Being a man of mystery (ha) I don't usually let on to my opinions on movies until I drop my full review of them -- the whole "spit out twenty words on social media the second the screening ends" thing is just not for me. I need to marinate in what I just watched -- especially when it's blown my mind. But this time there was enough of a break between the first time I saw Paul Thomas Anderson's One Battle After Another and when the social media embargo broke on it that I'd fully formed my opinion that it's a masterpiece (something a second viewing before I wrote my review only underlined) and so this time I did indeed jump on the "screaming my opinion in a few words on social media" bandwagon, as seen down below. (And that post is in actuality an entire thread so click on to read it all at Bluesky if you care for the Cliff's Notes version of my review.) That said my full on review of the film dropped yesterday -- READ IT HERE. There could still be some surprises down the road with movies I haven't seen yet but to be honest I can't imagine anything knocking OBAA off the top of the year right now. It's astonishing filmmaking from PTA. Urgent, funny, political -- if this is the movie that finally gets him on the Oscar stage I don't think anybody could possibly be angry about that. Well except for Republicans. They'll be angry. But when aren't they angry? Fuck those dirty diaper people.
I don't like doing miniature social media "reviews" when embargoes break but ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER is so mind-blowingly good I'm breaking my own rule - I felt like I was levitating upon leaving the theater. As the end credits came up I almost started whooping "CINEMA FUCK YEAH!" at the screen
— Jason Adams (@jamnpp.bsky.social) September 9, 2025 at 10:47 AM
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What an amazing review, I’m really excited to watch this!
I come in peace, just wanted to share a thought: in this review you seem to praise the characters for robbing banks to fund their revolutionary cause, but in a recent post you criticized Stalin for doing the same. I’d kindly encourage you to look into Stalin’s history beyond the dominant historiography — his figure has been heavily discredited and dragged through the mud as a way to undermine the communist experience as a whole.
Wishing you all the best, and may we keep striving for a better world.
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