One Battle After Another

This is the first time since Oppenheimer where I’ve seen a movie in theaters and immediately thought that this’ll be one of the greats. One Battle After Another is overloaded with chaotic set pieces, engaging action sequences, and (as usual for PTA) really interesting characters that can be analyzed for years. DiCaprio continues his 2020s streak of playing a goofy yet lovable father and the circumstances that happen in the first 30 minutes of the movie make him so much more layered as a character. Everyone’s great in this movie though. Sean Penn is horrifying and deserves to be in that Heath Ledger and Christoph Waltz and Javier Bardem list of crazy but well acted psychopaths disguised as villains. Definitely won’t be my last time watching it and I certainly loved my first. Current front runner for every single category for sure. (This’ll sweep Animated Short film)