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One Battle After Another

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the new DiCaprio/Penn/del Toro movie. I saw it yesterday. A fair amount of filming was in Sacramento last year (drawing spectator crowds hoping to catch a glimpse of the boys).
There was an easter egg that cracked me up tho. A sub-plot involves the white nationalist racist little 'club' that appeared to be made up of former government or military big shots. At one scene, they were gathered in their secret headquarters. A few local Sacramento peeps might recognize the big white mansion they met at as the former home on 45th Street (probably the swankiest street of homes in Sacto) which was the home of Ronny Raygun when he was the Gov here in the '70s. No mention of that, and only a quick glimpse of the house in the movie. I nearly laughed out loud.

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RE: One Battle After Another - Billy Wonka 16:15:48 10/05/25 (0)
DiCaprio = comedy relief

Penn = the Grinch that killed Christmas

Del Toro = balanced and sane

Yeah, this was half laugh riot, half cringe. It took extremism to extremes.

My favorite part was the secret society: CHRISTMAS ADVENTURERS CLUB. Those guys had it all covered in the best possible conservative and republican way. Their meetings were hilarious. Tony Goldwyn was in his element.
But... what about the movie itself ? - peppy m. 16:08:06 10/05/25 (1)
Good ? Bad ? Indifferent ?
- well, I liked it - stan2 17:53:25 10/09/25 (0)
  despite I miss some dialogue due to shi**y hearing and no subtitles. (I passed on the subtitle machine they offered). My daughter also liked it. I think it will be on the list for something when the Oscar nominations come out. I'll want to watch it again.
  - here's a film format review (Open in New Window)

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