2021 was a pretty solid year for movies, a lot of quality, a couple of surprises, definitely
some stinkers.
But in terms of big blockbusters I feel like 2022 is even more stacked, partially due to
some movies having been pushed back but hey hopefully, if it's possible, we’ll now keep
2021’s momentum going and keep getting new films instead of just headlines about how
films have been pushed back.
Morbius better not be a sign of things to come.
Anyway with that in mind, here are the 10 movies I’m most looking forward to this
coming year.
My number 10 pick is a bit of a strange one and wouldn't have been on here if not for
the recent trailer, but I’ve gone with Fantastic Beasts 3: The Secrets of Dumbledore.
I’m a huge fan of Harry Potter, books and films, so that automatically bumps this up
a bit for me.
I thought the first Fantastic Beasts was ok, but after the second one which I really disliked,
like one of my least favorite films of that whole year, I basically wrote off this franchise
and said nope not gonna be excited for the next one.
And I’m not saying this one will be great, and maybe the reunion special got the nostalgia
going a bit, but the trailer for this latest one did give me a bit of hope.
It looks more fun and like it has a bit more life to it, it looks like it's going to focus
on the more interesting aspects of this Fantastic Beasts series, hopefully, I love me some Mads
Mikkelsen and seeing him versus Jude Law Dumbeldore could be exciting.
I feel like these prequel movies are finally getting to the part of this prequel story
that I would’ve been interested in originally, the Dumbledore Grindelwald stuff.
So despite some reservations I am cautiously excited for it.
At number 9 I have Thor Love and Thunder aka Fthor.
Taika Waititi has done a wonderful job of breathing some much needed life into the Thor
films and the character himself, both of which before Ragnarok certainly weren’t bad but
lacked some signature style that now they have in abundance.
This new comedic style for Thor is something fun and new and imaginative to do with the
character and fits Chris Hemsworth's comedic acting abilities really well, and I think
the whole world built around that in Ragnarok will be very fun to see more of.
This movie also promises to bring big changes to this side of the MCU which I’m curious
to see, Natalie Portman returning as Female Thor being the main one, we’ll get more
Thor and the Guardians, Christian Bale as a badass villain, more fun craziness, I just
can’t wait to see what they do here.
Number 8 is Babylon, the next film from Damien Chazelle.
While I wasn’t crazy about First Man, Whiplash and La La Land are two of my favorite films
and so I’m super excited to see what’s next from Chazelle.
Plus I am very much digging what’s we’ve heard about this so far, a drama set in Hollywood’s
Golden Age with a stacked cast including but not limited to Brad Pitt, Margot Robbie, Flea,
Olivia Wilde, and Tobey Maguire, how could I not be stoked for this movie.
Sounds like it’ll be one of next year’s Oscar season’s hottest contenders.
Coming in at number 7 in a similar vein is Nope, the newest film from Jordan Peele.
This one is a bit unique on this list in the sense that we know basically nothing about
it, and I'm fine with keeping it that way.
I am excited for this because Get Out was one of my favorite films of 2017, Us while
not as good in my opinion was still a very compelling watch, and I’m just excited to
see more Peele horror madness.
When it says from the mind of Jordan Peele, I wanna know what other weird creepy clever
ideas are inside that head of his.
These psychological horror films are easily the kind that I enjoy the most, especially
when they're as thought-provoking as Peele’s have been, so yeah, Nope, can’t wait.
Plus an original film, that's exciting.
At number 6 I have Knives Out 2, a follow-up to my favorite film of 2019.
Normally I might be a bit skeptical about this kind of sequel, like if they made a Baby
Driver 2 even though I loved the first one I’d say do we really need more, it ended
so well.
But with this one it's a bit different because I actually quite like the idea of Benoit Blanc
being a Poirot-esque detective moving from case to case and so this movie can introduce
an entirely new set of characters and mystery and it's intriguing.
And I trust Rian Johnson to know what he’s doing here.
If this movie can bring the same level of creativity, style, fun, and clever storytelling
that the first one did, it’ll also be an instant classic, and as mentioned, if there’s
anyone who could handle it it’s probably going to be the guy who did it so well the
first time around.
Also more Craig doing the Benoit accent, how could I not put this on my list?
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At number 5 I have a film that Tom Cruise seemingly almost killed someone on set over,
Mission Impossible 7.
You know how I feel about the Mission Impossible films, I love an action movie, I love spy
gadget-y stuff, I love a ragtag fun team, I love Tom Cruise doing stupidly dangerous
stuff for our entertainment until one day he’s gonna take it too far and we’re all
gonna look back and go why did we enable this man to do these crazy things….anyway what
was I saying?
And hey the last 3 have been some of my favorite action movies ever, with crazy set pieces
and interesting stories and I can’t wait for more, and I’m excited to see what they
do for the start of what will be the end of this series.
At number 4 is Doctor Strange Escape 2 the Multiverse of Madness.
This one’s pretty self explanatory, I’ve been known to dabble in the MCU here and there
so I’m a bit excited for the next instalment, but this one specifically is even more exciting
because it’ll finally (hopefully) tie together all this multiverse stuff they’ve been building,
because so far while it's lead to some cool stuff, it's been a little bit all over the
place, so I’m looking forward to getting a bit more of a clear idea of what direction
we’re going in here.
We’re also apparently getting cameos galore, which much like in No Way Home will be fun
to see, hopefully a really weird and crazy story about going between dimensions and worlds
and all the insanity that can lead to, glad to see it looks like they're gonna commit
to that, Sam Raimi is helming it which is pretty exciting, trailer looks great, can’t
wait to see more of Mister Doctor.
Number 3 is a bit of a weird one, I’ve gone with Creed 3, but this one’s a bit dicy.
Creed 1 and 2 being two of my favorite movies of all time is why this is here, it couldn’t
not be this high on the list, I love the Rocky world, I love the direction the Creed movies
took it, I’m super invested in the characters, this may be the franchise that I am the most
emotionally invested in in terms of what real-life impacts these films have had on my life.
These two movies have affected my real life more than most films, and they're just well
made and exciting and inspiring and so of course I’m excited for more.
More cool training montages, emotional fights, characters overcoming adversity, even though
these movies fall into a bit of a formula it's one that I’m down to see more of.
However, all the specifics around this movie worry me a little.
Michael B. Jordan making his directorial debut on this film….I’m not saying necessarily
that's bad but the lead actor becoming the director at the end of a trilogy doesn't inspire
a ton of confidence in me.
Plus Stallone not returning is a pretty big blow to this movie, and I’m just not sure
what direction they’ll take this in and I just really really don’t want it to feel
like a phoned-in tacked on entry.
So I’m very excited, though I wouldn't be super surprised if it ends up being a bit
disappointing.
At number 2 on my list I have a film that initially was number 5 but after the recent
teaser came out and I saw that style of animation and heard some of that music again, it reminded
me how much I truly loved Spider-Man Into the Spider-Verse in 2018 and how excited I
am to get more of that, so here we have Spider- Man: Across the Spider-Verse part 1.
I’m just expecting this to have what the first one had, tons of fun, humor, heart,
breathtaking action sequences, that first movie is just such a complete package of a
movie on the level of an Incredibles in terms of animated films that everyone can love,
and the first film is also a film that very much allows for exciting sequels, there are
so many natural fun possible directions for this story to go in with it's great characters,
I am beyond excited for it.
Alright, before we get to my number 1 pick, there are a few honorable mentions cuz hey
there are a lot of exciting movies coming next year.
Death on the Nile, first one was fun, this looks like more of that.
Uncharted, probably won’t be great but I’ll always be excited for an Indiana Jones-esque
adventure.
Black Panther: Wakanda Forever, curious to see what direction the story takes and excited
to see more of Wakanda explored.
Avatar 2, also curious to see how this is pulled off and Avatar 1 is actually a pretty
great film in my opinion so I'm excited to see more of this world and story!
Top Gun 2, looks pretty cool, Bullet Train, sounds pretty cool, Argyle sounds pretty cool,
Operation Fortune new Guy Ritchie movie, the Northman, Egger’s follow up to the Lighthouse,
Enchanted’s one of my favorite childhood films so I’m interested in the sequel.
Jurassic World Dominion has a fun premise as does The Flash, including Keaton Batman’s
return, and Aquaman 2 and Black Adam both look really promising as well.
What do you mean I basically just ran through all the major films coming out next year,
I’m excited for all of these, 2022 is looking like a pretty badass year for movies.
And number 1, you probably saw this coming, is The Batman.
I feel like I haven’t raved about a movie or talked about how excited I am for it like
this in a while, but there’s just something about this movie like I’ve said over and
over again that feels special to me.
It doesn't feel like a run of the mill blockbuster or just another reboot of a known character,
it feels like a movie that’ll be talked about for a long time after it's release,
like The Dark Knight movies.
Maybe I’m way off on this and someone in the future will make a hilarious Curb meme
putting this clip in and then a 34% Rotten Tomatoes score it gets, but I find that unlikely,
this just looks so incredible.
Visually, tonally, cast-wise, story-wise, action-wise, everything about this looks amazing.
I’m so curious to see this new take on this character’s world that seems to be a bit
of a blend of a few takes we’ve gotten before, and it just looks, for lack of a better word,
epic.
And that's why The Batman is my most anticipated film of 2022.
So, those were the 10 movies I’m most excited for in the coming year.
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