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by bobbywal, Oak Park, Monday, March 16, 2026, 19:12 (18 days ago) @ Mike (Embrey)

Hamnet crushed me at the end. Lot of things wrapped up in there for me. But I thought the movie was really beautiful and I just may be a sucker for Mescal.

I enjoyed both Sinners and One Battle. I'd probably stan more for One Battle - I like PTA generally and thought this was a pretty damn good movie for its time. And, I also really dug into the fatherhood aspect mentioned previously. I will agree that it might not have permanence like a lot of other best pictures. But, I'm hard pressed to figure out which of the movies this year will be that one, even going beyond the nominees.

The music in Sinners was fantastic and I really liked "the" scene. That said, that movie is ambitious in a lot of ways and I struggle with discerning what the overall message was intended to be. All that aside, the coda was really fun.