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  • Michael Knight changed the title to Eddington - Ari Aster Joaquin Phoenix Austin Butler Emma Stone Pedro Pascal
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Well holy shit that's a cast...a couple of the best Character Actors going and Pedro who makes everything Gold he touches.

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7 hours ago, veritas aequitas said:

Is anyone in more new stuff than this guy

Dude put in his dues for quite a while before landing bigger roles, so he's grabbed the baton and is running.

Film is on the list next month at Cannes and then opens stateside in July; I hope it is a good film as the topic is one that sets off some folks.

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15 hours ago, Herpa Derpa said:

well, almost everything.

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He was the best part of that movie however.

But nothing could save that...the Director was too full of herself after WW1 and they fucked up the casting of WW with someone who couldn't act at all.

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i feel like this is going to be one of those that should be satire but will be uncomfortable because it's actually a little too on the nose now. like Veep became lol

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On 5/1/2025 at 6:41 PM, Drew said:

He was the best part of that movie however.

But nothing could save that...the Director was too full of herself after WW1 and they fucked up the casting of WW with someone who couldn't act at all.

But man is she easy to look at. 

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Just got back from the theater. I wanted to like this so much, but I did not. Neither did my 17-yo son, fwiw. We both loved Hereditary and Midsommer, and while I wouldn't say the same for Beau is Afraid, it still had a distinct fantasy element that made it clear you were watching something not quite real. This movie, though, isn't sure what it wants to be. 

At the Alamo pre-show, they showed part of a podcast discussion between Ari Aster and Bill Hader, and Aster mentioned how he had been wanting to make a modern western for several years before Hereditary, but he got bored with it and knew it was missing something, so he put it aside. COVID and the political stuff seem almost ancillary to the story, like a McGuffin, and as we went through the movie I kept thinking that the conflict between the sheriff and mayor and protestors could've been over anything. It seems like Aster just wanted to make this modern western, and COVID gave him the hook that he could use to sell it. More spoiler-y stuff below.

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When Joe kills the homeless guy, the mayor, and the mayor's son, I thought things were really going to pick up and we'd get back to the Ari Aster stuff I love. But, no - from then on, the movie does get more crazy and less realistic, but not in a good way. The bomb goes off and dismembers Guy, but Michael, standing right next to it, only gets some shrapnel to the face? And then Joe, who has COVID, gets shot, and then STABBED IN THE HEAD TWICE and is still alive? Enough to get elected mayor as a figurehead? Why is his MIL suddenly sane enough to speak for him at events? And who exactly was behind all the terrorism? Vernon and his people?

And what exactly happened to Lou as a child? Did her dad molest her? Is that why her mom and Joe want to blame Ted? When Vernon was telling his story I was pretty sure the "memories" he described were made up, but I don't think she was making anything up. 

I considered that everything after Joe gets stabbed in the head is a weird dream sequence, but I don't think so. I think the movie is trying to make a point, but I'm not sure what the point is. 

As a final point, Pedro Pascal, Emma Stone, and Austin Butler were way underutilized. Their characters could've been played by anyone.

Very curious what you all think.

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This is a movie I am not certain I want to see. I personally feel that I do not want to re-live any COVID-era stuff just yet. Seeing the massive loss of life up close in NYC is probably why I am reluctant to watch a movie dealing with COVID even though we are more than five years out from when it began.

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3 hours ago, austingirl said:

Just got back from the theater. I wanted to like this so much, but I did not. Neither did my 17-yo son, fwiw. We both loved Hereditary and Midsommer, and while I wouldn't say the same for Beau is Afraid, it still had a distinct fantasy element that made it clear you were watching something not quite real. This movie, though, isn't sure what it wants to be. 

At the Alamo pre-show, they showed part of a podcast discussion between Ari Aster and Bill Hader, and Aster mentioned how he had been wanting to make a modern western for several years before Hereditary, but he got bored with it and knew it was missing something, so he put it aside. COVID and the political stuff seem almost ancillary to the story, like a McGuffin, and as we went through the movie I kept thinking that the conflict between the sheriff and mayor and protestors could've been over anything. It seems like Aster just wanted to make this modern western, and COVID gave him the hook that he could use to sell it. More spoiler-y stuff below.

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When Joe kills the homeless guy, the mayor, and the mayor's son, I thought things were really going to pick up and we'd get back to the Ari Aster stuff I love. But, no - from then on, the movie does get more crazy and less realistic, but not in a good way. The bomb goes off and dismembers Guy, but Michael, standing right next to it, only gets some shrapnel to the face? And then Joe, who has COVID, gets shot, and then STABBED IN THE HEAD TWICE and is still alive? Enough to get elected mayor as a figurehead? Why is his MIL suddenly sane enough to speak for him at events? And who exactly was behind all the terrorism? Vernon and his people?

And what exactly happened to Lou as a child? Did her dad molest her? Is that why her mom and Joe want to blame Ted? When Vernon was telling his story I was pretty sure the "memories" he described were made up, but I don't think she was making anything up. 

I considered that everything after Joe gets stabbed in the head is a weird dream sequence, but I don't think so. I think the movie is trying to make a point, but I'm not sure what the point is. 

As a final point, Pedro Pascal, Emma Stone, and Austin Butler were way underutilized. Their characters could've been played by anyone.

Very curious what you all think.

Agree with you completely. Just came back from the theater and I have a lot of questions running through my head. I thought the director brilliantly captured the mood of 5 years ago. Beyond that, this movie didn’t know what it wants to be with a bit of satire thrown in the end with the white kid doing a 180 — becoming Kyle Rittenhouse after being a BLM protestor for the entire movie.

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It felt like an Ari Aster No Country for Old Men but not necessarily in a good way. Like he was trying to get the feel of that in the 2nd half. I liked it but there's a lot to unpack. It felt like a few movies rolled into one. Agreed that it definitely perfectly capture the craziness of late Spring Covid 2020 and then the George Floyd protests. The commentary was definitely biting in equal parts. 

Did I miss a highly militarized Antifa back then? I know there were violent protests and burning of buildings but I don't remember assassinations of cops. That didn't strike me as Vernon's people since the phone had all their other attacks on it. I think the point Joe snapped just felt really out of place. I guess it was simmering the whole time and then his wife leaves him but it felt odd and now he's just a murderer.  The shootout was interesting but I'm also confused how he gets stabbed in the head twice and lives. I guess to prolong his suffering since he set all of this in motion, to an extent. Agreed that Lou's dad probably molested her but I don't think Vernon was being truthful. His story smelled like something planted or suggested to him by a terrible therapist. I think the mom took Ted's rejection of Lou as proof he raped her combined with her pregnancy that was probably courtesy of her father. It's interesting you never heard the rest of Lou's statement but Ted appears to use it as proof he did nothing wrong. The kid was a hero in the end and used it to further himself. That didn't seem that strange because he seemed to blow towards whatever helped him try to get laid.

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hmmm 🤔 i do want to see it but it sounds like it can wait for home viewing. not reading anybody spoilers, but i figured it was going to be kind of...discombobulating.

we saw in quick succession JP (terrible), Superman (entertaining), and F1 (thrilling). there are more upcoming releases better for theater viewing. 

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