12 Worst Movies of 2024

[@ArsSanctum]

It's crazy that Madam Webb was this year Feels like five years ago

[@Thats_the_joke]

Duuuuude... facts

[@גקדןרק]

I genuinely forgot that the movie came out only this year, it really feels like it came out a year ago

[@DrakeHunter324]

It's been a long year.......with the current global IQ going sub-arctic.

[@A.D.I.D.A.S-916]

Dude I thought it was just me that was feeling like that lol

[@alida4790]

I felt the same. I guess in a year filled to the brim with shit movies, each slapping you in the face before the bad taste of the last one has left makes you feel that way.

[@montez5150]

Reminder that Joker 2 fell out of theatres faster than Borderlands..

[@cityofchampions724]

@mazzamoo50 That's fantastic. Didn't see that.

[@GIJane-nr2xm]

That's fantastic. Didn't see that.

[@itaxevasixn8808]

Thats fantastic. Didn’t see that.

[@JesseWilliam95]

Joker 2 is amazing

[@markosgd]

Did not even know there was Joker 2!!!

[@andrew3347]

"Pedro Pascal was also good; he was quite convincing as Pedro Pascal." Is the best line.

[@christimacc]

"Discount is Emperor Palpatine's granddaughter" is better!

[@raybryan16]

because pedro pascal is always badass

[@AHumanLivingOnEarth]

@raybryan16 I don't know about that one.

[@METERMAN215]

Whys the crow look like Stevo 😂

[@boohoo5419]

ardolf heathaway with her new book "mein haarschnitt" .. was also pretty clever but i think many people didnt get the joke. maybe to clever. lol.

[@ThZuao]

Budgets: Bigger than ever. Resolution: Better than ever. SFX: Better than ever. Demand for good movies: Bigger than ever. Creativity: Remake after remake after remake. Plot intelligence: Lowest common denominator. Overall quality: Like a high schooler movie with hundreds of millions in budget. Sad that I'd rather watch Killer Bean and Who Killed Captain Alex than the high budget slop we're getting these days.

[@HenryCortezWarrp]

Killer bean is an ACTUAL subversive masterpiece

[@weontontoincarreable9117]

high budget movies will almost always be trash. better to focus on the indie scene

[@ZeroFormLak]

You aint dishing and slandering the GOAT Killer Bean

[@ptonpc]

Over the past few years (probably a decade now?) I find I would rather watch a low budget indie film where the cast and crew tried to make something decent, rather than whatever Hollywood sh*ts up a wall.

[@ThZuao]

@@ZeroFormLak I'm not. I'm just pointing out those extremelly low budget movies with a simple plot are actually good.

[@toweypat]

Haha of course in the "Gladiator" remake the wife dies heroically fighting in a battle.

[@thomasarnoldcoe6527]

She Girlbossed too close to the sun …. But not close enough to the plot armour

[@G.McAllen]

It was stupid, and even more stupid that Junior went all the way to take revenge for one (01) literal war casualty

[@astronomyfan8145]

It was the most realistic part of the movie, and yet you all hate it. Time to get over yourselves. 🙄

[@jgw9990]

​@@astronomyfan8145women fighting in war isn't realistic

[@ianlisk]

Not referring to discount Maximus as 'Minimus'

[@SMacCuUladh]

nice

[@f145hr3831jr]

Quite a missed opportunity.

[@thechuckjosechannel.2702]

I See what you did there. Atomic Betty Reference! As in Minimus the Toady of Lord Maximus.

[@SporianSummit]

that sounds like it came straight outta atomic betty or smth

[@thechuckjosechannel.2702]

@@SporianSummit It Did. Guess Maximus after The Character from Gladiator.

[@bertimusprime7900]

My wife was making me breakfast and only listening and she says, "Boy, he doesn't like the first Gladiator." and I had to explain that you were describing the plot of the second.

[@Jodie-G198]

😆 Daaaang!

[@tonymarchese92]

If that doesn’t summarize practically half the problem in Hollywood, I don’t know what does

[@Barbel1th]

@@Jodie-G198 I find it kind of funny that YT put a "Translate to English" link under your comment.

[@Jodie-G198]

@@Barbel1th I wonder why they did that, myself.

[@Barbel1th]

@@Jodie-G198 I can only speculate, but I'm guessing the algorithm sees it as being some form of Asian language.😃

[@DL-dg5vt]

“I don’t care what anyone says, Europeans were black” - my grandmother

[@LordJamek]

That's a way more logical argument then Cleopatra being black ever will be lol

[@themagnumtodd]

“Reflection of myself”

[@apocryphicdeath]

@@LordJamek no

[@LordJamek]

@@apocryphicdeath yes

[@Ploxtifs_OldAndDeadAccountXD]

@@LordJamekthe funny thing is, Cleopatra WAS of European descent(the Ptolemaic Gordian knot originally hails from Macedonia) so that’s LITERALLY what is being said

[@TheThreatenedSwan]

Pedro Pascal is massively overrated too

[@Matticitt]

I don't think so, but there's simply too much of him everywhere. It's like all the other actors disappeared and he's the only one left and I'm getting tired of him being in every single movie.

[@Ergeniz]

@@Matticitt Pedro Pascal was extremely convincing as Pedro Pascal.

[@TheAutistWhisperer]

@@Matticitt Nah, he's awful.

[@aligmal5031]

no he's not

[@Jana_Neala]

@@Matticitt Exactly. I think he's a good actor but it's just too much. Why is Hollywood so obsessed with him all of a sudden I do not understand.

[@math925]

I'm going to watch 1 segment a day for the next fortnight, like some kind of cursed advent calendar. Merry Christmas, Despot!

[@DespotofAntrim]

Merry Christmas!

[@thefanwithoutaface8105]

1:06:59 Eric and Shelly using drugs is actually extra insulting when you remember the original bad guys in the Crow graphic novel were drug dealers and Eric in the movie actually helped Sarah's mother with her own drug problem that lead her to be a neglectful mother. And just to make it worse, James O'Barr wrote the Crow to deal with the grief of his fiance being killed by a drunk driver IE someone on drugs. So to make the main characters a couple of drug addicted idiots who are glorifying such a lifestyle is basically the equivalent of spitting in the face of James O'Barr and the Crow itself.

[@jimjamauto]

It feels like someone had a generic revenge screenplay and the studio was like "yeah let's call it The Crow" because it has very little similarity to the graphic novel or the 1994 film

[@Bonesawisready926]

They missed the point of the original graphic novel and movie so hard. It's another of those examples of media that makes me think nobody in Hollywood has an ounce of morality in them anymore. If art is a reflection of the artist, Hollywood is debased and wouldn't recognize good character if it slapped them in the face.

[@vanillabatcave5677]

Morphine is bad for you.

[@tacticalpossum7090]

Reminds me of what a pleasant surprise "Hellraiser" on Hulu was. A refreshing portrayal of how drug use is destructive in a film I didnt expect it in

[@vanillabatcave5677]

Morphine is bad for you.

[@joywooltime9940]

Gladiator 2 - "Hey, can I copy your homework?" Gladiator - "Yeah, but not word by word, so the teacher won't figure out, what we did" Gladiator 2 - "Sure, sure."

[@Johncarver7777]

You could tell from the upcoming posters, how they hid the main actor's face and only showed whatever of his chin looked like Russel Crowe. I wouldn't be surprised they photoshpd it to look like Russel.

[@redjirachi1]

Mom do we have the Severan Dynasty? Mom: We have Severan Dynasty at home Severna Dynasty at home:

[@chris_schoff]

That’s why it’s “CTRL C V ator” Teeheehee

[@IllusionSector]

More like -Glad- Sad-iator.

[@ahoramazda6864]

Megalopolis is so bad that I learned about the existence of this film from this review

[@misanthropicservitorofmars2116]

The 1930s silent film Metropolis from the Weimar Republic is a great movie, however.

[@SammEater]

​@@misanthropicservitorofmars2116To be fair no movie looked like that at that time and it seemed to push the media forward. There is no such thing for Megalopolis, it has no push of the media forward, if anything it looks just like any blockbuster trash.

[@jimpapadakis7960]

watch Filmento's critique, it rips into the film beautifully.

[@Jodie-G198]

Yes, I had the same experience. 😆

[@toddhanley6982]

Well that says more about you as a film goer than it does about "culture". To not be at least aware of a new film from an 83 year old filmmaking legend that had been in pre-production for 40 years, whether good or (in this case) awful, but it says more about your interest in cinema than anything else.

[@ShiddyShad808]

For those who don’t know, the clip of Saddam Hussein being shown, without going into too much detail, he is calling out the names of people he believed to be coordinating a coup ďétat against him to be taken away and executed, as he continued to call out names, some people in the crowd nervously began shouting their loyalty to Saddam, some of them beginning to chant while breaking down crying as if they knew their name was coming up next, the Despot using this clip makes me feel all warm and fuzzy inside in regards to how accurate it is in mirroring what’s happening within the movie industry ☺️

[@slimsycentaur37]

How does it have anything to do with his video again? You said nothing and it seems completely irrelevant and I question why he uses it except to be edgy.

[@TheThreatenedSwan]

It really seems like Ridley Scott made the good movies he did on accident because his sequels have been baaad

[@ActivistBatonVI]

Cause people Scott works with nowadays are yes men

[@MolecularArts]

California needs to be put under the rule of The Despot.

[@cvbanszn9406]

Couldn’t agree more 👏🏼

[@pajeetsingh]

Gulag.

[@Soundwave-A10]

Onward we march into the wildfires of hell(California) in the name of our God-given Despot!

[@mickdunedee4566]

Or walled off like Escape from LA

[@garysmith9823]

I'd move back if that happened.

[@descent3031]

You know what needs to die even harder than "that just happened"? "You got this/I got this" This line is in just about every single piece of media produced in the last 10 years. Btw great list man, love your work.

[@oscarpinillacastro5893]

He got this.

[@NatePossibilities]

Did you go into my mother's jungle? It's made out of spiders. Or like...whatever...

[@גקדןרק]

​@@NatePossibilitieswhat? 😭

[@NatePossibilities]

@גקדןרק You know. The spider lady re-unman-boot. The psychic spider queen movie. You know...Madame Webb? I would have traded that entire movie to see the top of Christina Aguilera's buttcheeks. Of course...I would trade up to $20 for that any day.

[@Dazgul]

​@@NatePossibilitiesIt's damp, dark, overgrown and teeming with life.

[@khfanlife]

“Christopher Hitchens had more faith in God than I had in Gladiator 2.” 💀

[@SGresponse]

Joke not dark enough.

[@thomasarnoldcoe6527]

I laughed so much at this

[@1ChristFollowingNerd]

I laughed out loud!!

[@marbellaotaiza801]

That one really got me 💀

[@DæmonV86]

That's a bloody banger of a burn.

[@rustybeskar4664]

The saddest part about Romulus is that it looked beautiful. You can see the passion in the world around the 2D characters. It’s always shameful when horrible writing is mixed with flawless set design, practical effects, minimal yet beautiful CGI, and music.

[@drewdunham6189]

I agree, the xenos looked absolutely fantastic but the first thirty mins were super contrived to get to the real movie. The last twenty mins were really good tho

[@ptonpc]

If it had skipped Scott's films and the callbacks, it could have been really good. I still enjoyed it though. Which shows how desperate I must be for a reasonably decent Alien film.

[@rustybeskar4664]

@ yeah I get u

[@METERMAN215]

They woulda filled her wit more holes then the PGA 😂

[@merrylderrickson3147]

your mansplaining to and marginalization of the stunning and brave Karen iPhone has me literally shaking right now

[@deadinside9565]

shooting ropes

[@matheuskirisame]

The crazy thing is, probably every movie here still managed to live more than that Concord game

[@elsushi8704]

with arguments like, "i didn't like the planet of the apes cause there were too many apes, and I don't care about apes!"... The quality of the movies is barely that of the review.

[@thefanwithoutaface8105]

William Henry Harrison's presidency lasted longer than Concord. And that shit lasted only 1 month.

[@matheuskirisame]

@elsushi8704 Dont know about the ape movies, but Alien romulus which i watched was pretty trash, boring and the only saving grace was the final minutes with the human xenomorph.

[@elsushi8704]

@@matheuskirisame Oh no the movies are bad don't get me wrong but his arguments on this video... for the life of me the despot is a quarter as funny and dead eye as usual... guess it's just my opinion. But this one sound like "wahwahwah it's not what I wanted" where there is plenty real points to attack in a funny way. Meh we all have bad days.

[@matheuskirisame]

@@elsushi8704 fair enough

[@TheSektorz]

''Typical Netflix original'' lol

[@TheNotoriousMrDee]

Brutal statement lol

[@MovieHeretic]

Clearly hasn't watched a lot of Netflix, try The Ritual and No One Gets out Alive

[@TheNotoriousMrDee]

@MovieHeretic You're suspiciously forgiving of Cuties.

[@jacka3080]

Something to listen to at work by my favourite creator. Merry Xmas, Despot.

[@Klaevin]

same. all hail the Despot

[@DespotofAntrim]

Merry Christmas!

[@therainman7777]

Best media analysis channel on KZbin, hands down. Merry Christmas Despot!

[@DespotofAntrim]

Merry Christmas. 🎅

[@EeEeEe-EeE]

You already know 2024 is cooked when Megamind vs. The Doom Syndicate doesn't even make the list for worst movies...

[@SammEater]

That doesn't even count as an actual movie. That was a poorly disguised pilot for equally bad animated series that followed its release.

[@SwiftNimblefoot]

I don't think many people know it exists. I still have not watched it.

[@indiajohnson]

​@@SwiftNimblefoot Hell, I didn't know that existed.

[@drawingdragon]

Megamind vs the Doom Syndicate is so horrible that to even call it a movie is an affront to cinema, so it can't be on the list lol

[@METERMAN215]

Isn't that sexist misogynist and mansplaining when the colonizer white man calls the alien a b****?? Lol🤦

[@goukeban6197]

7:40 "But not Denzel, he continues to show up in every production he's in" Now imagine if it was Nicholas Cage there.

[@toweypat]

Oh man, perfect choice to play a villainous Roman emperor!

[@ameanimalrescue]

Friday night I thought I’d go see a film. I took a shower, shaved, cleaned up, put on nice clothes, fed the animals and headed out to our local theater. Saw what was playing and couldn’t bring myself to pay for any of that garbage. Went to Dollar General instead.

[@eba9121]

Hey the DG can be more entertaining if you are into people watching but some areas you gotta stay strapped lol

[@Dafuq-is-going-on]

I went to the Redbox at the Dollar General, and saw that someone broke it open.

[@rockoorbe2002]

​@Dafuq-is-going-on must have the stray kiosk that they forgot to pickup after Redbox went bust

[@ameanimalrescue]

@@eba9121 no doubt. Trust me it’s Florida we’re all strapped! Lol

[@MrTobi013]

Hey man, at least you went out smelling great and looking like a million bucks.

[@thefanwithoutaface8105]

The Crow remake was one of the worst movies for me, both because it's one of the few on this list I saw and because I love the Crow as a franchise and felt genuinely insulted at how little effort they put into it. Beyond not having the dark and poetic feel of the original, they also made Eric, who was a terrifying badass in the original, a whiny, weak, simp in the remake, while Shelly who was a seemingly sweet, friendly and lovely woman you could believe Eric would fight for beyond the grave, made her a blixed out drug addict with a perpetually stoned expression. Seriously, let that Crow die.

[@DutyStalker357]

"Abashed the Devil stood, and felt how awful the Crow remake is"

[@69SalterStreet]

Exactly! Shelly was brave and kind! She was rallying the community to save the building and stand up to the big bad of her city. So sad to see her character betrayed this way.

[@ptonpc]

I saw the poster and immediately thought "This is 2020's Hollywood. It's going to be sh*t. " Seems I thought too kindly of it.

[@Mereologist]

In the original, Eric and Shelly were one of the shining examples of good in a dark city. Not just for themselves, but helping everyone around them. And Eric isn't offered some kind of magick deal... all he has left is revenge to take the evil with him. In the remake, they themselves are the darkness, giving everyone around them reasons to exterminate them constantly. Even with powers, they destroy everyone around them. Nothing is better if even one of them lives.

[@Shorty_Lickens]

I pretty much gave up on movies a few years ago. It wasnt just COVID. A huge problem is the average movie-goer gets a little dumber every year and Hollywood wants to pander to the ignorant masses. We're getting dumber stories and worse filmmaking every year because of it. And the worst part is I dont consider myself to be very intelligent, I just can't suffer INCREDIBLY dumb entertainment.

[@cedricwilford]

Not really movie-related, but I think says something about our society: the combined price tag of these movies ($1.9 billion) is around the same amount as what the Kamala Harris campaign spent in three months' time only to be wonderfully embarrassed come election night. What a world.

[@ParkerCS2]

I’m already predicting A Minecraft Movie as one of the worst films of 2025.

[@redjirachi1]

That or a turn-around where it's surprising treat like the Sonic movie.

[@ParkerCS2]

@ I’m not holding my breathe because WB has not shown any promise of making it better.

[@alida4790]

This one is an automatic entry to the WMO2025

[@DespotofAntrim]

That trailer was an absolute abomination.

[@MovieHeretic]

You can ... block ... that in ... Dad jokes rule.

[@OldManJ3nkins]

Hope you had a great year, brother!

[@DespotofAntrim]

Thanks, you too!

[@Garagelab164]

@@DespotofAntrimI say there’s lots of bad, but there’s also good to come out. Which I look at rather than the bad. Also it’s the Fearless year of Shadow.

[@jdixon390]

5. Joker: Part 2 4. Joker: Part 2 3. Joker: Part 2 2. Joker: Part 2 1. Snow White

[@civotamuaz5781]

6 Mike Tyson vs Jake Pool

[@Ben-jl2rh]

​@@civotamuaz57817 Anything Brie Larson is in

[@HonkHill-ev4hk]

@@civotamuaz5781 I would put Geriatric vs Receding Hairline Influencer at 1 because it wasted everyone's time to make a mockery of boxing.

[@EarJuice]

Killers of a flower moon. But I'm not sure because I was so bored I didn't make it even halfway and even watching that much was done over a few attempts. Maybe I just wasn't in a wanky mood but I don't think it's as great as everyone goes on bout hiding it behind it's wankiness. It's just really boring and scenes crap on way too long. At least Atlas isn't boring. Oh also I think it's from 2023.

[@Ben-jl2rh]

@@jdixon390 Anything Brie Larson is in.

[@Hippo_Hegemony]

I just have to point out, in the Crow comic, Shelly and Eric live outside the city and one day their car brakes down, this is when the gang descends on them, violating shelly and killing both of them. Neither is shown to be a degenerate and they are just two people in love when tragedy strikes. In the movie, the couple lives in an apartment when, my headcannon is Shelly is the lead on this, their home is broken into because they refuse to move and fight back against the slumlord that owns the building, shelly is violated and both are killed. In both the movie and comic, Eric is brought back to life to exact righteous judgement on the wicked. When God's will is done, Eric goes to heaven to be with his beloved. It also has my favorite quote "Mother is the name for God on the lips and hearts of all children". If i ever watch the remake, I will be to pour my hate into it. They ruined a beautiful story for their baseless materialism. The modern era has taken the beauty of the world God has given us and done everything it can to pervert it.

[@CroTree]

I saw Megalopolis and Argyle in theatres with some friends, and multiple times throughout both movies entire theatres laughed at the insane and bizarre plot twists, I have never heard theatres laugh as hard as these two did. At the end of both movies, Random strangers started conversations with me about how awful the movie we had just seen was. Truly unique experiences are only achievable by the cinematic genius of Megalopolis and Argyle. And the funniest part of Argyle was when it sequel baited at the end and flashed "Argyle will return" on screen.

[@truekhmer7292]

When people tell me I need more positivity in my life… Nah man, all I need is an hour and half of (un)regulated hate for modern entertainment.

[@tonymarchese92]

This needs to be on a plaque

[@thewerepyreking]

Is it really being a hater if I love doing it?

[@Jodie-G198]

Through hate, we love.

[@mr.wonderfulwisdomouswonde2991]

People always say hating is a flaw but I consider it a skill a skill the despot has mastered

[@LadySquiffington]

Unregulated hate allows me to love harder where it's warranted

[@SilentMephisto]

That " mein Haarschnitt " joke broke me

[@christophschneegans9134]

Also, the pronunciation was flawless.

[@DespotofAntrim]

@@christophschneegans9134 Thanks. I studied German for a year but gave it up when my son was born and I became too busy. I plan to return to German at some point.

[@SilentMephisto]

@@DespotofAntrim viel Erfolg dabei 👍🏻

[@elmo1234]

I don’t laugh much anymore. But your witty put downs and way with words makes me genuinely laugh out loud. Thank you for creating such original content! 👏🏆

[@DespotofAntrim]

Glad I can give you a good laugh Elmo.

[@rayray44325]

I absolutely hated the two main protagonists in Crow.... the'yre unlikable junkies... that movie also has probably the quote i hate the most in any film ever ''If I'm ever hard to love, try to love me harder''.... that is incredibly toxic thing to say and we're suppose to symapthise with her?! GTFO!

[@CrowRobo-Z]

“The criminally underrated Ghostbusters 2” Thank you! At least i’m not the only one! ALL HAIL VIGO!!

[@jocelantonettetenoc5996]

I swear, his commentary is more entertaining than like most movies in this list.

[@misanthropicservitorofmars2116]

That’s what good writing and delivery does. Something every movie on this list is lacking.

[@EntrEsprit]

@@misanthropicservitorofmars2116 except Romulus

[@savannranker2670]

@@EntrEspritthank you a lot of what he said about Romulus was disingenuous. It was actually a good movie

[@uraveragedude9957]

@@savannranker2670what did he say that was disingenuous? I really could not stand that movie for largely similar reasons.

[@bossabassa364]

The real worst movies were the friends we made along the way

[@Dafuq-is-going-on]

Unity through cringe.

[@JM-vp8zc]

It’s all about family

[@luminosway5249]

I don't even bother watching movies anymore. But I love hearing about them!

[@wonderfool9406]

Seems like I made some good choices in 2024 as I have watched NONE of those movies.

[@justforever96]

Neither have I. But I didn't watch anything Hollywood made. I only watch old films.

[@Jezza_One]

I saw three of them and they were all rubbish.

[@joeykonyha2414]

Last movie I watched in a theater was a Casablanca anniversary showing 3 years ago. Last movie I saw for the first time was on Prime Top Gun II and I thought it sucked because it relied so heavily on nostalgia.

[@LimitedCheetah]

I only watched Megalopololipolis (with Jack Sparrow). I watched the whole thing and wasn't bored because the whole time I was thinking "What was he thinking? What is this supposed to be?"

[@hayleylongster4698]

Me neither. It seems I WON this year almost as hard as that year I didn't get that dubious injection or any of its promised sequels.

[@colinclement2752]

I'm driving a plow truck through 2 feet of snow in Northern Michigan listening to Despot. Life is alright!

[@TheKellie36]

I've got the Simpsons Mr Plow song in my head after reading this.

[@SpicyTexan64]

Life can't be that good living in Michigan.

[@KAPTAINmORGANnWo4eva]

I'm pretty sure Megalopolis is a result of Francis Ford Coppola having some kind of religious experience while swapping between episodes of Game of Thrones and Parks & Recreation in his goon cave.

[@Jdub6580]

You know a movie really, really sucks when it skips the streaming services and goes straight to KZbin free movies a week after it was being shown in theaters.

[@H_P_Lovecraft]

Wait which one was that lmao

[@MeganMckechnie-y2d]

Oooo which one was that?

[@Jdub6580]

@@H_P_Lovecraft I had a co-worker telling me they went and saw borderlands in theaters the weekend before I saw it for free on KZbin.

[@H_P_Lovecraft]

@ Lmao you know what I think I remember seeing Borderlands on KZbin for free but still I am glad I missed that radioactive pile of shit

[@rockoorbe2002]

I wasn't a big fan of the original Crow to begin with, but what in the world did they do with this remake? They might as well dug up Brandon Lee's corpse and shot it again.

[@SGresponse]

What I love about Despot's videos is that he takes a bad, tasteless joke and iterates on it until it becomes funny both by the fact that it's still being told and the fact that it morphed further and further into absurdity. Like look at the progression: haircut joke about female actress -> haircut joke about different actress with Hitler on top -> "Mein Harshnitt". That is just SO DESPOT.

[@Theonewhoknocks408]

Honestly, he shows how writing is indeed a craft that can only be perfected by learning from your mistakes and being the highest critic to yourself. Something Hollywood seems to have forgotten with time

[@Zilliguy]

The difference in quality between Godzilla X Kong and Godzilla -1 is astonishing. Especially considering how much more money GXK had than -1....

[@InOzWeTrust]

You can't say Romulus is the worst movie in the franchise when Alien 3, Alien 4, Prometheus 1, & Prometheus 2 exist. And that's being generous excluding AVP 1 & 2.

[@denizen53]

Romulus shouldn't be on this list.

[@aredjayc2858]

3 wasn't THAT bad

[@aaronblank2318]

So glad to see this. I had a really terrible night, and a new vid from the Despot is just what I need.

[@barakbarkan7172]

Woke productions are getting their diminishing returns as promised :)

[@nichtviet9417]

Finally a new Despot video on which I can reflect on. Having myself and my values reflect back to me is the only thing important in life you know.

[@notnoaintno5134]

not sure what you're trying to say here

[@thatguy5620]

Reflection of myself

[@rockoorbe2002]

I'm black, and I'm gay

[@JM-vp8zc]

@@rockoorbe2002You’re hired!

[@movieblues420]

I got chills when you described GxK fans as a “horde.” They nearly destroyed my channel last year after I trashed the Monsterverse. This helped heal that wound a little. Great video mate, looking forward to your next year of reviews.

[@DespotofAntrim]

Thanks movieblues. I've never criticized a fandom on this channel but I thought what they did to Movie Cynic (ratioed his video into oblivion) was disgusting.

[@movieblues420]

@ I made a video about my experience on my channel after i released my review. They literally dug my personal cell up and texted me all day that I should canadian healthcare myself. Anyway, love the channel, keep crushing it bud. Reviewing GODZILLA x KONG while at WAR with Monsterverse Fans kzbin.info/www/bejne/jJure5WHnKuAfJY

[@calebemerson9317]

I’m a huge Godzilla fan (probably been watching them longer than monster verse fans have been alive) but I can’t stand the monster verse. I tried my best to fight the horde in comment sections but their numbers were too great. 😢

[@joshuacelani1857]

​​​@@DespotofAntrimcause movie cynics review is dog shit and can easily be debunked on why he is wrong

[@TheObserver-ml7py]

Their weight (in kilograms) is higher than their IQ by a wide margin

[@JoeBoxerNo1]

58:00 Bryce Dallas Howard has not attempted to get in shape for a Movie Roll in over 10 YEARS!!!! She's going to be known as the HUGE ON SCREEN PRESENCE we remember once was decent looking until she realized women now own Hollywoke and everything that was REALITY turned into a nightmare.

[@thefanwithoutaface8105]

33:30 Frozen Empire, the movie where the main character almost destroys the world because of some weird lesbian attraction to a ghost because....I don't know Art?

[@parapendejadas4913]

I identify myself as DEI nonBUYnary 😏 Not buying/consuming anything woke/DEI for the next 20 years... got huge game/movie/book backlog from the 80s to 2010s. 😎 and until this 💩💩 disease is over, I am perfectly fine not buying "modern" stuff.

[@maxmazzotti6651]

It'll be over by the late 2020s btw

[@Kitty255Again]

Maybe it wouldn't be a problem if you weren't so obsessed with it...also there's still normal and good stuff, you're just not looking for it.

[@JovanVujicic-d3m]

DEI means Don't Expect Intelligence.

[@Khaled-bs7zc]

Despot, I like your videos so much that I can't just play them in the background, nor on the second monitor. At the same time, the length, which is a plus, forces me to find the right time to put aside to watch them, like all those movies and shows I haven't watched yet. Basically, what I'm saying is, your videos are awesome, and I hope you don't change a thing.

[@Nikolai1939]

Shia wasn't acting, he was just being himself

[@Panamarebel]

I just found you. You are one of the BEST critics ever 😂😂😂😂. I was laughing so hard. Everything you said is SOOOOOOOO true. Bravo 👏🏾

[@DespotofAntrim]

Thanks man. Welcome to the channel!

[@crusty_the_alpaca]

Thanks for the video Despot, Merry Christmas. Enjoy the festive season and reflection yourself.

[@DespotofAntrim]

Merry Christmas Crusty!

[@kpsk8031]

Where is "Civil War"? A movie where stunning and brave journalists want to interview the president NOT with video but with still photographs? A movie where citizens fight for water while journalists have full service in a hotel? A movie where the US dollar can't buy you anything but the Canadian dollar can?

[@misanthropicservitorofmars2116]

That’s a good movie.

[@misanthropicservitorofmars2116]

You listed those things like they aren’t funny and prompts some even more hilarious inquiries. For example. Think about how it could even be possible that Canadian dollars are more valuable than American dollars considering American dollars are the global petrol currency. A theory being that Justin Trudeau is more like his father Castro in this universe. Having a firm border policy and massively overhauls the economy and society of Canada. Drilling for oil and gas like no one’s business. Social dissidents who go against the regime erased. A bold and beautiful Canada.

[@misanthropicservitorofmars2116]

Also it’s clearly all about Trump. It’s a lefty wet dream about Trump taking over and how we’d hecken defeat him. It’s a very good and funny movie. Great visuals of Americans committing war crimes against eachother. Also the secret service being absolute chads in the assault on the White House is great. Couldn’t overcome the strong woman of color though.

[@misanthropicservitorofmars2116]

Near the end of the movie it bluntly lays out that journalists are scum and villains. Narcissists to the core.

[@misanthropicservitorofmars2116]

The full scene of “what kinda American are you” is hilarious. Bro said he was born in Hong Kong 😂 *BLAM*

[@hungthinhnguyen621]

the moment they anounce a gladiator's sequel, I have adready lost all hope in hollywood so it is not a suprise at all

[@Dafuq-is-going-on]

I want to see a Year of Four Emperors from the perspective of the leader of the Praetorian Guard.😂

[@hungthinhnguyen621]

@@Dafuq-is-going-on would be hilarious if they make it into a political satire like the death of stalin

[@jake12466]

"adready"?

[@hungthinhnguyen621]

@@jake12466 my grammar suck man

[@Wardog01Actual]

"... spectrophillia is a real thing." What fresh hell did i just wake up in? 😂

[@j-rod4510]

Have a merry Christmas despot, always grateful for another upload. Never stop, you’re the goat

[@DespotofAntrim]

Thanks. Merry Christmas!

[@Tubiega07]

You’re great Despot! I love your content

[@DespotofAntrim]

Thanks Tubie.

[@hadriancaesar2686]

So many of these abysmal sequels and franchise entries, clearly wanting to destroy and discredit the great pieces of art that came before them

[@oteris2924]

Say what you want about Saddam, he kept the crazies inline and out of power. Also, that is the secret to watching most Godzilla movies Despot. You fast forward through the human scenes and watch the dudes in rubber monster suits beat the shit out of each other.

[@jeremyk9000]

That sum of money at the end... the rest of us can bearly afford groceries and accommodation. We live in worst timeline. In a much better time line that sum of money was given to Despot to fix season 2 of Velma. His vision was a masterpiece.

[@landonmathews6111]

Rebel Moon 2 took the “so bad it’s fun” concept, dialed it up to 11 until it broke and became unfun again

[@OR56]

13:56 I didn’t know Adam Driver was a British vampire from the 1880s

[@Vecchio_Rhosod85]

ZA WARUDO

[@michaelmurphy2879]

ROFL!!! Pedro Pascal was a convincing Pedro Pascal

[@thomasarnoldcoe6527]

My favourite role of his is as Pedro Pascal

[@michaelmurphy2879]

@ that roll was overrated! Now if you want to talk Oscar worthy, then we must remember Pedro Pascal’s military roll as Private Pascal, Pedro… Now that’s what you call range!!!!

[@EraldoCoil-ce1vz]

Despot should be a consultant for movie studios.

[@Farwander007]

Man, i kept laughing throughout this. First of yours i have ever seen So, naturally, i subscribed. Time to check out the back catalog.

[@DespotofAntrim]

Thanks. Welcome to the channel!

[@jorgeoviedo870]

When they announced that Lady Gaga was gonna be in the Joker sequel, I had a gut feeling it was gonna be a disappointment of a sequel. Boy was I right

[@sawcia]

Just yesterday, I was watching some KZbinrs ranking movies of 2024, and as I was doing that, I thought to myself, 'I can’t wait for Despot to make his own video on that.' And what did I just see on my home page? It’s like an early Christmas present Thank you, Despot, for your brilliant takes on modern movies. I wish you all the best and a long, successful KZbin career

[@AngryBootneck]

YT deleted my longer funnier comment about you having the intestinal fortitude of a Gitmo detainee, suffice it to say you have balls like coconuts Despot, well done.

[@DespotofAntrim]

Much appreciated Bootneck but there's shite that even I can't stomach. I tried and failed 3 times to watch the first episode of the new Star Wars show. Hail Dondus!

[@SpicyTexan64]

Gitmo detainees don't have intestinal fortitude. They're mostly cowardly garbage

[@hypers829]

"Christopher Hitchens had more faith in God." Was so unexpectedly hilarious.

[@theabhorrentchef7226]

“Thus achieving a movie-long friendship” 😂 The Despot always has the best words. He has all the words, but he uses the best words.

[@benmohatun]

I wil not comment on the excellent quality of your content. It always is. Just know that you could keep making 1h+ videos and I'll keep watching them probably several times as I do the others. Your analysis is splendid in rhetoric, pace and humour. Much love from France man, tu es le meilleur.

[@DespotofAntrim]

Merci mec.

[@MattFagundes]

The despot blessed my Thursday MERRY CHRISTMAS

[@RatCandle]

Matt is a time traveler

[@DespotofAntrim]

Merry Christmas 🎅.

[@Syphael]

I am so glad I found this channel this year. There are so many well thought out and well-made videos. I dont think I have laughed as heartily as I have when watching your videos compared to the rest. Thank you, Despot, for your cream of the crop videos.

[@DespotofAntrim]

Thanks for watching Syphael.

[@SilentMephisto]

Finally ❤ thank you so much for your work this year and many years to come 🎉

[@BloodRaven1045]

I don’t even remember seeing a single trailer for Megalopolis

[@TheAdarkerglow]

So, evil spider guy is hunting them down, because some day, they'll cause his death. Which, as you might recall, caused his death. He was killed by dramatic irony. And ad placement. A Bepis P.

[@LimitedCheetah]

An appetiser for the WOW awards

[@mdjambazky4968]

This channel is an absolute national treasure. You're the GOAT. Have an amazing 2025 and Merry Christmas

[@DespotofAntrim]

Thanks man Merry Christmas! 🎅

[@justforever96]

International treasure.

[@mdjambazky4968]

@@justforever96 Yeah, that's true! All the best

[@frankbelmont1565]

I was dragged to see that trash spy movie with Bryce Dallas Howard. It was torture and her looking like a cow broke my immersion.

[@daveclark8337]

That's more than 70 pounds overweight

[@MovieHeretic]

Disappointed Despot didn't focus more on the lack of science in Romulus. Do the writers even understand how genetics work? If you clone a Xeno you are going to get a Xeno, no they don't revert to previous life cycle iterations. Would have been an easy fix too, but the writers were too lazy to address the issue. What happened to the space station is confusion plus, somehow the Xeno clone(s) got loose, created a hive, and I guess the Scientists harvested the face huggers? Nice use of vacuum packing the critters, as oppose to understanding how a vacuum works in other places in the movie.

[@seangannon6081]

the tall xenomorph in Romulus was actually played by that 7’13” kid with the long neck that everyone thought was gonna be a basketball star a few years ago

[@Marvra]

As a Godzilla fan, I must say that this isn't the best Godzilla movie. However, as you mentioned, it's dumb entertaining, personaly i liked the movie but I understand that some people don't enjoy this type of films. (After 2 hours) ps 25:10 I hate when people compare every Godzilla movie to Minus One. I know this movie is good, but comparing a serious film to a monster brawl movie is just pathetic. That's like comparing Pacific Rim with Shin Godzilla and asking which has better fights.

[@BaslightBatekeepBoyboss]

Dumb entertaining is usually Godzilla's whole deal. I feel like Minus One gave a lot of people outside the Godzilla community a lot of stupid expectations for the series.

[@Marvra]

@@BaslightBatekeepBoyboss +1

[@toonrex2806]

Hearing Despot bash a movie I unironically enjoyed makes me wonder if we even saw the same movie.

[@joncross9264]

​@@BaslightBatekeepBoyboss it will depend somewhat on which films, some of them are more artful, others are for fun. There is range but it is generally property dependent, but I get your point.

[@camsesii2287]

"Stop saying that the movie was fun. Why? Because I didn't have fun watching it. In my objective opinion it was boring. Stop having fun!" Umm...that's subjective. Whether you had fun or not is up to the viewer. I enjoyed the camp and over the top world and characters. If he doesn't like the classic Godzilla movies' stories with their wacky comic book scenarios, and epic monster battles, then that's okay. I draw the line at anyone telling me that it's not okay to enjoy them. Like it's wrong to enjoy them because someone with a stick up their butt thinks they're dumb. They're clearly not aware of the series up to this point. My friend and I throw them on all the time, and we both enjoy the more serious stories like the original Gojira, and the hilarious Godzilla Final Wars. Just like superhero movies, Godzilla movies can be both campy and childish, as well as dark and serious. It depends on the story they're going with. After Minus One came out end of last year, I knew that everyone who reviewed it positively were going to have a major malfunction when Godzilla x Kong released earlier this year. The meltdown was glorious. So many of them wasted their time producing breakdown videos that we didn't watch or pay any mind. Let them shout into the darkness. I can't tell you how many podcasts I listened to back when Godzilla Minus One came out, where the cast all said that Godzilla movies need to be dark and serious like Minus One for the rest of time, and need to retell that story, and only that story, forever. They didn't want any kaiju fights, and they didn't want any goofy aliens or sci fi themes. They got their one movie, and I'm glad they're happy. Maybe throw Gojira in there too. For the rest of us, we'll enjoy both versions of the King of the Monsters. The best Godzilla movie is still Godzilla vs Destroyah. That ending still brings me to tears all these years later.

[@ProgrammedForDamage]

It's ten past midnight, and this just popped up. Yeah, who needs sleep anyway.

[@b.chaline4394]

Love the Starship Troopers score playing in the background during the Romul-ass segment! REMEMBER KLENDATHU!

[@androot69]

Just discovered your channel. Absolutely brilliant and hilarious.

[@DespotofAntrim]

Thank you. Welcome to the channel!

[@cityofchampions724]

Fantastic as always, is their a despot tv list destruction going to be in the works as well?

[@DespotofAntrim]

No, the worst of woke awards will have to suffice.

[@cityofchampions724]

@@DespotofAntrim duh, always a banger.

[@joelfisk]

Using Baathist footage from Saddam's purges is absolutely devious and I love you for it. Best movie reviewer out there. Hail the Despot o/

[@DespotofAntrim]

Hail Joel!

[@bepisman208]

Craziest part of this whole video was literally seeing myself at 3:09

[@InfamyOrDeath-__-]

50:55 Yea this is something I hate about the franchise, the timeframe for the aliens growth has gotten quicker & quicker with every single movie.

[@themadoneplays7842]

Yeah but from a pacing point of view it makes sens not to repeat the slow nature from the original alien film. I mean most of the sequels are for better or worse are faster paced so it makes sense not to drag on what we already saw.

[@jimbelton]

Good video. You had me laughing quite a lot. I had the fortune to only see one of these films, "Borderlands". After about an hour, we switched it off, never to return to it.

[@jamessheridan4306]

"12 worst movies of 2024." Were there actually that many released? I must have been asleep.

[@thomasarnoldcoe6527]

Or washing the far more compelling Grass Growing