Watched 3 buzzy movies on intl flight. Depressed re state of American filmmaking.

Eddington: Absurdly implausible, bloated, & failed attempt to capture zeitgeist. Could cut 2h29m running time by an hour with ZERO loss.

OBAO: Same Zeitgeist fail, same bloat. Superb performance by Penn, but lost in a 2h49m self-indulgent slog.

Bugonia: 2 hours to get to the a reveal that was totally obvious 20 minutes.

If this is the stuff qualifying as “critically acclaimed”, I feel that what’s currently masquerading as American cinema has passed the point of no return.