Grrr self-congratulatory cunts wanking over each other at an awards show that means nothing.
Whilst the plebs sit ogling at them as the world falls to bits around us.
It's just a massive fucking circlewank for the film industry.
One Battle After Another was self-indulgent bollocks and easily one of PTA's weakest films.
(, Mon 16 Mar 2026, 12:36, Reply)
"Grrrr. Movie with Lib themes"
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cumquat may will not be commenting further on the allegations, Tue 17 Mar 2026, 0:27,
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I honestly cannot be fucked with writing up my own interpretation outlining how fucking low-rent OBAA is.
But this bloke pretty much sums it up perfectly
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that doesn't seem to be a critique about any of the elements of movie making
like plot, performance or direction. It sounds like somebody whining that the baddies could have been more subversive, like some other film he recently watched, and then some irrelevant bollocks about trans athletes, and why he thinks other people liked it on the assumption everyone's just as much a reactionary as him, rather than it being a cool, well-made film with good performances and a chase.
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cumquat may will not be commenting further on the allegations, Tue 17 Mar 2026, 7:15,
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It's okay to have a difference of opinion, hun.
No need to get so worked up about it. Personally, I didn't think it was much to write home about, either. It's certainly not the worst film I've seen in the past 12 months, but it's a poor effort in comparison to There Will be Blood and Boogie Nights.
I enjoyed Sinners a far more than One Battle and as irrelevant as the Academy Awards are, the Best Original Score was deserved. There's still no getting around the fact that it was still essentially just a blackified From Dusk Till Dawn, though. Still, a lot of fun.
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that was me having a difference of opinion, schnookums
I reckoned marty supreme was just the apprenticeship of duddy kravitz doing the queens gambit
I thought one battle was a great film. not a masterpiece, but a strong second half pay off after a lengthy disjointed set-up. felt like there was more at stake than similar violent tarantino/rodriguez/sinners style thrillers. And it had better car chases than There will be blood
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cumquat may will not be commenting further on the allegations, Tue 17 Mar 2026, 13:12,
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The thing I don't get about OBAA is why
critics loved that but hated Eddington.
The latter was criticised for things that seem to apply to OBAA, whilst (to me) being no where near as fun or interesting.
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monkeon schmonkeon, Tue 17 Mar 2026, 12:45,
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I guess it depends what you're after when you go see a film
if you're just interested in social commentary, than Eddington seems more hot button than the broader stroke themes of OBAA. But audiences found it a slog, and it dropped out of the box office in it's second week, so it wasn't just the critics. I found the first act of OBAA a bit of a slog too, but it redeemed itself by being a really well directed action thriller in the end. It had better performances, a clearer vision, tauter actions scenes, and funnier scenes when it needed to be. Eddington might have been a better film with a better filmmaker/script as the subject matter was interesting. imho
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cumquat may will not be commenting further on the allegations, Tue 17 Mar 2026, 13:32,
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I'm aware it's ultimately just personal taste,
but I found Eddington funny and not a slog, but found OBAA a bit of a slog and not funny, so even in your post the criticism feels the wrong way round!
I mean, almost everyone seems to disagree with my opinion (except John Waters, as it was his film of the year) but it's weird when you really enjoyed something everyone seems to hate.
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monkeon schmonkeon, Tue 17 Mar 2026, 13:46,
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fair enough
there's films I liked that nobody else seemed to and ones they rave about that left me cold. I can only say that somewhat objectively the actions sequences in the second half of OBAA were well put together from a purely filmmaking perspective, though if you weren't connecting to the characters or plot that's not going to help.
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cumquat may will not be commenting further on the allegations, Tue 17 Mar 2026, 22:44,
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