Best movie of 2024 - your nominations !

[kingrollo]

For me its Dune 2

I recently enjoyed Conclave - I thought Wicked was crap

 

[Oldhippy]

I keep meaning to watch Dune 2. Saw 1 and enjoyed it. The book was a drudge, epic but a drudge.

 

[kingrollo]

I keep meaning to watch Dune 2. Saw 1 and enjoyed it. The book was a drudge, epic but a drudge.

Whaaat !!!!!the book was phenomenal.....even more so when you consider it was written in 1965 ......it's the blueprint for so many fantasy and sci fi novels ....

 

[Profpointy]

Perhaps a surprising choice, but for me it was "Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes", the fourth instalment of the reboots. It really had an epic quality about it with the "quest" narrative, visually fantastic show-show-not tell and got you engrossed in the perils faced by the group of ape protagonists and the fate of their tribe. Wonderful scenes where the group journey through the ruins of our human world and a joyous moment when the come across some zebras, now living wild.

Other honourable mentions "Argylle", a gloriously silly spy romp expensively made with very high production vallues

"Civil War", a powerful film about photojournalists and war, with the backdrop of a scarily plausible US civil war.

Dune 2: already described by others. Visually stunning and does justice to the book, and doesn't depart too much from Frank Herbert's vision

"One Love" covering some key events in Bob Marley's life: particularly assassination attempt and Jamaica's political violence, Bob's attempts to use his music to promote non-violence and peace, and the making of the Exodus album

 

[cyberknight]

Only seen dune 2 this year so that got mt vote

 

[wiggydiggy]

Alien: Romulus

Despite some overexuberent fan service this is easily the best Alien film in years, and a genuinely scarely horror film to boot. It avoids a couple of very obvious traps and I'm hoping it learns from the mistakes of Prometheus by not killing off the survivor(s?) of this film off screen before any sequel.

 

[kingrollo]

Perhaps a surprising choice, but for me it was "Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes", the fourth instalment of the reboots. It really had an epic quality about it with the "quest" narrative, visually fantastic show-show-not tell and got you engrossed in the perils faced by the group of ape protagonists and the fate of their tribe. Wonderful scenes where the group journey through the ruins of our human world and a joyous moment when the come across some zebras, now living wild.

Other honourable mentions "Argylle", a gloriously silly spy romp expensively made with very high production vallues

"Civil War", a powerful film about photojournalists and war, with the backdrop of a scarily plausible US civil war.

Dune 2: already described by others. Visually stunning and does justice to the book, and doesn't depart too much from Frank Herbert's vision

"One Love" covering some key events in Bob Marley's life: particularly assassination attempt and Jamaica's political violence, Bob's attempts to use his music to promote non-violence and peace, and the making of the Exodus album

Yes the planet of the apes franchise looked a little stale - but that what a pretty decent movie - good shout.

Didn't see the Bob Marley movie - mixed reviews - glad you enjoyed it

 

[derrick]

Has anyone made one yet? if they have i ain't seen it.

 

[kingrollo]

Gladiator 2 - not bad - but lost all credibility when one scene they had turned the coliseum into a boating lake - in rowed two sets of oarsman who skillfully were able to manoeuvre the boats into ramming positions and speed - those that we unfortunate enough to be a man overboard were eaten by gigantic sharks.. .

I'm not joking either - total farce - no idea what they were thinking !!!

 

[ColinJ]

Gladiator 2 - not bad - but lost all credibility when one scene they had turned the coliseum into a boating lake - in rowed two sets of oarsman who skillfully were able to manoeuvre the boats into ramming positions and speed - those that we unfortunate enough to be a man overboard were eaten by gigantic sharks.. .

I'm not joking either - total farce - no idea what they were thinking !!!

I reckon that they were thinking...

"Wouldn't it be great if we turned the coliseum into a boating lake and then got two sets of oarsman who skillfully were able to manoeuvre the boats into ramming positions and speed. Even better - anyone unfortunate enough to be a man overboard would be eaten by gigantic sharks!"

"Wow - COOL - go for it!"

 

[ianrauk]

Gladiator 2 - not bad - but lost all credibility when one scene they had turned the coliseum into a boating lake - in rowed two sets of oarsman who skillfully were able to manoeuvre the boats into ramming positions and speed - those that we unfortunate enough to be a man overboard were eaten by gigantic sharks.. .

I'm not joking either - total farce - no idea what they were thinking !!!

Don't forget the awful cgi baboon