Before we look at my number 1 film of 2024 ...lets look back at last years top ten and see how they hold up:
10 Anyone But You
9 The Holdovers
8 Elemental
7 Air
6 Are You There God It's Me Margaret
5 Past Lives
4 Oppenheimer
3 Godzilla Minus 1
2 American Fiction
1 Poor Things
I really like my top ten here...to be honest I would probably move Godzilla Minus 1 to 2 and Past Lives up also.
Now for a list of almost made the list....
Driveaway Dolls
Bad Boys Ride Or Die
Quiet Place Day One
1992
Wild Robot
We Live In Time
Christmas Pageant
All really good movies, but just missed my top ten.
Her is my top ten so far
10 Ghostlight
9 Ministry Of Ungentlemanly Warfare
8 Inside Out 2
7 White Bird
6 Touch
5 Wicked Pt 1
4 Anora
3 Young Woman And The Sea
2 My Old Ass
And now my number 1. It is for sure a polarizing film. Some say: Why did I watch this? Nothing happened! When I ask some...What did you think of the movie? Well, I am glad you liked it. LOL.
Yet I have seen this movie in other top ten films of the year and I have seen it at number 1 on one list.
So My number 1 film..............
1
DADDIO
Shades of Richard Linklater's Before Sunrise trilogy...where Jessie and Celine walk around all night and talk....
Here in Daddio, directed and written by Christy Hall, Dakota Johnson as Girlie and Sean Penn as Clark drive around in a taxi and talk. You do not want this to end. It is mesmerizing. It's like listening to a conversation at the airport, you can't stop listening. Here, I can't stop watching.
Just watching two talented actors, acting their asses off. These two , you feel, are going beyond the words on the script. The quiet times are just as important as the conversation. It is mesmerizing.
Fun facts:
Filmed in 10 days
Originally conceived as a stage play in 2017
Sean Penn and Dakota Johnson are neighbors, and Dakota showed him the script
2017 won blacklist number 1 most liked unmade script
The film was made and shot in chronological order
Its...Ones And Zeroes as they say.
It is available to stream...if you like "Talkies", or if you loved Before Sunrise, you will love my number 1 film of 2024....DADDIO.
Well there you have it...
My Shadow awards and Oscar Picks are coming up next!!
As always thanks for your time from the shadows.
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