. Anyway, how was 2022 in film? …Fine.
It felt like a repeat of 2021, where we’re still recovering from 2020. We’re not done with COVID but we don’t need to put an asterisk next to a movie’s gross at this point. The landscape has changed so certain movies that may have done well before have struggled. But at least they are coming out. This isn’t a box office post (that’s Mr. Coat’s job these days) but it is worth noting as we recover.
Like how Paramount rose to the top after years of failure. Almost every thing they did was a hit and they were more consistent than Disney, even. Back to the quality, it does feel like production got slower after the pandemic as there did seem to be a drought in places this year. You can copy/paste some of what I said about 2021 as I feel about the same.
I will say that the “pretty good” movies were typically better this time with some solid surprises. The lesser movies were about the same with some not as good as hoped stuff. And my least favorite, that being The Soccer Football Movie, is worse than anything from 2021. By the way, I’m not doing a worst list again. I think I’ll keep it that way if only because that’s just more work for me lol.
Just like the last couple years, there was less that I loved. Right now just four got the 4 star treatment, which is less than last year and even 2020 after I caught up on some. I watched my fair share of things in hopes that would go up but not quite. Now, my system and way of judging things has changed so there’s plenty of stuff from previous years I may have rated lower.
I’m not sure, but I do stand by my last few lists. So as has been the case lately, it’s more of a me thing for the most part. There’s something about me that changed from 2019 to 2020 for some reason. It’s worth noting I did a better job of watching things as they came out so I had a bunch watched even before having to do this. As of now I’m at over 130 which is a new record overall.
2022 was mixed but there was enough to like. There’s just something about me that made it so there is again less I truly loved. I do feel that the best was generally better than last year, if that means anything. As always there was plenty to celebrate even as we recover and the landscape shifts. As for what I haven’t seen, there’s less than usual as they’re making notable stuff available earlier these days.
I guess the biggest are The Whale and Women Talking. Outside of Oscar stuff, there’s Avatar 2 and while Babylon is not likely to make my favorites, I am very curious about it. (So much for Avatar being outside of Oscar stuff) Some stragglers aside, I’m happy with what I’ve seen and am ready to take this on. With all that said, what ended up being the stand outs of the year for me?
Let’s dive into all the insanity 2022 films had to offer.
This, is The Best Films of 2022
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