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My 22 Most Anticipated Films of 2022!

I don’t have much of an intro this year. This list isn’t concrete, as I’m sure there’s a bunch of others I’d be more excited about if I had thought of them/known about them when I compiled it. Anyway, in chronological order, here are…

My 22 Most Anticipated Films of 2022!

1. The Worst Person in the World (Joachim Trier) – 2.4

I recently decided to categorize this one as a 2022 film despite it being a player in the 2021 awards season because of the fact that there’ll be no real public release for it until February. The buzz is enough to get excited about it, but it was Trier’s Thelma that made this one bump the sure to be silly and fun Sonic the Hedgehog 2.

2. The Batman (Matt Reeves) – 3.4

Matt Reeves was enough, but then there’s that refreshingly clever cast, cinematography by Greig Fraser and a new Michael Giacchino score. Damn!

3. The Northman (Robert Eggers) – 4.22

A Viking revenge thriller by the man who brought the world The Witch and The Lighthouse would make this list immediately, anyway. But then this also reunites Eggers with Anya Taylor-Joy and Willem Dafoe and has a cast that also includes Ethan Hawke and the one and only Björk.

4. Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness (Sam Raimi) – 5.6

Oh, c’mon… have you met me?!?

5. Top Gun: Maverick (Joseph Kosinski) – 5.27

I’ve never been the biggest fan of Top Gun, but the stunt-work here is going to make this a must-see on the biggest screen possible.

6. Jurassic World: Dominion (Colin Trevorrow) – 6.10

The World installations in this franchise haven’t been the best, but they’re my inner-child whose life was changed by Jurassic Park will always be excited for more dinosaur mayhem.

7. Thor: Love and Thunder (Taika Waititi) – 7.8

The team that brought us the brilliant madness that was Thor: Ragnarok is back!!

8. Where the Crawdads Sing (Olivia Newman) – 7.22

I’m not entirely sold on the director or cast, but I adored the shit out of this book, and that’s enough for me.

9. Don’t Worry Darling (Olivia Wilde) – 9.23

Booksmart was incredible. This looks nothing like Booksmart. I love that Wilde is taking such a creative/stylistic risk with her sophomore directorial feature. But not as much as I love Florence Pugh, who would be enough to get this film on this list alone. Add her to the aforementioned Wilde stuff and a cast that hot as hell? Yes Please.

10. Mission: Impossible 7 (Christopher McQuarrie) – 9.30

Pretty much what I said about Top Gun: Maverick, except I’m also a huge fan of this franchise.

11. Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse – Part One (Dos Santos, Powers & Thompsom) – 10.7

The first film was one of the most visually exciting, creative animated films quite possibly ever made, and easily became the best Spider-Man film to date (yes, even post-No Way Home). I absolutely cannot wait to see where they bring us next.

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12. The Flash (Andy Muschietti) – 11.4

Michael Keaton. That is all.

13. Untitled David O. Russell (David O. Russell) – 11.4

I don’t have a clue what this is about, but the cast – minus Rami Malek – and Russell’s track-record is enough.

14. The Fabelmans (Steven Spielberg) – 11.23

C’mon… it’s Spieberg.

15. Babylon (Damien Chazelle) – 12.25 

The director of Whiplash, La La Land & First Man tackles old Hollywood. Enough said.

16. Blonde (Andrew Dominik) – TBA

This is like the third year this has been on this list. Please, please let 2022 be the year I finally get Ana De Armas as Marilyn Monroe.

17. Crimes of the Future (David Cronenberg) – TBA

It’s been too long since we’ve gotten a genuinely exciting project from Cronenberg. So, I’m excited.

18. Disappointment Blvd. (Ari Aster) – TBA

Hereditary and Midsommar were staggering. I cannot wait to see what Aster brings us with this one.

19. The Killer (David Fincher) – TBA

C’mon… It’s Fincher.

20. Killers of the Flower Moon (Martin Scorsese) – TBA

C’mon… It’s Scorsese.

21. The Pale Blue Eye (Scott Cooper) – TBA

I don’t really think there’s been a Cooper film I haven’t liked. Plus, Harry Melling as Edgar Allan Poe is too interesting to pass up, no matter the context.

22. Pinocchio (Guillermo del Toro) – TBA

A stop-motion passion project from Guillermo del Toro… excuse me while I count the seconds until this gets released.

There they are! I’m excited to see the cinematic world get closer to normal in 2022, but mostly I’m just excited for more trips to the cinema. Here’s to hoping those are plentiful and satisfying in 2022!

As for My Best of 2021, all of the major lists will not be getting posted until mid-month (or as soon as I get the chance to catch up on some of the final 2021 releases I haven’t had the chance to see, yet), but I’m going to try to get some of the early lists – such as Posters, TV & Non-2021 Films – sorted and posted over the next week or two. Please Stay Tuned!

Also…

HAPPY NEW YEAR!!

-Timothy Patrick Boyer.

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Hi I saw your post about being a Sterek anti which gave me whiplash because I followed you for mcyt opinions but then found the one other Sterek anti. Do you have any other unpopular Teen Wolf opinions that would really upset people?

I love to hate on Teen Wolf of course I have unpopular opinions. This is basically me hating on the Hales and Argents (minus Chris) for being creeps. Don't get me wrong I love the show but these are things that I can't ignore.

Disclaimer this includes topics such as child predators, grooming, abuse, murder and other similar topics. Don't read this If you really like Teen Wolf and is someone who can hate something based on others opinions.

• Sterek is an awful ship. If Stiles was a woman everyone would be calling Derek a pedo. It's weird because season 1-3 Derek was a creep and season 3-6 Stiles was an awful person. Like they switched.

• Ethan and Aiden sounded cool on paper but were a huge fail. Okay so you can combine and grow..... Is that it? Kinda lame for twin Alphas.

• Theo was a better villain than Void Stiles. He managed to successfully split the entire pack apart turning everyone against Scott including making Scott and Stiles fall out. He then made his own pack, killed them off for their powers, got sent to hell, then came back. Void Stiles was Stiles being possessed by a fox spirit and it not being him in control whereas Theo did kill them, he could control who lived or died. What can Void Stiles do? Play chess, pack it up Bella Swan!

• Stiles isn't my favourite character solely because of his comments about Liam's ied and Issac's abuse trauma. Saying that Issac was milking his trauma after he finally was able to open up about it. Constantly going on about Liam's ied and how he was a bomb ready to explode at all times.

• Peter was an awful person, he tricked Derek into turning Paige and that killed her, Derek was now single and traumatized just in time for child predator Kate Argent to groom him then burn his family, Peter survived the fire, killed even more people, died, manipulated Lydia into helping him come back, came back killed more people and repeat that 4 more times.

• Speaking of awful relationships let's not forget Parrish and Lydia. As in the grown adult police officer and the highschool minor.

• Stiles name is Genim and I stand by that.

• People think that Issac would have believed Stiles about Theo and that's just not true. Issac would have been wary of Theo based on his own thoughts but would have trusted that Scott trusted Theo. Don't know where everyone got this Issac and Stiles besties from, we must have been watching two different shows.

• Erica and Boyd were easily top 3 platonic soulmates. Others being Liam and Mason and Scott and Stiles

• Allison was a shitty person. She tried to kill her friends multiple times and got mad at everything and everyone. I genuinely thought she was meant to be bipolar when I was younger because of how she acted.

• Everyone was hypocritical, everyone was fine with Stiles killing Allison and Aiden, Peter for killing a lot of people but not Theo or Jackson eventhough Jackson was also possessed and Theo was manipulated and groomed by the Dread Doctors.

• Kira was stronger than Scott both mentally and physically. Parrish was stronger than Derek and Peter.

• Melissa and Chris were actually a good pairing. I feel like it would be weird for Melissa and John to get together.

• I don't know who Noah Stilinski is. I only know John.

• I prefer Stydia as friends but would pick them over Sterek. However I really liked Stiles with Malia and would have loved Stiles with Cora.

• Scott and Allison were a shit couple. "True love" okay so she broke up with him then immediately got with Issac who was one of Scott's best friends. Then Scott got with both Malia and Kira but still was obsessed with Allison. In my opinion their relationship was good in their eyes because it was their only relationship, no experience. Then Scott always brought her up because he felt guilty about her dying.

• Season 6 was a good season people only don't like it because Dylan wasn't in it.

• Theo was one of the best things to happen to Liam and vice versa. He was one of the only people who didn't either make fun of his ied or use it as an excuse for things. Yes he used it during 6x16 but he knew he'd get his ass handed to him but still did it to help the pack, he wasn't just saying it to insult Liam.

• Mason and Corey were a missed opportunity especially with Mason's knowledge and Corey's powers

• Scott and Liam weren't as close and people want them to be. Scott was always getting mad at Liam and rarely ever worked with him, they never did shit together. "Me and Liam go do this thing" "you guys go and sort this out". The only time he willingly stuck with Liam was when Liam had just bought back Theo and he only stayed with Liam because he thought Theo would try to manipulate him again.

• Lydia being the one to bring Stiles back during the wild Hunt was by far the biggest hate crime. You picked a long time crush over a childhood bestfriend/brother to be the one with the biggest connection to bring him back.

• Scott being a bland character was a good unintentional decision. It gave way for other characters to shine whilst also building multiple storylines. A bad example would be Elena Gilbert, she was bland but was still the main focus which imo was a bad decision.

• People really underestimate Theo and Liam's trust for eachother. They had less than a season of development but managed to be one of the better pairings. Like apart from them working together multiple times, Liam wanting Theo to go to the zoo with him, Theo stopping Liam from killing Nolan and Gabe etc. Theo knew about Liam being beat up at school by Nolan and Gabe before Scott did. Mason and Corey wouldn't have said anything because they didn't trust Theo, the only person who did was Liam. In the sheriff station Theo knew something was upsetting Liam and thought it was Brett and Lori then next episode knew it was Nolan and the Hunters.

• Coach was the best character in the entire show, not Stiles, not Issac, not Lydia, not Derek. What a king. Absolute girlboss. I know Coach would guard my drink with his life, no date rape drugs for me thanks to Coach.

• The show as a whole treated mental health terribly. Theo being manipulated as a child, Issac being abused by his father, Nolan's very severe anxiety and PTSD, Liam's ied, Malia's PTSD etc.

Basically if Teen Wolf had a 7th season and I was involved in writing it I would include the following:

• Puppy Pack including Liam, Theo, Mason, Corey, Hayden and her girlfriend (yes I'd give her a gf), Nolan and Alec just having fun and experiencing life.

• Derek, Peter and Chris working with the police.

• Melissa and Deaton working together along with Liam's step dad on a supernatural section in the hospital.

• Braeden 🥰

• I'd have a fever dream style episode where we get a Void Stiles and Evil Theo (with Tracy and Josh's powers) teamup.

• I'd bring back Kira, Cora and Issac

• I'd have the big threat being a coven of witches which is why they have to bring a lot of people back because it's a whole group of magical beings and Braeden, Kira, Cora and Issac could all bring knowledge that they've found from being in other parts of the world.

• I'd actually use all the cool supernatural powers instead of Scott roaring and flashing his eyes. Lydia's Banshee scream ripple, Parrish's flame on, Corey's invisibility, Theo, Malia and Derek's ability to shift into an actual wolf/coyote, Kira's cool fox powers, Jackson's Kanima vemon etc.