Sinners (2025)

[Retros_x]

I disagree. First, this is a vampire/horror/action/thriller, and the Grand Dragon of the KKK is a prime sort of villain to kill in such a story. And secondly, the twins -- for all their swagger -- had largely been defeated by white society, in the delta, in Chicago, and their "wins" involved getting out ahead of the Irish and Italian mobs.

Smoke being able to defeat the original evil at home was an important victory for him to claim in his final minutes of life and a way he could go be with his beloved and his child with his head raised high.

I agree if you just name this narrative beats out of context like that. But it feels like being out of another movie. For me the climax was the vampire showdown. To add this second climax felt absolutely weird, pacing was completely off for me due to that scene. I am not arguing from a story narrative perspective like you - on that layer I agree -, but I am arguing from a rythm perspective. I wonder if there would've been another way to include the KKK.

 

[chuckdee]

I agree if you just name this narrative beats out of context like that. But it feels like being out of another movie. For me the climax was the vampire showdown. To add this second climax felt absolutely weird, pacing was completely off for me due to that scene. I am not arguing from a story narrative perspective like you - on that layer I agree -, but I am arguing from a rythm perspective. I wonder if there would've been another way to include the KKK.

I might agree if it hadn't been telegraphed twice earlier in the movie. Chekhovs gun had already been placed. It had to be fired.