One of today’s leading directors, Christopher Nolan won the 2024 Oscar for Best Director for his work on Oppenheimer
Director known for directing films such as Oppenheimer (2023), Interstellar (2014), Batman: The Dark Knight (2008), The Origin (2010) and Amnesia (2000), Christopher Nolan revealed which is the best feature film of 2024 (described as “jaw-dropping” and “masterful”) in his opinion.
In the list of best of the year prepared by Variety, Nolan he chose Gladiator 2directed by Ridley Scott and starring Paul Mescalas the best of 2024. “Like the best long-awaited sequels, Gladiator 2 should be a remake and a sequel rolled into one, and it’s a testament to the brilliance of Scott 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,” he said.
The filmmaker then defended the film from negative criticism regarding some of the historical inaccuracies: “Scott you know we’re not there to get information about Roman culture; we are there to see our own dark desires in a comfortable way. But he is too experienced a director to be caught drawing parallels with our time. He leaves the world Gladiator 2 speak for itself, once again showing us who we are, simply inviting us to enjoy the crazy inflationary journey.”
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Right away, Christopher Nolan praised the action scenes and filming style present in the film. “Scott elevates the game with the staging of its action – its mise-en-scène Incredible, hyper-observant, multi-camera (so different from the original) masterfully tackles the action in sequence after clear, jaw-dropping sequence.”
“The effect is not just to entertain, but to make us aware of the film’s themes. Few filmmakers have worked so invisibly on so many levels. Blade Runner – The Android Hunter the Thelma & Louise the Gladiator 2the visual density of Scott’s art serves as a foil to its underlying thematic clarity,” he concluded.
What is it about Gladiator 2?
Gladiator II continues the epic saga of power, intrigue and revenge set in Ancient Rome. Years after witnessing the death of the revered hero Maximus, Lucius (Paul Mescal, All of Us Strangers) is forced into the Colosseum after his home is conquered by tyrannical emperors, who now rule Rome with an iron fist. With anger in his heart and the future of the Empire at stake, Lucius He must look to his past to find the strength and honor to return glory to the Roman people.
In addition to Paul Mescal and Denzel Washington (Training Day), the cast of Gladiator II still has Pedro Pascal (The Last of Us), Joseph Quinn (Stranger Things), Pedro Pascal (The Last of Us), Fred Hechinger (The White Lotus), May Calamawy (Moon Knight), Lior Raz (Squad 6), Peter Mensah (Spartacus) and Matt Lucas (Maid of Honor Mission) and the returns of Connie Nielsen as Lucilla and Derek Jacobi as Gracchus.
Source: Rollingstone
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