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Movies/TV Show/Music - A Year in Review 2024
kamikazekeeg:
Similar to the game one that always get posted, here's a setup for other stuff we enjoyed this year. Feel free to leave out categories you don't have anything for and I'm not gonna post general categories to keep it from getting to big.
Favorite Movie Released in 2024: While Godzilla x Kong gets close to the top, with Deadpool & Wolverine behind that, I think it's gonna be Furiosa. I wanted this to be good, I didn't know if it would be good, and I think it turned out to be close to, if not as good, as the original Fury Road. It might also have my favorite role for Chris Hemsworth, he's chewing up every bit of scenery with his scumbag character. My love for Godzilla is strong, and I did really like Godzilla x Kong, I think my want for a pure Godzilla movie that is less over the top than what we got kinda lowers the bar on it just a smidge, and Furiosa itself is such quality.
Favorite TV Show Released in 2024: It's a strong battle between Penguin and Arcane Season 2 for sure. I don't know if I can choose as I like both for very different reasons. Ones a high quality crime drama, the other a high quality animated show...I might just give it to Arcane for the sake of it doing so much interesting stuff visually, but again, it's hard to say.
Favorite Album Released in 2024: Unfortunately I have to bow out of this one as I don't think I listened to anything new that released this year lol It's actually hard to find new albums I feel, as I use Amazon Music and it's garbage for showing me new album releases from bands I like or may like and most of what I listened to was stuff from last year. I guess Trollslayer from Wind Rose counts, but I only got around to listen to a few songs from it lol
Lease Favorite Movie Release in 2024: I might say Civil War, it's got a good idea, but it's kinda middling in places and the ending flopped for me. Could say Beetlejuice Beetlejuice also, same thing where it does have a lot of practical effects and charm that I like, but story wasn't good and I think some characters missed the mark.
Least Favorite TV Show Released in 2024: Stars Wars: Acolyte is definitely the choice for this. I think it has good characters and story, but utterly failed with it's tone and pacing. I think it could've turned things around with a second season, but it got canceled, so we'll never know.
Sleeper Hit of 2024 (Pick any Movie/TV Show/Album): Terminator Zero might be it for me, I expected nothing as Terminator media is mostly trash anymore, but this turned out good and is probably the best Terminator thing they've done in years.
marvelvscapcom2:
Movie - Mufasa: The Lion King is truly a heart rattling prequel. I love every fiber of it. 2nd? Maybe Inside out 2.
Album - Eh. Modern music suffers imo. But 100 percent Billie Eilish Hit Me Hard And Soft. Billie is one of those modern musical talents I enjoy. Her voice is meloncholy and relaxing in the best ways
Tv Show - If Netflix series count. Mr. Mcmahon is an entertaining spill of all of WWEs tea from the early days through attitude era and now. Brilliantly done.
Least favorite movie - killers of the flower moon is a drag but since its 2024. I'll choose Wicked. I dont love the vocal work or direction of the movie.
Biggest shocker - on the other spectrum of her work. Ariana's album is fairly listenable and her artistic direction is swell. She actually surprised me with that. Her last few works have missed her sweetner level. I enjoyed this project.
Cartagia:
Favorite Movie Released in 2024: Dune Part Two and it's kind of not close. I did love The Substance (a strong second place), but Dune really hit that sweet spot for me.
Favorite TV Show Released in 2024: I've not watched The Penguin yet, so it's got to be Shogun. Just a really stunning period piece, and the closest thing to the heyday of Game of Thrones that has been released since.
Favorite Album Released in 2024: I genuinely could not tell you if I've listening to any music that was released in 2024.
Lease Favorite Movie Release in 2024: The Indian horror film Shaitaan. It's got some good ideas, but it is just way too long, and never goes far enough with any of it's themes and really pulls it's punches.
Least Favorite TV Show Released in 2024: The final season of Star Trek: Discovery. Handily my least favorite Trek series, and this season didn't do anything to dissuade me of that idea. Probably a little more consistent that previous years, but the story in particular is weak, despite having a strong initial hook. And that epilogue is big swing and a miss.
Sleeper Hit of 2024 (Pick any Movie/TV Show/Album): Hundreds of Beavers is one of the most creative movies I have seen in years. I literally only knew the name. I assumed it was a horror comedy like Zombeavers or Tucker and Dale. Instead, it's a bugnuts crazy, nearly dialogue free love letter to Looney Tunes and silent film stars like Buster Keaton and Charlie Chaplin.
dhaabi:
I suppose this topic is as good as any to mention my listening stats for the calendar year.
Favorite Album Released in 2024
Out of the 87 albums released in 2024 that I listened to last year, I have five marked as being regarded as something of a favorite. Music is incredibly subjective, and I'm generally not one to review it or talk about it in any depth, so I'll just mention those albums by order of release.
The Umbrellas - Fairweather Friend | January 26, 2024
MGMT - Loss of Life | February 23, 2024
Tierra Whack - World Wide Whack | March 15, 2024
Jpegmafia - I Lay Down My Life for You | August 1, 2024
Tyler, the Creator - Chromakopia | October 28, 2024
For context, I listened to 711 total albums last year with 27 marked as favorites. I'm generally open to all sorts of genres and welcome suggestions.
Edit: I'll also just go ahead and list some listening stats about those 27 favorites too:
Nationalities
BR: 1
CA: 1
DE: 1
ES: 1
FR: 3
ID: 1
JP: 3
UK: 2
US: 14
Decades
?: 1
1970s: 5
1980s: 4
1990s: 1
2000s: 1
2010s: 4
2020s: 11
wolff242:
I don't have a favorite or least favorite movie that i can think of off the top of my head.
For TV shows, i don't watch much TV, but I did watch the 2024 season on Law and Order SVU and it was really good (Too short though)
My favorite album of the year is easy. Best album I've heard in YEARS,
Aurora- What happened to the heart?
I've always loved her work, but I think the production by Brian Eno put it on a whole new level.
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