4 thoughts on “My Top 25 Films Of 2022: One Critic’s Best Of The Year List

  1. I can’t disagree with #1. I actually had Bullet Train as my #1. No grand message, just a couple hours of nonstop fun.Report

    1. I disagree. There’s a lot of creativity, good writing, interesting story ideas, feats of technical prowess, and perhaps most interesting of all, risk-taking going on in this list. Compared to much of the past decade, there are relatively few sequels, franchise fillers, and superheroes on this list. And the obvious king of these, Everything Everywhere All At Once, is an absolute triumph.Report

      1. You could say all of those generic positives about almost any year in cinema. And FTR, 8 of the 25 films on this list are sequels/franchise fillers.

        I recognize the achievement of Pinocchio, but was it good? I recognize that Banshees was an interesting story idea, but would it really be on anyone’s award radar in a quality year for film? I don’t watch superhero movies, but just because there were fewer of them, doesn’t make everything else better.

        As for EEAAO, if you really think it is an absolute triumph, I will give it another shot at watching it. My daughter also adores it. I made it as far as the fight scene where they were trying to jam things up their ass. I find multiverse gimmicks tedious, but perhaps I’m missing something.Report

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