🎥 One Battle After Another

[glacial flint]

One Battle After Another on Letterboxd https://boxd.it/DUHM

Next weeekkkkk

[dreamy lotus]

Thanks for creating!!

https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/one_battle_after_another

https://www.metacritic.com/movie/one-battle-after-another/

https://m.imdb.com/title/tt30144839/

Rs when I saw trailers I thought this looked like an awful movie, it looked like taken or some Jason Statham type of film. Super excited to see this

sounds like there is more to it then meets the eye just viewing of trailers

[dreamy lotus]

https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZP8SXAKyG/

[dreamy lotus]

https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZP8SX3DS7/

Bruh Chase Infinit is badddd asf marvel need to snag her for a superhero movie

she kinda looks like the woman who plays Astrid in how to train your dragon

[eager slate]

Yeah this’s good

[tired gulch]

This is PTA's best film. Oscar sweep incoming

[unreal salmon]

https://tenor.com/view/gif-gif-19494817

[dreamy lotus]

Seeing this today

[crystal hull]

Amazing movie, PTA gonna win an Oscar

[unreal salmon]

Lifetime achievement award? Meh

[dreamy lotus]

Wow that was insane

the score was fantastic, story basically felt like it flipped the entire the script of those shitty taken style films on their head

def one of my fave movies of the past decade, ts flew buy… the “shortest” 2h 30m film I’ve seen

[dreamy lotus]

Did u see yet, if so what did you think?

||The general was a strong, — abit tragic —antagonist. Dude is torn between his “love” of Black women and his self-hatred of that fact, driven by a desperate desire to belong to the privileged “Christmas” club. (Think one could also read him as fetishizing Black women). Sean Penn’s facial acting was outstanding, especially after the meeting with the club, where he seemed almost mournful. All actors did wonderful job here.||

https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZP8SW2243/

[high cloak]

|| the car chase scene was one of the best scenes I saw in a while

The score was fantastic

Loved everything about the girl that played Leo's daughter

Didn't like the ending much I felt it was too weak for this movie

The movie still had fat that needed to be trimmed in the editing room (specifically the bit that took too long about the pass codes on the phone)

Great movie overall, loved the night scene

Wish Haim was a full time actress ||

[dreamy lotus]

||Yeah, the ending did feel abrupt for me. especially in the last 5 minutes. I was surprised they returned to living “normally,” unsure if they went back to their original house or assumed new identities (likely the latter).

The passcode-phone scene was one of the more humorous moments, with many things happening around him that advanced the plot/make it tense, making my screening audience laugh.

Car scene near end was so damn creative, got Bourne identity/supremacy vibes||

It was cool to see chainsaw man get highlighted with two trailers to pop of the opening trailers…etc

[dreamy lotus]

https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZP8SWbYQf/

“Seniors on the set” 🤣

[dreamy lotus]

This guy is a clown,

https://youtu.be/lT_7B-VuvtY?si=C4f8giY8Suy95mpU

[tawny wasp]

anyways this movie isnt PTAs best

[dreamy lotus]

that fellow gotta practice what he preaching

[tawny wasp]

but this is certainly a blast

[dreamy lotus]

This movie is gonna flop bad, I didn’t realize its budget was 175 mill 😭, I got tickets to more viewings to see it again. Barely any people at my location checking ts out.

[tawny wasp]

look at the good side

pta managed to fool warner bros into giving him $200+ mil despite his best selling movie is less than 100 mil

[lethal gull]

Great use of Dirty Work by Steely Dan

IM A FOOL TO DO YOUR DIRTY WORK

[dreamy lotus]

Didn’t Scorsese do something similar with killer of flower moon?

[jaunty willow]

Going to see this tomorrow 😁

[lethal gull]

Seeing it again tonight

In VistaVision again

[steep latch]

This is best of the year right now

[tropic obsidian]

Film of the fucking decade

[coral hollow]

Oh right this is here

Hi hi best of the year

[dreamy lotus]

I’m jealous, I think my theatre I go to only doing this in digital imax not even 70mm

[dreamy lotus]

Enjoy !!!

[frail kiln]

I dont get the hype

would have liked it more if people weren't calling it "film of the decade"

[unborn matrix]

i really love the implementation of those sound devices

[dreamy lotus]

That’s unfortunate 😭, best not to let others opinions bring down ur enjoyment fr fr. What parts didn’t work to well for yah? Or did it just not meet the expectations that had been set by others praise?

[nimble olive]

Lockjaw sounding like General Ripper

They’re stealing his precious fluids

[slender hatch]

Leo's character was absolutely hilarious. My theater was cracking up. Such a joy to see

[winter remnant]

Absolutely brilliant film, it won me over because at first I'm thinking it was going to be a political film because of the opening but it was so damn good, PTA is back!

[winter remnant]

I LOVED THAT MOMENT

"what time is it"

what's also amazing is that despite it's length there is not one wasted moment

If you liked this film check out Inherent Vice, its a much slower burn but has similar humor (though not as funny!)

[slender hatch]

I mean it was political tho...

Just not too heavy handed or overwhelming like Eddington (which I still like that too)

[winter remnant]

I agree, the film is so beautifully made and good though I think despite whatever viewpoint you come from your going to enjoy it

I have a feeling Tarantino helped on this one also

scriptwise

I'm just so happy to have a real PTA film that delivers, I was just let down by Licorice Pizza

anyways, the hype is real on this one 🙂

here's why I think the ending was pretty good ||it showed the next generation was going to take over and maybe make society a better place, though you would think they would still be looking for her, maybe they are in hiding somewhere, but they are both happy and that's what counted anyways||

[lethal gull]

Sean Penn

Jesus Christ

[winter remnant]

what a f*cking legend in this movie

incredible unique villain

[lethal gull]

||You like Black girls? I love em||

Had my theater dying

[unreal salmon]

Ari Aster is more self aware of the absurdities of the political duality

[unreal salmon]

[tidal sonnet]

Okay honestly though, ||was I the only one that was shocked that Lockjaw survived a shot to his face like that||???

I'm gonna say it...

IT'S THE BEST MOVIE OF 2025!!

[eager slate]

no

[tidal sonnet]

I was like "Ain't no way!"

[eager slate]

I don't think he should've survived

because i didn't think he did and then I also thought the scenes afterwards of him felt unnecessary

[tidal sonnet]

I wouldn't say it's heavy handed. Honestly, my main criticisms of it were that Austin Butler and Pedro Pascal were kinda underused and the tone shift I'm a little mixed on and I wished they delve a little more into the conspiracy theory stuff. But I still think Eddington is great. Again, definitely an IMPROVEMENT over Beau is Afraid (2023).

[tidal sonnet]

Yeah I knew they were gonna kill him, but I honestly didn't expect him to die from the gas coming from the ventilation.

[eager slate]

can't recall if i thought that or not

i liked the chair he was sitting in

i suppose maybe he wanted to be fully sure people knew Lockjaw was dead

[dreamy lotus]

A little, when I was watching I thought he took a direct hit, during my rewatch I’m gonna pay more attention to see how that scene was shot, cause it looked like dude ate that… which if so is kinda unrealistic.

We see him later get out with shot having missed else his head would have been mush.

[dreamy lotus]

I felt that a little but it’s kinda a full circle moment for the general he gets everything he wants and his people he was trying to cozy up to still don’t view him as one of them. They cap him off.

it kinda shows the general is like “grifters” irl

[eager slate]

i see

[jaunty willow]

This movie was so awesome. I loved it so much. It was excellent

Definitely my favourite movie of 2025

Sean Penn was just incredible. He made me laugh a lot but when he got angry he would scare me and his walk was hilarious

[viral mason]

An epic

https://tenor.com/view/one-battle-after-another-obaa-leo-leonardo-dicaprio-clap-gif-3049019405960936502

[viral mason]

They were only after them to tie up Lockjaw’s loose ends before he joins the Christmas club but now he’s sorted it’s not their problem

[jaunty willow]

The Christmas club 😭😂😂

[dreamy lotus]

Peacemakers dad would have loved em

[viral mason]

https://x.com/filmupdates/status/1971961922779279734

Film Updates (@FilmUpdates)

Leonardo DiCaprio, Sean Penn, Chase Infiniti and Paul Thomas Anderson via IG 📸

X · Sep 27, 2025, 3:35 PM

[dreamy lotus]

This movie is going to be one of the most relevant films of the 2020s. Especially since the orange essentially said to go “full force” on the irl “French 75” in Portland. What ever “full force” means..

[viral mason]

https://tenor.com/view/viva-la-revolución-bob-ferguson-sensei-sergio-one-battle-after-another-long-live-the-revolution-gif-12825954708803297213

[winter remnant]

did I miss something? lol

[winter remnant]

I was thinking that watching it, that it's almost a dangerous film but in a way art can be dangerous

[jaunty willow]

I didn’t know that junglepussy is a rapper. I thought she was just a character name in the movie

🤣

[fossil imp]

That car chase scene in the end with that background score and cinematography was so perfect..the tension built on that scene was so amazing

[polar wyvern]

Jesus christ Sean Penn was so good in this

[viral mason]

Something so ambitious about making a one lane car chase scene

[unreal salmon]

With reformists like the Paris 75 it will only get worse

[tall otter]

I wanted to love this movie I really did

PTA is one of my favorite directors working today

No misses except inherent Vice

WHAT DID I MISS GUYS

For me it felt like the pacing was just unengaging

One big giant act

Will I like it more on rewatch?

This is hailed as the greatest film of the decade!

I’m fucking missing out on something

WHAT IS IT

[unreal salmon]

People are cosplaying through it, it's a great crime comedy, executed better than IV, but it does not touch TWBB/Master those go through the full gambit of emotions

[tall otter]

I feel this exact same way

It’s like I feel like outside of certain hardcore film communities the overall consensus is a just a good movie

They’d never know that this got as much praise as say The fucking Godfather

[unreal salmon]

Give Eddington to PTA, more crisp, then give OBAA to Ari Aster to make it more morally ambiguous

[tall otter]

true I loved Eddington

but ending was eh

I had more fun with Eddingtons third act

Than I did here

[unreal salmon]

OBAA better genre movie, but Eddington is more current affairs, for what's that worth

Could have been bumped up to 3rd/4th on my pta list if it had a more heater last 5 mins, like the american movie of the year, Weapons

[tall otter]

Fucking banger movie

I don’t know how people don’t like it

The idea of 2 genres coexisting baffle them

Like the main opinions I’ve heard is “it’s hilarious”

But they use that as a flaw?

[dreamy lotus]

I loved the ending of Eddington shit was ironic, what I didn’t like was that the director said the entire movie was all about the data center

[dreamy lotus]

I thought it was widely beloved among review aggregate sites ? Its Metacrtic aggregate score is pretty nuts, it’s RT shows that it’s more than 90% view it “positively”, it’s IMDb is above an 8.0

https://www.metacritic.com/movie/one-battle-after-another/

its user score is a lil low

https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/one_battle_after_another

Oh interesting it’s user score on rt is also quite low

https://m.imdb.com/title/tt30144839/ratings/?ref_=tt_ov_rat

[tall otter]

Eddington

Very divisive

My theater was howling

at some scenes

especially the f** r**

[dreamy lotus]

Oooooo that makes sense, I watched it at home absolutely loved it. So damn good.

I found the movie balanced politics well without being overwhelming or one sided, and it also built up the sheriff’s “breaking bad” moment effectively. He is repeatedly bullied and belittled, which I found more valuable of a lesson than the director’s intended focus on the data center. technology will always advance, I appreciated how the townspeople portrayed, and the sheriff’s descent into madness felt realistic. Along with the depiction of social media use was quite accurate. Music and cinematography was nice so many shots in that movie looked like they could be a phone/pc background

Also the sheriff killing of his political opponent was quite jarring, quite realistic (not sure if yall seen the footage of that debater that got tagged irl ), but ts looked quite realistic.

I think the ending was bonkers in a good way, though the scene where that one social media obsessed teen shoots the 🐜E-Fa dude who was a little corny. The way the dude gets shot up seemed a lil overdone compared to some of the other Ks

[glacial flint]

Like 95% of people love it

[dreamy lotus]

Another thing that was kinda fire about OBAA is that unlike other films like this like “taken” or taken like films, is the dude isn’t just going around massacring minorities or people of some other country which a lot of those movies just feel like weird “anger” fantasy film.

[glacial flint]

Myself included

Anyone who says this film isnt political is talking out their ass

[dreamy lotus]

in a matter of fact I don’t think Leo’s character killed anyone on screen.

also it kinda defies the trope cause even though he’s trying to save his daughter she saves herself

[dreamy lotus]

Yooo finally!!! How did you like ?

Did you post ur review yet

[glacial flint]

Not yet i literally just got outta the cinema lol

But its a 5

[dreamy lotus]

the musical score for this movie was so good, idk who the composer is but sheeesh that main theme is 🧑🏾‍🍳

[dreamy lotus]

I’m seeing it again tmrw

[glacial flint]

That was so stressful and I love it

[glacial flint]

https://boxd.it/bckowr

[vital fjord]

Watched this and it was a lot of fun. I didn't really feel the length of the movie as well because of the plot and the performances were amazing. I also didn't expect this movie to have some goofy moments like that ||Phone call scene ||. Also, the movie delves into issues that are very relevant politically right now and does it really well imo.

Overall, I thought it was fantastic.

[unreal salmon]

The latest thing I've seen is that if you laugh at the Christmas Adventurers Club bits, that's complicity

[unreal salmon]

Proof something on metacritic in the 65-85 sweet spot, willing to be more divisive, like The Master, keeps you thinking

[winter remnant]

one thing about PTA is that he's never totally serious, his films have alot of humor in them

[tall otter]

Was briefly Talking about Weapons

But yeah I wish I was apart of that 95%

I don’t fucking know why I didn’t love it

I was expecting the TWBB PTA

For me it’s like

It’s just a cool blockbuster

That’s relevant to today

I wish I got the hype

Again maybe I missed something?

y’all gotta help me out :/

[glacial flint]

It has a 95 on there

[tall otter]

I’m rewatching tomorrow

maybe itll grow on me

[tough pine]

It’s an action movie that is less John Wick and more of old classics like French Connection (which was one of the movie’s springboard)

It’s great and I think this is probably his most mainstream movie

[tall otter]

thats what bugs me

it should be accessible

so I should love it

[tough pine]

Tbf the beginning felt weak to me, but it picked up in the middle

[tall otter]

yeah I agree

Second acts the strongest for me

I think my problem is the pacing

it’s paced like it’s just one continuous chase

or whatever

I don’t like that

Theres no highs

it’s just consistently tense

again like this is the type of movie I feel it will only be praised by hardcore film enthusiasts

and just enjoyed by normal audiences

[unreal salmon]

The politics are a macguffin, really it's more a critique of the mononormative approach by the right/left to family values and ultimately says, you can't choose your biological family

[drowsy gate]

I think my only issue is with the Christmas Adventures Club like what makes them so special and exclusive besides being an old rich white supremacists club that worship santa, it's not like those secret society like in Eyes Wide Shut where they did some fuck up ritual and have massive influence towards the elite where in this movie I didn't feel any fear or menacing element from this group

[queen iris]

One Battle After Another

[queen iris]

The score that played when Willow first encounters Lockjaw in the Church was amazing

[viral mason]

https://x.com/evanaboutcinema/status/1971916594856042889

EvanAC (@EvanAboutCinema)

Sean Penn in Paul Thomas Anderson’s 'One Battle After Another'.

X · Sep 27, 2025, 12:35 PM

[fossil imp]

Scene of the year for me

[tropic obsidian]

Anyone who dug OBAA: check out Happyend. Very good, similar pro-revolution themes but in a different context

[dreamy lotus]

I had thought the Christmas Adventure club has a large amount of political power/sway in the country. it’s implied that in scenes with lockjaw and them. So I’d think the main reasons is money and power.

[glacial flint]

This may be my top of the year, i know its at least in the 3

[dreamy lotus]

Doesn’t the movie end with the father being fine with his daughter being a “revolutionary”.. part of his character arc was him going from a revolutionary to wanting to be a parent to then being an “overprotective parent” to him letting his daughter carry on their political fight.

Dear god… Fox made a review of this film…

😭😭

it’s wild I think they entirely missed the mark

*“As I walked to my car after the nearly three-hour indictment of America, I lit a cigarette and wondered how all these multimillionaires like DiCaprio and Anderson can live with themselves if they truly believe America is as rank and horrible as the film depicts.

How can all those actors at the Emmy Awards who yell "F--- ICE!" like ignorant toddlers reconcile that the same government is what protects their fabulous lifestyles of the rich and famous?”*

*“‘One Battle’ starts with a mass political violence campaign from Perfidia’s group, called French 75, in about 2010, with the rest of the movie taking place in the present day. The idea that the federal government was engaged in racist fascism in Obama’s first term just feels absurd.

For this movie to make any sense at all, one has to believe the United States, today, right now, is a fascist dictatorship. That is not only a dangerous fallacy but, as we have found out recently, a deadly one.”*

🤦🏾‍♂️🤦🏾‍♂️🤦🏾‍♂️🤦🏾‍♂️

Did the film even give us explicit years for the time jump that occurs between act 1 and 2?

[glacial flint]

They didnt no

[dreamy lotus]

This mf think the rebellion in StarWars would be the “bad guys”

[glacial flint]

Also ew fox

[dreamy lotus]

it shouldn’t be this hard to see that the “revolutionaries” are more nuanced, while they technically are “t-rists”, one has to scrutinize their cause other than just say they are pure evil…

shoot we could go back to the inception of the United States and call those that rebelled against England to form the untied States “terrorists”

“subjects of the Crown rebelling against lawful authority

[dreamy lotus]

Right so the criticism of 2010 things don’t even make any sense 😭.

What’s stupid is that due to them making that review, if someone queries “what year does one battle after another take place in”, Google shit ai summary shows 2010, then if one selects the link it’s referring it references 3 and one being that fox review… 🤦🏾‍♂️🤦🏾‍♂️🤦🏾‍♂️ which boldly claims it to take place in 2010 which is misinformation

https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/one-battle-after-another-movie-review-2025

https://www.wmagazine.com/culture/one-battle-after-another-trailer-release-date-cast

the third is that review from Fox

[viral mason]

https://x.com/filmupdates/status/1972324787927359613

Film Updates (@FilmUpdates)

‘ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER’ opened to $22.4M domestically and $26.1M internationally, reaching a $48.5M worldwide debut.

It marks the biggest box office opening ever for director Paul Thomas Anderson.

X · Sep 28, 2025, 3:37 PM

[lethal gull]

I wouldn’t be surprised if Vince McMahon was an inspiration for Sean Penn’s performance

[gloomy venture]

i thought it was 2018 or 2019 purely going off the music they were playing from the dance

although that might be too on the nose

[polar wyvern]

He was the highlight for me

[polar wyvern]

I don’t even think this movie necessarily glorifies political violenve at all

Also this dilm obviously takes place in a slightly alternate, slightly exaggerated version of reality

Its not saying “this is exactly how America currently is” it’s saying “this is very close to how it is and how it very soon may be”

[glacial flint]

"exaggerated"

[polar wyvern]

Ever so slightly

Anyway I don’t even 100% agree with this movie’s political stance but I very heavily respect it

[dreamy lotus]

||The U.S. is honestly worse than this film depicts, undocumented people disappearing, prisoners silenced, all under the banner of “Christian values.” That hypocrisy is what fascinates me.

Take the general: he shows sorrow at the thought of killing his “daughter” during the Christmas club scene where he wants to become one of them, yet contradicts himself by pursuing the very role of a Christmas adventurer while claiming to have loved Profidia. This reminds me of some that preach and our against gays within a party but themselves are closeted.

The revolution itself isn’t glorified. The first act already shows the toll Profdia’s recklessness while pregnant, noticed by Deandra and Bob. Still, Profidia isn’t just a faceless neglectful parent; her choices show nuance beyond simple labels she prioritizes her own revolution over her family kinda like lockjaw does to his own kid. But also still cares for her via the letter and the discussions we here behind the door when Bob is listening to her have a breakdown in act 1||

[dreamy lotus]

Is that imax screening?

[dreamy lotus]

Same, seemed like the past few years given the sound track in highschool.

Something didn’t realize on my first watch through that became a little more clear on second is that the hitman went after Avanti car because he assumed Avanti was in it. Dude was going to cap Avanti.. so Avanti prob helped the Willa escape cause he realized he was next while seeing the other militia members enter that house.

[polar wyvern]

My dad who typically has an “anti woke” but not necessarily conservative opinion on most things had some interesting takes

Wheras with most movies he’ll complain about black characters being “too perfect” he actually thought perfidia was in a sense too flawed, like it was out of character for her to be a rat

And honestly I agree

He also took issue with the small scene of the Molotov cocktail guy suggesting the idea that the police plant people in protest groups to incite violence

[dreamy lotus]

Oh bet, that does make sense I doubt police would directly do or do it to begin with.

However the film actually lines up with what the president just(yesterday or today) claimed on Truth Social—that the FBI planted 274 agents in the Jan. 6 crowd to stir chaos… and ofc the orange overlord cannot be wrong 😄.

But the film also plays into the belief by both right and left that fbi, military conduct false flag operations to incites riots and or other things etc.

the thing is in the film lockjaw is doing a false flag operation to nab illegals in that chicken factory thing, which itself is a guise for him to nab his suspected daughter.

There is a historical precedent(s) for public fear on this… it’s not some conspiracy. There is well documented cases of the United States doing this via: COINTELPRO (1950s–1970s),
1968 Democratic National Convention, Environmental & activist infiltration (1970s–2000s), Operation Northwoods (1962– this was proposed but not actually executed), Gulf of Tonkin Incident (1964)

In the movie, though, it isn’t local police but the military guy, Lockjaw, who brings in unmarked contractors to incite violence.

As for Perfidia, I thought her being a rat did fit what we saw in Act 1. She’s selfish and revolutionary, she is deeply flawed. Even while pregnant she put the movement above family which seemed to worry her friends and her boyfriend, hid her relationship with Lockjaw, and kept it going willingly. Snitching on her crew felt like an extension of that self-preservation instinct—though she couldn’t really live with it and eventually bailed. There is also a question did she love lockjaw I think it’s easy to write it off as her obviously not liking the fellow but she enjoyed the power she had over the fellow.

Even in the heist she crosses another line by killing someone, which seemed to shock Jungle-Pussy, as if the group hadn’t gone that far before.

[glacial flint]

Oh fuck me I shouldve stopped the political talk earlier

Sorry that is 1000% my bad

We just cant talk politics like this in this server

I apologize

[dreamy lotus]

my bad, tho it’s hard to discuss this film w/o politics ain’t they interwound with the themes of the film 😭

[polar wyvern]

Oh interesting insight about the first thing. I do feel though, like Perfidia was established to put her priority for the movement OVER her family which makes it strange that she would abandon the movement so easily. I totally get your point though.

[glacial flint]

I hrt that but also we shouldnt be bringing IRL political stuff into it i feel

Just our general regulations and I shouldve spoken up sooner

[polar wyvern]

Either way it’s a small nitpick

[glacial flint]

My apologies, again

[polar wyvern]

Hmm. I feel like both this and the Eddington channel might have to be a bit more lenient just because of how directly they address current political points.

[glacial flint]

I cant currently allow that

[dreamy lotus]

Right that’s what gets me, she chooses to still engage with the general. I assume they gw eachother more of screen?

[glacial flint]

But I can bring it up to the team

[polar wyvern]

Maybe not though. Theres still a ton to talk about in other parts of this movie

[glacial flint]

The issue is that it qill get ugly in here very fast

If we bring up real politics ever again

[dreamy lotus]

Would def think it’s worth mentioning fr fr, Eddington and this are interwound in it. There are technical film making aspects to the film, but even the conversation of parenthood in this film can go down that path.

[polar wyvern]

I loved how Pynchon-esque parts of this movie were. Like, the scene with Lockjaw’s boner and the one where Bob was crawling through the gassed up tunnel felt straight out of Gravity’s Rainbow

[dreamy lotus]

I’ve not seen either of those

they on streaming?

I wish they’d have given lockjaw a smaller dick lmao bro was packing

[polar wyvern]

I mean those scenes remind me of the writing if Thomas Pynchon who wrote Gravity’s Rainbow

[dreamy lotus]

not to mention bro didn’t skip arm day 👀, no wonder his arms were so big

[polar wyvern]

Bursting right out of that tight shirt

Lmao when he asked if Willa was insinuating if he was gay

[dreamy lotus]

Hope to look that good when I’m what ever age he is

[polar wyvern]

He needs to win a best supporting actor oscar. I genuinely think his performance is an all time villain performance

[dreamy lotus]

He’s up there with heath ledger joker for me, and homelander casting. The villain performance is iconic, it’s such a shame that general public ain’t going out to see this

[polar wyvern]

Also kinda hot take but I’d love for Regina Hall to win a best supporting actress oscar but it will probably go to either Chase Infiniti or Teyana Taylor who honestly both really deserve it

[dreamy lotus]

chase infinite was mad impressive, tbh she looks so much like Nico Parker

hope this movie does decent at box office

[polar wyvern]

The one nonbinary friend ratting her out feels a teeny bit suspect tbh

[polar wyvern]

I hope word of mouth, political relevance, and social media will help

[dreamy lotus]

Oh yeah, was surprised any of her friends would rat her out, having her Trans friend do it was interesting choice, but also it’s valid. It’s one of those things where irrespective of gender or race a character can be a dumbass 😁. And her friend who snitched her out was a dumbass

[polar wyvern]

Plus very likely oscar presence could get this re released

[vital fjord]

She was fantastic and it is her first movie role I believe, I saw her in Presumed innocent TV show and she was great there too

[polar wyvern]

Yeah, also all her friends kinda seemed like dumbasses lol

[dreamy lotus]

Oh bet, ima have to give ts a watch. I hope they should snag her for an MCU movie. Was hoping they’d do Nico Parker but I’m guessing she’ll be busy with HTTYD LA sequels

[vital fjord]

Oh

[dreamy lotus]

That poor Latino kid was going through it 🤣

[polar wyvern]

Leo intimidating Bludo was hilarious

[dreamy lotus]

He looked mad familiar did the kid star in “American crime” tv series ?

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Crime_(TV_series)

[polar wyvern]

Also I thought the hispanic representation was great. The skateboarding guys are people I have totally met and Benecio Del Toro’s household captured the vibe of every hispanic household ive ever been in so well

[vital fjord]

Totally

[tough pine]

That’s the point no? They act like they are special because they are rich and has control over the military

I think making them like from Eyes Wide Shut would undervalue the seriousness of these white supremacist groups

[polar wyvern]

I think Tony goldwyn’s character was also very intimidating

He was so good at being a “friendly” white guy who turns out to be a racist terminator

I think he was pretty underused

[dreamy lotus]

Who’s the guy that initially talks to lockjaw, I think it’s the dude who daughter had a bday party?

first time he meets the xmas adventure club

[unreal salmon]

https://youtu.be/Spp84ovOMPE?si=x8PI3sIwmsO61NBu

[high cloak]

NGL the performance that took me the most was that of Chase. She's a genuine star in the making hopefully.

But ye Penn nailed his role so hard.

[high cloak]

Best new scene I watched in a long long while

[viral mason]

Chase was really good and basically the main character

But yeah I couldn’t stop thinking of Sean after seeing it

[dreamy lotus]

Ive seen other complaints on tt of people saying its Hollywood casting light skin again for a role that could have gone to some one dark…

I think part of the point is lockjaw having hooking up with the general is more of a power play that makes her feel powerful.

Take this last comment it says the black characters serve to prop up the white male character… did they watch the movie Bob is a mess…. An absolute mess

This is the exact opposite of Fox News review where they said they demonized all the white characters and made the one white protagonist useless…

This movie breaks from white savior trope… idk how that commenter says that… Willa saves herself… maybe there complaint is they had a white man be the rocket man…?

That’s also a issue with being mixed, you get attacked by white folks and black folks for different reasons 😭

[warm egret]

Using Leo Decaprinotolderthantwentyfive-o as the antifa revolutionary was certainly a choice based on who Leo portends to be in real life

[dreamy lotus]

I think the way the character is written plays to strengths that Leo has as an actor thus why Leo was chosen plays to his chaotic tendencies but also comedic. I’d be curious to hear why director chose each actor/actress.

in act 1 Leo is much more coherent and intelligent he understand basic circuit design…etc as he’s able to craft “weapons” for the movement because he’s not abusing drugs… it’s a quite the big plot point in the film, he’s bumbling around while his daughter gets nabbed, he can’t remember his passwords…etc. his drug use serves to be a coping mechanism for the life he’s lived and had to abandon.

[warm egret]

no im saying in that leo is giant hypocrite

he claims to be for the planet

and does the opposite

your points are succinct

[dreamy lotus]

😁 I mean he is an actor, when we have actors that are the way they act in films we get folks like johnthan majors 🥲

[warm egret]

ugh dammit

other than that

Infinite was the most compelling in this after Sean Penn (who also sucks lol)

so hopefully she comes out on top

[dreamy lotus]

Oh what’s up with Sean penn? This is the first movie I’ve seen that has him in it

[warm egret]

i mean at that point I guess every celeb sucks in some way

hes gota list though

[stone sedge]

love this movie fr

[stone sedge]

he keeps beating people

[dreamy lotus]

Oh it seems like he was lashing out at photographers or paparazzi?

That seems to be the bulk of his cases. Then there was some accusations that Penn abused Madonna which Madonna shot down in court and Daniels even apologized and settled with Penn. (ofc just because he won doesn’t mean it didn’t happen vice versa is true)

Him lashing out at photographers/ paparazzi is a little more nuanced I could understand why someone might get that angry when being harassed by other people… especially if he was provoked. Still no reason to loose your cool but I’m firm believer of play stupid games win stupid prizes.

Then there were two where he fought an extra and a musician? Those seem outa pocket and messed up.

But seems like a lot of those incidents stem from pre 2000s.

Since then doesn’t seem like there has been documented proof that he continues to beat people. (I mean there was 2009 incident where he kicked a paparazzi but let’s be real a subset of the paparazzi are trash.. they harass people) that entire system encourages violating others privacy, invasiveness… they def operate in a grey zone from my pov.

yk I just realized paparazzi are kinda like professional rage baiters

😭😭😭

[glacial flint]

Paparazzi are scum

Who cares if he yells at them

Like genuinely nobody should give a fuck

Paparazzi are bottom feeders

Not just a subset
All of them

[dreamy lotus]

I think the issue is from law pov he “assault”. As shit as paparazzi is still no reason to strike back “assault”…etc but it’s one of those things where people hold celebs to an unrealistic standard

If a normal person is thrust into that type of position they’d crack, loads of pressure… being stalked and having photos taken of them w/o their consent…etc

[dreamy lotus]

https://www.theguardian.com/film/2025/sep/29/jezebels-race-kink-and-cardi-b-in-one-battle-after-another-black-women-are-still-stereotypes-paul-thomas-anderson

I’m not seeing it, I don’t get it. Perfidia is much more nuanced then this

I think there is more non verbal acting going on with her character like during the encounter with Lockjaw after she leaves the bathroom and meets up with “Bob”. also she’s a woman that is prob having some form of postpartum…

“Surely a more plausible explanation would have been that her commitment to the cause made it necessary to put the revolution first”

She is selfish sure but that doesn’t make her awful, she chooses the revolution over her family

but also is willing to rat to save herself

[warm egret]

she wasnt one to be tied down, not by love, children, govt, others, or even a cause, she was always out for herself

[dreamy lotus]

“But no, Anderson went for extreme horniness instead. This is a choice. Just like it was a choice to name another of his Black female revolutionary characters “Junglepussy”, a sexualised spin on the old racist slur “jungle bunny”. Or to have Perfidia express her principled defiance of the fascistic state with the phrase “this pussy don’t pop for you””

like this misses the mark, she said this pussy don’t pop for you because the relationship between Lockjaw and her was only sexual?

from her pov

or maybe it was power dynamic, she has power over her someone she views as an opperesor.

[warm egret]

movie feels like it came crashing in from the 80s but with a different story

the way it was shot, the music

the night scene with the skaters

the final battle in a desolate highway

[dreamy lotus]

bro towards the end of movie I stg there is a track that sounds like it’s ripped from the wizard of oz, it’s like this piano tune, that sounds like miss gulch theme

https://youtu.be/r4kiXh8YOzk?si=zdYS3be6QC_skneh

this one

It’s before the car chase scene

well before it

[warm egret]

I feel like this movie is how "Honey, Don't" wanted to feel but didnt nail it like this

[dreamy lotus]

I haven’t seen that yet

is that the one with Aubrey Plaza 😍

[warm egret]

and Qualley

[dreamy lotus]

“Sorry to complicate your enjoyment of your new favourite film. I know pointing this out risks upsetting those Letterboxd loyalists who can brook no challenge whatsoever to their favourite film-maker. To them I say: please don’t worry yourselves unduly about Anderson’s feelings. He’s a big boy. I promise you; he can take it.”

““Do you like Black girls? I love them.” This is intended to demonstrate the character’s repellence, but would be much more effective as such, if we hadn’t just seen lovable Bob describe his attraction to Perfidia in pretty much the same terms, moments earlier.”

Idk but there is a big difference I think the film is trying to highlight and that’s with how someone like Lockjaw views black women vs Bob…
There is a scene in the car with Bob where Bob vents to Sergio, about not being able to do Willa’s hair…etc clearly things meant to show the shortcomings he feels he has as a father of a black girl. At the begging of the film both Lockjaw and Bob say they like blackwomen… I think there is this difference between authenticity between them. Bob is a parent someone that genuinely cares about prefidia, Willa,…etc.

Lockjaw contrasts this beautifully… someone that loves prefidia due to their power dynamic and also he has some degree of respect for her— at the same time he goes against those feelings by supporting a white supremcist organization .

[warm egret]

"I have nothing nice to say"

[warm egret]

I standby that this was a new-retro of Blacksploitation films

sexy black woman banging to get what she needs and leaves

"junglepussy"

comedic white supremacists

instead of this time it isnt about fighting for "civil rights" or "black power"

but the "revolucion" and thereof of underground networks to take down supremacy

think to "The Warriors" movie

[dreamy lotus]

I’d argue it’s not, because she isn’t just banging to get what she needs she is engaging in a means to survive and keep her movement going… she is initially forced into meeting him at that hotel. If she didn’t show up, there is a chance he’d have narcd.

There first encounter between them I think her asking him to get hard wasn’t meant to be sexual. But meant to be humiliating the general. The issue is she didn’t expect the general to be into BDSM and during that scene there is no way she’d have known the general would become obsessed with her.

the general then stalks her movements and strategically waits to abuse his power over her forcing her into that situation.

you could maybe even make the argument prefidia was raped, because while she may not wanted to have done it… she was forced to meet the general else he could have harmed her. That’s why I don’t see it as sexy black woman banging to get what she needs.

[dreamy lotus]

the folks in the Christmas adventure club don’t seem like bad people off rip till hearing there dog whistles and seeing their actions. I think that’s the intent because modern racism in America has changed. Thats one part of the film it does well, the “oppressors” aren’t the explicitly racist stereotypes they are the behind closed doors type

[warm egret]

they literally killed the guy for having interracial sex and an interracial child, who he was told to kill

[warm egret]

she was into the humiliation, the facial movements and reactions indicate that bit , but i might be looking too far

[dreamy lotus]

I think so too, she enjoys having power over someone who she hates.

[warm egret]

wont argue that in consequence, yes she was raped, and heavy coercion

"prison or sex with me"

[dreamy lotus]

she didn’t strike me as someone that loved the general.

[warm egret]

both a prison

not at all

prefidia didnt love at all

if anything she loved the struggle

[dreamy lotus]

Yup that is evidenced by the letter at the end

[warm egret]

didnt want love from someone, a child, a family

but understood that her daughter was a person

[dreamy lotus]

I think in retrospect she realizes that via that letter which we get

[warm egret]

sans the letter

[warm egret]

yea BUT DID SHE COME BACK? no

fuck a letter

[dreamy lotus]

She can’t 😆, she’s classified french75. If anything her dna gets registered anywhere she’d be screwed.

they faked the story she died

but that would be mad risky

[warm egret]

nah she bullshit

boooo prefidia

booooo

[dreamy lotus]

What I was saying there is off rip when the audience are introduced to them they don’t say anything straight away that screams evil. There mannerisms are all polite…etc. it’s once they start using dog whistles and their other actions that is when the audience should know these are “bad” folks. That’s what I mean by behind closed doors racsim, (this is generalization) those type of folks are to smart to let themselves be caught saying something in public) hence why at the end of the film none of them get got

[warm egret]

praising christmas is inherently evil

[tall otter]

SECOND WATCH WAS BETTER

But:

The projector died at the car chase

Fuck my life

[warm egret]

thats like

the best part

after the night escape scene

[dreamy lotus]

https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZP8SKnMq7/

this lady’s review is the polar opposite of that Gaurdian op ed piece.

[dreamy lotus]

Time for a third watch

[dreamy lotus]

I assumed the whole Christmas bit is racist dog whistle cause of the whole,

“White Christmas” song irl… tbh this movie could unfortunately give racists ideas of new dog whistles to use

[polar wyvern]

She was great

I was a bit iffy on her in her first few scenes but she was amazing

I also think she had great chemistry with the entire cast

Especially Regina Hall and Sean Penn

[unreal salmon]

Even a OBAA skeptic like myself:

Diagnosis with me with Zero Fucks Given cause i give zero fucks about the private life of creators unless they are actual felons

[dreamy lotus]

Yall think vod is Tue, Oct 28 through Tue, Nov 11, 2025. ?

[unreal salmon]

So into the wild is an invalid movie? What is your point

You have become such a sweat that you one day won't be able to enjoy anything & that's what I've been warning against ppl in here becoming

[polar wyvern]

I dislike Leo and I DEFINITELY dislike Penn but their performances were amazing

I also, personally don’t like Paul Thomas Anderson much from my personal experiences with him but hes an AMAZING director

[unreal salmon]

Same goes for Woody Allen imo

[unreal salmon]

You must be trolling

[polar wyvern]

The car chase scene was almost perfect except for one way too shaky shot that lasted way too long

[dreamy lotus]

https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZP8So8VMC/

[polar wyvern]

There could honestly be a sequel

Theres so much room with Perfidia and the Christmas Adventure Gang storylines

[dreamy lotus]

absolutely

after the car chase I thought there was still another hour or so left on my first watch.

Me internal clock was thrown out of whack.

Though I am happy if it’s one and done.

[pseudo token]

this so peak

I love the shot with the pregnant mom just mag dumping at the start

[unreal salmon]

Sequel brain

[trim talon]

i liked OBAA & definitely had some good funny humour but most of the time i thought Leo’s character would do something heroic but ends up just being in panic mode and being a fuck-up and just being a dad. Sean Penn’a character though 😬😬 weird sicko fr.

The moment we see that Perfidia was pregnant, i already assumed it wasn’t Bob’s. Idk if it was meant to be revealed later on but that was pretty predictable

[echo cipher]

Was this movie a practical joke

[dreamy lotus]

You didn’t like?

[echo cipher]

I feel so conflicted. I need to sit on this for a while

[dreamy lotus]

A song about wishing for a “white Christmas” makes sense for Christmas Adventurers theme 😭

[viral mason]

https://x.com/onebattlemovie/status/1972794905899811044

One Battle After Another (@onebattlemovie)

Thank you, Sensei! #OneBattleAfterAnother is the #1 movie in the world. Experience it now only in theaters and IMAX.

X · Sep 29, 2025, 10:45 PM

[dreamy lotus]

While def think it’s reception wise it’s prob one of the most well received by critics this year. Via RT, Metacritic…

Being number 1 movie in the world is better to use w/box office… and no Ne Zha 2 crushed it… ofc some in the states thinks there box office numbers are “inflated” or cooked.

In a matter of fact this movie is technically a flop

I think it’s budget is reported to be 135-170 mil, rn it’s at 45mil

[viral mason]

Yeah but it was never going to do well

Well, never going to profit

[viral mason]

It is the #1 movie this week

[spiral swan]

So good

Sean Penn was the highlight, truly deranged and one of the best villain roles I’ve seen in a while

[dreamy lotus]

https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZP8SoXNMy/

[dreamy lotus]

https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZP8A186Fv/

[warm egret]

correct reply?

[warm egret]

being married to Maya Rudolph, he knows atleast some of how black women carry themselves

it was shown well in this and he def preferred the rougher edges

[warm egret]

nice

[spiral swan]

I want to see this film again so bad

[polar wyvern]

It’s so long but by the end I wished it kept on going

[spiral swan]

I hope there’s some wacky directors cut that’s closing in on 4 hours

[dreamy lotus]

Would be a dream come true

[dreamy lotus]

I’m prob gonna go a third time to see in imax. I haven’t done this since dune part 2

😭 might gotta go a 4th im gonna see if i can find a 70mm imax version of it within 2-3 hr drive

[cunning steppe]

Man what a trip

[polar wyvern]

Not enough people talking about the integration of the sound of the trust devices

Absolutely beautiful

[dreamy lotus]

It’s expertly shown to audience as well at end of act1. beautifully shown and then we get that full circle moment with it near the end. 🧑🏾‍🍳

[young socket]

This is great. Just for the fact that I enjoyed watching Leo's character, a post revolutionary extremist go about his life after all the exciting part is over. He's living on the lam, raising a girl and forgetting his passwords. Very real life stuff that'd come afterwards

[dreamy lotus]

Movie is so peak

Gonna see it again this week

[spiral swan]

That moment when bob is walking up to willa and you hear the melody which he’s been waiting to hear the entire saga he’s been through to find her again

[warm egret]

man that password sequence and payoff

so fkkin good

"What time is it?"

https://tenor.com/view/what-time-is-it-summer-time-high-school-musical2-gif-10302801

[polar wyvern]

Im really curious what Critical Drinker is gonna think of this

Easy answer is he’ll hate it cause of the message but there’s also a lot in this movie that he’s been wanting. Well directed action, female/black characters that are flawed and well written

Then again if he says he likes it, his viewers may crucify him

[spiral swan]

Whatever gives him the most clicks

[warm egret]

i heard people were walking out of this movie

why

[dreamy lotus]

That is so true!!

[dreamy lotus]

I thought he was gonna trash on sinners to be different but he loved that. Yellowflash2 was dunking on this but he just focused on box office… he avoided the plot, message…etc

[glacial flint]

We really dont need to talk about that guy lol why do we not just ignore his ass

[warm egret]

"we"

I dont go in for people like CD

[spiral swan]

Because people think it glorifies guerilla violence but in reality it is quite balanced in that it shows that their struggles don’t really succeed in the end. Nobody is really a pure hero in this film, you just have characters you can vibe with and then you have Sean Penn

I found the initial bit the weakest part but it was definitely needed to set the tone before the time jump where it all kicks off and doesn’t stop at all

I’ve never been so barraged by a constant flurry of things happening in quick succession in a while

[warm egret]

my partner says we shouldnt have even gotten the opening scenes

skip straight to post-revolutionary Bob

leave his past that much more murky/interesting

show dont tell mentality

[dreamy lotus]

Isn’t that the point of act 1

show don’t tell

[warm egret]

correct thats what he went with

[dreamy lotus]

What I liked about act 1 is it sows the seeds that are resolved in act 3- or expanded upon in act2. Whether that’s the satisfying reunion using the devices that Bob and Willa use, the deeper motivations for Willa’s mother, lockjaw’s motivations, who Bob was as a person. If we pick up in act 2 w/o the first part of film. I think we loose something for those characters, even people like Regina Halls character.

[warm egret]

if they didnt do the whole first part, and just pop strright to bob/willa and dont give exact "tell dont show" and just have the Major chasing them for their crimes and his daughter as co-conspirator

to then reveal it was actual a hunt for his daughter

[dreamy lotus]

The first part has some of the most interesting nuance with Perfidia and lockjaw, even the relationship between Bob and Perfidia. And Bob role as a father.

[warm egret]

maybe thats too convaluted but i think the reveal that he had relations with Perfidia would be much more compelling

I do like the slow burn that we got

and PTA isnt a "big reveal" kind of guy imo

[dreamy lotus]

We do get that though, I think for some it may not be obvious that lockjaw is the dad.

After having watched many films it’s easier to pick upon stuff like that. We go from a scene where perfidia is meeting with the general and then having sex. Directly to the next scene of Perfidia firing of an lmg while pregnant. the dots are there to connect but they can also be missed. Because that scene alone doesn’t mean that she gets pregnant by the general, it throws in a possibility that she did by either him or Bob. It’s then further hinted early in act 2 w/meeting between him and xmas adventurer club. The reveal is expertly done by another show don’t tell moment w/the dna test in act2

Act 1 shows us the history of these characters. not really tells (my understanding is show don’t tell is for displaying events rather than an event being done via exposition). I’d think w/o act 1 we loose the dimension of perfidia, for more of an emphasis on the story being a mystery w/o act 1.

There is small scenes in act 1, eg after the bathroom encounter w/general there is some amazing facial acting to convey that perfidia is trying to maintain her composure after meeting up w/Bob again. Or in her bedroom months or so after giving birth that show she’s having “issues” aside from being impulsive. W/o act 1 we loose much of Perfidia as a more grounded imperfect revolutionary. I think w/o that people run the risk of having this romanticized idea of perfect revolutionaries. Irl they never like that.

We go straight into act 2 then 3 w/o act 1. We get more of a ver of film where it may be easier to be biased to be more sympathetic to the revolutionaries.

[warm egret]

yea thats the linear path that PTA decided to take which, like we agree is still a great film

[warm egret]

i think if i wanted my version the scenes with the xmas adventure club would have to be even more ambiguous with their racism and instead of their direct dislike of his stepping out of his race instead, to solve his problem

and honestly now that im typing it out, it makes sense im not a screenwriter

cause it really couldnt play out any different

the exposition didnt need to be all in act 1, but its fine that it was no, gripe their

ill leave it with this

Benicio character needs his own film

[spiral swan]

Sensei being chill moving everyone out of his house while Bob scrambles for answers on the phone was so funny

[dreamy lotus]

Right but act 1 gives us dramatic exposition for the character backgrounds. act 2 gives us dramatic and direct exposition for the characters present day before delving into much of the action.

Id argue act 1 is a master class in delivering story details w/o crazy amount of direct exposition. The way the exposition appears to be done is via dramatic exposition. Act 2 also has dramatic exposition. The exposition in act 1, 2 blends into the char actions, conflicts.

So for example in the beginning part of the movie we see perfidia circling an encampment w/o being told it’s an immigration encampment. We are shown before being told that it’s immigrants in the encampment.

we are shown via “implications” before told that there is something between Bob and Perfidia. In the very first scene of them together she keeps glancing at him, he glances back. We are shown that the French75 has “somewhat” successful career before, Perfidia becomes more reckless during her heists near end of act 1. We see Perfidias recklessness before it’s mentioned between Bob and Regina Halls character. We are shown that the lockjaw has obsessive tendencies and is obsessed, not told.

Act 2 does something similar we get shown things and relationships first before being told

When I think of something that is direct exposition heavy, I think eternals, many relationships and events are told to audience then shown. We have an intro in the film that shotguns the viewer information to know, we get told the origins of celestial, and other…etc.

[dreamy lotus]

That is great idea, what do you think the plot would be?

maybe more focus on the “underground railroad” aspect of bringing folks across border?

[warm egret]

just expanded which is probably why works as such a unique side character

[half ruin]

Accidentally told my conservative relative to watch this film and I got lectured for 10 minutes afterwards

Good movie tho

He also said he found it unrealistic that Lockjaw survived the assassination attempt and I had to remind him that this was directed by the same guy who made frogs fall from the sky in Magnolia

[dreamy lotus]

Him getting shot in the face is jarring at first till one remembers irl there are survivors of shot gun blasts to the face at much worse ranges. Not to mention folks that have been impaled with rebar to head surviving miraculously…etc.

they key here is lockjaw did not take a full shot gun blast to the face.

the idea is the blast missed his face and nicked his cheek / and part of his face. If it had been a direct hit bros head woulda been in much worse condition.

The way the scene occurs when dude pulled up in other car made it look like he took the blast to the head but it’s never actually shown. after car crashes and Bob checks inside his head isn’t nearly as damaged as it would have been if he’d have took the full shot to the face, so that’s another clue dude didn’t take a direct hit.

[young socket]

I'm embarassed to admit I watch the critical drinker. Agreed with him when he was attacking the MCU failures. But outside of that he's been very predictable and careful about what he's saying. Sinners was a good example of a movie he give a mild grudging good review for but probably would've totally attacked it if it failed at the box office.

I personally felt the movie could've used more backstory on the radical group. The action fan in me says no, but I'm curious about the french75 group and got questions. Found out that it was based on the vindland book, but the adaptation changed a lot of the characters. On the other hand if they delved deeper into the French 75 and went into their ideology and deicision making process, then it'd irk a lot of people and not be that interesting. Still I'm wondering besides immigration and abortion, what did they support and not support. Dangerous to get more specific and spicy.

I rewatched it tonight. One of the ideas that struck me is that radical groups will inevitably always end up with complicated infighting because of the flat power structure. The alternative to that is the top down hierarchy like the military lockjaw represents.

[young socket]

Yea, I picked up on the possibility of Willa being Lockjaws child immediately when they transitioned to her pregnant automatic weapon firing. It's probably a skill you get from watching a lot of movies

[dreamy lotus]

I think that pattern is echoed not just with radical groups but large political party groups in general as well.

It’s one of the open ended problems. Idk if there exists a truly optimal group hierarchy

[young socket]

Yea, there's no one perfect structure. With all the advantages of top down military, eventually disagreements are going to arise. Within the group if they get too big/powerful and people seek their own ambition/advancement. But also within individuals themselves. We often wrestle with conflicting ideas, people are not robots taking order all the time.

[viral mason]

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=t1xbrZyH21U&pp=0gcJCRsBo7VqN5tD

[spiral swan]

I’m still baffled at how they did Leo falling and getting tased and made it look like a oner. Probably some crazy cut work

Maybe they got the double to mimick Leo’s positioning exactly

[zealous phoenix]

https://x.com/mavericksmovies/status/1972416495461495182

Will Mavity (@mavericksmovies)

This scene in One Battle After Another had me absolutely locked in

X · Sep 28, 2025, 9:41 PM

[dreamy lotus]

Maybe they did in one take? What if they actually used a real taser lol

[spiral swan]

But when you see him, it’s clearly Leo. They must have done some crazy lining up work to get it to smoothly move between him and stunt double

[viral mason]

https://youtu.be/qpdzTIXFcL4?si=16_sG1HgrOwYnv_s

[warm egret]

well now i have to watch magnolia

[echo cipher]

Yeah that was insipid and insulting I am really understanding why folks in my circle hated it so much

[echo cipher]

i found this review and it touches on only one aspect that hit terribly
https://blackgirlwatching.substack.com/p/one-battle-after-another-review

but it's very well written

what a disaster

[half ruin]

Please do

[dreamy lotus]

https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZP8SKnMq7/

https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZP8SoXNMy/

I thought both these reviews off a decent explanation, that review echoes others I’ve seen on TT from some folks, I feel they miss key points.

To me, the film gave us some of the best written Black characters in a while—especially Perfidia.

Let’s counter the “lingering shot” The lingering shot, for instance, is from Lockjaw’s POV, meant to make the audience uncomfortable.

Characters like Willa, Perfidia, Regina Hall’s role had just as much or more narrative depth than Bob. Act I balances Bob and Perfidia, while Acts II–III expand to include Lockjaw. Bob mostly serves as comic relief, with his arc centered on his failures as a father to his biracial daughter and getting over his paranoia. Yet, despite his shortcomings, he does love and care for the women in his life particularly his daughter.

Lockjaw, by contrast, is deeply conflicted—he sexualizes Perfidia while claiming to “respect” her, and even chooses the Christmas Adventure Club over his own daughter, paralleling Perfidia choosing revolution over family. But Perfidia’s choices are rooted in trauma—rape, postpartum struggles, a botched heist, and betrayal for survival—which makes her one of the most raw, complex portrayals of a Black woman we’ve gotten in the past few years from film. Her letter brings closure with her family, and her daughter takes up her mantle in her own way.

The review also downplays Willa—she saves herself after Avanti’s help, not Bob. To call this Bob’s “hero’s journey” feels off; he does nothing heroic in Acts II–III and was never a leader, just the bomb guy.

[dreamy lotus]

It’s not a white savior story either, if anyone “saves” Willa, it’s Avanti, the Native American character. Regina Hall’s role also works as a grounded revolutionary foil to Perfidia.

Take the grocery store scene the reviewer singles out: Lockjaw creepily tells Pat he “loves Black women more than he does.” She calls it “race play for laughs,” but that misses the point. The scene is unsettling by design, imagine being Pat, with a Black wife and daughter, confronted by an unhinged old white man making that claim. It’s meant to disturb, not amuse.

I did notice some folks laughing at creepy scenes but this style of humor is something more reminiscent with dark humor.. 🤷🏾‍♂️, breaking bad, Fargo… they have creepy moments that are awkward and can make people laugh not because they are funny but due to being uncomfortable.

The reviewer also fixates oddly on Willa’s biracial identity and the Pat/Perfidia relationship. In doing so, she downplays both Perfidia and Willa’s agency to reinforce her thesis that PTA “used” them. The same goes for Bob, she frames him as central but provides no evidence of a hero’s journey. In truth, Bob has no such arc. The film actually subverts tropes like the white savior, Willa outsmarts her would-be assassin, and Bob is left largely sidelined.

[viral mason]

Nobody saves Willa which is the point. You can’t make complaints about such a story when it’s about a white man bumbling his way and not actually having any impact when his daughter does all the work

[dreamy lotus]

Obie’s critique leans on the idea that Perfidia fails because she isn’t Assata, that she doesn’t live up to a revolutionary ideal. But I think that’s a point of Anderson’s portrayal: flawed revolutionaries are more real than perfect martyrs.

I think something that can be tricky is this idea of “perfect people” or romanization of figure from history without looking at them through critical lenses. Which leads into another thing that feels disingenuous from Obie,
“Pat was a skilled bomb maker in a revolutionary group called the French 75, a group that closely resembles the real-life white marxist American guerilla group of the 1960s and ‘70s, Weather Underground/The Weathermen, an offshot of Students for a Democratic Society (SDS). Like the Weathermen, the French 75 bombs the outposts of their political enemies. Unlike the Weathermen, the French 75 is led by and made up of Black women.”

But… she also wants to invoke Assata parallel, if that’s the case there is a group that makes more sense then the “weathermen”… the “Black Liberation Army” which Assata was a part of…
|| https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Liberation_Army|| there is some background on the group for any curious on what the French75 were prob “loosely” inspired by… as the actions of this group seem more inline with depiction of the French75 in the film

[dreamy lotus]

**“Mexico without her infant daughter, never to be seen again.

But it’s this lack of nurturing that underscores what Paul Thomas Anderson doesn’t get about Black women or Black revolutionaries.”**

She argues that Perfidia abandoning her daughter proves PTA doesn’t “get” Black women or Black revolutionaries. In her framing, a Black revolutionary mother must also be nurturing, present, and selfless otherwise it feels like she saying it’s a caricature. Something about that doesn’t seem right about her framing it’s almost as if there isn’t such thing as imperfection

She paints Perfidia as the “anti-Assata” selfish, cowardly, loveless while holding Assata up as the perfect revolutionary. But pretty sure in her own autobiography Assata herself admitted flaws and contradictions. I think you’d be hard pressed to find a perfect revolutionary, and expecting Perfidia to be noble at all times misses the point. The film shows revolutionaries as messy humans, not icons.

She calls Perfidia hypersexualized , and a MacGuffin, Junglepussy hypersexualized, and Deandra disposable... But that erases the agency moments, Willa outsmarts her assassin and chooses her own path, Perfidia’s letter fuels her daughter’s future. Deandra again represents the more nurturing revolutionary. They’re not just props, even if Anderson could’ve fleshed them out more.

She knocks PTA for slapping a Black woman’s face on “Weathermen-style chaos.” But she skips over the Black Liberation Army, who actually did messy stuff like robberies and shootouts. By only naming the Weathermen, she makes it sound like Anderson invented this dynamic, this is selective history.

She claims the film only cares about white men’s interior lives. But Bob is weak and sidelined, Lockjaw is grotesque and condemned, and the real conflict is driven by Perfidia and Willa. To land her main argument about OBAA, she has to omit evidence from film of Bob’s failures and Willa’s independence, and the black women’s agency in this film.

[vital fjord]

People have a lot to say about this movie

[warm egret]

its certainly the talk of the town

[warm egret]

the resistance saves her initially, then she has to save herself, then saved again be Avanti

the saves herself again with the car, then gets saved again but by proxy of the CAC trying to kill Lockjaw

[dreamy lotus]

CAC?

[warm egret]

Christmas Adventures Club

[dreamy lotus]

she saves herself with the car, and then shoots the assassin after tho?

[dreamy lotus]

Ahhh gotcha

Subtle moment, the Christmas adventure is tailing Avantis car because the intention was to kill avanti, idk if they counted on Willa being in there.

they were trying to tie up loose ends

[stone sedge]

make it clean

[viral mason]

She never gets saved

The resistance did help her but she wasn’t even under threat yet

Every actual situation she was in, she got out of

Meanwhile Leo bumbling around

[dreamy lotus]

To be fair Avanti does help her out. He lets her go, before massacring the militamen

she then doubles back for the keys

and Regina Hall character comes in clutch w/the extraction

[viral mason]

She has a few people that do help her but they never do anything for her

Like Regina extracting her and the guy just giving her the keys

[stone sedge]

i thought hed have left his car keys in the car for her

[dreamy lotus]

Nope she doubles back after the shooting stops, and takes the keys from avanti pocket

[stone sedge]

yeah i know lmao i thought he wouldve done that

[dreamy lotus]

That would have made sense

[stone sedge]

but he didnt

dumass

[dreamy lotus]

Lmaoo yeah, I wonder if the character thought he might someohow survive

bro went out red dead redemption style

[cunning steppe]

Seems to be the case imo. Take out the militia guys then take her back home or something

[stone sedge]

"is anybody gonna come asking about you"

i thought he wasnt gonna do shit like the natives in sinners

[warm egret]

it would have been over after 45min

could she have gotten out that ? unlikely as she would have likely been in either military prison or a secret scary basement prison

honestly, Lockjaw once he had her and the nun compound locked down, should have ran the test while in the car, instead of waiting around

great scenes though regardlesss

"why is your shirt so tight" incredible

[polar wyvern]

I was surprised how little Leo did in the movie

He still had some great character development though

[short abyss]

I liked Leo bumbling around.

[polar wyvern]

I feel like Lockjaw has a lot of similarities to some PTA protagonists

He’s odd, tickish, and a hopeless romantic

Not too far off from Freddy or Barry

[celest hornet]

I'm starting to hate these types of movies that are so unbelievably hyped up that turn out to just be good and enjoyable but nothing mindblowing

It happened to me with Sinners

I knew I would be disappointed, but I'm still upset that this movie wasn't better

[rare mango]

what did u guys think of the first 30-40 minutes of the movie

[rare mango]

tbh the movie lived up to its name, I had over the sky expectations, and this movie did nothing but meet that.

[viral mason]

Really benefits the message though, good move

https://x.com/realjaredgilman/status/1974204640204894706

Jared Gilman (@realJaredGilman)

this movie’s really got everybody talking

X · Oct 3, 2025, 8:07 PM

[spiral swan]

Can’t wait to see Lockjaw’s constipated walk again

[dreamy lotus]

His walk kinda reminded me of that grandpa from king of thill

[slender hatch]

Second viewing tonight, bringing my parents

[zealous phoenix]

hope its fun!!!

[celest hornet]

Honestly this is probably a hot take

But Eddington was better than this

Both are good movies tho

[stone sedge]

haven't seen eddington

is it out on vod

Idk if it even released here lol

[viral mason]

https://fixvx.com/onebattlemovie/status/1974520545376112815

One Battle After Another (@onebattlemovie)

"An action comedy on an epic scale." Experience #OneBattleAfterAnother now playing only in theaters and IMAX. Get tickets now. http://fandan.co/OneBattleAfterAnother

▶ Play video

vxTwitter / fixvx · Oct 4, 2025, 5:02 PM

https://fxtwitter.com/hideo_kojima_en/status/1974779362278043821

HIDEO_KOJIMA (@HIDEO_KOJIMA_EN)

I saw Paul Thomas Anderson’s new film “One Battle After Another.” When I heard it was a “furious chase-action epic” inspired by Thomas Pynchon, I went in thinking, “Wait, what??” But with Jonny Greenwood’s score and all, what I got was a full-on PTA film-with black humor and irony. It’s not a movie about “revolution,” but one that declares a revolution in action filmmaking itself.

**💬 7 🔁 29 ❤️ 357 👁️ 12.3K **

FxTwitter · Oct 5, 2025, 10:11 AM

[dreamy lotus]

Streamed it on server a few times, lmk I’ll stream it for you.

[stone sedge]

the reverse weeb hideo games

[stone sedge]

nah i gotta watch so many movies already lol ill watch it later

friend said it was good tho

[warm egret]

gotta stop letting movies get your hype up that way

set an equal expectation on all movies and you wont ever be disappointed

the last movie to actually disappoint me was Valerian: City of a thousand planets

[celest hornet]

I know and I tried not to

But with a a 4.4 letterboxd, 8.4 imdb, and 95 metacritic

Even if I had realistic expectations I still would've been disappointed a little because I thought this was pretty flawed

Solid, but flawed

[viral mason]

https://x.com/discussingfilm/status/1975415050757419400

DiscussingFilm (@DiscussingFilm)

Taylor Swift gives major praise for ‘ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER’

“Chase Infiniti and Teyana Taylor—how are they going to split the Oscar? Benicio was so funny, and Leo was hilarious. We are so lucky to be alive at the same time as Paul Thomas Anderson”

(Source: @FallonTonight)

X · Oct 7, 2025, 4:17 AM

[warm egret]

gross

[dreamy lotus]

Here is another fascinating take https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZP8ABgD66/

[dreamy lotus]

U don’t like Taylor?

[glacial flint]

Even then what is wrong with someone liking a movie lol

[cunning steppe]

It’s also like, the biggest name in music giving the film props, which hopefully would get some folk to go see it

[warm egret]

gross

[cunning steppe]

https://tenor.com/view/ginascantina-gif-24623482

[warm egret]

https://tenor.com/view/ew-annie-murphy-alexis-alexis-rose-schitts-creek-gif-20788506

[viral mason]

https://fxtwitter.com/onebattlemovie/status/1975955592633356415

One Battle After Another (@onebattlemovie)

Today is the last day to experience #OneBattleAfterAnother in @IMAX. Get tickets now before it's too late! fandan.co/OneBattleAfterAnother

**💬 1 🔁 5 ❤️ 44 👁️ 3.3K **

▶ Play video

FxTwitter · Oct 8, 2025, 4:04 PM

[dreamy lotus]

Can’t believe this has to give up imax screens to Tron Midres

[dreamy lotus]

https://youtu.be/r6Bn6eT7F-w?si=PFT1h_4ovMRI84Y5

lmao

this guy

[warm egret]

ive heard nothing great about it either

heard soundtrack carries a hollow film

[polar wyvern]

Aw man, I was hoping he’d like it

I assumed he was smart enough to understand that the movie absolutely does not glorify the revolutionaries

At least if it does, it’s in a far more nuanced way than he took it as

He has some insane takes in that video

[dreamy lotus]

He also has his review for the smashing machine out

worth a watch

[glacial flint]

Dude in what universe lol

Never watching one of that guy's videos ew

[polar wyvern]

He’s had some unexpected takes

He loved Wicked and Eeaao

He’s also always saying he wants flawed female characters and straightforward, great action sequences

[leaden lion]

That guy doesn’t know what a flawed female character is. Just watch his short film- I mean show concept: Rogue Elements.

Tl;dr it was a really meh short movie that was funded by his viewers… so yikes. At least it isn’t as bad as Linkara’s movie.

As for this movie, I checked myself out as soon as I saw Penn forcing his pp to get big. I haven’t seen any other PTA movie besides There Will Be Blood, but this one had me checking the time at least five times. Contrast that to the avatar 2 rerelease and I had a complete opposite experience.

[warm egret]

was listening to NPRs take on this movie was really

the shadow that Prefidia, a not so much shallow as single focus driven, casting a monsterous shadow over the entirety of the movie even after exiting like 45min in

over her daughter, her Bob, the rebellion that has evolved past what it was

I need to see this movie a 2nd time i guess

[cunning steppe]

gross

Pretty bold move, wonder if she gets in https://variety.com/2025/film/awards/chase-infiniti-lead-actress-oscars-one-battle-after-another-1236543680/

[dreamy lotus]

Who’d she be competing against?

[cunning steppe]

A few of the current frontrunners

[dreamy lotus]

Wicked for good ain’t even out yet tho 😭 how does that make sense for people to vote for her

[cunning steppe]

Informed assumption based off the previous films nominations I’m figuring

[dreamy lotus]

If that’s the list I doubt chase winning

[cunning steppe]

Ariana is a frontrunner for supporting again too

It doesn’t always pan out, Joker 2 was considered a frontrunner early on because of the first films success. Once the movie dropped it was out of the question lol

[leaden lion]

We’re forgetting Emily blunt and or the Marty Supreme opposite of Timothy.

[cunning steppe]

Blunts going supporting

[leaden lion]

Ahhhh

Yes

Been a while with these award shows

[cunning steppe]

I think Smashing Machine has sortve cooled in terms of Oscar buzz anyway. Big smash in Venice but more subdued in Toronto

Johnson may get in still but no longer seeming like the initial lock at the start of festival season following that Venice premiere

[leaden lion]

I think the movie was more of a slice of life pic which was a bit difficult to get at. Unlike the Iron Claw or Raging Bull (similar drama to action moments in both) I found this one to feel very out of pocket and sudden with the timeline. Marty Supreme will show which Safdie bro is better.

That being said, I can see why box office was meh.

[cunning steppe]

Marty seems to have landed major at NYFF so it could be a player. At this point I think most eyes are on One Battle After Another and Hamnet

[leaden lion]

Pretty sure PTA movie will be the winner.

Unless a sudden Oscar pic in will pop up in Dec.

You know what? Shelby Oaks will be a worthy contender

[cunning steppe]

Well, it's got the horror stigma against it. And I've not really seen it pop up in awards discussion. I don't say this to crap on the film, ive not seen it and I have heard good things, I just don't know if it's in the discussion

[leaden lion]

Nah the Academy will get Stuckmannized

I just want a bizarre year similar to Spike Lee’s back to back loss to a movie about driving for a person of different race and learning that they’re not so different along the way.

[cyan tapir]

Finally watched it

[dreamy lotus]

What did ya think

[cyan tapir]

5/5

[vital fjord]

She was great in the movie but was she a lead or supporting actress ?

[prime cargo]

😁

[leaden lion]

I thought supporting

[vital fjord]

Same but then she's recommended for lead actress

[granite tinsel]

https://boxd.it/bkDqXp

[polar wyvern]

Oscars can sometimes be so easy to predict

[polar wyvern]

Lead, no?

Leo is billed higher cause of star power but besides the first 20 minutes she has more screen time than him I think

At least a very close amount

[tall otter]

i remember it had ufos and aliens in an early test screening

[granite tinsel]

Yeah i think so

[molten rivet]

How many award this gonna win

[zealous phoenix]

now that its been about two weeks, what is everyones thoughts on one battle after another overall?

[molten rivet]

solid flick

[pliant prawn]

This guy got shot in the face just to go back to the same people and get suffocated lmfao

[granite tinsel]

picture, director, MAYBE leo gets in but i thinks its between him and timothee rn so

[viral mason]

Not in an early cut. They were never filmed

But the book it’s based on has a lot more sci fi themes

[tropic obsidian]

Somehow even better the second time

I was in the cinema saying "From this point on, it's one battle after another" with Leo's V.O

Bob and Willa hugging after the chase fucking took me out this time

[sullen tinsel]

https://fixupx.com/PTAShill/status/1975081445178962074

xan (@PTAShill)

one of my favorite shots in OBAA is Bob’s face here after getting confronted by Lockjaw saying “you like black girls? me, I love black girls. I LOVE em”

**💬 51 🔁 448 ❤️ 18.5K 👁️ 612.3K **

FixupX · Oct 6, 2025, 6:11 AM

He literally the blue eyes meme

https://tenor.com/view/how-people-with-blue-eyes-look-at-you-blue-eyes-people-blink-scary-gif-3937667069785399993

[tropic obsidian]

Yeah that bit got a huge laugh this time (from a very small audience who were surprisingly quiet, unlike opening weekend)

[tropic obsidian]

Also, I've somehow never seen this meme

[sullen tinsel]

I remember it getting a surge with Oppenheimer with Cillian Murphy and his naturally blue eyes

[molten rivet]

Timotheee for this new movie ?

[granite tinsel]

marty supreme

also can we talk about that fuckass wig they put on alana haim 😭

[molten rivet]

Oh yeaah that. Its that good ?

[granite tinsel]

seems like it from what ive heard

[molten rivet]

Ooh ok . Waiting for a digital release

[granite tinsel]

also i gotta say playing american girl from fast times over the end credits was really funny considering

[polar wyvern]

I love that scene. It’s peak of both lockjaws creepiness and awkward hilariousness

And Bob’s absolutely stupefied expression after sells it

[warm egret]

still cant believe people have walked out of this movie

[dreamy lotus]

Is sinner and obaa competing in different screenplay categories?

[molten rivet]

smh

[granite tinsel]

yeah

[eager slate]

obaa is an adaptation of the novel Vineland

Sinners is an original screenplay

[dreamy lotus]

“Original” while true, it’s still influenced quite a bit by “From Dusk Till Dawn”

[eager slate]

everythings influenced by everything yeah

[coral hollow]

Everything’s influenced from things

That doesn’t make it less original

It’s an original script whether you like it or not

One Battle After Another both presents itself and is an adaptation off Vineland

[polar wyvern]

Yeah hmm

It’s a gray area but I’d guess it’ll be sorted into adapted

[viral mason]

https://variety.com/2025/film/box-office/one-battle-after-another-lose-100-million-dollars-theaters-1236552914/

[cunning steppe]

Why "The Smashing Machine," "One Battle After Another" and other buzzy films are failing to make a profit at the box office.

The theatrical experience has been made to not feel special anymore. There's no sense of need from people to flock to the theatres because of many factors. Streaming, poor marketing, the price of going. Streaming more in the sense of essentially telling people "btw this movie will be on demand in three weeks time".

Movies are also costing way too much nowadays

[granite tinsel]

https://x.com/letterboxd/status/1978483577881833581?s=46 that was quick

Letterboxd (@letterboxd)

One Battle After Another has just joined the Letterboxd One Million Watched Club 🎥

X · Oct 15, 2025, 3:30 PM

[molten rivet]

while thats true, theatres still get a lot of people especially during long weekends and holidays and some movies are meant to be seen on the big screen./ its just that covid made and still makes people hesitate ( no idea why now), but also releasinga movie digitally and announcing it well before hand also makes people nOT TO GO to one and yea price is also expensive nowadays unless you have some kidn of memebership like cinehub in canada and get a standard ticket lke 6-7 bucks of

[worldly pollen]

Poor box office performance for OBAA and movies like it are the new normal. Shame because I'd love to have more incentives for the industry to create more adult dramas. Movies are still a great entertainment value depending on how you look at it. Few things give you about two hours of entertainment for the price of a ticket. However you can also look at the value versus watching a streaming service for free.

[molten rivet]

watching it in a big screen is a completely different experience then watching it on your home tv ( unless your a nba or an nfl player who have thier OWN MINI HOME Theatres)

[molten rivet]

shes such a cutie

[granite tinsel]

fr

Icon

[molten rivet]

Hell yeH

[granite tinsel]

yessss

[molten rivet]

https://tenor.com/view/chase-infiniti-thehoneyrowgif-one-battle-after-another-gif-11632816212617035071

[granite tinsel]

🤩

[molten rivet]

https://tenor.com/view/doing-kata-willa-ferguson-beverly-hills-one-battle-after-another-kata-training-practicing-gif-4611636704720248992

Chase infinity

[granite tinsel]

Love her first scene sm

https://youtu.be/bIzS7p1rTpg?si=gO1f-TmrzbftQW0O

[molten rivet]

OH yeab for sure

[granite tinsel]

Frfr

[molten rivet]

https://tenor.com/view/chase-infiniti-presumed-innocent-thehoneyrowgif-gif-15680586778119072349

That smile 😩😩

[granite tinsel]

Yessssss

https://tenor.com/view/thehoneyrowgif-one-battle-after-another-chase-infiniti-gif-18271497239755272988

[vital fjord]

She was so good in this movie

[viral mason]

https://tenor.com/view/one-battle-after-another-bob-ferguson-leonardo-dicaprio-gif-10945631314534346101

[cunning steppe]

Leo eating shit off the rooftop still gives me a good laugh

[molten rivet]

Fuck yeah she was

[molten rivet]

Haha

[granite tinsel]

falls down just to get tazed 😭😭

[granite tinsel]

its all coming together

[cunning steppe]

Idk man, with Minecraft in play as well I just hope they give their two strongest contenders equal push /s

[granite tinsel]

yeah true

if wb wont campaign obaa ill just do it MYSELF idgaf

[viral mason]

https://tenor.com/view/one-battle-after-another-lockjaw-steven-lockjaw-sean-penn-gif-12038086355348251689

[dreamy lotus]

https://tenor.com/view/one-battle-after-another-ill-be-seeing-you-very-soon-lockjaw-colonel-lockjaw-i'll-see-you-soon-gif-10569532136186009326

It’s vod some point in November

[viral mason]

Seeing this on a small screen feels a disservice

I will be copping the 4k/steelbook when it’s available

[molten rivet]

U didnt see it in the theatre?

[viral mason]

Of course I did, but for rewatches

[polar wyvern]

In his review Ben Shapiro said “Johnny Greenwood did the score, not sure who that is”

HOW?!?

[dreamy lotus]

If u think Ben’s was dodgy check out drinkers, Fox’s, then on the other aisle there is Brooke Obie take… I found her’s to be worse than drinkers, Ben’s, and Fox combined.

[molten rivet]

AAH ok

[polar wyvern]

I saw an official news article similar to Obie’s take and it dwelled so much on the “fetishization” of it all, especially jungle pussys character

Criticizing how only a man could come up with that name or something

But that’s literally the actresses name lmao

[granite tinsel]

yeah not gonna hit nearly as hard 😭

[viral mason]

https://vxtwitter.com/filmupdates/status/1982481578346655810

Film Updates (@FilmUpdates)

‘ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER’ has reached $180M at the worldwide box office.

vxTwitter / fixvx · Oct 26, 2025, 4:16 PM

Way better than I thought it would do

[cunning steppe]

Ye, nice to see a decent turnout for it, even if it's still facing down flopping

[molten rivet]

Flopping,,?? Wdym flopping

[polar wyvern]

It’s only barely over the budget

And budgets often underestimate the actual cost

Im mostly curious when it well get to the top of 2025 on letterboxd

It has to at some point tight?

[molten rivet]

oH wow

I thoguht itbwas doing well

Opening weekend anyways

[cunning steppe]

It’s doing better than what was expected at the least, but yeah it was still very expensive

I think WB knew it was going to be the case but took the risk as it would be making a big showing at awards season, which has proven now to be the case

[molten rivet]

Oh i see

[polar wyvern]

Steely Dan may be the best needledrop of the year

[granite tinsel]

💯

[sage compass]

once this goes through the awards season, they might do a re release and it will make a shit ton of money

fan frikin tastic movie

best time in a theatre ive had in 2025

very excited for bugonia tho, cause emma stone is my fav actress and the favourite is one of my all time favs (same with La La Land)

[short abyss]

it is a good one yeah

[viral mason]

https://tenor.com/view/being-intimate-bob-ferguson-perfidia-beverly-hills-one-battle-after-another-breathing-each-other-in-gif-8706187234687924679

[polar wyvern]

Excited to finally put together my Bob costume

[polar wyvern]

Exactly yeah

Awards arguably do more for a studio than initial gross

[sage compass]

this is such an elite costume

i’m probably gonna do that next year when i start college

[granite tinsel]

https://tenor.com/view/one-battle-after-another-sensei-sergio-benicio-del-toro-gif-12414845041955355911

[polar wyvern]

Me in my Bob Furgeson costume

[sage compass]

lmfao

[granite tinsel]

hahah

[viral mason]

https://x.com/thefilmstage/status/1985342386055061637

The Film Stage 📽 (@TheFilmStage)

Paul Thomas Anderson's 'One Battle After Another' will hit 4K UHD and Blu-ray on January 20, 2026, nearly four months after its theatrical opening.

Pre-order here: https://t.co/hzC7KfzByC

X · Nov 3, 2025, 1:44 PM

[molten rivet]

nice

[final shuttle]

If this somehow wins best picture, I’m gonna be super upset. 3.5/5

Just watched it. IT felt sooo meh

[glacial flint]

Wait im confused
Meh but 7/10??

Lol

Am curious what your pros/cons were

[final shuttle]

Pros is legit just DiCaprio losing his shit to everyone. And everything

Cons was, I didn’t feel tension or like “oh shit they’re coming”. The wanna be tough chick wanna change the world thinks she was hot stuff but just loved being in power over people ratted out her own people to make herself feel free and shit.

I really didn’t like her character in the beginning. That whole beginning was just why the fuck are you acting like this.

[dreamy lotus]

I felt that made her more nuanced then some girl boss

[final shuttle]

Used the side plot of the underground society of white people to take out the power hungry army guy just because he had bdsm kinks and loves black chicks.

It’s was so annoying like some child who learned how to post on a forum about making a revolution

[dreamy lotus]

But he didn’t love black folks, he fetishizes them. That’s the contrast between the colonel and DiCaprio character.

[final shuttle]

They wasted the side character. He was great but they made him like a source of transportation for DiCaprio from point a to point b and he showed the audience of the immigrant proble

I think the “shock” was that everyone knew who DiCaprio was to the resistance but that’s like a “yeah no shit” at least to me.

If you’re using real life politic point of views, how is that a shock by any standard

Also that last scene of “the car chase” or whatever the fuck that was, they made it seem like she was being chased down. No character in each car knew who each driver was.

I will saw it was clever how they did a “car chase” with the uneven hills of the road.

That whole time I’m like, how the fuck do you know that car is chasing you down.

Idk, there was so many misplays for me. Shit was just happening just to move forward.

If anything that this movie tells me as a viewer, is that your parents actions fucks with a child’s future.

Anything “political” I’m like yeah no shit. Being chased down, yeah no shit, being hunted from place to place from people that know you, yeah no shit, being tracked by phone calls and signals, yeah no shit. A higher force of authority wants to clean his past so he can reach a higher peak of authority from an underground society of white men that want to purify society, YEAH NO SHIT.

this was no just bad guys vs good guys film, it’s just bad people wanting different versions of bad. By doing different versions of bad actions

Also, the “good guys” didn’t even win. THE DAUGHTER IS STILL PARTICIPATING IN REVOLUTIONARY ACTIONS JUST AS HER MOTHER

[final shuttle]

Eddington is way better than this. And way more on top of the political views of today

[celest hornet]

Bro how is a 7/10 meh 😂

7/10s for me are pretty good

I thought it was overrated as well but thought it was p solid. Def not the masterpiece everyone is hyping is up to be but I would've liked it quite a bit if I had low expectations

[final shuttle]

I lowered it to a 2.5 after some focused criticism

[celest hornet]

Ah I see

[final shuttle]

its weird cause the video reviews ive seen talking about this film, its like yeah you should be uncomfortable with that opener of a film.

and to me, im not because that is what my environment has always been. i feel like thats what it comes down to it. if the setting of this film is so common and relatable then its like a yeah, whatever, whats new or different. this shit has always been happening. it only matters now because its been televised. and now that EVERYONE sees it, it matters.

also the idea with one battle after another. that shit is common with us "minorities". because it literally is if its not one thing, its another thing. its ingrain within our mindset that theres no such thing of theres nothing to do. THERES ALWAYS SOMETHING TO DO OR IS HAPPENING.

so i kind of find it hilarious that those who are "praising" this film being the best film of the year, never been in that environment where theres always something happening outside our walls. Just because they put a "political" spin on it doesnt make it way more visible and important now compared that way before.

which is why i love eddington more because its literally a MIRROR HELD UP TO THE PUBLIC AND SAYING THIS IS HOW YOU IDIOTS LOOK LIKE AND ACT LIKE WITH YOUR PRECIOUS IDEAS AND SELF RICHTEOUS IDEOLOGY. And in that film, one of the characters didnt even care. he just wanted to hook up with a girl who did care. That is way more relevant than this film.

they attack a govt site and they think they'll forget about them over the course of time. PSHH YEA RIGHT.

i remember a philosophy prof asking the class, "is freedom free if someone tells you youre free"? people think their free because consequences hasnt been applied yet.

[final shuttle]

https://youtu.be/NWVeARbD7LM?si=NXekjsY7bIt2qBfN&t=1791

my favorite take of the entire film. it makes sense why i disliked it so much because everyone who is trying to push change and cause chaos, im like what the hell are you doing. you dont know what change is. you dont know what political fight we're battling.

that entire first act was like what are you doing. declaring war by a group from within. like what

the new generation dont understand what a revolution means.

[celest hornet]

I like that take

I felt like I was the only one who liked Eddington more than this movie

[tall otter]

I feel like this movie wasn’t as politically charged or relevant as everyone claimed it was

Like that’s just the backdrop

I felt that the themes were more on fatherhood

And how true change comes from within

or some shit like that

idk

im not smart

[final shuttle]

thats an insane take. since the first scene is them attacking a containment camp filled with immigrants. And through out the whole film it was about "getting rid" of them. from black to white people.

you cant tell me fatherhood also involves breaking federal laws and blowing up federal buildings and infiltrating federal areas

if youre talking about eddington than thats even MORE INSANE

in this film, they legit were running away from federal agents. a bunch of undocumented people who lived in a house were trying to escape because they were chasing down dicaprio

in eddington. a small town was trying to not let new laws and regulations control their beliefs, even if its the sake of protecting the people. they dont like the feeling of control. ALSO it reflected on everything that was going on at the time BLM, police brutality. They legit didnt care how the black police officer was because they treated him as a friend and a co-worker. but once the "cant breathe" thing happened, his partner was constantly asking him " ARE YOU OK"?. dude was just like " yeah, im fine".

THE DAD OF THE WHITE KID WHO STARTED TO PROTEST WHITE POWER BECAUSE HR WANTED TO DATE THE GIRL LITERALLY SAID "WHAT THE FUCK ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT, YOURE WHITE".

[polar wyvern]

What you have to realize is that this movie has just as much political stuff as say, Star Wars. The difference is that it’s REAL politics and in real life.

I think it’s a really interesting choice that gets the audience to really think about everything. It’s easy to root for the resistance in Star Wars cause everything is fake but in this movie it’s more complicated. The Resistance is at times pretty pathetic

I’m not saying this movie doesn’t take some clear political stances but I also think it isn’t neatly as black and white as some people make it out to be. Especially the scene where Perfidia shoots an innocent man. You are supposed to think “wait why am I rooting for these people?”

And its really only the first 20 minutes that are political. The rest has some political moments but the characters take the front seat

[glacial flint]

Basically, humanity sucks

The world is a disaster and we are doomed

There is no point in fighting because you will just lose

I mean we see it in here
They lose

[polar wyvern]

I think it’s more humanity can suck but also it can be beautiful at times. It contrasts the pure evil of the Christmas adventurers with the complex but very good hearted main characters

[glacial flint]

Maybe

But optimism is bad

It clouds your mind

The world sucks and we cant do anything about it

All we can do is fuck off and live on our owns while the world goes to shit

[dreamy lotus]

a lot of the film version of French 75 and perfidia draws inspiration from Black Liberation Army.

[polar wyvern]

Maybe but I think the ending is way too hopeful for that

[viral mason]

That’s not the point!

[glacial flint]

I may be projecting a bit because i think the ending is optimistic and optimism is kinda bad

[viral mason]

The movie ends with Willa going out on her mission now. It’s about passing the baton to the younger generations as they fight against injustice

[glacial flint]

Being hopeful.feels good in the moment and works for the film

But in reality

[viral mason]

Our parents failed but it’s our turn to take a stand and who knows maybe win

https://tenor.com/view/vivalarevolucion-one-battle-after-another-gif-9732472358912343737

[glacial flint]

yeah i mean it works for the fjlm

[viral mason]

It works in real life too

[glacial flint]

But in reality, evil wins

[viral mason]

Well, no

There’s not really an objective answer to that

As the film says, it’s up to you whether you choose to fight or give in and accept the situation

You’ve given in. But some people will fight

[polar wyvern]

I would say optimism is the only thing that has prevented the world from already going to shit. The reason things have improved at all over the last thousand years is because there have been people who are optimistic enough to keep on fighting for good even though it seems like its no use. The pessimists are the assholes who just sit by while shit happens to them because in their minds theres no point.

That being said I don’t think this movie really has a big point to it. It’s just a movie following some characters in front of the backdrop of bigger conflicts and those characters end up prevailing against all odds and continue to fight the good fight.

This movie is sort of the antithesis to Eddington. Both are great movies that bring up big problems in the world and imo they are both equally important.

[final shuttle]

yeah... no thanks. i got bills.

[viral mason]

But you’re casually rich

[final shuttle]

i agree with your mindset but the word "evil" is too subjective. i would go with greedy. because one will flourish while the other suffers

[glacial flint]

Lets not sugarcoat it
The world is evil and regressive and greedy

[final shuttle]

its only evil because the image we put on evil

what we see what evil in one place can be tradition in another

also "evil" is only attached to the human race. cant apply evil to animals

then it would be just survival

[glacial flint]

I hate reality tbh
We live in the worst timeline

[final shuttle]

i already lived in the best timeline so im good

90s was PEAK

[dreamy lotus]

“Evil” depends on what ever morale frameworks a person is taught though?

[glacial flint]

No just
The world sucks

[final shuttle]

yup

[glacial flint]

Everywhere you look there is greed and bigotry and evil

There is no hope

[final shuttle]

not if you live in a remote location with no access to world news

[glacial flint]

The world will never be good im afraid

We will always live in a pseudo dystopia

[final shuttle]

sounds like depression from you imo

[glacial flint]

Im not depressed lol i got.ovrr that ages ago

Im realistic

Im being realistic

I should say

[final shuttle]

but i just had pizza and my life is better than this morning

[dreamy lotus]

I think a large part of bigotry stems from ignorance and lack of exposure to others. That can change when people are exposed to others that are different than them.

[final shuttle]

^agreed

open-minded comes to mind but some may say that but dont practice that

[dreamy lotus]

I’d highly recommend watching a documentary by Deeyah Khan,

https://youtube.com/@deeyahkhan?si=CeiX1DjF3JJSNvGb

she uploads her vids to this channel, she goes to people that hate her and interacts with them to try and get to bottom of differences, and other intense topics.

[final shuttle]

travel, and youll see some places are better than others

theres a book i read that really explained the double-sided views on these social topics

freaking loved this book

[leaden lion]

Why is this name familiar?

[worldly pollen]

The comparison between this and Eddington not something I would make since they're two almost unrelated movies. What ties them together is the political themes. But I agree with people who said OBAA isn't really about politics but about a father daughter action movie. Eddington is a great movie because it's got messages that both liberals and conservatives can point to and say that supports their views. When I watched it in theaters, there were almost two groups laughing at different scenes. In a way it was wonderful.

[stone sedge]

what are we some kinda one battle after another

[viral mason]

https://fxtwitter.com/onebattlemovie/status/1987898039395053805

One Battle After Another (@onebattlemovie)

The film everyone's been talking about is coming home. #OneBattleAfterAnother will be available on Digital 11/14.

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[final shuttle]

Dam that feels kinda fast. Film be in theaters for 1 month or less and straight to digital

[dreamy lotus]

I thought it was the 20th?

Wow

Bouta stream tf out it

[leaden lion]

It’s a good strat. Get people talking about the release and just as it’s about to leave, you release it on VOD to keep the buzz going.

Been like that since Covid. Before that it was exactly 4 months before it hit on home video/VOD.

At the start of the millennium it was about 8 months. Crazy to think how much distribution had to accommodate in favor of the times.

[viral mason]

I do miss those times

[leaden lion]

It was a novelty. Hit films stuck in theaters for months on end until it completes its run. If I recall Titanic was in theaters for a full year.

That VHS box set was everywhere

[viral mason]

It made it a big deal when they finally came out at home

[leaden lion]

Same with Avatar Blu-ray

[viral mason]

And obviously the cinema was much more of an event

[leaden lion]

You see that as part of the Blu-ray starter pack with accompanying PS3

[viral mason]

Now I find myself saying “I’m 50/50 on this so I’ll watch it at home in 2 weeks”

If it was gonna be in cinemas for 4 months I would think different

[leaden lion]

I’d say that was the waning era of event films. Cameron’s releases are such outliers vs the norm.

Considering event films like Ben-Hur is such a foreign concept now.

Hell I’d watch a Ben-Hur. At least with Kalki 2898AD it was such a treat. Outside of Cameron, Nolan is like that too. Odyssey already sold tickets for its imax screening.

MCU had that for a bit too with the Avengers series.

[tidal sonnet]

The fact that they wrote a well articulate article for a take that's actually bonkers (in a bad way).

[dreamy lotus]

@tidal sonnet

[dreamy lotus]

@tidal sonnet here’s a break down on that article

[dreamy lotus]

@tidal sonnet and this part

[sage compass]

even if this movie didn't make the point it was trying to, it is still a fantastic movie, because it dared to, and indeed challenged it's own ideas head on. I also really didn't think this movie was trying to make any one point, rather force us to think about our own views on the events and ideas presented in the movie

also yall r talking about the nolan odyssey movie coming out soon, and while I think much of his stuff is heavily overrated, I can't wait at all cause im a huge junkie for all things greek mythology wise

[worldly pollen]

Wait was the last Ben Hur film an event? I loved it but I love ancient Rome setting. Were you around for the OG Ben Hur?

[leaden lion]

I didn’t expect people to remember the Timur movie

I may act really old but I wasn’t around for that. I have older family and they told me along with observation of film before television.

[leaden lion]

Also I suggest the Robe for the romanticized early christian setting Rome, Caligula for Rated X Rome or Barbarian (season 1 is really good historically speaking)

[worldly pollen]

I've seen Barbarians. Pretty ambitious to do it in Latin. Have to check out the Robe.

[leaden lion]

It’s decent, I like the Robe mainly because it’s a skeptic who just wanders into an event that people can’t stop talking about.

Caligula is so bizarre. I saw a Blu-ray of it but didn’t buy, by the looks of it,it didn’t hold back in its rating.

[worldly pollen]

I think they recently rereleased it with the director cut in theaters. I don't hear much about it except the shock value, which is pretty tame now by today's standards.

[worldly pollen]

Also you're not going to recommend gladiator? Lol

Also The Eagle and Spartacus TV ssries are great Rome movies

[leaden lion]

Sucks Season 2 had historian consultants walk out.

[leaden lion]

Figured I don’t need to if you like the setting

Usually it’s the introduction to those types of swords and sandals films. Spartacus the original movie is neat but you can see Trumbo’s then ideological statement getting in the way of the actual events from the revolts it was based on. Kubrick hated working with Douglas as a result of shooting that film.

[worldly pollen]

Huh interesting color to the production. As long as it doesn't affect the product itself,

[leaden lion]

You watched Cleopatra?

[tall otter]

Exactly like from the opening it paints these “revolutionaries” as morally grey at best

I guess it gains points for being relevant but PTA wrote this script what like 10 years ago

[worldly pollen]

No, I gotta get that in too. I think I've seen the tv series from the 1999

[leaden lion]

HBO Rome too

Also Rome Battle After Another

[worldly pollen]

I've seen that. Too bad the production only lasted 2 seasons. Was probably what got me originally interested in the time period.

[leaden lion]

I’ll take this to a different chat at #movies-ii

[granite tinsel]

aaaaah

[viral mason]

https://fxtwitter.com/jtaylor0_3/status/1989038306034938110

JT (@Jtaylor0_3)

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Cinema is right

[granite tinsel]

Gaah beat me to it lol

[granite tinsel]

who got that one scene

[spiral swan]

Still my film of the year

[granite tinsel]

yeah that oscar is secured

[viral mason]

https://x.com/matthewastewart/status/1989460851406024967

Matthew Stewart (@MatthewAStewart)

Screen time data for One Battle After Another (2025)

- Leonardo DiCaprio - 55:03 (34.05%)
- Sean Penn - 33:02 (20.43%)
- Chase Infiniti - 31:05 (19.22%)
- Teyana Taylor - 19:19 (11.95%)
- Benicio del Toro - 13:11 (8.15%)
- Regina Hall - 8:06 (5.01%)

X · Nov 14, 2025, 10:30 PM

[granite tinsel]

interesting

[spiral swan]

Watching again now that it’s on digital

[dreamy lotus]

It’s so good man, I wish I owned a vista screen or something.

[granite tinsel]

that would be the dream

[spiral swan]

https://tenor.com/view/a-few-small-beers-benicio-del-toro-sensei-one-battle-after-another-gif-14199258641251126014

[granite tinsel]

from here on in its one battle after another

[granite tinsel]

https://youtube.com/watch?v=l_crpUpoEZg&si=BIyFpNPSXRoTvWDF

[granite tinsel]

https://youtu.be/t1xbrZyH21U?si=W1F7xa2QJ3br1MZ3

[viral mason]

https://x.com/imax/status/1993364058557276598

IMAX (@IMAX)

The rendezvous point? IMAX.

Introducing the first bring-back of #OneBattleAfterAnother exclusively in IMAX 70mm. Secure your seats now: https://t.co/ajiqQfnxGd

X · Nov 25, 2025, 5:00 PM

[viral mason]

https://x.com/discussingfilm/status/1993750503369658428

DiscussingFilm (@DiscussingFilm)

Paul Thomas Anderson was actively involved in getting a ‘ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER’ mini-game into Fortnite

His goal was to extend the story of the film through Fortnite.

(Source: https://t.co/fyWzCc1gki)

X · Nov 26, 2025, 6:35 PM

[sage compass]

this is so weird

i don’t really like the idea

i kinda hate fortnite. its bastardization of arts and culture for monetization has always felt disgusting

and not in the same way other companies do this kind of thing

[granite tinsel]

https://youtu.be/1W5VZoFxtM0?si=S4H7Nme1NtIWzQl6