Eddington

Its for sure a weird film.

It pokes fun at people from both sides.
There is allot of things that could go wrong when making a film such as this and I think not all of it went wrong but does confuse me sometimes.
Ari aster is sometimes over his head and some of the commentary is a bit shallow, the usage of phones is one of the more smaller satire bits in the film and honestly sometimes it worked but also most of the time it was in boomer "phone bad" territory.
Social media does impact our lives and how we act but its done in such a shallow way most of the time that I don't really think its all that great.
Like let's be for real, most kids now would not record shit while trying to shoot someone.

Actually, that's a monkey paws thing because imo with phones now you could have more evidence then ever, its just that some people record things like local fist fights.....thats just dumb.
There is something of a critique with social media and adults but I thought it was kinda shafted most of the time.

The whole blm part was funny at first but it then drags on and kinda in your face.
The covid parts of the film are also very in your face, its not specifically bad but I also think aster writes it in such a way where it doesn't really go deep into both topics that isn't screaming in your face.

The movie does show how the mind of a conservative in theory could work and how they dig themselves in a deeper and deeper hole and I think thats what the movie is the best in portraying.
Pedro pascal, Austin butler and a few more cast members felt strangely anti climatic to the point where it didn't feel like the film ultimately said anything when it comes to their portion of the story. There is something there its just that this thing tries to put as much political things in itself as much as possible.
Joaquin pheonix and the rest of the cast are great and the cinematography is pretty good but for everything 1 thing eddington gets right, its wrong in 3 other things.

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