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[romad1]

On 1/28/2026 at 7:28 AM, Motor City Sonics said:

I don't know why.   Maybe it's just the snow sweeping guy and the way he so perfectly delivers his lines here, but this may be my favorite scene in film history.  This stupid little scene with two characters who hadn't even appeared on screen yet 3/4 of the way through the movie.    It's endlessly quotable.   

 

 

This is also a scene my wife and I quote a lot.  

[romad1]

Finally saw One Battle After Another.  I can definitely appreciate it.  I don't know if I loved it. 

[chasfh]

46 minutes ago, romad1 said:

Finally saw One Battle After Another.  I can definitely appreciate it.  I don't know if I loved it. 

Same here. I’m glad I saw it, but I can definitely wait to see it again.

[romad1]

1 hour ago, chasfh said:

Same here. I’m glad I saw it, but I can definitely wait to see it again.

Thinking in terms of comps...."Casablanca" was an amazing movie and still holds up because, of the "La Marseillaise" scene:  the point in the movie which really tears at the heart strings of the audience.  I'm not sure we ever got that point in One Battle After Another.  I thought we had hints with the Benicio Del Toro character and his enlarged operation and family but that seems incomplete. 

I saw similarities to "The Baader Meinhoff Complex" which was ultimately depicting the Revolutionaries as a disease of the otherwise stable West German society caused by the youth's reaction to the Nazi era and East Germany's exploitation of that youth dissatisfaction. 

"Antropoid" about the assassination of Heydrich in Prague has some comps. 

There is some of this same angle in "Deutschland 83-89".  

Not sure why I went to three different German examples. 

[romad1]

42 minutes ago, romad1 said:

Thinking in terms of comps...."Casablanca" was an amazing movie and still holds up because, of the "La Marseillaise" scene:  the point in the movie which really tears at the heart strings of the audience.  I'm not sure we ever got that point in One Battle After Another.  I thought we had hints with the Benicio Del Toro character and his enlarged operation and family but that seems incomplete. 

I saw similarities to "The Baader Meinhoff Complex" which was ultimately depicting the Revolutionaries as a disease of the otherwise stable West German society caused by the youth's reaction to the Nazi era and East Germany's exploitation of that youth dissatisfaction. 

"Antropoid" about the assassination of Heydrich in Prague has some comps. 

There is some of this same angle in "Deutschland 83-89".  

Not sure why I went to three different German examples. 

Andor is the comp.   Andor was better.  

[Motor City Sonics]

Underrated movie

 

Hell Or High Water    (Chris Pine, Ben Foster and Jeff Bridges in one of the best roles in his career). 

Great writing

Great pacing

Great cinematography

Great acting

 

It was nominated for a few Oscars, I think it was better than Moonlight or La La Land.  Way better than both

Serious tone with a little room for humor

 

 

 

 

Edited Friday at 08:18 PM by Motor City Sonics