Best movie of 2023 contenders?

[El Presidente]

Best movie of 2023?

 

This isn't the Oscars 😉

What movie have you ...or would watch twice because you absolutely want/wanted  to ?

[El Presidente]

Have watched it three times. Love it.

.......Di not on same page 🙄

 

 

[JohnS]

I think I've seen all the major releases of 2023 as my wife and I enjoy watching movies, both at home via streaming and the traditional trip to cinema on Tuesdays when tickets are half-price.

I love Christopher Nolan movies (I think I've seen all of them at least four or five times) and I thought Oppenheimer was another typical Nolan masterpiece. However, I thought Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part One was my favourite movie of 2023. After we watched it at the cinema, I exclaimed to my wife that I could see it all over again, there and then! I couldn't wait to see it again via streaming. Fortunately, that's slated for Tuesday October 10th, so that's not far away!

What can I say? The Mission: Impossible series just keeps getting better with each film that is released and Tom Cruise is the ultimate professional when it comes to making movies.

The next films I want to see are Killers of the Flower Moon by Martin Scorsese and Napoleon by Ridley Scott. Sorry in advance to those of you awaiting for Marvels!

By the way Rob, Eleni and I loved Cocaine Bear...it was hilarious. It looked surreal in 4K though! 😂

[Puros Y Vino]

I liked Cocaine Bear too but thought it wasn't kitschy enough.  Look for preview of a flick call "Crackcoon" to see what I mean.

We haven't seen many films in the theatre these days.  MI was great. Oppenheimer as well.  Surprisingly the Barbie movie had a cerebral element for the adults who had to take their kids to it.  Kind of like how the Simpsons was about cartoons for kids, but writing for adults.  I'll go with Oppenheimer as my pick. Just a brilliantly crafted and acted movie overall.

I'm looking forward to Godzilla -1 from Toho this December.

[Corylax18]

10 hours ago, El Presidente said:

Have watched it three times. Love it.

.......Di not on same page 🙄

Haha Same Here. I watched it three times in the first couple days. I really enjoyed it. 

[Chibearsv]

I’m starting Cocaine Bear right now. Air was probably the best movie I’ve seen this year and it was just ok. Movies are so bad now, I might as well enjoy one I know is bad going in. 😁

[Corylax18]

5 minutes ago, Chibearsv said:

I’m starting Cocaine Bear right now. Air was probably the best movie I’ve seen this year and it was just ok. Movies are so bad now, I might as well enjoy one I know is bad going in. 😁

I totally forgot about "Air". I really enjoyed it and watched it a couple times, but totally forgot about it. I guess it wasn't all that good if I didn't remember watching it. I agree about movies in general these days.

While I think overall production value of modern movies is often absolutely amazing, probably the best ever, that flash isn't backed up by much real substance these days. 

[Chibearsv]

4 minutes ago, Corylax18 said:

While I think overall production value of modern movies is often absolutely amazing, probably the best ever, that flash isn't backed up by much real substance these days. 

Agree. Watched El Conde yesterday which was visually stunning and a bizarre movie (which I normally like) but it was just ok enough to watch all the way through. 

[MrBirdman]

I felt Oppenheimer was dramatically overrated despite being extremely excited for it; in fact I mostly found it quite boring and too long for its very mediocre screenwriting (which is par for the course with Nolan - he needs to let someone else write his screenplays). 

Best movie I’ve seen in theaters this year is actually MI.

[Ciscojohansson]

25 minutes ago, BoliDan said:

My nerdy ass was hoping for a 2023 Dune sequel release but it got pushed to 2024. That was really the only film I was going to go to the theater for. 🙁

No.... that was the one movie I was hoping for as well. I have almost given up on movies, I used to love them. Dune (2021) was ok. Before that maybe Joker... movies after, say 2020, just seem stale and out of ideas.

[SCgarman]

1 hour ago, Ciscojohansson said:

No.... that was the one movie I was hoping for as well. I have almost given up on movies, I used to love them. Dune (2021) was ok. Before that maybe Joker... movies after, say 2020, just seem stale and out of ideas.

Definitely out of ideas/ nothing new. Post pandemic, the whole movie industry has been largely terrible. Joker was perhaps the last good one before the pandemic hit. Top Gun was enjoyable. Most have just been "meh". Gladiator sequel? Joker 2? Remains to be seen. 

[MoeFOH]

High hopes that I'll watch this more than once... out later this month. 

 

[Hammer Smokin']

I have three from 2023 that stand above the rest. 

most obvious: Oppenheimer. I loved it. 

less popular, but still great: The Covenant

Not popular, but fantastic: Boston Strangler

 

[westg]

5 hours ago, MoeFOH said:

High hopes that I'll watch this more than once... out later this month. 

 

Looking forward to it as well 

[MrBirdman]

6 hours ago, SCgarman said:

Joker was perhaps the last good one before the pandemic hit.

Another ridiculously overrated movie - in fact I left Oppenheimer feeling exactly the same way I did after Joker. A whole bunch of fake filmmaking. But the preview trailers? A+ work. I entered both frothing at the mouth and left supremely disappointed each time. 

[Fuzz AI]

19 hours ago, El Presidente said:

Have watched it three times. Love it.

.......Di not on same page 🙄

I'm guessing her pick for flick of the year is John Wick 4?

[jakebarnes]

7 hours ago, MoeFOH said:

High hopes that I'll watch this more than once... out later this month. 

 

Loved the book. Definitely gonna see this one. 

[Ford2112]

No votes for Barbie?

[dangolf18]

Oppenheimer one of the best films I’ve seen in 10 years. Masterpiece. 

[Rushman]

How did I miss cocaine bear? Thought Air was really good. Otto too.


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[Bill Hayes]

Looking forward to Killers of the flower moon and also Dumb Money. I think Oppenheimer was the best I saw, although Top Gun Maverick I loved but was the year before I think. It was sooooo cliche' it was hilarious. Watched it quite a bit when drinking. ha ha! I was a little let down by Cocaine Bear. Loved the idea but, as mentioned, could of been a touch more off-beat instead of following a predictable journey.

 

[El Presidente]

6 minutes ago, Bill Hayes said:

 I was a little let down by Cocaine Bear. Loved the idea but, as mentioned, could of been a touch more off-beat instead of following a predictable journey.

 

 

I concur. Cocaine Bear was no Zombeaver 

Zombeaver........brilliant 

 

I concur 

[Bill Hayes]

They'll dam you to hell. Ha ha! Awesome line.

[Chibearsv]

On 10/8/2023 at 4:44 AM, El Presidente said:

Have watched it three times. Love it.

.......Di not on same page 🙄

 

They were so close to making it a great fun movie.  1st half was witty and absurd, and instead of amping it up for the 2nd half, they finished it with a fizzle.  Too bad.  I was giving it Oscar contention in the 1st 1/2 hour. 😁  

[Hammer Smokin']

Zombeaver is my fathers favourite movie of the last number of years. All he ever does is talk about it.