“One Battle After Another,” Paul Thomas Anderson’s political epic, took home the award for best picture at Sunday night’s Oscars, edging out “Sinners,” which gained considerable momentum late in the game, in a tight and dramatic race to the finish line.
Sinners should have won but four Oscars is some comfort:
Both were excellent films, but I think One Battle After Another ultimately pulled it all together better, which is why Paul Thomas Anderson also won best director.
I would have been happy with either winning, but One Battle for best picture and Michael B Jordan for Actor is the best split you could ask for.
Sinners should have also won best visual effects for all the dual Smoke and Stack scenes. Avatar looked great, but wasn’t dramatically different from the first two.
Ironically, I feel that’s what this missed… nothing pulled it together. Insanely boring ending with nothing to think about after the credits rolled.
I enjoyed the first half a lot, then it just kind of… Ended and died.
eh I liked OBAA more than Sinners.
Didn’t finish watching Sinners. It seemed overdone from the beginning. Silk and Smoke? C’mon.
Silk…?
Stack I guess. Like I said it didn’t vibe with me.
Did you at least get to the twist?
Yes. It’s when we stopped.
You missed out. It was actually pretty good.
Neither film should have won a bunch of awards, though.
OBAA was visually stunning. The chase scene along the highway with the low angle camera was amazing. The visuals during the city raid also deserve the big screen.