Movies You Saw in Theaters in 2023 [Plus 2022!]

[Classic Speedy]

Close enough to the end of the year, and I doubt I'll be adding to it before the end of the year anyway. Time for the annual thread where you list what movies you went to in theaters.

Here's what I went to: (favorites with an asterisk)

New Movies:
-Asteroid City
-Elemental *
-Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny
-RiffTrax Live: Rad *
-Spider-Man: Across the Spider-verse
-Super Mario Bros. Movie, The *
-TMNT: Mutant Mayhem
-Wish

Vintage Movies:
-American Graffiti
-Blazing Saddles *
-National Lampoon’s Vacation *
-Princess Mononoke *

What did you see?

And since 2022's thread was destroyed by the long site downtime, might as well re-post what I saw in 2022 as well: (feel free to re-list what you saw in 2022 if you want)

New Movies:
-Bad Guys, The
-Batman, The
-Bob’s Burgers Movie, The
-Jurassic World: Dominion
-Lightyear
-Minions: The Rise of Gru
-RiffTrax: Return of Swamp Thing
-Sonic the Hedgehog 2
-Top Gun: Maverick
-Uncharted

Vintage Movies:
-Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom
-Raiders of the Lost Ark
-Smokey and the Bandit

 

[DeanBurrito25]

I have a Letterboxd now, so this will be easy to track.

2023

• Puss In Boots: The Last Wish
• M3GAN
• Everything Everywhere All At Once *(post-Oscars rerelease)
• The Super Mario Bros Movie
• Renfield
• Guardians of The Galaxy Vol. 3
• Spider-Man: Across The Spider-Verse
• The Blackening
• No Hard Feelings
• Barbie
• Oppenheimer
• TMNT: Mutant Mayhem
• Elemental
• The Outlaw Johnny Black
• Killers of The Flower Moon
• Wish
• Godzilla Minus One

2022

• The Batman
• Sonic The Hedgehog 2
• Everything Everywhere All At Once
• The Bob's Burgers Movie
• Top Gun: Maverick
• Nope
• Three Thousand Years of Longing
• Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
• Guillermo Del Toro's Pinocchio
• Strange World

 

[Pooky]

2023:
. The Whale (pretty much hated it)
. TMNT: Mutant Mayhem (liked it)
. Expend4bles (I can't defend it, but I had fun; this over The Whale any day for sure)
. Saw X (liked it)

2022 (for what I recall):
. Scream (V) (Liked it, saw Scream VI on streaming this year, thought that was a step down_
. Sonic the Hedgehog 2 (liked it)
. Jurassic World: Dominion (pretty bad)
. Minions: The Rise of Gru (liked it)
. Avatar: The Way of Water (decent)

I was going to cinemas about once a week through 2018 or 2019, but for a mix of reasons, as you can see, that's been significantly reduced in the years since

 

[Dr.Pepper]

2023:
-Super Mario Bros
-The Little Mermaid
-Elemental
-Barbie
-Wish
I saw all of these with the same friend. I might see Migration before the year ends, but who knows.

2022:
-Lightyear
-Minions 2: Rise of Gru
I saw both of these by myself. I asked the previously mentioned friend if she wanted to see Lightyear with me but she wasn’t interested. Minions was a total spur of the moment thing.

 

[Markus Nelis]

Minions: Rise of the Gru (decent)
Barbie (I thought it was too girly for me but I surprisingly liked it)
Fast X (unsurprisingly a great movie)

 

[Darklordavaitor]

Due to my change in jobs, I've been able to see a lot more movies in theaters this year, a good handful of which were free from work.

New movies:
M3gan
Skinamarink
Infinity Pool
Ant-Man and Wasp: Quantumania
Cocaine Bear
Creed III
Shazam: Fury of the Gods
John Wick Chapter 4
Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves
Evil Dead Rise
Guardians of the Galaxy Volume 3
What's Love Got to Do with It
The Little Mermaid
Chevalier
The Super Mario Bros. Movie
Spider-Man: Across the Spiderverse
The Flash
Asteroid City
Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny
Mission Impossible: Dead Reckoning- Part One
Elemental
Past Lives
Barbie
Oppenheimer
The First Slam Dunk
Talk to Me
The Haunted Mansion
Blue Beetle
Bottoms
A Haunting in Venice
The Creator
Sax X
Killers of the Flower Moon
Priscilla
Anatomy of a Fall
The Marvels
Wish
The Boy and the Heron
The Holdovers
Wonka
Eileen
Godzilla Minus One
Poor Things

2022 holdovers:
The Fabelmans
Corsage*
Puss in Boots: The Last Wish
RRR
The Woman King
Triangle of Sadness
Women Talking
Emily*
The Lost King*

Classics:
Oldboy
Planet of the Apes
Vertigo
The Hunger
Stop Making Sense
Prince of Darkness
The Nightmare Before Christmas

The movies with an asterisk are ones that technically came out in 2022, but I believe had their US release this year. I think this is a pretty good selection, I didn't catch everything I wanted to see, but it's a much better number than in past years. I might check Letterboxd later to see what I caught in 2022, I actually logged all of these on a calendar.

 

[Classic Speedy]

^ You're the winner so far.

I don't think I'll ever top 2013 in terms of the quantity of movies I went to. I saw a movie almost every week. Of course, that was back before the majority of streaming services, sooooo....

 

[[classic swim]]

Went to Saw X. Hated it.

Went to Killers of The Flower Moon. Loved it.

That’s all for this year.

On the uptick though, it’s official that I’m going to see Cowboy Bebop: Knockin’ on Heaven’s Door in the following month, which has been up there on my theater bucket list since forever. Needless to say, I’m rabidly excited.

 

[Neo Ultra Mike]

Man I totally have been washing out on viewing films since 2019. Granted so did everyone 2020 and 2021 was still recovering as well, but by 2022 and even 2023 I haven't been averaging even like half the films I was seeing the second half of the last decade. Maybe this year will be different but until then I'm going to list the 2022 and 2023 movies I saw... unless I have something specific I want to say on them I'll just grade them and quickly give the best/worst markings of the films I most/least enjoyed this year. Otherwise still have a fair amount of films to go through so let's talk about them real REAL quick. Also some of these are grades I felt in the minute so on looking back may grade them higher/lower but again not going into detail with these just getting out what I saw and what I at least at one point felt about them.

2021 HOLDOVERS I SAW IN 2022!

Luca: B-/C+
Ron's Gone Wrong: C/C-
Cruella: C++
The King's Man: C
Mortal Kombat Legends: Battle Of The Realms: B-/C+

2022 MOVIES

Uncharted: B-
The Batman: B-/C+
Morbius: C/C-
Sonic The Hedgehog 2: B++
Turning Red: BB
Everything Everywhere All At Once: A- (BEST MOVIE OF THE YEAR)
The Lost City: B-/C+
The Unbearable Weight Of Massive Talent: B/B-
Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets Of Dumbledore (C/C-)
Doctor Strange And The Multiverse Of Madness: B++
Chip 'N Dale: Rescue Rangers (Film): BB
The Bob's Burgers Movie: A-
Lightyear: C
Top Gun: Maverick: B++
Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom C+++
Elvis: B+/B
Minions: The Rise Of Gru: C-
Thor: Love And Thunder: A-/B+
DC League Of Super-Pets: B/B-
When The Crawdads Sing: A-
Bullet Train: B+
Hotel Transylvania: Transformania: C+/C
Black Adam: B-/C+
Black Panther: Wakanda Forever: B++
Lyle Lyle Crocodile: C+/C
She Said: D++ (WORST MOVIE OF THE YEAR)
Tickets To Paradise: C/C-
Strange World: B/B-
Violent Night: BB
Avatar: The Way Of Water: C/C-

2022 HOLDOVERS I SAW IN 2023!

Puss In Boots: The Last Wish: A-/B+

2023 MOVIES

House Party 2023: C-/D+
M3GAN: A-/B+
missing: B
A Man Called Otto: A-
Knock At The Cabin :B/B-
Ant Man And The Wasp: Quantumania: B+/BB
Creed III: A-
Cocaine Bear: B-
Shazam! Fury Of The Gods: C++
65: C+
John Wick: Chapter 4 B+
Dungeons And Dragons: Honor Among Thieves A-/B+
The Super Mario Brothers Movie: B+/B
Renfield: B+/B
Air: BB
Guardians Of The Galaxy Volume 3: A-
Fast X: B--
The Little Mermaid 2023: D (WORST MOVIE OF THE YEAR)
About My Father: B++
Book Club: The Next Chapter: D+/D
Spider-Man: Across The Spider-Verse: A (BEST MOVIE OF THE YEAR)
The Machine: D+
Transformers: Rise Of The Beasts: C---
The Flash: B
Elemental: B++
No Hard Feelings: C
Indiana Jones And The Dial Of Destiny: C/C-
Mission Impossible: Dead Reckoning Part One: B++
Oppenheimer: B-
Barbie: A-
Haunted Mansion 2023: C+
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem: B+/B
Blue Beetle: B+
Strays: B++
Gran Turismo: B--/C+
The Creator: C+
The Marvels: B+
The Hunger Games: The Ballad Of Songbird And Snakes: C+
Wish: C-/D+
The Boy And The Heron: B-/C+
Nimona: B++
Wonka: C
The Color Purple: B/B-

Hopefully 2024 I'll have seen more movies and also be able to talk them a bit more in depth in one of these talkbacks but yeah glad to finally have this out at least.

 

[Mandouga]

I saw The Super Mario Bros. Movie, and long story short, it was clear that Nintendo really was involved instead of just being there to reassure everyone. I even found out later that Nintendo paid for half the movie, which really says something. In any case, I was prepared to get out of there the moment the movie messed up. Fortunately, it didn’t come to that. I even went on to see it six more times, which is something I usually don’t do. This is how watchable (for the most part) the movie is.


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