One Battle After Another (Paul Thomas Anderson, September 26, 2025) Movie • Page 3

Fuck. I love Vineland too. I found it when I was like 15 in a free box of books and had never heard of Pynchon this is gonna rule

 

This looks sick

 

I did not love that trailer, but it’s PTA. I’m sure it’ll be good.

 

Yeah this looks great. Cannot wait.

 

This looks properly zany and weird, here for it

 

This looks great

 

I dunno maybe it's just me, I don't understand the need to have someone to root for. Just watch what happens and enjoy it or don't. I've had the same discussion with people in my personal life and it makes no sense.

 

There are a lot of great movies where ultimately there is nobody to really root for.

 

if someone starts the movie as an idealist and midway through is consumed by greed and loses sight of who they are I turn off the movie because it's none of my business

 

so you’ve never finished a movie then

 

Zemeckis loves this

 

I was kidding, it would be so boring if there was no conflict

 

Not my money!

 

cap ain't real

 

Does Zaz want this movie to fail to justify firing De Luca and making WB become a slop only studio

 

It is a little different post-COVID.

Yeah it will probably bomb, but how many of you have stock in the studios? I know the fear is that he will go to director jail, but Paul Thomas Anderson might be the best director over the last 30 years. Someone will hire him again.

 

Yeah only if this is actually a full on disaster (critical, audience and box office reception wise like a Joker 2) will PTA go to directors jail. I have a hard time imagining him not delivering a great movie.

 

the Variety hit piece budget must be $8 billion

 

the next PTA disaster will be the first

 

Almost everyone says Hard Eight is his worst film and it is pretty great.

He's on that Kubrick career path where he does what he wants, when he wants, and doesn't really miss.

 

It’s our civic duty to make sure this does at least ok in theaters

 

I don’t even know what I’d consider a weak film by him. I’ve only watched the last three once but still really enjoyed them. I guess they are his “weakest”, if you give Hard Eight a break for it being his debut