Matt BirchlerJan 1

We are so back! This is my annual thread of movies I watch this year.

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Movie #1: The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King

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Movie #2: Sentimental Value
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Movie #3: Bugonia

Minor, vague spoilers in the second half of this review.

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Movie #4: Marty Supreme

The one thing this movie lacks is literally anyone to root for 😅

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Movie #5: 28 Years Later
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Movie #6: Roofman
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Movie #7: Avatar

And yes, it does still look incredible, and yes, you can enjoy movies more for their visual splendor. That’s like…part of the art form 😉

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Movie #8: Hush
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Movie #9: The Ugly Stepsister
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Movie #10: Sinners
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Movie #11: Shrek 2
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Movie #12: Predator: Badlands
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Movie #13: About Time

The sort of movie that makes you happy to be alive.

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Movie #14: The Running Man
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Movie #15: The Running Man
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Movie #16: Edward Scissorhands
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Movie #17: We Bury the Dead
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Movie #18: Get Out
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Movie #19: Resident Evil

Credit where it’s due, at least it’s not just rehashing the games

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Movie #20: Resident Evil: Apocalypse

Okay never mind, the double header is cancelled, I can’t sit through another one of these if apparently they only get worse from here.

Almost assuredly the worst film I’ll see all year 🫣

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Movie #21: Happy Death Day
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Movie #22: Opus
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Movie #23: Honey Don’t
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Movie #24: Resident Evil: Extinction

God, I need to watch something good again.

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Movie #25: Zootopia 2
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@matt_birchler a few of those are in 3D on Apple Vision Pro - might make that a little more novel lol
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@matt_birchler > Almost assuredly the worst film I’ll see all year

Sir, it’s March.

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@DavidAnson Have you seen this film? 😅

It's genuinely one of the worst things I think I've ever seen.

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@matt_birchler I have. Multiple times. :) I largely agree with you, but I have good news: the ones after it are better. Maybe not the sixth, but a few in the middle are better. None quite match the first, but that’s not uncommon for series.
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@DavidAnson I think I'm going to give the 3rd a shot, but man oh man, I'm worried this is a Jurassic World situation…"this is as bad as it gets…oh no, the next one finds a way to be even worse!"
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@matt_birchler I think you will consider the third an improvement over the second. Maybe even enough to give it the next rating up!
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@DavidAnson lol I do think that "decent" is the best I can expect from this franchise.

I do worry that the laser room scene is the highlight of this thing and we're never getting better.

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@matt_birchler never has a film franchise lost its way so fast and so badly as the Resi movies :(
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@kanec It was really shocking. If I had known how quickly it would fall, I would have appreciated the first one for what it was more.
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@matt_birchler I absolutely loved the first one when it came out despite how cringy it is now, but yeah I remember seeing some of the sequels and it was probably the first time I was truly disappointed when seeing a film
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@matt_birchler blasphemy
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@BenRiceM Ok so I am down to give one more movie in this franchise a shot. Is there one you recommend? The impression I've gotten from listicles online is that the first two are the best and it only goes downhill from there, which worries me 😅
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@matt_birchler Oh I have no idea. I think I’ve seen them all and they’re probably all equally dreadful and entertaining
Show threadWill FanguyMar 9

@matt_birchler I rewatched this a couple of weeks ago, and man, it’s really bad. Like, period-appropriate bad. Cringe in places.

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I will still be watching allllll of the sequels. 😂