Director Christopher Nolan has named Ridley Scott's 'Gladiator 2' as his favorite film of 2024, praising Scott's masterful direction and the film's thought-provoking themes.
This article covers a developing story. Continue to check back with us as we will be adding more information as it becomes available. Director Christopher Nolan reveals his favorite movie of 2024.
As directors pick their favorite films of 2024 for Variety's new piece, Nolan revealed that Gladiator 2 is his favorite movie of the year, writing the following explanation: In Ridley Scott’s first “Gladiator,” Maximus asks us, “Are you not entertained?” and we’re confronted with the truth of why we’d visit the Colosseum through a movie. Scott knows we’re not there for insights into Roman culture; we’re there to see our own dark desires at a comfortable remove. But he’s far too experienced a director to get caught making parallels with our time. He lets the world of “Gladiator II” speak for itself, once again showing us who we are simply by inviting us to enjoy the crazy inflationary ride. Why are there sharks in the coliseum? Because we demand them, and Scott masterfully gives them to us. As he reveals how the games are used to manipulate public opinion, we can’t help but see shadows of our own public arena projected onto the sand. Like the best long-awaited sequels, “Gladiator II” must be a remake and sequel in one, and it’s testament to Scott’s brilliance that he manages to balance the individual pathos of the original with the expansionist demands of the sequel’s central theme, bringing a lifetime of experience in controlling tone. Scott raises the game with the staging of his action — his incredible, hyper-observant, multi-camera mise-en-scène (so different to the original) masterfully wrestles the action into clear and jaw-dropping sequence after sequence. The effect is not just to entertain, but to drive us towards awareness of the movie’s themes. Few filmmakers have ever worked so invisibly on multiple level
Gladiator 2 Christopher Nolan Ridley Scott Movie Reviews 2024 Films
United States Latest News, United States Headlines
Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.
Bill Skarsgård's Rotten Tomatoes Cold Streak Is Officially Over Thanks To Acclaimed Upcoming Horror MovieBill Skarsgard in the posters for The Crow (2024), Boy Kills World (2024), and Nosferatu (2024)
Read more »
Christopher Nolan's Oppenheimer Streaming Record Gets Broken By Glen Powell's 2024 Action MovieOppenheimer Cillian Murphy Closeup
Read more »
See How and What You Photographed in 2024 With Google Photos’ 2024 RecapGoogle Photos' new AI-powered year-in-review, 2024 Recap, shows users how and what they photographed in 2024.
Read more »
'Gladiator 2's Box Office Debut Slays One of 2024's Highest-Profile SequelsPaul Mescal in the colosseum in Gladiator II
Read more »
2024 is the year of box office flops — can 'Wicked' and 'Gladiator II' save it?Expensive comic book movies, starry comedies, Christmas fare, Westerns and auteur-driven sci-fi epics all spectacularly imploded. Major titles played to a couple of dudes who snuck in at 11 a.m.
Read more »
Gladiator 2's Opening Recap Was Done Brilliantly & More Sequels Should Do ItThe logo for Gladiator 2 (2024) above a blurred image of Lucius and Marcus Acacius dueling
Read more »