Movies I watched in 2022

Just like I did for 2021, here's a compilation of the movies we watched in 2022 :)

1. Red Notice (2021). Ryan Reynolds and Dwayne Johnson in a heist movie. This was pretty cool actually, very fast-paced and fun and Dwayne Johnson didn't end up having the role I expected in the end. An all around fun action comedy.

2. The Trip (2021). This is a Norwegian dark comedy with a well-known Swedish actress as the female lead. We went in expecting over-the-top gruesome hilarity from it and we were not disappointed. This was messy and gorey and bloody and so so much fun. Definitely recommend.

3. Aftermath (2021). A pretty dark thriller that somewhat fails on suspense. A young struggling couple gets an amazing deal on a house, but when they move in they notice that not everything is as it should be. The woman thinks it's haunted but nobody listens to her. Then they find out it's something much worse than a simple haunting. The end was pretty chilling, but everything building up to it was kind of lackluster.

4. You Don't Mess With the Zohan (2008). I'm not a fan of Adam Sandler and I tend to stay away from his movies, so it's no surprise that I hadn't seen this movie before. Yet I was talked into watching this and it was pretty hilarious. A lot of the jokes wouldn't work today (yikes) but definitely a fun movie.

5. Mother/Android (2021). A post-apoc movie that ended up a bit of a disappointment. They could've done so much more with it, but instead it came up short and with an ending that just fell flat with seemingly no resolution. It was heart-breaking at times, but the story wasn't all that engaging.

6. Eli (2019). One of the coolest movies we watched this year. Eli is a boy living with no immune system so he spends his life in a bubble. He's offered a place at a home that specializes in these kinds of conditions, promising a treatment that could improve his quality of life. But when he gets there he soon discovers that the place isn't all it's cracked up to be and there's some really dark things going on there.

Summer Movies.

7. Crash Pad (2017). This was a fun movie about a young man just wanting to be left alone to wallow, and a middle-aged man just wanting to have fun and get over his ex. They end up helping each other in the most unexpected ways. 

8. There's Someone Inside Your House (2021). This whole movie feels like a homage to Scream or I Know What You Did Last Summer. There's a killer on campus that reveals your darkest secrets and then kills you while wearing a mask that looks like your face. Creepy stuff. The reveal at the end was unexpected, otherwise it played out pretty much as expected. 

9. Don't Breathe (2016). A trio decides to rob a rich blind veteran thinking it'd be an easy job. Only to discover that the man they're robbing is straight up insane and extremely deadly. This movie was suspenseful to the max and very chilling. Definitely recommend.

10. Day Shift (2022). A very fun vampire movie featuring Snoop and Jamie Foxx. As if a standard zombie-movie met vampires. It was a fun concept, the whole movie was fun. I enjoyed how they played with the vampire lore and how they created different breeds of vamps. Recommended as a fun watch with lots of crazy action!

11. Robin Hood: Men in Tights (1993). Both of us had seen this movie before but it had been ages, so when it showed up on Netflix we had to see it again. It still holds up and it's such a hilarious movie. A lot of the jokes wouldn't fly today though. Like people would cancel it for the very first joke when an Arab says his name is Falafel ._.

12. The Sea Beast (2022). Really heart-warming and fun animated family movie. Gave me Tangled vibes (which is my favourite Disney movie). We chose this for something light and fun to watch and it was both of those, but also just so good. Really enjoyable. Strong recommend.

13. Enola Holmes 2 (2022). I really enjoyed the first one, while Toni wasn't convinced. But I chose this movie as my birthday movie so he would have to watch it with me. It was very fast-paced and fun, and we both came away from it feeling like this sequel was a lot better than the first movie. Keep them coming! 

14. Another Round (2020). The Danish movie that won an Oscar. It was on TV when I was visiting my parents for my birthday and we just ended up watching it. It's a fun premise that goes just as wrong as you'd expect it to, but essentially it boils down to a group of middle-aged men being disillusioned with the way life has turned out for them and want to make it a bit more fun. They end up having a bit too much fun.

15. Krampus (2015). We watched this on Christmas Eve. It seemed fitting. It's a horror movie about the dark side of Christmas, when Krampus comes for the bad kids. It was entirely predictable until the very end. That twist at the end though was perfect. We had a good time with this one!

16. Murder Mystery (2019). Two Adam Sandler movies in one year? :0 Wow! And I chose this one! It had a pretty fun plot, and aside from me wanting to smack Adam Sandler so he'd shut up every time he opened his mouth, it was a fun movie. I loved that Jennifer Aniston's character basically solved the murder just from having read so many murder mystery novels xD

17. The Forest (2016). This is a movie that mainly takes place in Japan and mainly in the Aokigahara Forest, or the Suicide Forest as it's known as. It started off with suspense and stayed with suspense pretty much all the way until the part in the cave... And then it all went downhill. The last scene had us both going "that's so ridiculous". Could've been better.

17 movies + the 12 summer movies. We watched 29 movies together last year :) Pretty good haul.