‘One Battle After Another’ (dir. by Paul Thomas Anderson) | Leonardo DiCaprio, Regina Hall, Sean Penn (9/26)

[I AM WARHOL]

Sean Penn was by far the best performance in this movie...like, best supporting actor nominee status

100%

 

[ℒℴѵℯJay ELECTUA]

Definitely an IMAX experience?

 

[Tommy Gibbs]

the crazy thing about this movie is that it's true. These people actually exist!!! It's another example of art imiating life.

 

[Lootpack]

Definitely an IMAX experience?

On the biggest screen possible

 

[Ed MOTHERFUCKING G]

Just to get it out of the way,because they willl be constantly ranked and compared until the oscars

Sinners > One Battle After Another . Favorites this year are

1. Siiners
2. OBAA
3. Superman

Havent seen f1 or weapons fwiw

 

[Ed MOTHERFUCKING G]

Here is a phenomenal point…i would like your thoughts on this

This is a SPOILER POD but this SEGMENT i timestamped is not. The movie has not been promoted to black audences as well…which is a mistake

(Btw Van Lathan’s point is that SINNERS and black movies and creators HAVE to make money, but PTA and others can make creative vanity films and fail and it is all good…they of course misinterpret. not the poi;t of this clip but i wanted to clarify)

 

[phillycavsfan]

Here is a phenomenal point…i would like your thoughts on this

This is a SPOILER POD but this SEGMENT i timestamped is not. The movie has not been promoted to black audences as well…which is a mistake

(Btw Van Lathan’s point is that SINNERS and black movies and creators HAVE to make money, but PTA and others can make creative vanity films and fail and it is all good…they of course misinterpret. not the poi;t of this clip but i wanted to clarify)

I loved this movie, but it's damn near impossible to market. You can't really boil down the premise in a sentence or two, and

Spoiler: Plot Spoilers

You can't market the movie on Teyana because she leaves after 40 minutes and Regina Hall, while great, is only in it here and there and doesn't get any laugh lines. The biggest selling point (Leo) doesn't take center stage until 40 minutes into the movie.

 

[Ed MOTHERFUCKING G]

I loved this movie, but it's damn near impossible to market. You can't really boil down the premise in a sentence or two, and

Spoiler: Plot Spoilers

You can't market the movie on Teyana because she leaves after 40 minutes and Regina Hall, while great, is only in it here and there and doesn't get any laugh lines. The biggest selling point (Leo) doesn't take center stage until 40 minutes into the movie.

Spoiler

Fair, but I think at least greater imagery of black women and willow or even wood Harris would help as well as perhaps a trailer more tailored to that would help, or getting teyana or hall on the press junket more would help. I agree with the difficulty to market though.

 

[I AM WARHOL]

Here is a phenomenal point…i would like your thoughts on this

This is a SPOILER POD but this SEGMENT i timestamped is not. The movie has not been promoted to black audences as well…which is a mistake

(Btw Van Lathan’s point is that SINNERS and black movies and creators HAVE to make money, but PTA and others can make creative vanity films and fail and it is all good…they of course misinterpret. not the poi;t of this clip but i wanted to clarify)

I’m glad they didn’t tbh. I honestly think it might be divisive if they did.

Spoiler

Even one slight issue I had was the over sexualization of black women other than Regina. Which was probably a point PTA was trying to make. And the lack of black men in the movie. I could see those points being exacerbated if it was marketed as a black.

 

[Baka's Weird Case]

Seeing it on Sunday… can’t wait

 

[phillycavsfan]

Spoiler

Fair, but I think at least greater imagery of black women and willow or even wood Harris would help as well as perhaps a trailer more tailored to that would help, or getting teyana or hall on the press junket more would help. I agree with the difficulty to market though.

I do agree that this should've been marketed to black audiences more though. It's just the how that's the tough part.

 

[sjankis630]

I just saw this last night. This was great and definitely not one to sleep on. I wouldn't mind seeing it again soon.

 

[sjankis630]

It's very loosely based on a novel by Thomas Pynchon, Vineland. Which is basically about revolutionary hippies in the 1960s who do a bunch of wild shyt before the feds resume hunting them in the 1980s. The director has said he ultimately did his own thing instead of directly adapting it

I have read Vineland and it really is a movie with some of Pynchon's novel's roots in it but I feel this movie is it's own story. Vineland the novel has too much weirdness in it that would make it harder to adapt directly IMHO.

 

[Pseudo]

Thought Sinners had it in the bag but this is definitely the front runner for best picture.

I'd be hesitatant to call this PTA's best but it's VERY close. At the very least It's top 2. It's that good

 

[Straw Hat Luffy]

From the reviews here to a friend saying it’s his favorite film since parasite, I caved in and bought a ticket for a 5 clock showing