Boy, my last post was in September. Makes me sad that I'm not here writing about movies anymore. However, when I checked what movies I saw in 2023... it was a downright pathetic list. I saw exactly 4 movies in the theater all year. Three of them were re-releases. Only one was a new movie, and that was Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny... which, while new, is based off something older, so it almost doesn't even count.
The three re-releases were:
And that's it. That's the sum total of my theater-going experience in 2023. Is there anything that came out that I regret not going to see? No. There just weren't any new movies besides Indy that appealed enough to go see.
Looking through my list of movies watched on DVD or streaming that were new to me, the only one that stands out was Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris, which I watched on Amazon Prime and absolutely loved. The rest... not so much. Ah well, not every year is going to be a winner on the movie front!
On the series front, I loved Ahsoka. As a fan of Clone Wars and a huge fan of Rebels, this show gave me everything I could have wanted and then some. It built off characters and situations from both shows, but seeing all those things I loved for so long in animated form appear in live action... whoa. It satisfied on every single level and jumped immediately into my all-time top 5 favorite Star Wars movies/shows. My sister and I have watched the later episodes multiple times now, and they just don't get old. This show won't be for everyone. It is definitely a direct continuation of what came in Clone Wars and Rebels. It offers no explanations and assumes viewers know all the characters and why the threat is so big. For viewers without that background, all the things that hyped us up would be pretty meaningless, I suspect.
Here's hoping 2024 has some better movie releases!
Happy New Year!
