There’s something really special about watching someone who has the confidence to go for it. Most of us can’t get over the trepidation and it is simply much easier to hide behind a facade or settle your sights to more achievable goals. You don’t have the opportunity to see what you can fully realize, but at least you aren’t opening yourself up to that ultimate level of scrutiny — from others, or yourself.
Marty Mauser, Timothee Chalamet, and Josh Safdie…
This mostly looks quite good — the costuming and cinematography in particular. A few of the visual effects are lacking, though.
I’m out on almost all of the other major filmmaking decisions. I don’t love the Oscar Isaac or Mia Goth performances, although I could live with them if the rest worked.
Unfortunately, GDT’s empathy for his monsters creates a fundamental flaw. His creature is completely innocent because he can’t bear to let his creation wreak havoc unprovoked. It’s a…
Very cool that a 20 year old made this and it’s so clear he’s got a bright future. I just love that Renate Reinsve and Chiwetal Ejiofor decided to take the chance to do this movie.
That said, I’m not totally sure it all worked throughout the entire runtime. It felt a bit like we were treading water at times — even if the sound design + production design were always impressive.
Still, this is a feat for any debut but particularly impressive for a guy this young.
I was absolutely shocked when I finished this and found out a woman directed it.
Expectations for films like this are always hard and I know I can never fully put them to the side. So, I was pretty nervous coming into One Battle After Another.
It delivered.
For me, this is one of the best films of the decade so far. I put it right up there with Killers of the Flower Moon. I think we will look back at both of these films as the defining works of the Trump/Biden years.
Just like…
I don’t think I would have ever asked for Director Bong to make a spiritual successor to Okja with his blank check movie, but this was a great time at the theaters. The two big complaints are the exposition dump in the beginning and uneven performances outside of Pattinson and Ackie. The metaphors are certainly on the nose throughout, but that didn’t bother me too much. I think Pattinson’s made for this type of black comedy and he carried so much of the burden.
