what i watched in december 

Glass Onion was literally the first movie I’ve seen with Covid jokes that didn’t make me cringe to the bottom of my couch. Really appreciated the contemporary vibe, hard to pull off

The most chaotic thing about Clue is apparently they showed different endings in theaters

It's insane how famous RRR has gotten for it's over the top nature because the director, S.S.Rajamouli is known for this type of filmmaking and this is not even his most ridiculous outing. He has a film where the lead is killed and reincarnated as a house fly and exacts revenge on his murderer AS A FLY with the help of his ex girlfriend.

these are keeping me sane every month

Timestamp and ratings 0:17 Our planet n/a 0:33 Twentieth Century 4/5 0:58 clue 4.5/5 1:26 Finding Nemo 4.5/5 1:43 The naked gun 4.5 1:51 Trouble in paradise 5/5 2:12 The grinch 2/5 2:31 Top gun maverick 4.5/5 2:51 Devotion 4.5/5 3:13 and 9:27 the fablemans 4.5/5 3:37 the tar 4.5/5 3:57 avatar 1 3/5 4:39 Titanic 5/5 5:15 Avatar the way of water 4/5 5:47 the earrings of madame de 4/5 6:06 burn after reading 4/5 6:47 glass onion: A knives out mystery 4/5 7:30 It’s a wonderful life 4.5/5 7:38 RRR 4.5/5 8:35 the banshees of inisherin 5/5 9:40 the apartment 5/5

I saw Casablanca for the first time this month and my god what a movie. The performances, the setting, the story it’s just such a fantastic movie.

This was a chill month. I watched the glass onion, Pinocho of Toro and TG Maverick The film that left me in love is Puss in boots 2 that became my favorite film of 2022. Amazing visuals , simple story but super well written, creative and has many mature themes with characters that you will love. Being one of those rare movies that I went to the theater to watch it like 3 times. You will regret not being able too see the best animated picture of 2022 on the big screen.

From this we can tell that Karsten loves comedy and action movies which are honestly ny favorite genres as well

Watched banshees with my family (mom, dad, and sister). Almost every movie I show them they think there’s something wrong with me and the same thing happened here. Movie was hard to watch with them, especially since my mom and sister were in absolute disgust. Pretty sure I would have enjoyed it way more if I had watched it by myself.

this month I saw The Muppets' Christmas Carol for the first time. I really liked it, I thought I wouldnt really get into it because most of the characters are muppets but I was really invested. It was very funny and charming and I loved how sincere it is. I feel like a lot of comedies now feel the need to be a bit cynical so it was nice to see a film that was completely sincere. Also Michael Caine did a really good job, I was honestly really impressed and he made Scrooge feel like a real person. I like that he always acted as if the other characters werent muppets because that helped me get into the film. Great Christmas film 9/10

Finally someone in the film discourse that is not trying to sound edgy and unique by shitting on Titanic, which is obviously a masterpiece.

What I watched this January is _Puss in Boots: The Last Wish._ The animation is such a big improvement for DreamWorks, especially with the new logo at the beginning which earned the reputation of their legacy. I think the kid who fishes on the moon deserves his own movie.

Glad you liked Clue! One of my favorites from childhood and no idea how it got panned by so many critics.

‘Titanic: It’s like Climax if you think about it!’ Is absolute heat as a tagline

I have been watching your videos for the past month now and my eyes have been opened to so many great movies that I would have never considered watching. Your introspective takes on movies has really intrigued me. All of this makes me want to reconvene my dream of being a screenwriter. Thank you for sharing your love for movies! I appreciate you! Also, Clue… amazing movie. I watched it for the first time last month and it was one of my favorite new movies I watched last year!

wanted to say your succ podcast has become my favorite thing in the world, listened to the first episodes yesterday and died laughing the entire time, thank u so much for it

Hey Karsten, wanna say I love this videos and I also love the chill music you find to play in the background for each of these. Def a vibe.

Really enjoyed these vids throughout the whole year. Thanks for the great stuff, Karsten

Hey, thank you Karsten for your videos. I can tell how much care goes into creating these and I really appreciate your insights!

I like how your dad didn’t fall asleep during banshees but it took mine 4 attempts to finish the thing and he was begging me to tell him if there was a point to the film.

lovee waiting for these every month

Puss in boots is by far the best thing I saw this month

My dad cried during Top Gun Maverick as the first one was one of his favourite movies off all time, and in my opinion it did everything a good sequel should to a frightening degree. I get why people would have something morally against the original and its sequel but they are just so good and im glad they exist.

I finally watched Clue when I saw your letterboxd review and it’s easily one of my new comfort faves

The Naked Gun movies were some of my first slapstick movies and god they’re still my favorites. Leslie Nielsen was one of the best comedy actors of all time

Alright so you haven't seen Babylon (or Puss in Boots) yet. I hope we get a video on it soon! Sounds like it was a pretty great month of watching movies, anyhow!

I'm bouncing off the wall loving your watch picks and your quick reviews. Great job.

Banshees of Inisherin really is a “watch with dad” film

a new karsten runquist video is the best birthday present i could’ve asked for.

These are literally the highlight of my month

I watched so many of the same movies this month. I loved it’s a wonderful life!

I too award points to movies if my dad makes it all the way through without falling asleep.

babe wake up new karsten runquist month recap just dropped

I rewatched The Apartments New Year’s Day because I couldn’t talk everyone into doing it on eve. Such a perfect film. Also love the Laura Palmer shirt

Dads falling asleep in ALL the movies must be a universal thing

I saw the apartment over new years at the music box theatre in Chicago last year as well!! It was such an incredible experience (my first time going), definitely packed

I was also at the Music Box on New Year’s Eve for The Apartment . This is at least the second time we run into each other. First time was at the Film Festival for All The Beauty and Bloodshed

each monthly update brings me pure joy

Finally Karsten watched RRR, been waiting for this half a year and more to talk about an Indian movie.

Happy new year everyone! In December I watched: - Paprika (8/10) - Rashōmon [rewatch] (10/10) - The Hunchback of Notre Dame (8/10) - Alice in Wonderland [1951] (10/10) - Shortbus (8/10) - Half Baked (4/10) - Black Adam (2/10) - The Man Who Wasn't There (8/10) - Alice in Wonderland [2010] (1/10) - Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio (8/10) - M [1931] (9/10) - Bones and All (9/10) - Fantastic Fungi (8/10) - Jiro Dreams of Sushi (10/10) - Independence Day (2/10) - Open Your Eyes (8/10) - The Matrix Reloaded (4/10) - The Matrix Revolutions (4/10) - Vanilla Sky (4/10) - Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery (7/10) - Zoolander (8/10) - Zelig [rewatch] (8/10)

I finished the year with Rear Window, which is a solid 10/10 for me easily one of my new favourite movies. Going into it I had a feeling I was going to like Hitchcock but that was an understatement. James Stewart, Grace Kelly and Thelma Ritter work together so well it´s insane. It´s the most thrilling movie I´ve ever seen and the camera never leaves the apartment. Happy New Year

I just watched Clue for the first time too and I loved it too. Mystery movies are my favourite and I had never got around to it. I’ll be revisiting soon!

happy new year karsten!

The apartment is the most underrated movie in film history, i love it

Burn After Reading! One of my all time favorite movies. Malkovich doing the hand motions with “Crucifixion!!” might be my favorite moment in his career. So funny.

finding nemo god tier, one of the 3 animated movies i revisit pretty often along with the incredibles and fantastic mr fox

the play version of clue is so good! highly recommend

Happy new year guys! what i watched in december: Triangle of sadness (4/5) Bones and all (4.5/5) Nightcrawler (4/5) Falling for christmas (3.5/5) All quiet on the western front (4/5) Del toro pinocchio (4.5/5) The fabelmans (4.5/5) The banshees of inisherin (4/5) Avatar (RW 4/5) Summer with monika (4/5) Wendell & wild (2.5/5) Del toro pinocchio (RW watched with my friend this time 4.5/5) Megamind (RW 4/5) BARDO (3/5) Glass Onion (3.5/5) The Wind Rises (4/5) We're all Going to the World's Fair (4/5) White Noise (3/5) Matilda the Musical (3.5/5) Then i spent the New Year rewatching Everything Everywhere All At Once which was simultaneously my last 2022 movie and first 2023 movie; Somehow i accidentaly managed to make the second title card (Part 2: Everywhere) appear at exactly midnight lol (and of course is a 5/5)

Watching Banshees after RRR, that's Karsten for you people.

It was kind of crazy opening letterboxd and seeing that Karsten logged Twentieth Century immediately after I found out I got the role of Oscar in my school’s production of the musical adaptation

clue is my all-time favourite movie, so happy you liked it :)

not a film, and I know you're not much of a fan of Star Wars, but I think you'd really like Andor. You may need to watch Rogue One first before watching the show if you haven't-but Andor is a _ridiculously_ amazing show, and is considered by most (including myself) to be one of the best things Disney SW has put out. If you decide to give it a try, watch the first 3 episodes, it's a bit of a slowburn and those first three episodes allow you to gain insight of its world/characters-but from thereinafter, it gets *really* good. Happy belated New Years to yall, wish yall the best! also, Karsten-correct me if I'm wrong but have you _still_ not watched Arcane? my man, you're missing outtt lmao

yess im here ive been wating

Loved your cameo in the new Evil Dead trailer 🙏

The Apartment was the first movie I watched this year. Long overdue.

Dude your channel is my safe space!

I want to see your review on Mad God. I just watched it recently. It instantly bolted up to the top 5 of my fave films of 2022.

I watched Babylon in December, and I'm surprised no one is watching or talking about it.

shout out to The Music Box, one of my favorite places in Chicago.

My list is so short in December 1. My Girl 2. The Piano Teacher 3. Bones and All 4. The Fabelmans 5. The Banshees of Inisherin 6. Pinocchio 7. Glass Onion 8. Triangle of Sadness 9. Aftersun

Clue is one of my favourite movies of all time! I watch it every year at least once 😅

Me waiting for Karsten to talk about Babylon

What I watched: - The Hudsucker Proxy - Fargo (1966) - Baby Driver - Guillermo Del Toro's Pinocchio - A Serious Man - Hail, Caesar! - Home Alone - Scott Pilgrim vs the World - Turning Red - Prisoners

7:37 i really hope you explore more into indian cinema there are soo many incredible films i know you’ll love!

bro really just said Titanic is like Climax and refuses to elaborate. takes like these are the reason I subbed.

hey karsten, silly film recommendation here: top secret. it’s made by the same guys as airplane and the naked gun and i know you love them both. top secret is literally one of the funniest films i’ve ever seen, you’d love it. iconic gag after iconic gag.

This is dope

I saw the Febelmans last week it’s was really good

im so glad karsten finally watched clue

I watched so many movies last month but haven't watched bones and all yet!

I was literally scrolling through you channel and was like where is the what I watched in a month vid.

You inspired me to make my own video. We watch so many of the same movies!

Just because Top Gun Maverick doesn't paint the military in a bad light that doesn't mean it's propaganda.

Babe wake up, Karsten uploaded another what I watched in

as soon as I get a job I'm joining your Patreon Karsten i promise 🤞😁

He should of watched Puss In Boots: The Last Wish that movie is fire

Karsten, you have to watch Fleishman is in Trouble. Just finished it and it’s absolutely amazing. May be the best mini series I’ve ever seen.

Ive been on a Tarantino binge

A few for this month: Matilda the Musical: Already seen it twice and I want to go again (in the UK it's in cinemas for a while longer). Fantastic translation of the stage musical, adds what it needs to make it cinematic, but can also make intimate scenes quieter. Great casting, choreography, singing, sets etc. Yeah one or two bits are missed from the stage, but as an adaptation it packed in more than I could hope for. While many love the 90s film, I never really warmed to it. Tim Minchin's iteration I think captures more of the original books spirit (and keeps it British) and I highly advise to everyone to check it out. Guillermo del toro Pinocchio: Always thought the film was overhyped, and I still do. It's good, but just not as good as people say. I felt the songs were a bit forced in. Substituting a nazi youth camp for pleasure island felt a bit much. Also the climax was rushed in my opinion. But I really like the use of stop motion, and David Bradley as Gepetto was fab. Avatar 2: Yeah it's alright. The high frame rate was distracting. And the third act was way too long, akin to the first film. But I liked it for the most part. The elements that mirrored the first were actually quite interesting, the Colonel now being an avatar is quite an interesting concept and his development mirrors Sully is great. The water culture is fun and makes a lot of sense for this world. And yeah, I do want to see where this story goes, so long as the frame rate is fixed. Shazam: I'd seen this once before years ago. This time watched with my Dad on New Years Eve. Perfect film for it, it has jokes, action and a lot of family. Don't really have any negatives for it. I like the messages and I like how it really feels part of the DC world, with constant hero references. (just a shame it looks like DC are rebooting everything)

Love these videos! I was wondering if you’d be willing to keep the name of the film at the bottom of the screen while you show the B-roll. Every month I’m listening to your analysis and forget the name of the movie and half to go back and try to find the 2 seconds you have the name up - it would make for a much better experience in my opinion if you could keep the name up

Leslie Neilson is such a great comedy writer. Airplane and Naked Gun will forever be in my top 10 films

What I watched: Disney’s Pinocchio (1940) Tales of the Jedi The Promised Neverland Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood Rush Hour (rewatch) Netflix’s Pinocchio Rush Hour 2 (rewatch) Netflix’s Wednesday White Lotus: Sicily The Fabelmans Emancipation True Lies Avatar (rewatch) Avatar: The Way of Water Bones and All RRR Banshees of Inisherin The Best Man: The Final Chapters Glass Onion 8-Bit Christmas Violent Night Beast Is That Black Enough For You? Beast Nanny One Punch Man S2

I love these videos! For me: -Avatar (Rewatch) (10/10) -Home Alone (8/10) -Home Alone 2: Lost in New York (10/10) -Amsterdam (4/10) -The Fabelmans (9/10) -Don’t Look Up (Rewatch) (8/10) -Guillermo Del Toro’s Pinocchio (10/10) -Asterix and Cleopatra (Rewatch) (6/10) -Frances Ha (8/10) -I Didn’t Mean to Haunt You (album film) (2/10) - Memento (10/10) -Asterix in Britain (Rewatch) (9/10) -Seducting Doctor Lewis (Rewatch) (9/10) -Bardo, FCoaHoT (9/10) -Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (Rewatch)(9/10) -National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation (Rewatch)(8/10) -Silence (10/10) -Glass Onion (10/10) -Jojo Rabbit (6/10) -Avatar: TWOW (10/10) -The Dinner Game (Rewatch) (10/10) -Avatar : TWOW (Rewatch) (10/10) -Asterix Conquers America (5/10) -Beneath the Planet of The Apes (3/10) -Escape from the Planet of the Apes (9/10) -Conquest of the Planet of the apes (7/10) - Withe Noise (7/10) -Making 1899 (6/10)

Let's unpack how Titanic is like Climax for a hot second

Want a good movie to star the year off right? I highly recommend look no further then "Strange Days". One of the most overlooked films I think of all time. A truly underrated hidden gem of a movie.

watched the first two minutes of this video, watched Clue, I'm back and it was amazing

Karsten videos make my day

You should watch I Daniel Blake by Len Loach. Gritty British drama about the state of the country. Boiling point with Stephen Graham is also very good

I would really love to hear your opinions about more animated Japanese movies. Like the work of Satoshi Kon or Makoto Shinkai.

I fucking love The Apartment

This December i watched: - Emily the Criminal - 4/5 - Funny Pages - 3.5/5 - The House - 4.5/5 - Three Thousand Years of Longing. -3.5/5 - After Hours - 5/5 - Die Hard - 4/5 (rewatch) - Cha Cha Real Smooth - 4.5/5 - Spirited - 3/5 - Fire of Love - 4/5 - Sorry To Bother You - 4.5/5 - Memento - 5/5 - Whiplash - 5/5 - Nope - 4.5/5 - High Fidelity - 4/5 - The Banshees of Inisherin - 4.5/5 - Glass Onion - 4.5/5 (rewatch) - RRR - 5/5 - Triangle of Sadness - 4.5/5 - The Hudsucker Proxy - 4/5 (rewatch) - Guillermo Del Toro's Pinocchio - 4.5/5 - The Nice Guys - 4/5

10:27 sick shirt, dude!

The Music Box is such a treasure.

Have been waiting months and months for you to watch RRR. Thank you.

Im trying to go out of my comfort zone for movies so id love any suggestions, i havent seen to many movies as you can probably tell with what i watched, but im open to anything! December 2022: The Hunger Games (7.5/10) The Hunger Games: Catching Fire (8/10) The Boy who Talked to Badgers (2/10) The Hunger Games: Mockingjay 1 (7/10) Mockingjay Part 2 (7/10) GOTG Holiday Special (6/10) Bullet Train (8/10) See How They Run (7/10) Encanto (8/10) Guillermo Del Toro’s Pinnochio (9/10) Avatar (7.5/10) Avatar: The Way of Water (7/10) The Batman (9/10) How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days (7/10) La La Land (10/10) Spider Man: Into the Spider-Verse (10/10) Taken (7/10) Shazam! (8/10) Black Adam (3/10) Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness (6/10) The Nice Guys (8/10) Dune (9.5/10)

What I watched: A ton of Rifftrax movies of varying quality Miracle On 34th Street (Original): 10/5 Towering Inferno: 3/5 Violent Night (Rewatch): 5/5 Documentary Now!: 5/5 Strange Wilderness: 6/5 Holiday In Handcuffs: 3.5/5 Die Another Day: 2.5/5 Frosty The Snowman: 5/5 Still in the middle of watching: Glass Onion GDT Pinocchio Kaleidoscope

Has Karsten not yet seen All Quiet on the Western Front? Looking forward to a review on that.

feels weird being here this early

Awesome video Karsten 👍. In December I watched films like La Dolce Vita, Do The Right Thing and rewatched Top Gun Maverick.

This videos are literally saving my life