What a year it was for movies. And what a great award season it was celebrating the best of what 2024 had to offer. The Oscars have been handed out. The even more prestigious SAW Award winners have also been announced. Countless other award ceremonies have come and gone over the last few months, but we still have a few very significant honors to bestow on the films of 2024 before we officially call it a wraps on the year in cinema.
It is with great humility and gratitude that I present to you the winners of the inaugural Raf’s Really Rad and Totally Legit Awards (trademark pending).
Should Have Been a Musical – Nosferatu
Definitely Should Not Have Been a Musical – Emilia Perez
Maybe shouldn’t have been a movie at all
Best Mustache – Count Orlok (Nosferatu)
Runner up: Dave Franco’s mustache in Love Lies Bleeding
Best Wig – Ed Harris (Love Lies Bleeding)
Runner up: Dave Franco’s mullet in Love Lies Bleeding
Best Bob – Bob (Beetlejuice Beetlejuice)
Worst One-Take Action Sequence – Carry On car sequence
Runner up: Deadpool & Wolverine. Hollywood desperately needs to stop this trend.
Most Outstanding Product Placement – All of the Pepsi in Madame Web
Best Twist – A Quiet Place Day One
Did you know that this takes place in the same universe as those John Krasinksi Quiet Place movies?
Best Kill – Monkey Man toilet scene
IYKYK
Horniest Character – Tom Hardy in Bikeriders
Runner up: Tom Hardy in Venom: The Last Dance
Best Performance by an Animal – Conclave turtles
Worst Remake – Road House
Runner up: Juror #2 for being a crappy 12 Angry Men rip-off
Best Criminal Lesbians – Drive Away Dolls
Sorry to the Love Lies Bleeding crew!
Best Sand – Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga
Not sorry to the Dune: Part 2 crew!
Should’ve Had a Theatrical Run – Blitz
Should’ve Gone Straight to Streaming – The Beekeeper
(This movie kicks ass btw)
Should’ve Been a Streaming Miniseries – Longlegs
Also the winner of the “Let’s Never Compare This to Silence of the Lambs again” Award
Most Perplexing Movie – Megalopolis
What else could it have been?
Now that the hustle and bustle of Awards season is over we can finally get around to enjoying some of the new movies 2025 has to offer.
About damn time.
