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Movies And Shows I Watched In 2023

Seems like everyone likes my opinions on certain things so to celebrate the new year instead of dedicating chapters of each movie or show I watched I'm putting all my thoughts on them together here.

Now these aren't just movies or shows that came out in 2023 that I watched, there are also a few shows that came out a few years ago that I decided to give a chance to watch in 2023. And I also want to say I haven't seen everything that came out, these are just the ones I've seen and either enjoyed or didn't.

So let's jump in, shall we?

Ant-Man and The Wasp: Quantumania

Starting off with the movie to kick off Phase 5 of the MCU is the third Ant-Man movie. And I'm gonna be honest, I didn't really under the hate this movie got. Sure it wasn't perfect but I wouldn't say it was bad. Though I will say the CGI on Modak was very cartoony looking and I will say how they defeat Kang was a bit of a letdown but other than that, I kinda enjoyed this movie. It's not one of Marvel's best but I think it's more in the okay category.

HBO's The Last Of Us

I already have a chapter in this book that goes more into detail on my thoughts on this show and I still stand by them. However, I'll say my opinions on the show has gone a bit more negative the more time I've thought about it. I still don't like the changes they made, with getting rid of spores, Bill's story, changing Pittsburgh to Kansas City and give us the Karen leader and many other.

I still don't like the casting of most of the characters. Only ones I liked was of course the actress that played Marlene, and that's because she played her in the game, and Gabriel Luna who played Tommy because he actually felt like Tommy.

And I also feel like that the show wanted to focus on side characters that don't matter than the actual two main leads, which annoys the hell outta me. But then again, as I've said before, Pedro and Bella have no chemistry and I couldn't buy their relationship unlike the game.

Also, where the hell were the infected?! They're barely in the show! I know the infected were more gameplay obstacles in the game but come on! It felt like Show Joel and Ellie had it easier than Game Joel and Ellie. And hell, if Walking Dead can balanced human enemies and zombies then HBO's The Last of Us has no excuse!

Anyway, moving on before I keep ranting on this show.

The Mandalorian Season 3

I have said this when I put my announcement of not continuing my fic but I thought this season was a major disappointment after the greatness of the first two seasons. I also didn't really like the season pretty much undoes the second season by having Grogu come back to Mando, I know this happens in Book of Boba Fett but still.

I also didn't like it focused more on Bo-Katan and they kinda chickened out on making her a bad guy since there was supposed to be fight for the Dark Saber between her and Mando. The only episode I genuinely liked was the finale but it wasn't enough for me to even go and rewatch and write a fic about it.

This might be a theory but this season feels like it wasn't what the writers and the showrunners wanted but Disney intervened and wanted them to do a certain way, especially since they fired Cara Dune's actress.

Shazam Fury Of The Gods

This is another movie that got hated on too much and I didn't think it was that bad. Now I will admit it is not good as the first movie but it was still entertaining and I did feel that they played up the silliness of Billy in his superhero form a little too much.

But it was still fun and c'mon, Shazam fighting a dragon? That is pretty damn cool! 🤣

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