Eddington (Ari Aster, July 18, 2025) • Page 11

Ari be WATCHING movies

 

lot more than his last visit to the closet, lol

 

I know none of them which, of course, makes him a pompous ass

 

you don’t know no country for old men?? that doesn’t make him pompous lol

 

I know i know I was joking

 

I think your sarcasm was fairly evident but I think we're all brain broken to one extent or another when it comes to Internet comments.

 

Speak for yourself, I’m normal

 

Insert "Sure, Jan" meme here.

 

No country is the only one on that list I know. Some of the others sound amazing but don’t know where to start

 

You’ve never heard of do the right thing or the parallax view?

 

Nay. I’m a plebe

 

Whole point of that exercise is to introduce films to people so it sounds like it worked

 

Just saw it, ready to talk about it

 

What did you think of it?

 

10/10

 

my friend and I thought that might have been a subtle nod to Kyle Rittenhouse. But I think he just wanted to get laid.

 

Well, I liked it a lot. It might be my least favorite Aster but that’s not to disparage it at all. The second half is masterful. It’s very funny. Ari absolutely landed the ending. He is the goat at endings, I think.

 

Glad you and others are liking it. I am still pretty lukewarm on it. I think there’s a ton of interesting ideas an observations sprinkled throughout this thing, but it spends a lot of time on the least interesting ones early on with a lack of any real subtlety. The second act is where this thing really shines. Plot threads and characterizations that felt a bit cartoonish in the first act pay off in unexpected and interesting ways. But the third act, while not bad, felt a little clunky and unearned. Though the point is ultimately made about the insidious role the internet and big tech have had on American culture, it didn’t feel land. Of course, we live in extremely unsubtle times, so I can see this aging well in another five years or so.

The Rittenhouse nod was funny.

 

Fantastic film. So glad I saw it before it left theaters. Aster is such a huge talent.

 

Guess this is on VOD already? Maybe I’ll rewatch it tonight.

 

Woah did not realize it is out. Downloading now

 

No excuses. Everyone watch this masterpiece now.

 

Yeah, probably gonna need to fix my heart again this weekend

 

Reflecting more, this felt very Coen Brothers “ish” to me. Not just comparing it to No Country. In general it feels an awful lot like something those guys could have made.

 

Watching