Revised Movies of 2024 List Pairs Down Contenders no new surprises

 

Wicked Part One entered the list in 2024 late with a good to fun premise, but as a part 1 is not a contender for a best award. Sure everyone has heard the songs from the musical, but like the first act of said musical, whether or not a padded remake for movie theaters was necessary is up for debate.

Lord of the Rings, War of the Rohirrim was last on the see list, a cartoon animated film from the guy that did some of the sequels to Ghost in the Shell. Like the not watched but heard of Rings of Power, an entirely unnecessary story. It isn't bad, just not really worthy. 

Star Trek Lower Decks ended its fifth and final season with the most member berries for the fans to date, but this time ignoring events of last season to favor Starship Locations by just not bringing Locarno up ever again like it never happened. Well maybe not. 

Transformers Earth Spark aired another season where they erased the background of a gay trans character or just neglected to mention it, so as not to annoy the hard right which complained about season one before it even aired, and said character. This is season two and a half. The story is resolved so there is no reason to make more of these, but not because of a trans character, because the toys just aren't selling. The character was called Nightshade, and she was there and you miss it, with any references to her gender. This season. Disappointing. Even so, her figure appears in Cohnirri as another figure. She is trans as frack. So there. 

Joker 2, what a way to make Lady Gaga unlikable. 

Moana 2, yet another very unnecessary sequel, did have some forgettable songs, but ultimately we did not need aged up Moana now a teenager going on another let's save Maui mission. 

I did not see Mufasa. Don't ask. 

Transformers One, really wanted to like this origin story, besties become fremeies deal and want to give it something for at least trying, and for bringing back Timinus to our cast for a weekend. At least that was something. 

Beverly Hills Cop, Axel F, please, Eddie, give it up already. You are too old to be convincing. You are no longer edgy or hip. The only hip you are now is to be worried about breaking a hip walking. No, no more. 

Beetlejuice Beetlejuice, again with the let's pretend like 30 years haven't turned them all into pale ghosts of their former glory. 

Alien Romulus was trying very hard to be great. At times it was, but then they put in dad jokes and thin references to better movies, so you are tossed out into the airlock with alien goo and aliens.Not as bad as those Ridley remake origin stories though. Those sucked. This at least would have made a fun TV pilot. 

Godzilla x Kong, uhm, it did not age well and Millie's not in it. And he gets a cheeky Aussie gay veterinarian. Really. 

Star Trek Prodigy Season 2 rescued from the dustbin to Netflix to air a fine animated send off to the series. It even had Wessian. Nice. 

Bad Boys Ride or Die, meh title, meh movie. Oh, but there's a marine beating bad guys, on a TV screen, because the footage was damaged or something, so it's done all shaky cam with angles, even though security cams don't do that. 

Haikuu 2 the Dumpster Battle was a Japanese anime movie about volleyball actually. Not bad. Not great. It had some homo erotic tension it did not shy away from. It just never went for it. 

Star Trek Discovery ends its fifth and final season of a troubled show that did not find itself until going from unneeded prequel to the far future where it could have the cast not be known at all to the fleet. Not conflicted or sad to see it go, but not happy either. 

Furiosa a Mad Max story should have been more fun than it claimed to be. Prequel we did not need again. 

Dune part 2 closes the first book but moves things up, but as a whole the two Dune reimagined films deserve at least cinematic awards. 

Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes review was our first with a guest, nephew Johnny Cook. It had ape people in it. Okay. 

Rebel Moon 2 the Scar Giver was by far the worst thing I saw this year, so it's going to get something. 

The Wild Robot walks away with best picture. Yay for parental machines.

The Road to Best Movies of 2024

 This has to pertain to movies I've actually seen, so if I have not, it's not counted. 

Inside Out 2. Toned down on the 'she might be bi' narrative, the sequel take the kid to summer camp. Excellent movie. 

The Wild Robot. Original idea about an accidental mother, er robot, and her gosling special son, and her adoptive 'husband' a wily fox. Not as ridiculous as it sounds, and has an A plus message.

Transformers One. The fans were not clamoring for yet another origin movie, but this one is all about Optimus and Megatron's falling out. It's a love letter to the MUSH fans who wanted a fully cast robot movie with no humans. Misses the mark in sales, but it still is a very good film, more so than Rise of the Beasts was.

Beetlejuice Beetlejuice. A sequel we might not have needed, repeats jokes, and spends way too long on a joke about MacArthur Park at the end, but really an okay movie. 

Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes. Hundreds of years after the other films, a young ape must rise and defeat the cruel master of a fortified dam left over from the age of humans. Not a bad one. 

Godzilla x Kong. Latest in the American version of the series, introducing a very gay Aussie, and a convenient dental scene, and another replacement robotic arm scene, both for Kong but not much for Godzilla, and some pretty silly team up battles. Eh. Turn your brain off it's fun. 

Dune part 2. The super condensed version of the second half of the Dune legend, a very good movie, but not for everyone. 

Bad Boys Ride or Die. It's like Bad Boys 4 Life, but not the title, with the wise cracking buddies trying to bust a cartel. Eh, it was okay. 

Axel F. Netflix film has Axel going to LA after 30 years to reconcile with his daughter, and rescue his old buddy from a cartel. Meh. 

Rebel Moon 1 and 2. The razzies for sure. Zack Snyder's Star Wars takes the unlucky dirty dozen clones, and then magnificent seven clones (as a few die), on a space adventure with ham fisted villains and ridiculous forced narrative about a farming planet, in space, where they could easily find any planet to farm and would not need that lame moon. 

I did not see Argylle, Madam Web, Venom the Last Dance or a slew of others. 

Did not see Prey the Predator prequel.

Alien Romulus. Member Berries about other Alien movies take over an otherwise okay story about half way in and never let go. Haunted space station could have worked. Almost does. 

Ghostbusters Frozen Empire. Taking place years after the sappy ending one, the story follows a reintroduction of the ghost corps and the meticulously rebuilt firehouse at Pinewood, but does very little to earn the chills when the ice villain is stopped by lighting a match. Really. A nod to the animated series is nice, but it did not have to end like a cartoon. 

Furiosa A Mad Max saga. Yet another Hollywood does a prequel because we need an origin, but this time from Australia, so sort of not Hollywood, but same idea.Unnecessary remake. Not as much fun as Fury Road. An okay movie. 

Deadpool and Wolverine. Fun member berry movie about why the last phase sucks, but has to be reliant on those who know the material to even work. Sure it's a funny movie, but it lacks originality. Enjoyed it but not going to give it best. Best Marvel movie of the year. Oh, but there was only one. 

Not going to see the US remake of The Killer. No. Bad idea. 

Did not see IF or Imaginary, both similar but with one being comedy and the other horror. 

Did not see Megalopolis because I could not find it playing near me.

Joker Folie a Deux. The deconstruction of the fake Joker and the imitation of Harley Quinn. The very essence of an unnecessary sequel, if just to piss off the fans. I wasn't mad. I was just disappointed. And bored. So it's not a razzie.