I found the characters to be wafer thin, the main idea poorly explored and unexplained, the plot contrived and trite. The whole movie felt like a chain of cliches. In my view, it is not a good movie. ... So then I'm a bit puzzled as to why it is so highly rated. I mean, different people have different tastes - but I'm now doubting that someone would really call the movie a 'masterpiece' or anything like that. I find the contrast between what I heard about it and what I experienced to be quite bizarre.

So I'm curious about what other people think of it here - outside of reviews on popular websites. I'd like to know if people do still say that it is a great movie. If you do like it, you don't have to justify why or say what was good about it if you don't want to. I'm content to accept that different people have different tastes. I'm really just curious whether or not there is a mismatch between online reviews and opinions on Lemmy. There's certainly a mismatch with my own opinion!

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[–] misk@piefed.social 6 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

I watched One Battle After Another last week. My impression was that it was a more feverish take on Children of Men. I rewatched that the next day and it holds up perfectly. Cinematography allows for the real story to be told in backgrounds and mood. Characters were not that important so I appreciate it that they kept movie short.

Oh, and the scene at Theo’s brother where a young adult at the table is too consumed by some electronics to participate in the discussion is uncannily prophetic since the movie came out before smartphones exploded.