And this week's Friday night movie has been... One Battle After Another!
Best Picture Oscar winner no.: 98 (2025)
It's the latest addition to the line of Academy Awards for Best Picture so how does this one stack up against it's brethren?
In recent years I have heard some movies made before 1990s being reassessed through having some dated portions & mindsets and subsequently being explained away as being 'products of their time'. This in turn makes me wonder if a similar fate awaits the movies being made in the past decade. I say this as this movie is very much a product of this current time with it's themes: people rising up in violent protest, old white dudes being villainised, people of colour taking aggressive stances and ordinary folk being pushed around by military forces.
But that's only in the first portion of the movie. Because partway through the movie it changes gears and the rest of the runtime is dedicated into being an abduction thriller. And that's where One Battle After Another really shines, being tense and exciting.
So would that make the first portion something of a Trojan horse? Perhaps but I am impressed that the Academy had the balls to give this the top award. I suppose that is an indication of where the Academy may be heading with the voting process: Changing the rules, challenging formula and adapting to fit the times. And if that means seeing a whole lot of unconventional Best Picture winners then hey, I'm all for it.
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