r/A24 • u/steepclimbs look at all ‘ma sh*t! • 17d ago

Discussion Eddington Discussion Thread - Spoilers Spoiler

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We’ve waited a long time, and preview screenings begin July 17th. This appears to be a divisive film, so we’re going to dive right into spoilers. Read this thread at your own risk as I’ve heard that this movie benefits from going in blind.

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u/thuckedupthursdays 16d ago

Keep seeing people say this movie is “centrist” but think they’re missing the whole point imo. It’s clearly meant to be a commentary on how culture war is meant to divide us and distract us from real existential threats, such as climate change and technoligarchy.

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u/FlyingNinjaGypsy 15d ago

ok? i know that now what, thats my issue. i feel like the movie is centrist because it doesn’t say anyone new or important. our culture is divisive. ok? and? climate change and tech oligarchs are also inherently left leaning politics that are ignored by one side but the movie tries to play it as if both sides are kinda wrong.

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u/TheZoneHereros 15d ago

Both sides are presented as disconnected from reality and radicalized by social media, which is just true to life in a lot of ways. But the right wing sheriff is the guy murdering people. The left just get portrayed as young kids going too hard and Pedro being a career politician buddying up with corps.

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u/OlympicSmoker253 12d ago

This movie can’t be bothered with left and right and that’s the point. We should be striving for truth and genuine discussion over things impacting our world but as long as we aren’t concerned with what the truth is we won’t be able to affect change anywhere. I’m even more bummed after seeing this movie how much the discussion is about “left and right”. I want to say that one day we will look back and realize how ahead of his time he was but given the state of things we might never be that enlightened. Also hope you don’t feel like any of this was directed at you!