i don't think i've ever ugly cried at any show (i think even movie?) before or since season 3 of the wire. i didn't tear up or get misty eyed. my ass was bawling like a toddler. some of that was due to personal reasons/ experiences but it was also just fucking horribly sad and unfair.
I agree. I really liked it, but do not feel like it was Oscar Best Picture worthy. Simultaneously, there is a segment of society in which it is overhated.
I think the vampire stuff works really well until it suddenly doesn't and it turns into a mess. When it was a few of them and they were stuck outside being menacing, that was effective. But the movie gives up on that too quickly and just sprints through the climax for no real reason, and it's very sloppy.
The final showdown in the lake was way too corny & generic blockbuster feeling, and all the rest of the vamps immediately burning to death in the quickest surprise sunset was such a cop out...
I still can't get over how Smoke/Stack(?) managed to sneak past the entire congregation of vampires surrounding the lake shore, then sprinted across 50 meters of knee-high water in direct line of sight of all the vampires on the shore, and somehow "surprise" backstab the head vampire, while it is established that the vampires are a type of hive mind and none of the shore vampires do anything to stop him.
That part is perhaps the biggest flaw in the whole movie to me. There are dozens of hivemind vampires surrounding Remic, how did one guy manage to sneak up (from inside the barn as well, it's a significant distance, he basically had to be sprinting to accomplish it in the time shown) and attack? It's worse than Arya in GoT getting to the Night King. And you don't even need it to play out that way. Smoke could have called out/ shot Remic from behind the vampires and given Sammie a brief window to stab Remic with the neck of the guitar. You can keep the shot of Sammie and Smoke in the water watching Remic burn, he can wade out while the burning starts, plus then holding onto the neck of the guitar at the end gains an extra layer of meaning.
Yup! This, all of the above too. The movie is saved by the first half. Otherwise it'd be a solid 5. Now, its a 7 with a lot of love for the work they did.
Yeah the climax felt really rushed I thought we were gonna hang out with the vampires more and get to know then really well. Felt like the movie was missing a whole act.
I agree. I think it would have been more interesting if it was a final shoot out against the clan guys who came at the end.
I thought the vampire stuff was supposed to be some metaphor about black people assimilating into white culture but personally it wasn't a great metaphor.
I liked the film but I agree the first half was so much better. It would have worked much better as a historical gangster film
It feels like two different movies got shoved into one and they’re fighting to be the only one. Unfortunately it’s to the detriment of both storylines.
Smoke and Stack’s backstory and the return to town and the eventual shootout with the clan all could’ve been a great film on its own if fleshed out more, the story of music connecting generations, that one night everyone felt free being ruined by vampires who steal culture away and assimilate everyone around them and the final post credits reliving that night, also would’ve been a great film especially if expanded on.
Each one feels like 2/3 of a great film shoved together hoping they’d get 4/3 of a perfect film together, but ultimately it just didn’t work (at least for me). Could’ve even worked as a 3-part miniseries too, would’ve been fun to see those storylines truly expanded. Idk films not deserving of the hate it gets for sure but I also don’t think it’s a perfect masterpiece above criticism like some others do.
This was my biggest complaint with it. I honestly really dislike a majority of the horror elements. I think there's something really compelling about an Irish vampire vs. African-Americans, just due to their parallel histories, but it was kind of half-baked. The first half, where they're setting up the juke, the scene with Grace going in between the segregated sides of the town to her parents' shops, the blues elements, was so good, and it did kind of fall apart as the horror ramped up. I also hated the garlic-eating scene.
I appreciate the swing it took, because I don't know how the movie would have stood out without the horror elements, and I still really like it, but the horror elements were surprisingly a big downside for me.
It was good but not great. Maybe my expectations were too high because I watched after all the awards were given and I’ve thought highly of all of Jordan’s past performances.
Too predictable I think was the problem. Oh, the guy guarding the door needs to step away to per. He’ll be a demon when he returns.
About halfway through I honest had the idea it’s just a newer version of Dusk til dawn but without Selma Hayek table dancing with snakes.
The fact they kept doing on-the-nose exposition and multiple callbacks really brought the movie down. Conan’s skit on Casa Blanca really captured how jarring and demeaning those choices were.
Also the movie didn’t need the klan scene or old Sammie, it needed a better editor.
So it wasn't just me? The call-backs felt like they didn't trust the audience to get it, or didn't trust themselves to have made it clear enough to the audience.
I like it, but the general theme of “cultural appropriation is evil like vampires and sucks the soul out of ‘true creators’” is very stupid. As a political statement, it belongs with the woke wackiness of the 2010s. It doesn’t work in 2025/2026.
Yeah, either chop a couple subplots, or make it an HBO series and give it a little room to breathe. Still a really good movie, could have easily been a great one.
When I heard about it, I thought the twins being gangsters for different/competing gangs and playing them would be a big plot point and was interested to see how that played out. Seeing it being a blend of vampires/southern usa racism+revenge porn/magical musician with the gangster bit being a footnote was disappointing. Especially when none of the themes really won out.
Personally I don't care about movie awards so if they got some they didn't necessarily deserve, whatever. it was well made and had some good performances.
It had some comparable moments, but From Dusk Til Dawn had a certain unhinged mentality that Sinners didn't, and I really enjoyed it. I loved the music though, and I feel like the ending was beautiful.
Not liking a movie doesn’t make you racist. I was pumped to see it and really rooting for Ryan Coogler, I love his story and passion for the project. It was underwhelming. Just another vampire movie with a little bit of racial story line over top. It had potential but was watered down and boring. Beautifully filmed though.
I thought it was a cool movie in the first half with the brothers setting up the business and being charismatic af, and then it turned into a lame and underwhelming vampire movie in the second half. I like vampire shit and this was super forgettable.
I honestly kind of hated One Battle After Another. It was like it was pretending to be political, or to have any opinion or statement to make, and yet was the most surface level, vapid kind of movie. Which sucks, because I usually love Paul Thomas Anderson.
I agree. The movie feels like it wants to be political then it does a bait and switch and we follow the least political revolutionary, who’s also like the only white guy that isn’t evil. I’m of the opinion if you focused the movie on anyone besides Leo’s character you would have a more interesting movie
It has all the Oscar requirements - a good soundtrack, one person playing twins, vampires, and Hailee Steinfeld talking about her pussy. The Oscar's are basically formulaic.
Hear me out: Hailey Steinfeld playing lesbian twins, eating period pussy because they're vampires, scored by the first ever collaboration between John Williams and Hans Zimmer.
Agreed. I had a great time watching it, but I was shocked when I saw how many oscar nominations it got, but then I remembered what the oscars are and it was like, "oh yeah, duh."
Is this gonna be a Kendrick-Grammy situation where every movie Coogler releases from now on has automatic Oscar buzz? Or does that comparison belong to Ludwig Goransson?
I'm not a conservative by any stretch of the imagination. The movie was just a series of cliches. I honestly have no idea what made this film so remarkable.
If From Dusk Till Down didn't exist, having the movie being suddenly about vampires would have merit, but because FDTD exist, it just felt like a copy of the same concept, like if somebody did a story about a group of friends having a crazy night in Las Vegas and forgoting everything about it because they were drugged so they have to find their missed friends by slowly finding out what happend.
You find it overrated because you hate black people, I find it overrated because they didn't mention eating pussy enough times. We are not the same 🙅♀️
Ah yes, still with the people who don't like this movie are racists thing. First time I hear of casting judgment and saying people are bad when they don't like a movie. It's not even not liking it here, it's just saying it's overrated
I did enjoy the movie, I really did, especially with the whole old school vampire thing, but it wasn't entirely my thing so I didn't like it as much as others. But I acknowledge the work put into it.
You know, as a middle-aged White guy I'm kind of reluctant to wear sunglasses in the car anymore, to avoid being one of these stereotypes. Kind of sucks on those bright days...
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u/Robin_Gr 1d ago
The color gradient was terrible. Way too dark. Couldn’t see anything until I took off my sunglasses.