As we all know, 2023 was probably the worst year for the film industry in years. With there being dozens of flops and poorly rated films. Of course, in a pile of trash, there’s always a few good things in there. And there were a couple of those last year.
Yes, this is almost two weeks late to the party, but better late than never!
I didn’t really see any of the big movies this year, I did see the Mario movie in the theatres with a friend, who was taking the day to hang out with his nephew, and since his nephew was begging to see the film, he went and bought tickets. And y’know, for what it was it was pretty alright. There was a large amount of 30/40 year old adults not with any children however.
I saw Sisu on streaming, and I fucking loved this film, it knew what it was and it did that perfectly, and old Finnish guy during the late stages of ww2 killing Nazis who took his gold. And it did it on a relatively small budget which is great conserving how many film studios are ridden with bigbudgetitis.
For the other films this year, pretty much all of Disney’s films were flops and rated poorly by viewers and critics, which isn’t out of the norm for the house of mouse these days.
Oppenheimer was another film I saw at home, and I enjoyed it, while it was long, it’s nothing considering I’ve watched the Ten Commandments with my father every Easter since I was little, it was no biggie.
But now, to my favourite film of 2023… Godzilla Minus One. Some of you may have not even heard of this film considering it didn’t do much marketing overseas, but you most definitely recognize the name. Godzilla Minus One is the second of the Reiwa era films (the first being Shin Godzilla in 2016) made by his original creator, Toho.
This film did everything perfectly, with just a budget of under 15 million dollars. I cared for thr characters, which is usually an oddity in Godzilla films. Godzilla felt real, and its messages of the Trauma of War and survivors guilt is profound and well delivered. Of course, there is one visual issues at times, but with the team had, it’s still extremely good. Takashi Yamasaki is truly a star director.
And I believe that’s it, maybe I’m forgetting a hit movie starring Ryan Gosling? Nah, must be my imagination. Anyways, NSG, what was your favourite film of 2023? And do you think the film industry will have another bad year in 2024?
