2023 is coming to an end!
A whole year of films in many different categories, genres and styles as well. I personally feel that this year had a couple of really good films that came out, i am especially thinking about Oppenheimer and Martin Scorsese´s latest film Killers Of The Flower Moon ( a review will be published in January ). I also really enjoyed the German Netflix film Blood & Gold, a film i feel is not being mentioned this year since it came out in spring. A very well made war movie with clear influences of legendary director Sergio Leone. If you have not seen this film this year you should definetely give it a watch.
So here we are folks, we have to mention the 3 worst films i did watch in 2023 who were all released this year as well. These are three films that i had a very hard time to finish and tried to find something positive to say about. So let´s get into it shall we?
1. Skinamarink
I am always positive for creative films who dare to do something different and i actually appreciate films who doesn´t follow the same Hollywood pattern that we are used to. When i first saw the poster of Skinamarink seeing some critics praising this film, i was actually curious to see it. I can honestly say that no matter how creative they tried to be on this film, this is a really, really boring horror film. And when i mean boring i falled asleep 3 times trying to finish this film. Skinamarink feels like a student film project that was more a experiment than an actual film, where director Kyle Edward Ball thought it would be a brilliant idea to film a wall for a very long time in case something will happen here. I understand what the film is trying to do from the eyes of a child at night time, but Skinamarink have nothing interesting to offer for horror fans or for independent film fans. The best way to explain what Skinamarink really is you have to imagine the following. Imagine you are watching lake water barely moving with no big wind, no fishes are jumping and nothing is happening for 100 minutes. Skinamarink is a big nothing and i question why this film does exist. Do yourself a big favor and avoid this film, there are far better choices if you want to see something closer to an indepenent film.
2. A Royal Christmas Crush
When it comes to watching predictable movies you can´t go wrong with a Hallmark production. You don´t even have to read the plot or watch any trailer to any of their films because you know exactly what will happen. Every year they throw out at least around 30 new christmas produced films and try to get some legendary actors as well if possible. For a very few times i could at least accept a christmas film such as The Mistletoe Secret in 2019 with DALLAS actor Patrick Duffy saving that film. But then we have Hallmark christmas film that are so terrible that you are wondering what you are really watching. That is exactly how i felt after watching A Royal Christmas Crush from director Marita Grabiak. A Royal Christmas Crush is done so extremely soft and sparkling that it feels like watching a horrible soap commercial dubbed in German, except that they try to speak British in this film instead. And that´s just one of the problems with this film, we also have terrible characters, horrible acting from pretty much all actors, no dialogue with any emotions at all and the christmas vibe doesn´t really feel that jolly at all. A Royal Christmas Crush is like having a bad headache that never goes away, i guarantee you will feel that same feeling if you actually watch this film.
3. Left Behind - Rise Of The Antichrist
How many of you remember the Kirk Cameron film Left Behind from the year of 2000? I actually had some fun with that film, especially when there were action scenes that looked like they were insired by Rambo 3 with Sylvester Stallone. Unfortunately the action scenes ended too fast and we are left with a very dull faith based Christian drama. However, in 2014 it was about to get even worse with the 2014 film version of Left Behind with Nicolas Cage, Lea Thompson and.... a lot of other names i can´t remember. The 2014 film version of Left Behind is one of the worst faith based dramas i have ever seen and is filled with so many problems. So in early 2023 it was time for the next Left Behind chapter and this time it turned out to be Herculers actor Kevin Sorbo in the lead role in Left Behind - Rise Of The Antichrist ( he also is the director of this film ). I will begin to say that at least this film is better than the 2014 film, and i do enjoy actor Neil McDonough short performances. But that´s where the positive ends for this film and let´s tell you why this is a bad faith based drama. This film takes itself way too serious and tries to make us believe that end days are here. Kevin Sorbo acts exactly the same as he always does, not many facial expressions and the rest of the cast ( except for legendary actor Corbin Bernsen ) looks like they are just reading dialogue from a paper and give no human emotions at all. If you want to watch a good faith based film i suggest you watch Nefarious with Sean Patrick Flanery. The only thing Left Behind - Rise Of The Antichrist will be remembered for is how many times Kevin Sorbo looks confused on camera.
There you go all my movie review readers worldwide this was my pick for the 3 worst films of 2023. I hope you all enjoyed this list and i will be publishing the final reviews of this year before this year ends. Have a wonderful christmas and enjoy all the wonderful food i sure am looking forward to some brännvin ( Swedish moonshine ) as well. See you all soon with my final reviews of this year.
Cheer from Daniel
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