I don't mean this in a "movies suck now" kind of way, I actually think 2022 was a pretty good year for movies and 2024 will probably be better
but yeesh, 2023 seemed like a particularly bleak year for film. of those I've seen on this list, the only ones I'd heartily recommend are Bottoms and Nimona. maybe Beau is Afraid and Infinity Pool, but those are definitely not for everyone. oh and the TMNT movie was a lot of fun
(I haven't seen Flower Moon yet so don't get mad at me, Scorsesebros)
but please feel free to CMV and recommend any good movies from this year, whether they're in this image or not!
"Saw" movies are simply a celebration of the summer slashers which have always celebrated the art of gore and the unsympathetic cast. I hated them at one point in fact, never understood why people liked em. but I've learned through my wife's love of the genre to enjoy them.
I've come to see they're not enjoyed the way i connected with movies in other genres. Unlike most (?) movies, you aren't supposed to form a bond with or see yourself in these characters, they are there to die horrificly for your enjoyment.
You know it's not real, and the buzz you get from watching an imaginative kill well executed graphically is great fun, and everything and everyone is fine! It's harmless! So chop em up baby, show me a spectacle!
Yeah but Saw (and similar tortureporn movies) focus on the realistic, gruesome violence (often in closeup). That was never a selling point of the “summer slashers” you are trying to wax poetic about.
You put summer slashers in quotes and disparaged my poetry.
I think you just don't like the genre, and and that's just fine. Make sure you remember that my enjoyment is just fine too, and remember to be civil, because this here? This topic? Doesn't matter enough to start a fight.
Nice little doodle, guy who masturbates to violence