Eddington

Well the internet may not agree with me, but I am such a sucker for a period piece. When I think about what 2020 get vivid flashbacks of chaos. Mask mandates, fights in supermarkets, police conflict, rise in social justice and political consciousness, villainizing/praising individuals for their acts of protest/violence, conspiracy, etc. Aster found a way to build it all in the small town of Eddington. I love the constant state of confusion and the progressive uneasiness throughout the movie. Each element draws you back in time to what your life was like having to read through social media, tuning in to the news, being fed lies and conspiracies left and right. While some of these experiences we only saw through our phone, computer, or tv screens, in Eddington we got to experience them all. I don’t even know why I love this. Maybe it’s the Rittenhouse comparison being a white apologist. Maybe it’s “antifa” flying in private jets across the country to cause mayhem and political uprising. Maybe it’s the fact that in the end the only people who won was the massive corporation building a data center that will wreck this small community and rip out whatever sense of heritage that is left. Whatever it is that made me love this, I hope you all find the same enjoyment I did and get to laugh and smile throughout the whole film.