 Didn't audition last night audition for a film What the crap during the dead time? Yeah. Yeah, good. Wow. That's weird. There's some indie film, but it was I'm playing a dad, but it's basically like a drug addict dad no, oh, but it's a The family so it's basically like a Pursuit of happiness story So they lost their house they lost our hotel and now they're living in their car They can't afford it. They have to their showering and in parks And that you had to be really emotional because he was talking about it all and it was so easy That's why I can't watch Pursuit of happiness Anymore after being I haven't seen it since after being a dad, but it it It struck a chord with me when I was when you know, yeah I was young and not a father at all I was like this seems like the worst thing in the world and after being a dad. I'm like, I can't Yeah, I don't want to live in that one. No No of having to put myself may you never come remotely close to those kinds of things awful. Yeah Hey, we'll go back to our stupid rex of Corbin We're dads you false Instagram Twitter for juicy content. Thank you You're sourcing patron falls to the counter like button. Ah and happy 2024 Welcome to the new year. It is here for you. Yes And as always We do two videos at the end of every year we do We do the dummies which is not this one that one the dummies are like the Oscars So we will treat everything as in this is the best film of the year in terms of artistic merit We'll do cinematography editing all that kind of stuff and then we'll do another list Which is our top 10 favorites of right which are our personal favorite our personal favorites Which don't necessarily mean like when we do the dummies We're looking at technical merit Elevative artistry the things that we think hit all the right notes technically in every way This is our personal favorites and some of those might coincide Clearly those those will but obviously it's more about probably more just like which one can you watch more? Yeah, usually what your favorites means, right? Yes, exactly Which one if you had to choose which one would you like to go back in and see more? Yeah, often from this past year last year. I think yours was our our Not a surprise on my list and yeah first was got Kala, but I've actually redone it Yeah, I saw and it was you put Kala like six six. Yeah, I Still love it. Yeah, but like after watching all those Molly album films I know I literally couldn't put I I had to go back and we watched a lot of films this year This is a record-breaking year for us 2023 in terms of the number of films we watched. Yeah, and not just in total films Watched, but I think I didn't check this, but I'm pretty sure it might have been the most number of films We've watched that are the new releases. We watched 30 films. I think I counted 32 or 33. Okay, it may have been 32. It basically came out. No, I watched two in theaters that you did not that's true I know for sure. That's right That's what it was. But that that comes down to like a we're we were watching something new released every 10 days last year Yeah, yeah, yeah. Yeah, it was a little we almost got to a hundred almost got to a hundred films for the first time I bet we would have and maybe we will this next year because we didn't start doing a lot of watch along Yeah, until mid-year, I think yeah about June July and so obviously we did reviews new films But also that we added the watch along our movie. We did way more watch-alongs this year And so we got almost a hundred films and we came real close cool. Yeah, I like that I love that idea of a hundred films a year. Yeah. Yeah a century mark, right Anyway, so this is a top 10 Rick's gonna give his top 10 I'm gonna give my top 10 they we have not heard each other's and we're gonna go 10 to 1 In in that order, right? Yeah, okay, so if you would like to do the honors What is your 10th favorite film and do you want to do honorable mention now? Do you want to do honor mention was at 2? Let's do honorable mentions it to after to yeah that way. It's just it's not it's not in there because I've got One two three four five six. I've got like seven other films. Yeah. Yeah, it was hard Yeah, of the 30 something films we saw to choose 10 left out a few that I thought I Still really liked those films. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. There was a lot of surprises I think there's gonna be a huge difference in a lot of our choices. I think so a big one So my number 10 Was cheetah Cheetah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah uncle. Yeah. Yeah. I really liked that movie and the more I thought about it the more I thought Yeah, I'm putting this one in the top the top 10 for me for the year. Yeah, that was a good one a hard watch Yeah, the the next one for me and here's you're gonna. I think we're gonna go back and forth. Oh, are we? Okay, great. What's your 10? What's your 10? My 10 is actually Salar It's that low. It's that low. Holy crap. Um, only because I'm flabbergasted. No, no, I enjoyed that film. That's why it's in the it's in the top 10 And it was I probably could have put it even a couple spot There was there was a few that I was like, oh, I don't know where to exactly put this It's just where it landed. I really enjoyed this film Like I said in the beginning, I think they probably could have shortened it Maybe that's why it's at 10 as opposed to a more snappy to present wasn't in your top five. Oh, wow, geez But yeah, I really enjoyed this movie. I think it was a one of the more fun mass films of the year And but there are also a lot of people that hated that film. Oh, yeah, as well So well, it's it's all there's people that love me and people that hate it It's almost always that way. Yeah, you name a film and there's gonna be people who loved it Very rarely is it uniform praise most people hate thugs of Hindustan. Yeah, that's true. Anyways, what's your name? What's your name? My number nine is irata the Joju George crime drama the Malayalam crime drama What was it? It's irata. I r a tta Joju George with the twins. Yeah That was this year. Yeah, I thought it was last year. No, that was this year It was a 20. That's what it showed consistently and I saw the review I If I'm wrong, no, no, I think you're right I just I don't think I put that on though when I went through the list and I was yeah through what we watch this year I think I completely forgot that one. Oh, yeah, that's that's my number nine. Yeah, no, that was a good one Yeah, I really was great. His performance was great my number nine is It's hard to say there's there's gonna be an honorable mention that was out of my top ten that I think's gonna be a surprise for you probably There'll probably be three. I think that you'll be surprised weren't in my top ten. You didn't put Joann in there Let's see Let's see Yeah, the suspense is killing everyone. The thought plickens. Ah, anyways, my nine is the tamo film Vidu who thigh I lie part one. Yes, that's your number nine The reason is nine is because it's just a harder watch. Yeah, not because it's not artistically brilliant And so that that one is just it was such a good film, but you'd watch that before you'd watch Salar. I don't know No, I would I would watch that It's just you'd have to be in the right mood. Yeah. Yeah, but yeah, this is a difficult it is it is anyways go to your That's my number eight. What your number nine is my number. Okay, gotcha. Yeah Yeah, and it's it's it's one of those that and you'll see these are ones that I really really loved with They're not ones that I would want to go back to over and over again though. I would easily watch it again. Yeah Yeah There you got to be in the right mood for that kind of a film. It doesn't mean the film's any less great So yeah, that's my number eight. My eight is Leo Interesting. Yeah. Yeah, really enjoyed Leo. Obviously if you saw a review of Leo, yeah, we both did it was it was funny We love Lokesh. There was a some great mass moment and similar to Salar Some people really hated that movie And it's so interesting. Why did they hate that movie? I don't say the same thing. Why did we hate animal? Why did we why didn't we like Joanne and they loved it? So it's everybody just has a different opinion man. It's just I We really enjoyed that movie. We thought it was really smart. Yeah, it was a good entertainer Yeah, I I loved I loved that movie. Yeah, great my number seven PS2 Okay. All right. Yeah. Nice. Well, it's I thought it'd be higher on your list only because it too is one of those It's like I love LeGon. I love Joda Akbar But I want to be in the I have to be in the right frame of mind to deep dive into that place and go live there For a while. It's not one of those places. I just readily want to jump into and live weird Comparisons to make just because I had historic epics. I could watch those films like in an instant Just because they're so entertaining. They're there. They're long epics I guess LeGon isn't a historic epic per se. Oh, it's a true story But yeah, so yeah, that PS2 is my number seven. Okay, very nice. My number seven is Jailer Okay, I expected it in your top 10. I'm surprised. It's that low Jailer Leo and Salar were hard for me to place Yeah, I enjoyed all of them, but they're all so they're all very very different. Yeah Jailer I think just the Nelson component even though it might be Actually, I'm trying to remember No, the beast is obviously his weakest In terms of like the other ones we saw of like cocoa right and doctor doctor. It's under that. Yeah And like if doctor came out this year that would be my yeah, doctor in your brilliant But it was equally just as fun. I love seeing super star. Yeah on screen. I didn't love the ending Yeah, we talked about that in the review, but overall the film was a lot of fun and I could have interchangeable Leo Jailer and Salar. I was just hard for me to all kind of equal for racing. Okay. That makes sense Um Number eight. I mean number six is my first Hindi inclusion if you've noticed so far. Yeah. Yeah, I haven't had one You haven't had one my first Hindi inclusion Choram Yeah, that's a great one. I really liked Choram that now we're getting into the These are the ones these were the ones that was really tough for me to put them in Order because any number one of these depending upon the mood I'm in would be the one I want to watch Yeah, Choram was great. If you haven't watched Choram I think it's on I forget which platform now, but please go watch it I doubt it's still in theaters just because it's a small little film, but I think it's on streaming Please go watch it. Yeah, my nose, but he's brilliant. That's a great movie My this is where we're gonna start getting really very different My six is the Malayalam film Roman Chum Chum Yeah, I forget how to pronounce it. Yeah, I I was expecting that to be way up I know how much you love that movie. Yeah, so fun. I'm actually surprised. I thought it might be a little higher Actually, it could have been yeah, but there's some other films that I also really really loved That was I just really really enjoyed that. Yeah, I think it was a really creative a lot of fun It was a fun. I love Subban My I was about to say something else, but anyways, yeah, that is my six Top five now the top five five Indian films of 2023. We have another Hindi film. Oh my number five And we talked about Including this one We have to It's very weird what's going on with the release on this one, but Berlin. Yeah Berlin is a damn good film. Yeah, and it's very strange why with Still in the film circuit. Yeah, that's my suspicion is they still have a couple of things they're gonna do in the film circuit And it'll get a full-blown theatrical Because the dirt are none of them knew when when we talked to them Nobody knew including the director when when they were gonna get a release and that's what happens when you do film festival circuits Irrespective of if it's a documentary a short film a feature film if you're still in the film festival circuit Two reasons the first one is the film festival is one exclusivity The second reason is oftentimes you're at a film festival because you're pitching for distributors to make bids So you don't even have distribution yet. So when you get the opportunity to watch Berlin. Yeah, it's a great film Everything about that movie is superlative great performance. Yeah, we're in the place now when you hit the top five You start reaching the place where you were gonna say pretty much everything in the thing is superlative Yeah, so my five is when you had earlier is ps2. Okay, that that landed in my top five Okay, it's great. Can't argue with that Obviously everything you said it was so brilliant, but what Vikram and a Shwarya that see It was that was the movie. Yeah, yeah, and it was just a beautiful continuation production design from the first one That we loved and once again, some people didn't like it Yeah, you know everybody has different opinions, but yeah, that that movie was still I was like that That was a very very good film. Yeah, and I could watch it again. Yep. Number four my Vietnam Nice. Yeah, that's a great love that movie. Yeah, that movie was Just a blast and so many ways I'd watch it again right now. Yeah, that was so creative I feel like even though at the time everybody's screaming about it I feel like people aren't screaming about it as much anymore. So I feel like it's actually kind of underrated now I I agree. I wish we would have seen in theaters I wish we would have me too, but I feel like that's one of those very underrated films of 2023 that for me was Way at the top Because at the time I feel like everybody was like, oh, it's great. It's great But then I haven't people aren't talking about it. Yeah, which is strange to me very strange My it was before. Yeah This is gonna be very different from Rick's My four is I forget the title, but it's side a that can yeah Yeah, it's um It's a long name. Yeah, very long a Stephanie. I love that movie. Yeah, Rick did not like that movie, right? Yeah, I'm very different. It's not a very different of opinions on this film. Yeah, I love that movie. I sing nothing good praises I'm so excited to see a part B. I don't know when it actually comes out, but that that movie struck me and my wife We absolutely adored that movie. Yeah, that doesn't everything about in your top. That doesn't surprise me So three top three three. I'm right now. I haven't had one Hindi film. Well, there's one film in particular I'm waiting for you to say The fact that it's in your top three boggles my mind Anyway, oh you shut the fuck up number three number three for me Jailer yeah, I if you've been watching the channel this year and you saw the review Man That's that's one of my favorite films Across the board of the year including the stuff I'm watching that's in in in Hollywood cinema. Yeah, it's just yeah right now when we're in when we're in this ballpark when we're entering the top five It's not just Indian cinema. It's it's of all the movies. I've seen from everywhere in the world including Hollywood It's just what an entertaining Nelsa anger of a movie. I'm so excited to see yeah Nelson movies in the future Would you put where Jailer was what seven or something for you seven? Yeah, Jailer was seven for me Okay, what's your three my three is my Vita. Okay, my three yeah everything you said I I Love that. I'm so sad. We didn't get to see it in theaters I feel like it kind of would have been so great to have on a big screen, but it was such creative superhero movie Yeah Everything about it was fun and enjoyable one of my favorite watch alongs of the year. Yeah, if it if we're doing We didn't do a lot of like actual 2023 watch alongs because right But it was easily top three Watch alongs. Oh, yeah. Oh, yeah, doctor might be my favorite. I don't know Doctor stuff good. I really love the rom-com with It's not from this year it was a watch along we did this year that we love so much. Oh, it didn't do she Yeah, that was great one too. Yeah, I really enjoyed that one and once again that was also I think I think I don't know I top five when I read it last year Yeah, you put yeah, I'm sure I think I think yeah I had done that it would have been very very all of Molly alum films and that I think snuck into the top five Yeah, insane. I've never had to list change that much. You're what's your two? So my number two and my number one I know what one of them is are really really tough Because the one I selected is number two is really the one I would be able to watch on a more regular Basis and just throw on and have a good time. Yeah. Yeah But I just can't not make my number one my number one. Gotcha. So so Lars number two. Ah, very nice. Yeah, that's I I Loved so I love so I think one of there. There's a couple reasons for it The first one was I I I was not expecting story to be so good Yeah, well, we went in with very low expectations went in with really low expectations and it just hit a six right out of the stadium Yeah, and it had one of the There's been a couple of cinematic moments Yeah, one of them one of the cinematic moments this year. We've already mentioned was in ps2 Yeah, it was with Vikram in a short that scene is is a very it's burned into the month, you know what moment I'm talking. Oh easily. Yeah that moment when the swords come out from behind his back cinematic moments We've a one of the best moments of the year and that whole scene in general. Yeah, that whole scene and the whole thought Just the whole thing was just I Would happily go back and watch that over and over again even surprisingly for me It was even more than Jailer because I loved Jailer my number two Say it non-pakao Not me because whatever you pronounce that one. Yeah, LJP film. Okay, wait a minute in the beginning of the year Number one is what I think it is Mine the fuck up Goodness So obviously You've heard It's funny because that was that was the second film we saw that it was very early. He's obviously the first film I believe was Vishal's kids film cutie Which actually was a consideration. I was an underrated that's like an honorable mention Absolutely, it was actually I feel like people didn't see the movie And so they just assume because it didn't do box office that it wasn't I it was actually very entertaining It was well it was well done so everybody should see that taboo was taboo, but this is second film We can and it lasted man, and you're gonna you're gonna hear a lot about it come the dummies. Yeah Because there's there's nothing not excellent about this. No, we said it before we think it should have been India's submission to the Oscars It it it would have way better chance than There's 30 films that had a better chance. Sincerely. Yeah, there's just a ton of films that have a way better chance So honorable mentions before we drop our number one So that the some that are not in my top ten that Obviously that are that you might have found surprising was was for me was even though I loved the I really liked the film And the score is glorious was double X. Yeah, yeah, right great one For me, even though I really enjoyed it. Leo didn't wasn't in my top ten, but that's an honorable mention a couple of other Like honorable mentions for me the Malayalam one with the the the Raman Jaya. That's an honorable mention for me I I really I really liked thank you for coming. Yeah. Yeah me too. That was a fun movie. I'd watch again It's just what I'm comparing it to those other films. I really liked OMG too. Yeah me too. That was a consideration Yeah, I really I enjoyed Hadi Nawaz's drag character. Yeah, that was a good one, too Um and a lot of good films So there were a lot of good good films that make the honorable mention But but you've already yeah, you said you know what my number one. Yeah, I knew it. It's your number two Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, it's the and it was tough because of the two films The one I'm more likely right now to want to just turn on and watch and have a good time with would be Solar but if someone were to say to me which of these two movies should I watch and Just the totality of the kinds of films that I love and the elevativeness of it and the genius and everything in that film That's mine. That's my number one. You're gonna hear about a lot of it during the dummies for sure. Yeah Because that movie is absolutely brilliant. I want to read off something real quick before I get to mine So honorable mentions. Yeah, basically everything you've said, okay Was a consideration. Yep for me. I Berlin I would put Joram Berlin was an emblem Berlin and Joram Both of those during the dummies. Yeah, for sure since it's more my favorite Yeah, I can watch a lot. Yeah, hard-hitting ones are just tough for me to put in there because even though you love them You're not gonna put them on all the time not all the time You're not gonna put Schindler's list on every on a rainy Sunday. No, but you'll put it in the Oscars Yep, there's a difference, right? Yep. So 10 is a telugu film 9 Tomo 9 8 Tomo 7 Tomo 6 Malayalam 5 Tomo 4 Canada 3 Tomo 2 Malayalam not one Hindi film I had two Hindi's. Yeah, Joram and Berlin. I do have one Hindi film. I know you do. Yeah, I do I cannot or fucking Ronnie. God damn it It's my easily my favorite film of the year. I have already watched that three times this year once in theaters once With a watch along with Stefan then we watch it another time with somebody else Because we enjoy this movie and you know what everybody else that's watching really really enjoyed it. You're just an idiot but you know I In terms of like a leg doesn't like it either. No Alexis liked it You didn't like it. There's a difference. I can go back to the review But no the that should have been the Oscar submission No, no the other one. Okay, this is not the Oscar. So I know I know I'm pulling my favorites Yeah, if you're not even in my top 30. Oh, I know but you're an idiot everything about this movie is so fun and so good and so just happy and Everything I wanted from the film is what I got and so in terms of favorites what I can watch more I've already watched it more than everything else. That's that is just there was no When it comes to being Bollywood bootlickers, you still fit the bill I guess and if you're going by the one, yeah, if you're going by numbers, I guess it would be Tamil Yeah, no, it's it's predominantly. This was the year of of of I mean andrani knew when I told her I was making my top 10 I said, you know, what's I knew you're no one was going to be I said, well, I told her I said, you know, what's interesting about the films in my top 10 She said that the majority of them are south. Yeah, I said, yeah, it's it's South Indian films just destroyed. Yeah, yeah, in every way for me this year There were very few Hindi films that impressed me and it's probably who knows obviously it's probably gonna be that way next year. Do you know Well, who doesn't have films coming out this year? Well, Shahrukh Khan doesn't have a film. Shahrukh Khan doesn't have a film um Are we talking the big box office attraction? Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, okay. No srk No amir khan no salmon khan no ren beer None rithic obviously has fighter right, but other than that Like the big stars of hollywood, which I don't mind. I don't mind it at all I like the fact that one you're not gonna oversaturate everybody. Yeah, uh with a bunch of well and friends Yes, you've seen the reviews of the three Shahrukh Khan films this year Not one of them was one that was Really the closest anything came was the first half of the second half of the first half of baton Yeah, yeah, yeah Um, but yeah, yeah in this, but it did so good at the box office. Anyways, uh, but yeah, those are I can't believe I knew it would be in your top 10 I had a feeling it would be in your top five the fact that that's your favorite favorite favorite indian movie of 2023 If you're going by favorites, what can I watch them? I've already watched it more than anything else Yeah, that's um and everybody I've watched it would loved it But yeah, let us know what your top 10 of the year for indian films are please. Yeah And what's your favorite are and why we're both idiots especially me what you liked what you didn't like why we are South indian coke bootlickers. Yeah, uh why we why we act like we know it all especially me. Yeah, uh But let us know what you your favorites of the year are please and uh be expecting the dummies That will be a different video. That's coming soon. That will be more oscar kind of And speaking of oscars I was happy to see the oscars was variety reported that of the tv shows watched this all tv genres The oscars was in the top 10 Watched programs of all programs this year down here for the television No, it was it just it re that's why they brought jimmy kimmel back They said what let's not it's not broken. Let's let's you know, it's because you had an indian film It's true It was not to not to you don't have that this year So my bet is the viewership is going to be dramatically down. I think it's going to be even higher this year. No way Barbie No, yeah, it's going to be higher. Absolutely. No. Yep. Anyways, let us know your top 10 are down below