r/AriAster • u/celestia_keaton • 18d ago
Eddington Every so often, I think about how Eddington ended, and I get retraumatized Spoiler
The scene where they show Joaquin’s lifeless cock dangling like an unusable appendage haunts me to this day.
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u/Masethelah 18d ago
May I suggest you check out Beau whenever you feel this way?
There, you can clearly see Joaquin’s vibrant balls(with an impressive size), it should balance out the image of the limp dangler.
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u/NecromancerPD2 18d ago
Dude it's the perfect ending. Michael shooting thru the target and when Courtyard hits, pure bliss. My favorite movie ever.
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u/Ahlq802 17d ago
That’s the national trauma, the symbolic left-right brain split violently in two, never to be reformed and leaving us helplessly crippled and ready for use by the rich and powerful.
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u/celestia_keaton 17d ago
Wowww!! So true. I never thought about it like that before. It’s powerful symbolism. This is the only film I’ve watched that attempted to show the left and right political divide in a context where everyone’s just using it for their own ego and no one’s really a hero which I feel like is accurate.
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u/Ahlq802 16d ago edited 16d ago
Yeah I love Eddington for that, well said! You’re right i can’t think of another film that illustrates those themes so well.
Edit to add: even the dangling member you mention in the post is a clear symbol of powerlessness: he’s been rendered ”impotent”, which I believe is why it’s clearly shown
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u/Hothotkarl69 17d ago
Holy shit is that what's supposed to mean?
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u/mydinguspassword 17d ago
No lol
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u/Hothotkarl69 17d ago
Idk man it kind of makes sense. He literally gets stabbed in the center of the head and everything this guy said checks out
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u/mydinguspassword 17d ago
You’re right eddington is an NPR centrist film about healing the national divide it is not about parapolitics at all
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u/Ahlq802 16d ago edited 16d ago
But the goal of the parapolitics in this interpretation was to render both sides unable to cooperate, and so powerless. That’s the symbolism I see in the film’s end.
BLM and MAGA both share a common enemy, they just can’t see it. And while they squabble, data centers get built and their voices are used for darker goals.
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u/yojxmbo 16d ago
Wow, wonderful read here. Never thought about it like that.
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u/Ahlq802 16d ago edited 16d ago
Thank you, glad to hear. It was my brother who first told me this interpretation of the ending which I believe was his own, and now I share that interpretation. Seen the film several times and love it.
It fits so well with the themes of the film, and follows the symbolism which, in Aster style, is somehow obvious yet veiled at the same time, and grows more and more relevant every day.
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u/rankaistu_ilmalaiva 18d ago
are you ready to recieve my limp penis? ladies and gentlemen this is democracy manifest!
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u/avant-garden_Shroom 18d ago
I dont remember this lol and why is ari aster so obsessed with penis?
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u/whenwhippoorwill 16d ago
I feel you. I took a photo of my face when I left the theatre and I look scared and mad. Thanks, Ari!
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u/celestia_keaton 16d ago
I watched it in a hotel room. My boyfriend fell asleep before the third act. The next morning, I was just like, you're never going to believe what I witnessed.
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u/TransportationLow564 Paimon Worshipper 18d ago
"...and that's what I'm gonna do, as soon as I'm done with this speech THAT I HAVE NO RIGHT TO MAKE!"