Christopher Nolan on why Ridley Scott's #Gladiator2 was his favorite movie from 2024: "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 levels. In films from 'Blade Runner' to 'Thelma and Louise' to 'Gladiator II,' the visual density of Scott’s art serves as foil for his underlying thematic clarity." Read more here: t.co/9gWLBwGlWT