 Can you believe it? 2022 is almost at an end, which means we have to talk about our favorite movies of the year. As a whole, 2022 wasn't my favorite year for movies. It was kind of a mixed bag with some of the films coming out being, wow, total amazing knockout home runs, and some being just kind of wimpers, just little fleeting memories that I guess I put on my best of because I didn't have 10 that really blew the doors off this thing, that really screamed, gotta re-watch this film right away, but here are my top 10, regardless, let's begin. Oh, and I should tell you, if you like movie commentary, rants, reviews, etc., I post them every single week, and I would love to have you stick around. You just have to hit a sub button, just have to hit that subscribe, you can uppercut it, you can roundhouse kick it, you can do a butterfly back flip, somersault attack, whatever you want to do, it's fine. This movie just made my list a day ago, and that's Glass Onion, a film I didn't get to see in theaters because Netflix did a limited release for like a week, genius move, and then they put it out, and I finally got to watch it, and I have to say it's a fun time, it's a murder mystery done right, it subverts expectations, it keeps you guessing, you're invested in the story. Daniel Craig's back is the master detective, all the characters are colorful, they're funny, they're over-the-top characters of real-life individuals, or at least inspired by real-life individuals, definitely a movie I would check out since it's on streaming and most people have Netflix. Don't miss Glass Onion. And the number nine spot is seven. I mean the Batman, sorry I get them confused because it's the exact same plot with a different coat of paint. Matthew Reeves clearly took inspiration from the David Fincher thriller, and he made it his own with a bleak-looking Gotham, an emo-looking Batman, and some cool-ass big dick energy about it. The movie's a little tedious, it's a lot longer than it should be, but when all is said and done this is a great start to the Caped Crusader's new adventures. I'm excited to see more from this franchise. Matthew Reeves, fantastic director, he gets me, he understands what makes me tick. The Batman's got a badass vehicle, it's got some kick-ass fight scenes, it's got a cool noir style to it, kind of. A little bit like the crow, a little bit up my alley. The Batman, not when I want to re-watch anytime soon, but I was highly invested the first. I'm excited for more. DMXRIP, poor one out, said it best. X gonna give it to ya, and X certainly did. A lot better than Pearl too, mind you, which came out the same year oddly enough. It's kind of a sneak attack. I hated Pearl, but I loved X. It's the kind of movie I enjoy, a schlocky thriller set at a central location, out in a farm, a period piece where they're making a fantastic porno that goes so fantastically wrong. Creative kills, exciting setting, fun characters, everything I like about a horror slasher rolled into one. Let us pray that more directors and writers come out with films like this Predator prequel. Pray is awesome, it is simple, it is engaging, it's about a young Indian woman warrior that wants to make her tribe proud and respect her as not just a cook and a cleaner, but as a hunter, as a predator herself. And as the film progresses, she will get that opportunity baby when an alien crash lands on planet earth and starts killing off some of the tribes members. She's not only going up against an alien, but colonizers who are in the area and being total douchebags. This film is practically shot for the most part. It does have some wonky effects, to be sure, especially when it comes to the animals, but damn is it cool. It's got awesome action set pieces, she's throwing that tomahawk, she's spinning it. She's got the rope. I love it. I love prey. I've seen it a couple times. It's short, it's sweet, it's predator baby. If you're looking for a good meal, the menu has you covered. Another murder mystery of sorts, set on an island with a bunch of individuals that are unique, to be sure. It's another glass onion to its core where you're trying to figure out what in the hell is going on with this cook. He gathered all these people together, all these walks of life, and he has a message for them. What that message is will be revealed once every course has been expertly prepared. Ralph Fiennes is good at playing this character, he's calculated, he's cold, but he's raw when he needs to be. Unlike his food and this film, which is exquisite. I was told several times to watch RRR, Triple R for short, and I ignored them because the movie's very long. And if you know me and my channel, I complain about length of movies, I got shit to do. We all have stuff going on in our lives. So to sit there for three hours and watch a Hollywood Indian epic master craft on display was a hard pill to swallow, but one I eventually did and I have to tell you, I'd watch it a few more times. I'd put in another six to nine hours to keep this party going. It is so over the top, larger than life, you're following two different Indian protagonists who seem to be on opposite sides of the coin, but will come together. Culminating in one of the greatest bromances ever put to screen since Apollo Creed and Rocky Balboa. These guys are legendary status. There's music, they're singing, there's dancing, there's fighting, there's fucking CG tigers and animals running around. There's a British dude getting launched out of a car and in midair aims his gun and shoots it like this stuff is ridiculous. Yet it all works so wonderfully well. The music is bombastic. It's a celebration of all the wild and zany things you can do with movies today. Tolerwood's getting it right. Highly recommend RRR. It's on Netflix, I believe. Check it out. Alexander Skarsgård's not happy. In fact, he's pissed because his father was murdered. His village was burned. His uncle betrayed him and now he's hunting him down for death. The boy escapes this viking now on the run. Fast forward 20 odd years later and this boy has grown into a mountain of a man hell bent on revenge. The fates have willed it. This isn't a movie of pure good versus pure evil. No, our protagonist has some blood on his hands of the innocent burning villages featuring women and children and he doesn't even miss a beat. He doesn't really even hesitate to look the other way when some of his tribesmen do this. No, he has one goal and that is to avenge his father, save his mother and kill that piece of shit, uncle. This movie fires on all cylinders. It doesn't give a fuck what you think about fantasy elements or things getting a little too wacky. You're gonna see guys crawling on the ground acting like dogs burping and farting and then shitting where they eat. It's a it's a man's man movie where there's a one-on-one final duel in a volcano. Shirtless bros attacking each other just as quickly as they'd make out with each other. It doesn't care. It's hardcore. It's the Northman. Peel's done it again with nope. Jaws in the sky as I referred to it and several others have over the time it's been out because I'm not creative. I don't have a creative bone in my body. Nope does though. You look up in the clouds. Are they moving? Are they still? Is it an alien? Is it UFO? What the hell is going on? Nope asks that question and you're along for the ride for two plus hours. It's a little longer than it should be. I'm gonna say that over and over again. That's it's always what I say but on the other hand there's so much going on here that's worth revisiting whether it's a crazed monkey incident during the shooting of a live comedy show or an epic final foreshadowing stand against this thing in the sky where a photo will have to be taken from a well to get its attention. There's a lot of layer to this movie. There's lots of symbolism. There's lots of callbacks. There's lots of teases. I like this shit. It's a movie that warrants rewatches because you pick up on all the little things. There's enough mystery there. There's enough clues to make you yearning for the answers on your own to seek things out unlike glass onion that gives out the entire playbook. Nope is a bit more nuanced in its approach and I respect the hell out of it for that and Nope is uh it's up there for me this year. Really really really a big fan. Can't wait to watch it again. Top Gun Maverick. The sequel to a film that came out 7,000 years ago. One of Tom Cruise's big claims to fame. That trademark smile. That shirtless volleyball scene. One of the only movies he doesn't do his loony tunes run in. It's Top Gun. A movie that's aged like milk. It's kind of dumb. Kind of schlocky. Doesn't really have a plot. But here we are years later. Tom Cruise has learned a thing or two about the industry. He knows what people want to see. A tight plot. Not too complex. Not too stupidly simple. Engaging characters. Conflict. Resolution. A beginning middle and end. Simple right? But something a lot of modern movies don't really follow. Because they're so hell bent on being different. Thinking outside the bun. Thinking outside the box that Tom Cruise has placed this movie perfectly inside so that all walks can enjoy it on the big screen. Top Gun Maverick is balls to the wall. Badass action spectacle. There's roofs getting blown off that thing literally. He's in a fucking jet that goes like a billion miles an hour in one scene. In another scene he's behind enemy lines. Having to run through fire. Having to tell Miles Teller to get his ass in gear so he can get back in that nostalgic plane that he flew all those years earlier. Come on! It's nostalgia ramped up to the extreme. Top Gun Mavericks where it's at. If you don't like the movie you're lying to yourself. It's okay to be basic once in a while. It's okay to go with the normies. And man you'll have a good time if you just embrace it. Just accept it. I don't care for Top Gun. I think it's a very silly stupid film. But I knew Tom Cruise understood why. I knew going into Top Gun Maverick we were gonna have a good time. But man was I not expecting the ride we would go on. It's definitely worth watching. It's definitely in my top three of the year. And I've seen it a couple times now. It just gets better. Every couple years a movie comes out and I'm speechless. I'm without speech. That film this year was everything everywhere. All at once. A beautiful layered A24 film that looks amazing sounds even better and features some performances I weren't expecting to ever see again. For instance I didn't think in 2022 I'd be watching a movie with data from the Goonies. Short round from Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom rocking a fanny pack kicking the shit out of guys. Or Jamie Lee Curtis crunching numbers behind a desk bitter twisted and eventually becoming some sumo wrestler-esque fighter. Michelle Yu is fierce, intelligent, beautiful. Not to be trifled with. The messages on display are profoundly simple and simply profound. The movie is like a kaleidoscope on crack. You can look at the thing and pick out different colors and levels of vibrancy that you didn't see the first four times. It's a story about accepting those that came before you and those that will come after. It's a story about growing as an individual. It's a story about learning from your past mistakes owning up to them and trying to be a better person. It's a story about finding your place in this huge world where you're nothing but an insignificant ant. Which is maybe giving us a bit too much credit. We're less than an ant. We're a microscopic speck of nothing on the back of a massive, massive galaxy in an even more expansive universe with no end in sight. So of course you wake up some days. You look at yourself in the mirror and you think, what the hell is the point? Other days you wake up and you think, why am I here? More days you wake up and you think, how much time do I have left? Everything everywhere all at once doesn't have the answers to these questions because these questions have no answers, at least as far as we know. But instead it revels in the what if. It revels in the why. It revels in the how. It's everything everywhere all at once put on a bagel for you to enjoy. And man did I enjoy it. It's the matrix for me. It's Jurassic Park for me. It's Jaws for me. It's that type of film. I watched it. I took it in and I just couldn't help but appreciate and respect the shit out of everything I was seeing. I know not everybody feels the same, but that's why it's my list and my opinion. Man movies can be amazing can't they? All right I gave you my top 10. Some I thought were a little bit better than others, but I'd love to hear from you. Leave a comment below. Give me your top 10. Like the video if you had a good time. Please support me if you want on Patreon at patreon.com slash adamdosmovies or via the YouTube join button right here. But I appreciate you regardless. Thanks for watching and hopefully I'll see you next time. Take care. Hey thanks again for watching the video and for sticking around. I should also point out I have a second channel that I just started a week or so back called Adam After Dark. I'm getting videos up there trying to do it weekly. It's more fun skit-based comedy humor. 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