My Top 10 of 2022

My top 10 (actually 11, because two are pretty much one movie) films of 2022:

• Avatar: The Way of Water 
• The Banshees of Inisherin
• The Batman 
• Everything Everywhere All at Once
• Holy Spider
• The Menu
• Nope
• Prey
• Top Gun: Maverick 
• X, Pearl

Best movie of the year: Everything Everywhere All at Once

Worst movie of the year: Ambulance

And best TV shows of the year (at least among those I've seen), in no specific order, all definitely worthy of viewing, but Andor probably my favorite:

• Andor
• Better Call Saul
• The Crown
• The House of Dragons
• The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power
• Moon Knight
• The Offer
• Ozark
• Rick and Morty
• Wednesday

The Banshees of Inisherin (2022)

Director: Martin McDonagh. Cast: Colin Farrell, Brendan Gleeson, Kerry Condon, Barry Keoghan. 114 min. Drama/Comedy.

• This is a very strange but piercing film. In a lovely re-pairing of Colin Farrell and Brendan Gleeson since 2008's In Bruges, one person, for reasons unknown to us, makes another person an innocent request - and accompanies it with a threat to harm his own self if the request is not followed. The other person does not understand the gravity of the situation, and does not follow the request. So what starts out as an uncomfortable comedy, gradually metamorphoses into a dark, disturbing drama, and then even to horror - because people who do not understand a perfectly clear picture with glaring warning signs staring them in the face, are very common. 
• Martin McDonagh has made a few good films (In Brudges, Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri), but none of them have made me think as much about the seemingly simple but severe problems the characters of Banshees are facing. Watch this movie in a group - you'll see McDonagh is onto a very prevalent but lesser recognized dilemma. Any other word here would be spoiling your post-movie discussion.

MoGo's rating: 8/10

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