Unrelated to this video, but i gotta just say that I love how brutally honest you are. You don't sugar coat things and you say it like it is. Especially when Chucky S2 and Halloween Ends came out
Scream 6 had no tension whatsoever because of the crazy amounts of plot armour. People got absolutely messed up only to survive, and that just ruined the whole thing
I’m with you on Scream VI. I was fully convinced it’d be in my top 3 Scream movies until those last 20 minutes or so. Not that they’re particularly grounded movies (aside from the first) as the franchise went on, but it just got SO goofy in a way that was jarring as hell. It dove headfirst into campy territory and it didn’t fit.
The meta stuff in Scream was clever early on but the meta stuff in the later films comes off as "Aren't we smart for pointing these horror clichés out?"
Hey Cody, I’ve been watching you for 3 years now, and you have become my favorite movie related channel. Keep up the great work and happy new year! Also a cool fact is we have the same birthday😎
Gotta say, you've become one of my all time favourite movie reviewers i watch. Maybe next year make the list of dissapointing and surprising movies, be interspliced, so you get one pick of dissapointing, and then one of the surprising ones, so the video has a better reason to be one video, instead of two different shorter ones? otherwise keep up the great work Cody!
With you on the Scream VI take, the reveal was definitely not the one. I was hoping VII could have rectified it, but we can't have (potentially) nice things.
I loved Scream VI. It did so much that I loved that it became my favorite Scream film and one of my favorite films of the year. It’s definitely #4 within my Top 5.
Scream 6 had limited potential from the start after 5, and they dropped the ball so hard. The killers were so predictable but the reveal was so contrived. Then the motive was almost vomit inducing. Great, the family of the most forgettable and inconsequential killer, Richie from Scream 5. Yay... ugh. Just ugh.
Scream 6 is basically my favorite sequel of all, it almost edged out the first one if wasn't for the lame dogshit final act and the killer revelation, which sucked
Top 5 Biggest Disappointments: 5. Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania-Despite this movie not really having much to do the overall MCU anymore, for the introduction of Kang the Conqueror, I found this movie to be pretty disappointing 4. The Creator-To be very clear, I’m positive on this film, but for how much it was being hyped up for being an original sci-fi epic, this movie certainly let me down as it was essentially a bunch of elements of previous sci-fi projects thrown together to make The Creator 3. Napoleon-On technical levels, this is a well made movie, which made for a decent movie but when it came to the story, characters, and themes, there wasn’t an actual exploration of who Napoleon Bonaparte was, which was rather disappointing 2. Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny-While it’s a good enough closure to the Indiana Jones franchise and character, it lacks the classic movie making of what makes the original trilogy special, and takes Indy to emotional places I think I could’ve done without 1. The Flash-Despite enjoying this movie both times I watched it in theaters, this movie has aged rather poorly for me because of how it executes multiple of its ideas, its terrible CGI, the way the story plays out, and especially how hollow Barry’s journey is by the time the movie wraps up Top 6 Biggest Surprises: 6. Air-Because I don’t care about sports or shoes whatsoever, I was expecting this movie to be solid, but now one that would stick with me much, but I love this movie and it’s easily one of my favorites of the year 5. John Wick: Chapter 4-Because I wasn’t the biggest fan of John Wick: Chapter 3 - Parabellum, I wasn’t super hyped for this one, but that definitely changed once I saw the awesomeness of this film 4. Oppenheimer-Because I wasn’t interested in the subject matter of this film at first, I thought this would’ve been a film I would’ve respected more than I enjoyed, but this one ended up in my Top 3 Favorites of 2023 3. BlackBerry-An exploration of human relationships and the fear of being irrelevant, and while I never would’ve thought of that, that’s so much of the magic of movies 2. Godzilla Minus One-I wasn’t really planning on seeing this one in theaters, but when I saw it as soon as the early buzz came out, I went to see it that night, and though it was pretty great 1. Saw X-I wouldn’t have ever thought that the tenth film in a nineteen year old horror franchise would be my favorite film in that franchise, my favorite horror film of 2023, my biggest surprise of 2023, or a spot in my Top 10 Movies of 2023, but that’s what happened
Most Surprising Films of 2023: 1. Dungeons and Dragons: Honor Among Thieves 2. Blue Beetle 3. No Hard Feelings 4. Knock at the Cabin 5. A Haunting in Venice 6. Gran Turismo 7. Infinity Pool 8. Mother, May I? 9. The Super Mario Bros. Movie 10. The Passenger Most Disappointing Films of 2023: 1. Scream VI 2. Anyone But You 3. Ant-man and the Wasp: Quantamania 4. Silent Night 5. Haunted Mansion 6. Five Nights at Freddy’s
Saw only 10 movies in 2023 Most surprising for me: #3 Fast X #2 TMNT Mayhem #1 Dungeons and Dragons Most dissapointing for me: #2 Blue Beetle #1 Rise of the Beast
@@sirdropbeartvI actually enjoyed in this one more than just one or two segments for a change which is refreshing for this series and I loved how it actually felt like you were watching a vhs tape with the ratio and the 80s setting was nice. In these V/H/S films they will usually have either one or two good segments but bad wrap arounds. 85’s wrap around actually felt enjoyable especially considering since it was done by the guy who did the Amateur Night short and the HELLRAISER reboot, I loved how the wrap around felt different and the alien reveal really freaked me out. The other segments that stand out are No Wake/Ambrosia combined and God Of Death and easily the BEST one of the film was no doubt Scott Derrickson’s segment. ONLY segment I hated was TKNOGD in this film. If I had to say my favourite V/H/S films, it’s 85 and 2
My top 3 of 2023. 1st: Saw X - Amazing to see In theaters and definitely the best Saw film. 2nd: Scream 6 - As a Scream fan I thought it was awesome. 3rd: Gran Turismo - Another amazing watch in theaters.
Disappointments: 1) Indiana Jones 5 2) Scream VI 3) The Killer 4) Insidious: The Red Door 5) 65 6) Silent Night Surprises: 1) Saw X 2) Godzilla -1 3) Gran Turismo 4) Elemental 5) D&D: Honor Among Thieves 6) Cobweb
Biggest surprises for me are Gran Turismo, M3agan, Talk To Me and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles : Mutant Mayhem. Biggest disappointments are Five Nights At Freddy’s and Shazam! Fury Of The Gods
It makes you wonder, with all the CGI, AI, de aging, etc. How often do they actually NEED the actors/stunt doubles physically present? I used to think it took 1-2 years to fully shoot a movie. But here recently, I learned it only takes like 3-6 months. That being said though, how much of it is CGI were seeing in the 3+ hour movies instead of the actual actors
Dude, I laughed my balls off when you talked about your daughter being a pain in the ass in the theater because my son does the same shit and it drives me insane 😂 my infant daughter doesn't make a peep, but my son will not shut up or sit still 🤣
Lmao I literally have a pep talk in car in the way where I try to give her the rules. Waste of time. lol 10 minutes in and she’s like “fuck this I’m bored.”
@CodyLeachYT lol I sympathize. My son always swears up and down he'll be a good boy if i take him to the movies with me... yeah, bullshit, I've grown wise to the act at this point lmao 🤣
Best “future guy goes back in time movie” is OUTLANDER. future guy using his future tech mixed with Viking weapons to fight a monster he brought back with him on his ship. Underrated and amazing.
Happy New Year, Cody!🎉 Yes, forgettable expirience is worse than negative one. At least in my book. Art is about emotions (amoung other things) and if I feel nothing or forgeting movie\book\game in a day of few - this is bad.
The older scream movies felt more realistic. Chad got stabbed like 20 times in the 5th one and the 6th one and still survived while people in the original scream got stabbed like one time and were already falling to the floor because of the pain. The realism of these movies is what separated itself from other horror movies in the genre. Now these movies are becoming exactly what the original movies parodied.
Gran Turismo was my favourite film of the year (I watched it way too many times to be mentally healthy lol) so I was glad to see it on your list of surprises. I also just love your vibes so much. So many people would be annoyed to be "wrong" about a movie, but you're like, "I didn't think Saw would be good, it was great, I'm happy!" That's why your videos are great! Even if I disagree with you on something I'm like "ahhh that Cody gotta love him."
When I watched Scream 6, I thought it was awsome, better than Scream 5. But with time I changed my mind. Now I think 5 is better and is a more interesting movie if we consider the franchise as a whole, while 6 feels more disposible. One thing that I still give Scream 6 credit for is how non-formulaic it is
Exact same for me. Initially, I found 6 better than 5, but after repeat viewings, I actually prefer 5. Still dig 6, and it has better set pieces, but 5 has a better third act, and even though the killers were predictable, it's still not as underwhelming as the reveal in 6.
@@trailerwager8850 I said Scream 6 is more non-formulaic and I do think Scream 5 follows the same beats as the previous movies, specially 1 and 4. But, despite having problems with the third act when I first watched Scream 5, I don't mind it anymore. In fact, now knowing that that can be the last appearence of Sidney Prescott in the series, I value that third act and the its ending (and also her ending in that movie) even more. Alas, seeing Sidney and Gale team up against the killers from the moment they leave the hospital until the very end is priceless, considering how much they passed through and their conplicated relashionship throughout the years
@@danielcm4237 shows how important an ending is. Wish I could see it differently but I see the secluded showdown as old hat and done. The reveals are even fake and forced. That's probably why the guy rips his own mask off as a plot device
As a huge die hard fan of the Scream movies, Scream 6 was the most disappointing movie I have ever seen. Was so excited going to see that one and absolutely hated it
The Killer and No One Will Save You was the only 2 movies in 2023 that I watched at home that actually got me to put my phone down. I absolutely love them.
I didn't see Indiana Jones but how you felt about it is how I felt about cobweb, I was at an 8 or so and then by the end I thought it was terrible, still appreciate the recommendation and enjoyed checking out a horror movie with my family that I wouldn't have otherwise though
So glad you touched on Gran Turismo and Cobweb. Such surprises this year for me too. I recommend both hard-core to my casual movie friends and now all I get are more requests for recommendations lol.
You mentioned not having seen Lizzy Caplan do anything dark; you need to see the limited series Castle Rock if you haven't already. Young Annie Wilkes from Misery! Its AMAZING Bill Skarsgard also. MUST watch.
Great video Cody and the films that surprised me the most were Beau is afraid because I wasn’t a fan of the director past films and Godzilla because I never seen a Godzilla film with humans characters I care about and even the Taylor swift’s era tour movie because I wasn’t a fan of her and I became one and by the way Cody I hope you do a livestream ranking every movies you see in 2023
Scream 6🔥🔥🔥🔥 (liked it better than 5 & i seen 5 in a theatre…) i get the ending problems but that movie overall is hard. I’m confused WHY everyone is surprised about the cinema goat Godzilla dropping a classic 😂😂😂😂
So glad I found your channel. I found this channel back when the newest Season of dexter came out. Been hooked ever since. Atleast I came away with something good out of that last season of dexter lol
I will say that Scream 6 is really bad for rewatch value and the ending takes a dive but with the dive it takes off the cliff at the end, I will say,... It is very funny. The only reason that it bumped up to my second favorite is because I was constantly laughing with how insanely stupid the ending became. 8/10 film for me. 😂 I love your work man, keep it up.
Surprising: The Hunger Games: Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes Dungeons and Dragons: Honor Amongst Thives GOTG Vol 3 (not a James Gunn fan) Wonka Plane Gran Turismo Disappointing: The Creator Evil Dead Rise Maestro Ferrari
That’s weird, because Indiana Jones and the dial of destiny was one of my surprises of the year. I thought it’s gonna be absolutely horrible. It was actually pretty good.
Joel Kineman had a great show a few years back on netflix called "Altered Carbon" but he didn't return for the 2nd season or whatever! Anyway I really liked the 1st season! Great list!
Top 5 Suprises 5. Wonka 4. Dungeons and Dragons: Honor Among Thieves 3. Godzilla: Minus One 2. Creed III 1. Saw X Top 5 Disappointments 5. Knock at the Cabin 4. Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom 3. Scream VI 2. Evil Dead Rise 1. Insidious: The Red Door
My most disappointing movies:- *Napoleon - Great star,and great director. A phoned in performance,and extremely boring repetitive movie. *Scream VI - Horrible writing. Plot holes galore, and characters that just won't die. *Insidious The Red Door - Not scary and boring. A letdown after some great previous movies. *Indiana Jones & The Dial Of Destiny - Indy over the hill,and a GCI fest. Most surprising:- *Fast X - I hated 8 and 9. This was way better than them,and good dumb fun. *Saw X - A return to form. One of the best in the franchise. *Bring Him To Me - A gripping low budget Australian filmed crime drama.A great cast,with a star turn by Barry Pepper. *Gran Turismo - Didn't expect much. But one of the best fun movies of the year.
My surprises were Saw X and Gran Turismo. Both of those films when I heard their announcements, I sighed. Saw them, and I was SO delighted to call them some of my favorites of the year. Saw was a great sequel/prequel. Gran Turismo was just a great film! Good good stuff.
Im with you on Scream VI except on one thing. You actually enjoyed it longer than I did. I was loving it until Gale survived. I audibly groaned when the emt announced that she had a pulse. Right then I knew it was going to be a hollow experience the rest of the way. I still like it overall but my ranking of it tanked after that scene. Scream is my favorite horror franchise too
Didn’t see Cobweb but saw all the other surprises…And I agree 100% (I walked into Gran Turismo even colder than you did because it was a Regal Mystery Monday movie..but like A MONTH early! And it was Awesome!)…and, it’s probably heresy to say this, but I LOVED Dungeons and Dragons so much I’d say it compares favorably to THE PRINCESS BRIDE!
Cobweb was a nice little surprise that I didn’t know existed until I was browsing through my Firestick. Anthony Starr was amazing and should be in way more horror films.
Evil Dead Rise was a big surprise for me on just how good I thought it was. The apartment setting gave it a completely different vibe that I really enjoyed.
My list of most surprising. Well Cobweb - Definitely a great surprise. A very simple premise but very effective. You have to hand it to this movie for using the the most limited plot to deliver such an engaging movie. Ruby Gillman - An animated movie that shows that if you get the right idea then animated movies are still the best feel good family movies. The Locksmith - Very old school but definitely a good Indie. MI Dead Reckoning - Yes I thought this was a franchise which will definitely be out of ideas like the Fast and Furious but MI Dead Reckoning really brought a good and relevant plot into its franchise with an interesting set up and characters. Plus the really well executed action scenes show that action is still a genre that can give block busters if you have the right mix of drama and action.
I’m kind of intrigued to watch Saw X but have only seen the first one and didn’t love it. Can Saw X be watched without having seen the 8 movies in between?
I think Saw X surprised everyone. Few fans around after the last 3 and i doubt anyone had expectations for this......and it ended up being the best of the franchise
You need to go check out some older godzilla movies if you likes minus one, it was basically just a retread of some of the best godzilla stories they've done.
9/10 times I agree with your takes but Insidious The Red Door was my favorite in the franchise by far and I was very fond of it. Think it had something to do with my son being born not too long before I watched it and the themes of communication and fatherhood that hit me different at the time, but gotta give this man Patrick Wilson his flowers for his Directorial Debut and a very solid performance.
I would agree Scream 6's last 15 minutes are awful. But I would disagree that 5 gave a good foundation for 6. I felt like the killers and overall story in 5 were so obvious, it insulted my intelligence. My personal ranking of the series is 1>4>2>3>6>5. Post-Craven is shot well with decent tension, but the scripts take a significant step down. Maybe Kevin Williamson as director can bring back some of the actual cleverness in Scream 7.
Regarding the Godzilla movie : Yes that was the original intent of the movie that first came out. It was supposed to represent the horrors of nuclear bombs, their testing the fall outs etc. A lot of the audience though loved the godzila since they could relate to it (see WW2 hisotry date of release and situation in Japan) so it spwaned the cult of movies that fallowed.
Sorry, but I'm one of the people who didn't like Cobweb. The "twist" was a bait and switch. And I felt like an average Dad telling "spooky stories" to some kids around a campfire could have come up with the script.
I love your excitement with Saw X. I agree it is hands down one of the best in the franchise. My favorite slashers are Scream and my absolute fav Friday the 13th franchise. I wish they would make a new Jason. Sigh
They filmed Indiana jones in my city, in fact my workplace was part of the set. I have pictures from the set of the American parade sequence. I saw indie on his horse!
I just started rewatching The Killing which is the show that put Joel Kinnaman into the spotlight. Totally sucked me in again. I remember it would come out the same night as Breaking Bad or The Walking Dead and I would anticipate the Killing more so than those shows.
I honestly love Scream VI, I thought it’s one of the best Scream sequel. I do not care of the plot holes that is it has, because I’m not sensitive about it.
The opening is one of the best and most creative openings in the franchise. I like some of what they do with the NYC setting. Things I didn't like, the killers motivation, the obvious plot holes, the this trend sequels have of resetting the character development from the previous film. I hate how most Scream films end with Gale learning to be a more selfless, thoughtful person, and then the next film starts with her as this cutthroat, I don't care about anything but notoriety personality all over again. They do it with multiple characters, but it's especially noticeable with her.
@@Adonyx96 I thought all of the Scream movies are good except for the third one because every entry in the franchise always brings in something new and different. The franchise is like a Scooby-Doo franchise. To answer your question I would go with Scream 2 because it doesn’t have the freshest and the Ghostface reveal wasn’t that shocking, but the gore was good.
I disagree with you about 65. I just watched it for the 2nd time couple of days ago to see if my thoughts have changed. Still not. 65 is actually a great solid flick. 65 isn't about a person kicking dinosaurs. Yes. The marketing and the trailers made it seem it was about that. That was a big fail on that part. Because than you put expectations that it is all about that. But the movie isn't about that. For me there was a lot of great tension and scenes and the performance was great in my opinion mix in with some cool action moments.
Random fact from random viewer here (so take it or leave it) : it would help to have chapters, even in the comments or that you leave the poster of each movie on screen while you speak about it
