HEY reelblend! Please consider doing more “top 10 and tier list” videos. May I recommend Christopher Nolan tier list? You’ve talked about it in the past? And with the release of Oppenheimer I think it’s time for your list! Big fan :))))
Yes yes yes 2024 should be the year of... -Tier Lists -This or that -2 part challenge -Oscar in review These games and you guys arguing with each other is what makes the show awesome.
Oppie for the different layers you realise each time you watch it. And one of the best or the best score sequences of all time "Can you hear the music". I was just transported. Best feelings I've ever had. The choice of frame rates just keeps building along with the score too.
10. A Good Person 9. Asteroid City 8. Past Lives 7. Maestro 6. Killers of the Flower Moon 5. Godzilla Minus One 4. The Holdovers 3. Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse 2. May December 1. Oppenheimer Honourable mentions - John Wick Chapter 4 - Air - The Killer - Mission Impossible - Barbie - Dream Scenario - Talk to Me
My Top 10 Films of 2023 are as Follows 1:Oppenheimer, 2:The Holdovers, 3: Poor Things, 4:American Fiction, 5:Maestro, 6:Perfect Days, 7:Beyond Utopia, 8:Anatomy Of a Fall, 9:Past Lives, 10:Monster
Thank you for the work you do, you guys have my favorite film podcast and I never miss it. It's awesome to hear all your opinions and they challenge my own at times. Happy holidays! What a year this was for cinema ❤
I don't watch too many films, so there are many on your lists which are not on mine. That said, here is my top 5 of the 18 movies I saw this year: 5. Godzilla Minus One 4. Guardians of the Galaxy 3 3. John Wick Chapter 4 2. Oppenheimer 1. Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
My Top Ten Films of 2023 1. Godzilla Minus One 2. Leave the World Behind 3.John Wick 4 4. Oppenheimer 5. Lost in the Stars 6. Talk to Me 7. Into the Spider-Verse 8. God is a Bullet 9. Blackberry 10. Killers of the Flower Moon
Thanks for the great year; listening to the show is always a highlight of my week. This is my second year doing a best of list and like you all, it'll be interesting to accumulate these lists over time and look back on them. I think to me 2023 is a bit of a stronger year than 2022, but that could be recency bias. Also I made a point to see more this year as films were released, so I have a broader sample size compared to last year at this same time. My top 10 1. Oppenheimer 2. Poor Things 3. Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse 4. "Asteroid City" 5. The Zone of Interest 6. Past Lives 7. Anatomy of a Fall 8. Killers of the Flower Moon 9. Priscilla 10. The Holdovers
Great year boys! My Top 10: 1. Oppenheimer 2. Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse 3. The Killer 4. Anatomy of a Fall 5. John Wick: Chapter 4 6. Dream Scenario 7. Mission Impossible: Dead Reckoning 8. Air 9. Blackberry 10. Are You There God? - It's Me, Margaret HM - Poor Things, Creed 3, Iron Claw and Guy Ritchie's The Covenant
@@MissGigglesdotcom it came out in theaters in May if I remember right. But I saw it a few times in theaters. I don't know how many screens it was released on but Im pretty sure it was a wide release
I’ve watched Oppenheimer 4 times & every time I notice so many different things about it that I didn’t before. That’s the genius of the film! Every time I’m blown away by Cillian’s layered performance. The emotions in his face… He gives the performance of a lifetime. It’s cinematic perfection to me. So I’m thrilled it’s number 1 for you guys. And I agree with Jake about Maestro. He explained exactly how I felt about it. And I’ve liked Bradley since Alias. But I wasn’t transformed by his performance. I saw straight through it unfortunately. I would have liked more of a change from him instead of treading familiar territory. A Star Is Born & Maestro (musicians who are legends in complicated relationships) Past Lives was a phenomenal film for a debut filmmaker.
I loved all of your lists, guys! Thanks for a wonderful year of podcasts! Here's my list: 1 - Mission Impossible: Dead Reckoning 2 - Polite Society 3 - Blackberry 4 - Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 5 - John Wick: Chapter 4 6 - Barbie 7 - Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret 8 - The Covenant 9 - Air 10 - Killers of the Flower Moon
1. The Killer 2. Killers of the Flower Moon 3. Air 4. Mission Impossible: Dead Reckoning 5. Oppenheimer - Glad one of you guys mentioned that The Killer was highly underrated, as it was very much so. It should have been nominated for Best Picture, Director, Actor, Editing, Sound, Original Score, and Cinematography. Why people are talking more about Oppenheimer than the brilliant collaboration between Fincher and Fassbender is beyond me. I believe this is Fincher's best film, and one of Fassbender's best performances, if not the best of his career. The same thing happened to De Niro in Heat, another great, subtle performance that went overlooked, people don't realize the brilliance of what they're doing.
Cracking lists lad. Never heard of No One Will Save You until the podcast and thought it was a nail-biting romp for 90 minutes, so thank you for flagging this up. Kevin's passion for Oppenheimer is so satisfying to hear. There are still a few final titles, some of your choices like Poor Things and The Holdovers don't come out until next year, therefore I am classing them as 2024 releases in the UK. My current top 5 at the moment: 1. Oppenheimer 2. Beau Is Afraid 3. Anatomy of a Fall 4. Mission Impossible: Dead Reckoning Part One 5. Pearl (Came out March this year, Unbelievable it took so long for a UK Release). Some may shift on a rewatch. Spiderverse is likely going to make the back-half, as Sean said it is such a strong year for genre filmmaking. Anyways guys keep up the cracking work, one of the few podcasts I keep listening to each week. Looking forward to more arguments over the tier lists and loving the incorporation of the Premium games into the main show. Cannot wait for many more if it happens. Have a great holidays all and so excited for the show's return next year/
A lot of the big Oscar buzz movies come out later in the Netherlands, we only got The Whale, The Fabelmans, Tar, Women Talking and Banshees of Inishiren in February or so of this year. Poor Thing is only coming out March/April so there's a bunch I haven't seen yet this year. From what I've watched, and only talking 2023 releases (because otherwise Women Talking and The Whale would be #1 and #2 already) my favorites were: 1. Past Lives: The movie is literally perfect and I think Teo Yoo gave the most incredible performance this year. I'm a bit of a 3rd culture kid myself so I relate a lot to the idea of your childhood friends moving away and how easy it is to fall away for years at a time and instantly connect when you do see each other again. I adored it. 2. Barbie: I walked in expecting it to only be ok but honestly it's the most fun I've had in a movie all year. I feel like for all the fanfair around the movie, Margot Robbie doesn't get enough appreciation for how incredible she is here. Her acting in the 3rd act is honestly top tier. 3. Godzilla Minus One: WOW. WOOOOOOW. Best monster/kaiju movie since Pacific Rim, occasionally janky CGI aside Godzilla was finally terrifying and we had human characters that I wanted, no NEEDED to succeed. It's an incredible achievement. 4. Oppenheimer: After Past Lives it's probably the closest to cinematic perfection to release this year and honestly perhaps ever. Every aspect of it was pure artistry and craftsmanship, it's such an achievement. I watched it 4 times and caught new details each time. However it's not per se a movie I'd rewatch for "fun" per se, more just to marvel at it. 5. The Creator: This movie is also an achievement, despite the plot being a bit basic I was completely engrossed in the world building and the LOOK of the movie. It's phenomenal what Gareth Edwards achieved with this. I watched it for a 2nd time in ScreenX on Kevin's recommendation and it was a phenomenal experience. 6. John Wick 4: Easily the best action movie of the year, and honestly of recent years. It had everything I want from the genre and on top of that it's just a gorgeous movie to watch. I love the story of Chad's journey through the industry and I think this movie was a fittingly epic send off for one of the best original characters of the last decade. 7. Killers of the Flower Moon: This movie was longer than Oppenheimer but felt shorter. It took me through basically every emotion and by the end of it I was exhausted but in a good way. Lily Gladstone better be a massive name after this because that was a powerhouse performance. And I've never wanted to punch an 80 year old man as much as I did in this movie, good grief. 8. Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse: I really liked this movie but it didn't really stick with me as much as I thought it would. But it did have some spit-out-my-drink hilarious lines, animation is incredible and I really wanna see where it goes. Spot was also an inspired choice for the antagonist and they nailed it. 9. Anatomy of a Fall: This movie grabbed me by the neck within the first 10 minutes and tightened and tightened and tightened its grip until the very end. Holy shit. Easily the best child actor performance of the year, but Sandra Huller was also immense in it. Incredible stuff. 10. Joy Ride: It is the most hysterical movie of the year and I couldn't not give it love. Entire cast had amazing chemistry and there was a solid 20 minutes where I could not stop myself from weeping from laughter. If I had to do HMs they'd be (in no particular order): Suzume, Mission Impossible 7, Creed 3, Wonka and The First Slam Dunk. Gonna try and squeeze in The Holdovers, Aquaman 3, The Killer and Maestro in before the end of the year, but overall it's been an awesome year for movies
With all do respect to Jake, if you listen to Maestro while watching Maestro it tells you why Bernstein was so great. The soundtrack is all his music and his music is Leonard.
Thank you guys for an incredible year. Found you in June with the Spiderverse content! You guys consistently put a smile on my face with all your insight and geekery within the film space. Super grateful, always a pleasure catching you every week🙏 Top 5 films of the Year 1. Across the Spiderverse 2. Barbie 3. Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 3 4. A Good Person 5. Dumb Money
Here are my favorite movies of the year! 10) Air 9) Suzume 8) Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret. 7) Oppenheimer 6) Budi Pekerti (Andragogy) 5) Asteroid City 4) Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse 3) Past Lives 2) Killers of the Flower Moon 1) The Boy and the Heron
Another great year for my favorite podcast reelblend! I love this podcast, so much! My top 5 movies for 2023 are: 1. Oppenheimer 2. Talk to me 3. Godzilla minus one 4. The killer 5. Air
Really enjoyed the episode! Great to hear your lists. I agree with a lot. I am with Jake on Maestro. It's hard to describe.. but it really did feel like they were trying too hard. Just didn't connect with me all that much. Zone of Interest was so powerful.. that made my list for sure. Oppenheimer is #1 for me too.
Always love this episode fellas! Have a good Christmas weekend! Here’s my top 5. 6-10 are still gonna be up in the air with a bunch to watch still: 1. Spider-Man Across the Spiderverse 2. Barbie 3. Godzilla Minus One 4. Oppenheimer 5. The Creator
Hey Guys Just found you this year! I was familiar with Kevin and Jake and was delighted to see they were part of a podcast! As I listened this year I became a big fan of all you guys and can’t wait for more episodes! Thanks for the Great show! My Current Top 5: 1. Gaurdians 3 2. Oppenheimer 3. The Holdovers 4.The Flash 5. Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes
Also, take a shot every time Jake says “ya know it’s funny”, when Kevin says “I actually haven’t seen Oppenheimer”, and when Sean says “it’s great but not on my top 10” 😂
Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to everyone here, here is my Top10-List of the year so far (haven't watched Poor Things or Maestro yet). 1. Oppenheimer 2. The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar 3. Killers of the Flower Moon 4. El Conde 5. A Haunting in Venice 6. Knock at the Cabin 7. Jeanne du Barry 8. Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves 9. Inside 10. Renfield Only 1 & 2 are 9/10, the rest is all 8/10 😉
About Dial of Destiny's de-aging: I think it looks absolutely great when it's actually Harrison Ford, but it is much more obvious when it's a double, and they replace his face. There's an entire scene where Indy is passing as a nazi in the train that looks flawless.
Super film review program! I like your perspectives and take on films.. The choices were well explained, and I like your differences. Please equalize your mic levels--Jake shouts and surely he peaks way into the red zone. I want to watch and listen-- not dividing my attention to to adjust my sound level. I will watch Maestro, it is--it is not high on my list to see. My fear going in is that it will be pretentious. I loved your blended list. BYW I asked for gift cards for Christmas so I can go with friends to see Dune II on Imax!
I just watched Saltburn and wanting to hear what you all thought of the film. Have you reviewed it? I can’t recall listening and can’t find it upon checking back.
Can't believe ASTV didn't crack Kevin's top 10. My top 10: 1. John Wick: Chapter 4 2. Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse 3. Tetris 4. Oppenheimer 5. Blackberry 6. Mission Impossible: Dead Reckoning Part One 7. Gran Turismo 8. Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 9. A Man Called Otto 10. Air
Dude I’m glad Kevin put The Creator on. I think to what Jake was saying at the beginning of the episode y’all are gna look back at this list in a few years and head scratch at why that one wasn’t a top 5
Sean made a couple of Iron Claw shout-outs in the episode without really talking about it lol I'd love to hear the gang's thoughts on it, I saw it a couple weeks ago and was really moved. Kinda becoming the year's most underrated film.
I have not seen some of the movies mentioned by the boys but John Wick Chapter 4 was my #2 movie of the year so I was glad to hear Jake give it some love and The Covenant which no one mentioned is my #3. Also want to give a shout out to Gran Turismo & Tetris two other movies I really enjoyed that are in my top 10. I am not on the Oppenheimer band wagon like most everyone else is. I thought it was a good movie and it did come in at #5 on my top ten but I didn't love it.
I missed many on your top 10s. Some haven't even been released here in Seoul. But one that I really didn't enjoy was The Creator. For me it was simply so boring and predictable. I had high expectations and truly believe it could've been much tighter
I was going to see the creator but when I heard that the writing wasn't very good I lost interest. I just don't care about amazing visuals in a sci fi film if the writing is subpar.
My favorite movie of 2023 is Soulmate by Min Yong-Keun, to me its a better love story than past lives. Its like a korean version of boyhood that explores female friendships and relationships and showing how relationships and people change over time. Highly recommend
Feel free to tell me why I’m wrong. I’m all ears. 1. Mission Impossible Dead Reckoning Part 1 2. Oppenheimer 3. Tetris (Seriously, check this movie out) 4. Sound of Freedom 5. Creed 3 6. Spider-Man across the spiderverse 7. The Super Mario Bros. Movie 8. Wonka 9. The Haunted Mansion 10. Jesus Revolution
You misunderstand. We simply wait until everyone has had the chance to reveal where a given film falls on their list and then everyone discusses together. Far better than talking about the same film 2-3 separate times over the course of 2 hours.
European critics are not that enthusiastic about Maestro. Most reviews talk about good cinematography, but plain story. Also, The Hold overs or John Wick over Poor Things is just like putting a Walmart Xmas movie above any real cinematic experience. It's all about feel good movies and American idols? There's a whole world of movies outside Hollywood...no Anatomy of a Fall??!!! No All of us strangers? No The society of the snow??!! Just to put a few examples of much better movies that some of the popcorn films of your lists
