I watched 225 movies in 2025. Here's my rating and two* sentences on each with my thoughts (Part 3: R-Y)
I watch a lot of movies, I don’t necessarily have a yearly goal however I like keeping a record, so here is what I watched with some thoughts
Link to Part 1 (2025 movies)
Link to Part 2 (A-P)
- My rating scale is .5-5, and my review philosophy is “how well does the movie succeed at what it is trying to do?”
- Thus Pacific Rim would be rated highly, whereas Transformers would not. Obviously Lawrence of Arabia is better than Batman Ninja vs Yakuza League despite both getting 5 stars here
- Asterisks after a title indicate how many rewatches I had this year
- I’ll limit myself to two sentences on each movie, possibly 3 for the top 5. Mostly for brevity because apparently some of you will read this
- This list is everything from prior to 2025, my process made it so that articles (A, The) in titles are included and frankly I can’t be bothered to fix it, expect a LOT of “The” movies
- After I post all of these I’ll add some wrap-up thoughts
::: spoiler List
| Name | Year | Rating | Thoughts |
|---|---|---|---|
| Raiders of the Lost Ark | 1981 | 4 | It's a classic adventure movie. However some of the attitudes in it haven't aged super well |
| Redline | 2009 | 4 | Another very stylish animated movie. Also a compelling racing film, there is a trend here. |
| Reno 911!: The Hunt for QAnon | 2021 | 3 | Reno 911! has been clinging onto life far longer than I would have expected. Though I would have expected that more than a P!NK music video for Caribbean Queen in the middle of this movie |
| Rocky | 1976 | 4 | Is getting hit so much in the face your opponent gets too tired to defend a winning strategy? Technically, No |
| Rocky II | 1979 | 3.5 | Is getting hit so much in the face your opponent gets too tired to defend a winning strategy? At least once |
| Scott Pilgrim vs. the World | 2010 | 5 | The jokes are still funny and the music still rocks. Also had a lot of people early in their career |
| Smokey and the Bandit | 1977 | 3.5 | I really like the ACAB themes in this movie from the 70s. Also the movie is strangely Shakespearean in structure |
| Sonic the Hedgehog | 2020 | 3 | This movie walks so Sonic 2 can run and Sonic 3 can go fast |
| Spider-Man | 2002 | 3 | It's unfair to be annoyed at Spider-Man's origin story being told in 2002. Yet here I am |
| Spider-Man 2 | 2004 | 3.5 | The best of the bunch, Spider-Man's identity crisis is compelling. It also doesn't feel as long as it is |
| Spider-Man 3 | 2007 | 2.5 | There's just a bit too much going on in this one. Also I watched all these because the Spider-Man MTG set came out |
| Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse | 2018 | 3.5 | This is a really fun spin on all of the other Spider-Man movies. Plus this one has an ending |
| Star Wars: Episode II – Attack of the Clones | 2002 | 1.5 | This one really gets into the Star Wars shit no one cares about. More people need to tell George Lucas "no" |
| Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith | 2005 | 3 | This one at least wraps up the prequels. It's fun to have a story where the bad guys win |
| Succubus | 2024 | 1.5 | Just go to whatever streaming service you last used was and look up Succubus. There's probably one on there and it's probably about as good as this one |
| Suicide Squad: Hell to Pay | 2018 | 4 | Because they're using characters nobody cares about they actually get to kill them off. The weird knock-off Joker/Harley Quinn is an odd choice though |
| Sunset Boulevard | 1950 | 4.5 | This would probably get the full 5 stars if I was cultured enough to get all of the references. As is, this is a very unique story |
| Super Troopers | 2001 | 3 | If you're high it's pretty funny. Otherwise probably not worth it |
| Superman/Batman: Apocalypse | 2010 | 2 | Would you have guessed from all of those words that this is a Supergirl movie? The stakes are also way too low considering Darksied is involved |
| Superman/Batman: Public Enemies | 2009 | 2 | This one is better than the other, but not by enough to matter. On its surface it seems like it should be good but it just kinda falls short all around |
| Tenet | 2020 | 4 | Don't think about it too hard and it makes sense. Also if you can't hear the plot it can't confuse you |
| Terrifier | 2016 | 2 | This is less a movie and more like an art student's practical effects thesis. I'd give that a B, as a movie it sucks |
| The Animatrix | 2003 | 4 | The Wachowskis clearly want to make anime and this is their adventure into it. I'm also a sucker for short film collections |
| The Art of Self-Defense | 2019 | 5 | This movie just hits me right in my funny bone. I can't explain why but every part of it makes me laugh. My current favorite movie |
| The Big Lebowski | 1998 | 4.5 | I'm a white man, of course I love this |
| The Bourne Identity | 2002 | 4 | The sound effects are very of their time. Otherwise it's good action and a pretty solid plot |
| The Breakfast Club | 1985 | 4 | It's so sad but so true when the kids all admit they won't be friends when they go back to class. They also have claimed that song from any other movie for the rest of time |
| The Cabin in the Woods | 2011 | 4.5 | A nice genre/meta-commentary on horror and Hollywood. I just want the coffee cup bong as merch |
| The Core | 2003 | 3 | Shut up nerd, it's about drilling not math. Also they could have saved a lot of lives by just staying in their post |
| The Day the Earth Blew Up: A Looney Tunes Movie | 2024 | 3 | I really want to support classic animation in theaters. This was just passable though |
| The Death and Life of Bobby Z | 2007 | 2 | Too many plots. The primary one is the least plausible, yikes |
| The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift | 2006 | 3.5 | The peak of the franchise. Which is concerning because there are 7 movies after this that I've seen |
| The Final Destination | 2009 | 2 | One of the characters is billed as "Racist". Bad CGI and not enough death |
| The History of Future Folk | 2012 | 3.5 | A really cute indie film with a lot of heart. You're either going to love "Future Folk" music or despise it |
| The Hunt for Red October | 1990 | 4.5 | Did you know this is technically a Jack Ryan movie? There's a lot of testosterone flowing in this movie that I have to assume fails the Bechdel Test |
| The Iron Giant | 1999 | 4 | You stay. I go... tell everyone this is not the single greatest animated movie ever made, chill out |
| The Luckiest Man in America | 2024 | 3.5 | I wish they would have gotten more into the mechanics of how he cheated the system. Also they conflated a lot things into the same day |
| The Man from U.N.C.L.E. | 2015 | 3.5 | I understand how you make a TV show around Napoleon Solo's charisma. Unfortunately, Armie Hammer is a fucking cannibal |
| The Martian | 2015 | 4 | Competence porn is fun to watch. Yes Andy Weir, we know you were a NASA engineer |
| The Mask | 1994 | 3 | Like Roger Rabbit but less funny and more horny. The music numbers are catchy though |
| The Matrix | 1999 | 5 | A perfect film, what else is there to say? |
| The Mechanic | 2011 | 1 | This is just incoherent at times. As is Statham |
| The Princess Bride | 1987 | 4 | I watched this far too much as a child and had to take a long break from it. After a decade, I can say that it has gotten better |
| The Ring | 2002 | 3.5 | The weird arthouse movie in the middle was an odd choice. Sufficiently creepy though |
| The Rock | 1996 | 4 | You forget how star studded this is. Plus it's a Michael Bay film! |
| The Rocky Horror Picture Show | 1975 | 4 | A yearly tradition. Though if I'm honest I don't enjoy the last 30 minutes as much |
| The Saint | 1997 | 2 | "We have Mission: Impossible at home". Not the best tribute to Val Kilmer I could have chosen |
| The Social Network | 2010 | 4 | Sorkin is out here Sorkin'ing it up. This is probably one of the times where you believe everyone is this goddammed smug |
| The Substance | 2024 | 5 | This movie starts at a 9 and ends at a 12. I literally shouted at the screen when I saw this in theaters |
| The Super Mario Bros. Movie | 2023 | 4 | Honestly this is about what you could reasonably expect from a Mario movie. Minus Chris Pratt |
| The Texas Chain Saw Massacre | 1974 | 3.5 | Really, I was on Leatherface's side for most of this. You're in nowhere Texas, a creepy old man tells you to fuck off, and you break into a dudes house covered in hunting trophies, what do you expect? |
| The Transporter | 2002 | 2 | This guy is a career criminal, and then he suddenly grows a conscience when he gets hired... to commit a crime? Pick a profession dude |
| The Truman Show | 1998 | 4 | Imagine if you just voluntarily lived in a world likes this? Just a hypothetical |
| They Live | 1988 | 4 | That fight between Rowdy Roddy Piper and Keith David is like half an hour long, Jesus Christ. The rest of the plot is still very relevant |
| Thunderball | 1965 | 3 | Oh, this is what Austin Powers was parodying. A little on the slow side |
| Tombstone | 1993 | 5 | Western perfection. If a movie compels me to look up latin it has to be pretty damn good |
| Top Gun | 1986 | 4.5 | Look, propaganda can be fun! And sexy |
| True Lies | 1994 | 4 | Every time I watch this movie I really like it, then within 6 months the plot is entirely gone from my mind. I'm not really sure what to make of that |
| Under Paris | 2024 | 1 | This is stupid and interminable. What's the joke "if I had 1 day left to live I'd watch this on repeat because it'd feel like an eternity"? |
| Vampire Hunter D | 1985 | 3.5 | An interesting product of it's animation time. It's also very operatic |
| Waterworld | 1995 | 1.5 | I wish this was so much better than it is. The sheer amount of money put into this and yet it makes no fucking sense |
| Wayne's World | 1992 | 4 | One of the better SNL movies. It's also funny to see Rob Lowe before he got his aggressively charming and friendly persona |
| We're All Gonna Die | 2024 | 4 | A cute little internet indie movie. It can sometimes be easier to ignore the giant tentacle hanging over the western seaboard |
| Weekend at Bernie's | 1989 | 3 | Shockingly not as offensive as I expected it was going to be. More necrophilia than I expected though, which, to be fair, is almost always zero |
| Wonka | 2023 | 4 | Prequels like this are forced to justify their existence because nobody was asking for it. This one does so very well |
| xXx | 2002 | 4 | There's a lot of really cool stunts and action in this. The story is actually semi-coherent |
| xXx: Return of Xander Cage | 2017 | 1.5 | This is a mess of CGI action and a bunch of scenes where they clearly only had specific actors. I don't know who was clamoring for this |
| Yesterday | 2019 | 2.5 | This starts out interesting to discuss if "The Beatles" would still work today. Then it becomes some dumb love story and it loses me |
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I like how half the They Live review is complaining about the unnecessarily long fight between Piper and Keith David, it's such a good weird movie and that fight is so long.
Redline is great spectacle & speed, anime wacky racers!
Spiderman 2 is very much the best of the original trilogy
If you haven't seen them maybe check out the man from earth (low budget sci-fi), the third man (40s pulp noir thriller with a heavy use of zither in the soundtrack), and brick (early Rian Johnson noir thriller with a good performance from Joseph Gordon Levitt).