2022 in Film

[bcholmes]

I’ve fallen out of the habit of doing these round-ups since the panini started. But I want to return to it because it’s kind of fun thinking back over the last year’s media.

This year, I’m gonna break up my usual post into two parts: my favourite films and my favourite TV shows. Here we go.

Number 5: Nope. I confess that the earliest trailers for this film were largely incomprehensible to me. I had no idea what the film was about (except, broadly, horses and UFOs), and that didn’t particularly move me to seeking it out. But Sio suggested that we try it one night, and I was particularly struck by the relative originality of the story, especially in regards to the UFO element. I hesitate to say much more about plot, because part of the enjoyment, for me, was watching the various discoveries emerge. There were moments when I found myself pondering: “why does this particular side-story exist in the film?” but by the end was really satisfied with the cohesiveness of the film. I’m torn about the original trailers: on the one hand, I really enjoyed not having the trailers spoil the story beats for me, but on the other hand, I don’t think they did a very good job of enticing me to see the film.

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Comments

[sabotabby]

Wait, there are two films that came out based on Toews novels? She's having a Moment.

I really need to see Nope. They definitely did a bad job of advertising it; I keep hearing that it's good, and I plan to see it so I'm avoiding spoilers, but I have no idea what it's about.

[disastrid]

I loved Nope so much that i saw it in the cinema twice.