It seems that 2024 has not been the best of years for a lot of people. It certainly hasn't been one of the best for me. There were some good moments but overall it seemed to pass by in a flash with not much changes in my life. I certainly didn't have much time to think about my fake movies with everything else going on. I was even deciding whether or not to post a vote for the final Best Picture winner in my fictional Awards for Motion Picture Services (AMPS), which I've done most years since 2008. But then I thought about it and I've been simulating the AMPS awards every year since 2000, which makes this the 25th year of the AMPS awards. And I decided that I've come up with enough film ideas that I can come up with a vote. So as in previous Best Picture nominee votes, I've come up with four films that have locked up Best Picture slots, and have picked three other contenders that you the audience can vote on which will get the last slot. So after the break I will present a short summary of the three competitors and then a SurveyMonkey poll where you can vote on what you feel should take the last slot?
In case you find my explanation confusion, here are some previous votes.
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And of course here is the annual disclaimer
YOU HAVE NOT SEEN THESE MOVIES
THESE ARE MOVIES THAT I MADE UP
NOBODY HAVE SEEN THEM BECAUSE THEY DON'T EXIST
EXCEPT IN MY OWN IMAGINATION
PLEASE DON'T LET THAT STOP YOU FROM VOTING
Chillingsworth
Rated R
212 minutes
The Chillingsworth Institute was once upon a time a prestigious hospital for psychiatric care, but in the 150 years since it first opened it had since become overcrowded and understaffed, particularly in Unit B which houses the most psychotic and most dangerous patients. Things go from bad to worse with the arrival of Derrick McAnthony and Carter Brown, two recently released convicts that were ordered to submit to inpatient psychiatric treatment due to concerns for continued risk of harm to others. The pair agitate the patients and ignite the powder keg, fomenting a rebellion that ends up with the patients taking over the asylum. But as the group try to repel efforts from the police and eventually the armed forces from retaking the facility, personality differences between Derrick and Carter leading to splintering of alliances, but the in-fighting has potentially disastrous consequences.
The Hitman's Elegy
Rated R
143 minutes
Max Rollins is an accomplished assassin whose killings has done everything from destabilizing governments to toppling business monopolies. Yet as he aged he had seen his skills surpassed by younger hitmen. As he is pondering retirement he received a job assassinating an important politician in an island nation in East Asia. As he prepares for the job, he is haunted by flashbacks of some of his more infamous killings and the domino effects that they had on others besides the targets. As these flashbacks become more common the closer to the planned time of the assassination, Max must fight them off as he tries to finish one last job. Perhaps it is time for him to retire, but he has to get the job done and make it out alive which is not a guarantee. .
The Reckoning
Rated R
148 minutes
Don and Danny Lothario are a pair of small time mercenaries, taking on missions to collect money and rescue individuals with a stunningly efficient success rate. One day they are visited by representatives of a wealthy duke from an eastern European country and given the task of infiltrating a religious sect to rescue the duke's daughter who has been kidnapped. They break in with ease only to find that the sect is armed to the teeth with military-grade weapons. Even worse, they track down the duke's daughter only to find that she has assimilated into the group and has no interest in being saved. They must weigh their options to see if they should convince her to leave or kidnap her back? Either way they are due for a reckoning.
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There you go: three films, only one of which can win. I won't tell you how to vote, but just vote for the film you feel deserve that final Best Picture spot?
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