Annus horribilis for the House of Mouse, but misery really does love company since a bunch of other studios were also responsible for some horrid films this year. If only the Writers Guild of America strike was still going.
Some of these films might have contained some fleetingly memorable scenes, and some of this lot ended up on various critics' best films of the year lists. However, the overall impression they left upon me was profoundly negative. Did you know some progressive nations still administer corporal punishment to offenders?
Worst Films of 2023:
Asteroid City (Wes Anderson)
Bottoms (Emma Seligman)
Cocaine Bear (Elizabeth Banks)
Enys Men (Mark Jenkin)
The Exorcist: Believer (David Gordon Green)
It’s a Wonderful Knife (Tyler MacIntyre)
Knock at the Cabin (M. Night Shamalamadingdong)
Lion-Girl (Kurando Mitsutake)
Maid Droid (Rich Mallery)
The Meg 2: The Trench (Ben Wheatley)
The Nun II (Michael Chaves)
Scream VI (Matt Bettinelli-Olpin & Tyler Gillett)
Kyle Edward Ball's experimental art house film Skinamarink (2022/2023) didn't make the cut on account of me lacking the willpower to watch it all the way through; a rare occurrence for your host. Checked out around the thirty minute mark. Grainy fixed film footage of walls, floors and lego bricks had me scrambling for the remote control during my brief dalliance with the film.
Brave man sitting through that Exorcist shite and any Anderson movie.
ReplyDeleteVaguely intrigued by Bottoms after some of the good reviews I read, but I know Yank zoomer high school students would annoy the Hell outta me.
Only one Wes Anderson film I've enjoyed, the rest are horrible; Asteroid City might be the worst of the lot. Time went so slow until the end credits.
ReplyDeleteWas surprised with how Totally Killer turned out to be a fun teen comedy and thought maybe Bottoms on the same level. That film was terrible. I'm amazed anyone actually likes it.
Had to immediately add Lion-Girl after seeing it. Atrocious film.
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