“One Battle After Another,” Paul Thomas Anderson’s political epic, took home the award for best picture at Sunday night’s Oscars, edging out “Sinners,” which gained considerable momentum late in the game, in a tight and dramatic race to the finish line.
Both were excellent films, but I think One Battle After Another ultimately pulled it all together better, which is why Paul Thomas Anderson also won best director.
I would have been happy with either winning, but One Battle for best picture and Michael B Jordan for Actor is the best split you could ask for.
Sinners should have also won best visual effects for all the dual Smoke and Stack scenes. Avatar looked great, but wasn’t dramatically different from the first two.
Ironically, I feel that’s what this missed… nothing pulled it together. Insanely boring ending with nothing to think about after the credits rolled.
I enjoyed the first half a lot, then it just kind of… Ended and died.