2022 CGI Fridays Rankings

I like to think of myself as a kind person. Honest. Dependable. Trustworthy. I give everyone the so-called "benefit of the doubt" when it comes to trust. It's yours to lose. You have it until you show me you don't deserve it.

For my nearly 30 years of existence, the film industry has had my trust. Sure, Hollywood has produced a lot of garbage since it figuratively poofed into existence at the beginning of the 20th century. But for every loser, there seemed to be a winner. Every bust had a boom. Every flop had a hit. Every Evan Almighty had a Step Brothers. Every The Happening had an I Am Legend. Every X-Men: The Last Stand had a Spider-Man 2. 

Now, it seems like there is just loss after gut punch after loss after disappointment after loss. It wasn't all bad, but almost every single blockbuster (big event film) fell flat on its cinematic face.

For the first time in my entire life, in the year of 2022, I looked at movies and thought, "I don't trust you anymore."

And that hurts.

Hopefully 2023 is better.