Sinners

I have mixed feelings about this movie. On the one hand, the cinematography was great and so was the soundtrack (Ludwig Göransson!). The setting is a fun one, and the mish-mash of different ‘mythologies/spiritualities’ (voodoo, vampires, etc.) original. The pacing was good, and despite it being a fairly long movie, I was rarely bored (a couple of too-long vampire-people conversation scenes aside). However, it felt like that movie wanted to say something about themes of racism, colonialism, and assimilation… but wasn’t quite sure what, and ended up alternating between being a fun thriller/horror/action mash-up and shouting ‘Racism is bad!’ at you. I am somewhat surprised it has been so well received critically - seems like it would have done better in Peak Woke.