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I love animals, and I think it has a good message about animal cruelty in it and is part of the reason why I liked it so much, yeah some of those scenes were really hard to watch, and maybe it's not happening to them in that way, but there is alot of abused animals out there and it definitely makes a statement. pretty sure I automatically started crying at every rocket flashback scene though, plus a few more. I am trying to think if my parent's will like it though, they LOVE love the first two GOTG movies and rocket is their favorite character, but they don't care much for dark graphic stuff, especially my dad who is disable from a stroke and cries at pretty much everything he watches now.

The first Guardians of the Galaxy is one of my favorites films in the MCU and favorite movies period. and I really really liked GOTG VOL 2 alot. and I am Happy to say that VOL 3. did not disappoint me. which was a relief after the hit and miss state of the MCU right now. my three favorite characters had the best arches. (Star-Lord, Mantis and Rocket). and everyone gave fantastic performances. heck it might be the best performance, I've ever seen Chris Pratt give. This movie is highly- highly emotional I cry quite often in movies, so I was expecting to shed a few tears just from the trailers, but I found myself having to hold back sobs as parts. like Lylla and Teefs and Floor and Rocket. 😭 I did think that Gamora was really sidelined. and Adam Warlock, while I liked him, did not have much do to. makes me wonder if they could have done this in a two part final. The movie is a bit too long and probably could have trimmed off 15 minutes. I feel like after the pandemic the movie producers were like what can be do to make people go back to the movies and were like "lets make everything 3 hours long!" But those grips are fairly minor and this is definitely in my top 5 marvel films ever still deciding where.

After Seeing GOTG VOL3. it is really making me think they academy needs to get with the times and add a voice/motion capture performance category. Bradley Cooper did just an incredible Job as Rocket. really deserves some recognition for that imo.

Dang. what a weak looking year. Avatar 3 will probably be 1# even if it only does a subpar $450m

January: 1.8.23 I Wanna Dance With Somebody B+ 1.10.23 M3gan A- 1.16.23 The Whale B+ 1.22.23 Puss in Boots The Last Wish A 1.26.23 A Man Called Otto B+ February: 2.2.23 The Chosen Season 3 final A+ (1) 2.5.23 Knock at the Cabin B+ (1) 2.14.23 Magic Mike's Last Dance C 2.16.23 Ant-Man and the Wasp Quantomania B (3) 2.19.23 Of an Age A 2.23.23 Jesus Revolution A- March: 3.5.23 Cocaine Bear A- 3.12.23 65 B+ 3.19.23 Shazam! Fury of the Gods B+ (4) 3.21.23 Scream VI A- 3.27.23 Creed III A- 3.30.23 Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves B+ (1) April: 4.2.23 His Only Son B 4.6.23 The Super Mario Bros Movie A 4.17.23 Suzume B+ 4.20.23 Renfield B+ 4.23.23 Guy Richie's The Covenant A 4.30.23 Star Wars: Return of the Jedi (40th Anniversary re-release) A+ Total: 23

I just don't see this happening, the mainstream opinion of the US is that animation is for kids. and not enough people will take there kids to see it if it's PG-13 or higher and not enough people will watch it with that rating because they will still think it is for kids at least immature adults and will think they are above "animation" Unless if they did Stormlight archive as animation, which would be blockbuster worthy and definitely at least PG-13. but I think that is more likely to be adapted as a tv series because the books are soo long. Most animation films can be pretty mature, action wise and still get a PG rating is the thing, there was alot of drama, action and even violence in How to Train Your Dragon and they were all still PG. Legend of Zelda could be adapted as PG-13, but it will almost certainly be PG when it gets made (which seems really really likely now). Metroid could be PG-13. but I am not sure it will be animated if it is ever made. and if it were, you could probably do it with a PG rating as well.

The Sequel trilogy is like the prequels in reverse. the first two are good and the final sucks, it left a bad tastes in a lot of peoples mouths because it ended on such a weak note. whereas at least the prequels ended on a strong note. thus they are thought of more fondly in general.

Here is the full top 50 listed.

Not much 26 points, mostly bottom placements, not even enough for the top 50.

It is done it's finally done!! sorry it took so so long, I guess my life is a lot more busy then it was a few years ago, I really did not think it would take 4 months and i am sorry, the way I was doing the lists was thorough but took forever, if I am ever to do this again I will probably do quicker writes next time around, but I wanted to do it justice this time. I hope you enjoyed it and thank you for bearing with me @Grebacio @CaptNathanBrittles @BluKyberCrystal @jedijake @junkshop36 @dxmatrixdt @ZackM @Flip @PlatnumRoyce, @Ozymandias @Ryan Reynolds @shachi86 @Ipickthiswhiterose @IdahoJacket @JimiQ @Immortal @therana @Tower @lilmac @grey ghost @Inceptionzq @StreamBO @George Parr @4815162342 @Kalo @blackspider @Cap @Daxtreme @Ronin46 @Menor Reborn @FilmFincher @TheDude391 @Fancyarcher @Marek the Jedi @Impact @ZeeSoh if you forgot about my countdown (and I don't blame you if you did) it is done! This is how I feel now

#1 Star Wars Episode V The Empire Strikes Back - 735 Points No Change, The Empire Strikes Back ranked #1 in the 2020 placement as well. "Do. Or do not. There is no try.” - Yoda After the massive success of Star Wars in 1977, there pressure was on to make a sequel that would live up to it's predecessor. And thus the Empire Strikes Back was created, it was directed by Irvin Kershner and released on May 21st 1980, and while initially it was praised it had a somewhat mixed reception for his darker and cliffhanger ended, but is today now reguardered as not only the best star wars film in the saga, but one of the best films ever made and ranks on many best 100 films off all time lists, on IMDB it has an 8.7 out of 10 and ranks #15 in the top 100 and on Letterboxed it has a 4.4 out of 5 and ranks #30. on rotten tomatoes the film carries a 94% critical approval rating and a 97% audience score the critical consensus reads; "Dark, sinister, but ultimately even more involving than A New Hope, The Empire Strikes Back defies viewer expectations and takes the series to heightened emotional levels" The Empire Strikes Back is actually the second lowest grossing film in the star wars franchise (not counting the Clone Wars Movie) and ranks only above Solo A Star Wars Story with $292m domestically and $538m worldwide. although adjusted for inflation it ranks much higher and is probably closer to "The Force Awakens" in ticket sales. My thoughts: The Empire Strikes Back is my favorite film of all time, so yeah I think it definitely deserves this placement, the pacing is nearly prefect, the acting is better from everyone here, and the planets really feel other-worldly and expanded here. and the story itself is just so.. dire. like almost everything goes wrong for the rebels and the main crew here and it ends worse off when they started, but there is this unwavering shred of hope throughout everything that happens, like of like faith I guess, Like I have said, I grew up in an extremally Christian and pretty conservative home and while my views have changed some, my faith in the higher power and good eventually conquering evil have not. and this movie is just a perfect example of holding on even when all hope feels lost. it message is pretty universal for any region though. it also has either the second or first best film score of all time (that and the Original star wars) having been the film the introduced 'The Imperial March" as well as other iconic themes such as Han Solo and the Princess, The Clash of the Lightsabers, Yoda's theme and "The Asteroid field" it's kind of hard to review this movie, it's just so good and there is soo much I could go on about it, it's well magical I don't know how else to describe it, and it is a large part why I love the fantasy genre soo much, yeah it has sc-fi elements but it's really a fantasy film at its core. and it probably isn't surprising that "The Return of the King" is a close second for my all time favorite film" The Empire Strikes back received more #1 top 3 and top 5 placements than any film on the countdown with 15, 27 and 32 for respectively. and 0 bottom placements Empire Strikes Back wins the Medal of Yavin the highest honor of the Rebel Alliance for wining the countdown

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#1 Baby Yoda - 999 points Well I didn't say that you could include characters per say, but I didn't say you couldn't and you guys had baby Yoda at #1 left and right in fact, he was number one on every list summited! so yeah he is cute as fuck so I can understand so yeah here he is for you all to see.

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#2 Star Wars Episode IV A New Hope - 683 Points No Change - A New Hope was #2 in 2020 countdown "The Force is what gives a Jedi his power. It's an energy field created by all living things. It surrounds us and penetrates us. It binds the galaxy together." -Ben Kenobi Star Wars (1977) was the very first film released in the saga, released on May 25th 1977, and directed by George Lucas, the film was released to critical acclaim and was embraced near universally by it's audience, the film had gone through numerous production issues, and many people involved with the production of the film thought that the film would bomb and no one would see it, instead. the polar opposite happened and the film would go on to become the highest grossing film of all time at the time of release, and to date is the only star wars film to be nominated for best picture at the Oscars (which it should have one). it also is the only Star Wars film to get an acting nomination from the Academy for Alec Guinness as Ben Kenobi. while neither won it did win six oscars, more than any star wars film including best original score by the iconic John Williams. as well as best visual effects for it's groundbreaking visuals, which launched the company industrial lights and magic. Star Wars through it's numerous releases has grossed $461m domestically and $775m worldwide. making it the 6th highest grossing star wars film in the saga and the highest of the original trilogy. My thoughts: I love this movie, the score, the visuals the characters, it's all so original and awesome and without this film the others wouldn't exist , so I owe my appreciation for everything I love about star wars to this film, and that binary sunset scene is one of the most iconic best scenes in film ever. and the light of the force theme may just be my favorite film score ever. it is in my opinion it is a little rough around the edges compared to the rest of the OT, the visuals well still hold up pretty good considering it's age just aren't as good as the ones in ESB and ROTJ, it's story flow isn't quite as smooth and it's just a little bit boring in places (now anyways) so it is my least favorite OT film and I actually liked it less than ROTS and Rogue one, but it is still an amazing film I am talking about one of my favorite film series of all time, and I can understand why many would have this as their #1 .1# rankings: 9 Top 3 rankings: 21 Top 5 rankings: 24 Bottom ranking: 0 Movie Ranking 2#

Forgive me, I am still reading through the books and am on Goblet of Fire right now. but the first three at least were some of the most faithful book-to film adaptations I have ever seen, do we really need every little scene translated to film? this makes no sense.

This seems pointless. it is way too soon to reboot it imo. I would rather see a sequel with the original cast, or something from another timeline. maybe do a series like this 10-20 years from now. but right now makes no since.

#3 Star Wars Episode VI Return of the Jedi - 549 Points No Change - Return of the Jedi was #3 in 2020 countdown "The Force is strong in my family. My father has it. I have it. and my sister has it" - Luke Skywalker Return of the Jedi was released on May 25th, 1983 and is the final film of the Original Trilogy created by Geroge Lucas and Jedi being directed by Richard Marquand. soon by some today as the "Lessor" of the OT. It was actually met by critic's with a better reception than then "Empire" initially. which believe it or not had mixed reviews at the time of it's release. Still the fact that there has been numerous Star Wars films and content and this film consistently places above everything but the first two speaks for it's self. especially since several films and media ranking below this has garnered universal acclaim. critically the film as a very positive reception Rotten Tomatoes, 83% of critics have given the film a positive review with an average rating of 7.30/10, based on 99 reviews from critics. The site's critics consensus reads: "Though failing to reach the cinematic heights of its predecessors, Return of the Jedi remains an entertaining sci-fi adventure and a fitting end to the classic trilogy" The film has an 8.3 on IMDB and ranks #89 on the top 250 films of all time. Return of the Jedi had 1 #1 placement 9 in the top 3 and a staggering 18 in the top 5. meaning, it may not be everyone's #1 film, but almost everyone loves this movie. and it holds pretty well with the test of time, celebrating it's 40th anniversary this year. Return of the Jedi is one of the lower grossing films, with $309m domestically. placing it #9 only about"Empire" and Solo" box office wise. although when accounting for inflation it places above all films expect for The first two star wars and The Force Awakens. the film was nominated for 4 Academy Awards. My thoughts: I love this movie and at times this has placed my #1 of all Star Wars films, the redemption arch of Vader is a near perfect ending for the series. and having a villain actually turn good in the end was pretty rare to see in the 1980s. it is a very Christian ending really. and it just speaks to me profoundly. proving that there is almost always hope for someone, even if they fall very far. I still believe it has the best ending of the entire saga and it is almost impossible to top it. the final battle with the Ewokes on the ground was yes a little cheesy, but I really don'y mind it that much, it's soundtrack is iconic. honestly there are so many scenes to this movie that are iconic. probably way it shows up in so many top 100 films off all time lists. I definitely like this movie more than 'A New Hope". but I would rank it just below Empire now for my favorite Star Wars ever.

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There is too much controversy and baggage from the flash and DC films. to hit $400m+ imo. if it didn't have all that then I would agree with you. if it's really good it might have a shot at $300m or so. but that waits to be seen. I do think Mission Impossible will have a bump thanks to Top Gun. but the highest grossing film in the series was MI7 with $220m. Don't think it can get over $300-$350m. Spider-Verse will do well the last film was beloved. still don't see more than about a $100m jump though butting it around $300m. As For Indy, it would have to be really good to get those numbers imo. I don't think it will but it is a possibility I guess.

In terms of Minions yes they are. In terms of story telling. Super Mario Bros may not be a masterpiece. but it is a technical masterpiece imo. and a very very good movie.

So.. with $195m 5-day opening. I just don't see any other film Beating Mario this year. It is getting a VERY good audience response and after seeing the film and really enjoying, I see kids LOVING it and Mario and Nintendo fans. this is going to have legs. I really don't see finishing below $450m. and even has a shot at $500m imo. I don't see any other film hitting that mark this year. GOTG VOL 3 might do $400m or so. If The Little Mermaid were good and Disney had better goodwill from there live action remakes, it might have a shot at $400m. but I'm thinking it's not going to be very good. will probably grossing $300-$350m. there is going to be a lot of $200-$300m films this year. which hasn't happened in a while surprisingly.

This movie was made by Mario fans for Mario fans imo, and it was so freaking full of Nostalgia. I was smiling almost the whole time, it looks gorgeous and the intricate attention to detail was astounding, like there was soo soo many Super Mario (and Smash Bros and Donkey Kong ) references here. yes the plot is very basic, but for the first in the series it works. I think Luigi was my favorite (like he is in the game). and he could have gotten a bit more screen time (Charlie day is prefect as his voice). But the story he got kind of makes since. the generic slow mow and some overused kiddie humor it could have done without, but it didn't do it too much thankfully. incorporating almost all the Mario themes from the games really made this movie feel like a Mario Bros movie imo. the 1980s songs were emm. not as bad as I thought they would be, and more or less worked. at least there weren't 2000s/2010s. pop songs. Anyways there is definitely plans for more movies and if they are all as fun as this one I will gladly see them all.

#4 Star Wars Episode III Revenge of the Sith - 518 Points +1 Revenge of the Sith ranked #5 in 2020 countdown "You were the chosen one! It was said that you would destroy the Sith, not join them! Bring balance to the force... not leave it in darkness!" Obi-Wan Kenobi In a stunning turn of events Star Wars Episode III Revenge of the Sith, a prequel film has made it into the top 5 films on the top countdown, not only that it has beat out every non-OT film in the entire countdown to be the true- under dog winner of the countdown, ranking in 549 points it is one of only five titles to receive over 500 points, having 3 #1 rankings, #9 in the top 3 and 13 in the top 5. only 3 films in the countdown received more #1 rankings. (one is already listed TLJ). meaning it actually received more than the one above it. This premise is well known this film is pretty much the reason the other to prequels were made, to show Anakin's eventual fall to the dark side and how he would dawn the iconic black helmet and cape he is known for. Revenge of the Sith is notable for a few things, coming after The Phantom Menace and Attack of the Clones expectation's were damped a little by those previous entries luke warm reception, non-the less fan etispation was still through the ruff when the film was released. which promised to be the darkest film in the series thus was, that promise was kept as Revenge of the Sith became the first Star Wars film to receive a PG-13 rating, in fact there had to be a couple edits made from one particular scene to keep it from an R rating. but this film is not just know for being gory. it was the first and well last Star Wars Prequel to be met with, pretty universal praise. yeah it still was criticized for a couple things but not nearly to the level of the previous entries and the film is do date considered at the very least the best prequel and depending on who you ask, one of the best Star Wars films ever made ranking right up there with the original trilogy. Revenge of the Sith would be the launch pad for most prequel era content movie forward. The Clone Wars released a couple years later would take many ques from Sith, including it's more mature themes about war and the delve into the more questionable ethics of the Jedi Order them selves. it was the first star wars film to really paint morality in a grey light as in it wasn't just the empire that were the bad guys, and the corruption starts from within and if left unchecked could lead you to become the enemy you thought you were fighting. On review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes, the film has an approval rating of 79% based on 304 reviews, with an average rating of 7.3/10. The site's critical consensus reads, "With Episode III: Revenge of the Sith, George Lucas brings his second Star Wars trilogy to a suitably thrilling and often poignant – if still a bit uneven – conclusion Most critics have considered the film to be the best of the prequel trilogy.[84] A. O. Scott of The New York Times concluded that it was "the best of the four episodes Mr. Lucas has directed", and equal to The Empire Strikes Back as "the richest and most challenging movie in the cycle. Despite being regarded as the best of the prequels it was only nominated for one Oscar Best Make and is the only Star Wars film to date not to receive a nomination for best Visual Effects. My thoughts: this movie will always have an extremely special place in my heart, I was 14 when the film released and that was back when midnight showings were still a thing, I stood in lone for hours, like I think over 5 hours the day before release to see the midnight showing of the film, the only other time I was that excited for a film was when the force Awakens came so yeah you might say I was looking forward to this film, and I saw and it was my favorite movie of all time and would be for years, I saw it three times in theaters, which was a lot for me (still is I have only seen The Force Awakens more with 4 times). and I still considere this a great film, a flawed masterpiece really. while it does still have issues, (mostly some continuity issues with the OT and some of the dialgue is a little cringe. it is much less so than the first two, pretty much the whole cast gives a better performance in this film, Hayden Christensen, while not perfect gives a much better performances as a slightly more mature Anakin and does a decent job imo, Ewan McGregor gives his best performance as Obi-Wan, Natalie Portman is.. better and Ian McDermand streals the shows as Sheev Palpatine. the story is tragic, like this movie is kind of depressing, but it is done well, and gives you just this tiny shred of hope after basically ripping your heart out. it is a great cautionary tale about government corruption, and how power corrupts, how fear can lead someone to darkness. it is an extremely moral story, all the star wars films are really, and being brought up Christian, I can just see the good vs evil and the obvious biblical parallels. it is very pro-religion and kind of anti-religion at the same time. Star Wars is kind of deep really. and I would Rank Revenge of the Sith in my top 3 star wars films and still in my top 10 favorite films of all time.

#5 Rogue One: A Star Wars Story - 516 points +2 Rogue One ranked #7 in 2020 countdown. “Rebellions are built on hope." - Jyn Erso Rogue One A Star Wars story, was the first theatrical live action star wars film to not be part of the main episode arch, taking place just prior to "A New Hope" it is a prequel of sorts to the film and shows how the rebels stole the plans to the dearth star in the first major victory for the Rebel Alliance Released in theaters on December 16th, 2016, one year after The Force Awakens, there was a lot going for this movie as the force Awakens was met with mostly positive reception, and it would going on to gross $532,000,000 Domestically and over a billion dollars worldwide, the second highest grossing Star Wars film ever at the time, and the highest grossing film of 2016. a year later when The Last Jedi was released it would be bumped down to third, but still maintains that spot to date. Despite some production issues (Apparently a lot of the film was reshoot, before release) the film was met with very positive reviews having an 84% positive rating on Rotten Tomatoes. and was received with almost universal praise from fans, and to date is considered by many to be the best Disney Era Star Wars film, and based on it's ranking it still hold true. The film would later span a prequel series Andor, which stars Diego Luna as the main character, who was introduced as the Co-Lead second to Jyn Erso in Rogue, that series has aired it's first season and been met with universal acclaim. My thoughts: I love this movie, It was my favorite Disney Era Star Wars film it may be a little messy in the middle of the film here and there, but the story is strong, and has maybe the best last hour and final battle sequence in any Star Wars film (if you are counting battles, not lightsaber duels). it is just really emotionally impactful, the stakes feel real and we are with these characters just long enough to really feel for them, I would probably rank this as my 4th favorite Star Wars film (Below ESB, ROTJ and ROTS). Rogue One was nominated for 2 Oscars, (Sound Mixing and Visual Effects.