All movies I have watched in 2022: Kinda sorta kinda reviewed
Just a list so I can retrospect on the movies I've watched by the year's end.
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- DirectorRich MooreStarsJohn C. ReillyJack McBrayerJane LynchA video game villain wants to be a hero and sets out to fulfill his dream, but his quest brings havoc to the whole arcade where he lives.7.9
Great movie, a little bit too much fan-service. - DirectorDavid FincherStarsJesse EisenbergAndrew GarfieldJustin TimberlakeAs Harvard student Mark Zuckerberg creates the social networking site that would become known as Facebook, he is sued by the twins who claimed he stole their idea and by the co-founder who was later squeezed out of the business.10/10
One of the greatest movies of all time. I will never understand why this movie is 7.7. The acting, the direction, the feel of the movie, and the writing are beatifully done. - DirectorRon ClementsJohn MuskerDon HallStarsAuli'i CravalhoDwayne JohnsonRachel HouseIn ancient Polynesia, when a terrible curse incurred by the demigod Maui reaches Moana's island, she answers the Ocean's call to seek out Maui to set things right.9.1
An amazingly anamated masterpiece. The movie looks beatiful. And the music is perfect. I loved Tamatoa. His whole scene is the best scene in a Disney movie I've watched. Sadly, the movie is one of the most predictable movies I've ever seen. A lot of the characters are so boring. But really the "Shiny" scene is perfect in every way. - DirectorMartin ScorseseStarsLeonardo DiCaprioEmily MortimerMark RuffaloTeddy Daniels and Chuck Aule, two US marshals, are sent to an asylum on a remote island in order to investigate the disappearance of a patient, where Teddy uncovers a shocking truth about the place.9.1
Damn, I did not see that coming. This movie is slow at several points with a convoluded plot. Yet OML the plot twist. The acting from Leo isn't actually that good imo in this movie. But nevertheless great movie. - DirectorJared BushByron HowardCharise Castro SmithStarsStephanie BeatrizMaría Cecilia BoteroJohn LeguizamoA Colombian teenage girl has to face the frustration of being the only member of her family without magical powers.8.9
I have a lot of opinions on this one. First of all, it's beautifully shot and directed. Second, most songs suck. We Don't Talk About Bruno and Surface Pressure were the only good ones for me. Third, the characters were fantastic but needed more time.
My trailer for the movie was We Don't Talk About Bruno and it works better than the actual trailer. It got me super intrigued. But it didn't subvert my expectations or something, because it's just a simple movie. It doesn't have to. I feel like surface pressure applies to what some people wanted of this movie.
Now the reason I don't like the songs is mostly that they aren't memorable and I can't see myself re-listening to them. They are too tied to the story and not bangers on their own without the visuals.
The movie has so many great characters which I'll be remembering for so long. I do hate Abuella and she is just such a toxic character. For me, she was the real villain. Bruno was also great, he was my personal fave. I do feel several characters needed a lot more time. I hope this movie gets a small show like Zootopia.
The movie is filled with some missed opportunities and a really rushed conclusion. It's "sad act" was pretty generic. But still its a great movie which I love.
Edit: I might have been too harsh on the music. It has really grown on me. - DirectorAdam McKayStarsChristian BaleSteve CarellRyan GoslingIn 2006-2007 a group of investors bet against the United States mortgage market. In their research, they discover how flawed and corrupt the market is.9.5
The better the movie is, the less I have to talk about and that's true for this movie. It's amazingly acted, expostion is beautifully told, and it's funny. But the ending was so emotional. It was a great movie everyone should watch. - DirectorDean DeBloisChris SandersStarsJay BaruchelGerard ButlerChristopher Mintz-PlasseA hapless young Viking who aspires to hunt dragons becomes the unlikely friend of a young dragon himself, and learns there may be more to the creatures than he assumed.9.0
Damn, this was wholesome. - DirectorNathan GrenoByron HowardStarsMandy MooreZachary LeviDonna MurphyThe magically long-haired Rapunzel has spent her entire life in a tower, but now that a runaway thief has stumbled upon her, she is about to discover the world for the first time, and who she really is.8.7
I haven't had much time for movies currently, but since I was sick I decided to sit down and watch a feel-good movie. It's a little too feel-good. Dinsey movies are afraid to let characters sometimes die, unlike Pixar. The animation for the movie looks like playmobile apart from Rapunzel. This movie was funny and well put together. Rapunzel is now my fave Dinsey princess. - DirectorRon ClementsJohn MuskerStarsJodi BensonSamuel E. WrightRene AuberjonoisA mermaid princess makes a Faustian bargain in an attempt to become human and win a prince's love.8.0
Solid and fun. Not much I can say as most of the other disney princess movies I've watched improve on this movie in every way. - DirectorShawn LevyStarsRyan ReynoldsJodie ComerTaika WaititiWhen Guy, a bank teller, learns that he is a non-player character in a bloodthirsty, open-world video game, he goes on to become the hero of the story and takes the responsibility of saving the world.8.0
I never expected this to be actually good wth. There were surprisingly good jokes and good chemistry. The movie was incredibly cringey at moments. The villain is so cringey and so is Ninja. I nearly spat out water when I saw him. So was like any FOrRTkNiTe reference. - DirectorDavid FincherStarsBrad PittEdward NortonMeat LoafAn insomniac office worker and a devil-may-care soap maker form an underground fight club that evolves into much more.10/10
Actual best movie I watched this year so far. Goddamnnnnnnnnn. - DirectorMatt ReevesStarsRobert PattinsonZoë KravitzJeffrey WrightWhen a sadistic serial killer begins murdering key political figures in Gotham, Batman is forced to investigate the city's hidden corruption and question his family's involvement.8.3
A great movie. Its cinematography and colors surprised me. The pacing was terrible. Character moments and emotional moments didn't land apart from near the end. Joker was too fanservicey. Riddler was cringey but in a good way. Falcone was nice and threatening. Penguin was fun af. The action was nice albeit predictable and the money shots were wasted in the trailers. Robert Battison was a great Batman but not a great Bruce. Catwoman didn't hit it for me. Kinda just a mediocre character motivated by a person we saw for 14 seconds. They wasted both Alfred and Gordon even though they were both great. I placed my expectations way too high for this movie but I like where it's going. - DirectorAlejandro G. IñárrituStarsMichael KeatonZach GalifianakisEdward NortonA washed-up superhero actor attempts to revive his fading career by writing, directing, and starring in a Broadway production.8.5/10
Pretentious in the best way. It's funny, excelently writte, amazingly directed, and OML the acting is fucking incredible. - DirectorDean DeBloisChris SandersStarsDaveigh ChaseChris SandersTia CarrereA young and parentless girl adopts a 'dog' from the local pound, completely unaware that it's supposedly a dangerous scientific experiment that's taken refuge on Earth and is now hiding from its creator and those who see it as a menace.7.5
Decently fun and funny with great characters. - DirectorIsao TakahataStarsChloë Grace MoretzJames CaanMary SteenburgenKaguya is a beautiful young woman coveted by five nobles. To try to avoid marrying a stranger she doesn't love, she sends her suitors on seemingly impossible tasks. But she will have to face her fate and punishment for her choices.10/10
This is one of the saddest movies I have ever watched and I cried three times watching it. - DirectorRichard LinklaterStarsEthan HawkeJulie DelpyAndrea EckertA young man and woman meet on a train in Europe, and wind up spending one evening together in Vienna. Unfortunately, both know that this will probably be their only night together.8.5
What a well-written marvel. After watching Moon Knight I wanted to see more of Ethan Hawke's acting so I decided to watch the "Before" trilogy. This move is incredibly well-acted and superbly written. It feels like someone got a camera and just filmed people talking. - DirectorGary TrousdaleKirk WiseStarsPaige O'HaraRobby BensonJesse CortiA prince cursed to spend his days as a hideous monster sets out to regain his humanity by earning a young woman's love.8.4
Really great film, but a bit overrated. It's pacing is too fast, it's story is incredibly predicatble (ik its based on folklore but still), and the dance scene is very dated. Still great music. - DirectorSam RaimiStarsBenedict CumberbatchElizabeth OlsenChiwetel EjioforDoctor Strange teams up with a mysterious teenage girl who can travel across multiverses, to battle other-universe versions of himself which threaten to wipe out the multiverse. They seek help from the Scarlet Witch, Wong and others.7
- DirectorRichard LinklaterStarsEthan HawkeJulie DelpyVernon DobtcheffNine years after Jesse and Celine first met, they encounter each other again on the French leg of Jesse's book tour.8.4
Not as emotional for me, but just as real and well-written. - DirectorHiromasa YonebayashiStarsBridgit MendlerAmy PoehlerWill ArnettThe Clock family are four-inch-tall people who live anonymously in another family's residence, borrowing simple items to make their home. Life changes for the Clocks when their teenage daughter Arrietty is discovered.8.3
Great concept and animatio, but lackluster forced ending. - DirectorHayao MiyazakiStarsYôji MatsudaYuriko IshidaYûko TanakaOn a journey to find the cure for a Tatarigami's curse, Ashitaka finds himself in the middle of a war between the forest gods and Tatara, a mining colony. In this quest he also meets San, the Mononoke Hime.8.9
I don't really like this movie's characters much. They feel like tools of the story instead of fully-fledged 3d characters. It's world and plot is what drives this movie. The animation also helps and it isn't like the characters are bad imo. - DirectorDanny BoyleStarsMichael FassbenderKate WinsletSeth RogenSteve Jobs takes us behind the scenes of the digital revolution, to paint a portrait of the man at its epicenter. The story unfolds backstage at three iconic product launches, ending in 1998 with the unveiling of the iMac.9.5
Underrated as fuck. Awesomely written and incredbly acted. Editing and cinematography are peak. - DirectorSam MendesStarsTom HanksTyler HoechlinPaul NewmanA mob enforcer's son in 1930s Illinois witnesses a murder, forcing him and his father to take to the road, and his father down a path of redemption and revenge.8.4
Dark and fun with awesome perfomances. - DirectorLana WachowskiLilly WachowskiStarsKeanu ReevesLaurence FishburneCarrie-Anne MossWhen a beautiful stranger leads computer hacker Neo to a forbidding underworld, he discovers the shocking truth--the life he knows is the elaborate deception of an evil cyber-intelligence.8.5
Really fun 90s action. A tad bit overrated, but incredibly fun to watch. It has everything a movie needs to be good. - DirectorGeorge P. CosmatosKevin JarreStarsKurt RussellVal KilmerSam ElliottA successful lawman's plans to retire anonymously in Tombstone, Arizona are disrupted by the kind of outlaws he was famous for eliminating.8.0
Val Kilmer carried this movie hard. - DirectorGus Van SantStarsRobin WilliamsMatt DamonBen AffleckWill Hunting, a janitor at M.I.T., has a gift for mathematics, but needs help from a psychologist to find direction in his life.10
This film touched me in a emotional layer so hard. I can relate to almost every aspect of this movie and it hurts to watch. I lived and grew up in Boston around the same areas shown in the film and I really can't describe why I love this movie without going personal. The music, the acting, the cinematography, the writing are all peak. The best movie I have watched this year and it goes down on my top ten. - DirectorDoug LimanStarsTom CruiseEmily BluntBill PaxtonA soldier fighting aliens gets to relive the same day over and over again, the day restarting every time he dies.8.8
Great concept and great excecution with some great action. I feel that it's last act was generic, but overall a great film. - DirectorTaika WaititiStarsChris HemsworthNatalie PortmanChristian BaleThor enlists the help of Valkyrie, Korg and ex-girlfriend Jane Foster to fight Gorr the God Butcher, who intends to make the gods extinct.6.0
There's not much to say about this film cause not much happens. All scenes are too short and just filled with terrible jokes. I only laughed at a few and pity laughed at others. Thor's character arc is rushed and incoherent. The Guardians are wasted. Jane was better as a character, but still not great and felt incosistent to her character in the first two Thor films. Unlike Ragnarok, this film cannot ballance both comedy and drama. It's tone is all over the place and the film should have been more serious with such a serious villain. Gorr The God Butcher was great but not used to his full potential. If this movie cut down on 50% of the jokes, it might have been much better. Taiki what were you thinking m8 - DirectorIsao TakahataStarsTsutomu TatsumiAyano ShiraishiAkemi YamaguchiA young boy and his little sister struggle to survive in Japan during World War II.8.7
A hard to watch film that I will most likely never watch again. Studio Ghibli really makes the bleakest movies that make me cry. A masterpiece and it hurts that it's real. - DirectorRobert HughesDan PovenmireJay LenderStarsVincent MartellaAshley TisdaleThomas Brodie-SangsterPhineas and Ferb discover that Perry is a secret agent, and they all get stuck in an alternate dimension where Doofenschmirtz is the ruler of the tri-state area.7.8
If I had a nickel for every time I have seen the "If I had a nickel for every time" meme I would have 789 nickels. It's a lot and it's not weird it happned so much. - DirectorClint EastwoodStarsClint EastwoodBee VangChristopher CarleyAfter a Hmong teenager tries to steal his prized 1972 Gran Torino, a disgruntled, prejudiced Korean War veteran seeks to redeem both the boy and himself.9.3
:( - DirectorAlfonso CuarónStarsSandra BullockGeorge ClooneyEd HarrisDr Ryan Stone, an engineer on her first time on a space mission, and Matt Kowalski, an astronaut on his final expedition, have to survive in space after they are hit by debris while spacewalking.8.5
Really great movie, great sound design, great cgi. Predicatble sadly. - DirectorPeter WeirStarsJim CarreyEd HarrisLaura LinneyAn insurance salesman discovers his whole life is actually a reality TV show.9.5
Well, in case I don't see you good afternoon good evening and good night. yeah its really good. - DirectorBaz LuhrmannStarsTom HanksAustin ButlerOlivia DeJongeThe life of American music icon Elvis Presley, from his childhood to becoming a rock and movie star in the 1950s while maintaining a complex relationship with his manager, Colonel Tom Parker.9.0
Pretty sad, amazingly shot, well-acted, and musically goergeos film. Amazing - DirectorMartin ScorseseStarsWillem DafoeHarvey KeitelBarbara HersheyThe life of Jesus Christ, his journey through life as he faces the struggles all humans do, and his final temptation on the cross.8.8
Thought-provoking and deeply inspiring film. I'm a radical Christian and I see a lot less radical Christians getting offended by this film and I don't understand that in the slightest. This film isn't about our Jesus. It's a different interpretation. This is the only film that really made me happy that Jesus died. - DirectorJoseph KosinskiStarsTom CruiseJennifer ConnellyMiles TellerAfter thirty years, Maverick is still pushing the envelope as a top naval aviator, but must confront ghosts of his past when he leads TOP GUN's elite graduates on a mission that demands the ultimate sacrifice from those chosen to fly it.8.5
A fun blockbuster. Well shot, good score, good acting, and good action scenes. - DirectorJared SternSam J. LevineStarsDwayne JohnsonKevin HartKate McKinnonKrypto the Super-Dog and Superman are inseparable best friends, sharing the same superpowers and fighting crime side by side in Metropolis. However, Krypto must master his own powers for a rescue mission when Superman is kidnapped.7.3
Funny, predictable, and clever. Better than I expected. - DirectorMark OsborneJohn StevensonStarsJack BlackIan McShaneAngelina JolieTo everyone's surprise, including his own, Po, an overweight, clumsy panda, is chosen as protector of the Valley of Peace. His suitability will soon be tested as the valley's arch-enemy is on his way.20/10
Chopstick fight was the best thing I have ever seen - DirectorMichael RiandaJeff RoweStarsAbbi JacobsonDanny McBrideMaya RudolphA quirky, dysfunctional family's road trip is upended when they find themselves in the middle of the robot apocalypse and suddenly become humanity's unlikeliest last hope.8.4
Fun with an amazing artstyle and heartfelt moments. This movie really had a soul. It has some problems such as the opening scene and its forceful "quirkieness" that can get annoying. All characters are really well flesh out for the most part. - DirectorJames MangoldStarsRussell CroweChristian BaleBen FosterA small-time rancher agrees to hold a captured outlaw who's awaiting a train to go to court in Yuma. A battle of wills ensues as the outlaw tries to psych out the rancher.8.4
Watched it in a hotel a while back and forgot to add it. Really well acted and compelling movie. Russel Crow's best perfomance. - DirectorTom HooperStarsColin FirthGeoffrey RushHelena Bonham CarterThe story of King George VI, his unexpected ascension to the throne of the British Empire in 1936, and the speech therapist who helped the unsure monarch overcome his stammer.8.8
The acting in this film is superb. The comedic timing is also really good even though this isn't particurlaly a comedy flick. It told an interesting story with great cinematopgraphy. - DirectorNorman JewisonStarsTed NeeleyCarl AndersonYvonne EllimanFilm version of the musical stage play, presenting the last few weeks of Christ's life told in an anachronistic manner.9.3
Banger of a film with some annoyances. The music is truly something with Carl Anderson and Ted Neely doing some great work here. It tells a different story of "Christ" with a good character arc. Pacing problem really lets the last third down. - DirectorRyan CooglerStarsLetitia WrightLupita Nyong'oDanai GuriraThe people of Wakanda fight to protect their home from intervening world powers as they mourn the death of King T'Challa.7.6
Probably the second best phase 4 movie. It had a lot of issues and I think that Ironheart was the biggest issue. It had some emotional moments, some good directing, mediocre action, and some good acting mostly. I didn't feel any of the pacign problems I heard about this film and I thought it worked pretty great. Villain was good and they Shuri a bit more likeable. Still very cringrey at times, but enjoyable and well-thought out. - DirectorSergio PablosCarlos Martínez LópezStarsJason SchwartzmanJ.K. SimmonsRashida JonesA simple act of kindness always sparks another, even in a frozen, faraway place. When Smeerensburg's new postman, Jesper, befriends toymaker Klaus, their gifts melt an age-old feud and deliver a sleigh full of holiday traditions.8.3
A wholesome film that is just my type. Love these "renovation" type films. Very predictable, but still really great especially with the animation. - DirectorDenis VilleneuveStarsHugh JackmanJake GyllenhaalViola DavisWhen Keller Dover's daughter and her friend go missing, he takes matters into his own hands as the police pursue multiple leads and the pressure mounts.8.5
Forgot to add this fantastic film. This film is really disturbing and left me awake the night after just kind of thinking about it. Performances are stellar, but what stands out is the cinematography. Especially that one car scene. Damn. - DirectorKanji WakabayashiHiroshi HamasakiTakuya SatôStarsMamoru MiyanoAsami ImaiKana HanazawaAfter the events of the anime, Rintarou begins to feel the repercussions of extensive time travel, and eventually completely fades from reality. Kurisu, being the only companion to remember him, now must find a way to bring him back.8.6
Emotional well thought out film. Loved the plot twists.