Eddington

Not my favorite movie of 2025 but probably the one I spent the most time thinking about. Originally this movie made me pretty uncomfortable and even though it was a movie that held my attention I wasn’t really rocking with it. As time went on and especially after a rewatch, I think those feelings that it evoked were the purpose of the movie. I think a lot of people (myself included) can struggle with a movie that criticizes ideas/movements that you align with, and take it as an attack on them personally. These were my feelings the first time when it came to how the teenagers are portrayed, but as I’ve gotten more involved in politics I think the movie offers a lot of valid criticism, while also avoiding the “both sides-ism” stuff. There are undeniably performative white activists that are doing things in service of their reputation rather than what they personally believe in or what is actually helpful. There are also undeniably democratic representatives who might hold and campaign on views that you agree with but then turn around and support things that harm their constituents. Even after all this, the way some liberals are painted in this movie, it pales in comparison to how conservatives are shown. The conservatives in this movie spread conspiracy theories, are racists, are quick to violence, and some are grifters that don’t believe in anything but what gets them the most attention. Overall I think it’s a very exaggerated look at the state of politics in the U.S since the start of the pandemic. There’s so much in the film to digest and talk about that I think it will be one of the most memorable movies of the decade for me, and while at this point I think there might even be too much, I’m still a fan.