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Originally Posted by evollove
JACKIE - Not very good. Natalie Portman, who I usually like, annoyed me a lot by the end. Could've/should've gone a lot deeper.
MANCHESTER BY THE SEA - Basically a literary short story (although it's actually an original script). Little plot, jumbled timeline, elliptical ending. Casey is really, really is good in this.
MOONLIGHT - Touching, boring, beautiful. The beginning was great; I really felt I was in this Miami beach neighborhood. The Artiness of the thing was a drag, I thought.
HIDDEN FIGURES - Sappy, corny, sugary. But darn it. That ending really does grab the heartstrings.
FENCES - Filmed theater. Expertly crafted on every level. Very boring as a film; riveting as theater. I had to take an intermission.
ARRIVAL - About 90% of this is a great, potentially classic sci-fi film for those of us who generally don't like sci-fi. But there's about 10% that kind of annoyed me. Plus Amy Adams has an odd nose.
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What about Hell or High Water? Seen that one?
If so (or even if not) which of these do you think will grab Best Picture this year? I've seen exactly none of them, but from what I've been reading, I feel like it's a Manchester By The Sea v. Moonlight showdown. Maybe Oscar can partially make up for the Grammytrocities by picking Moonlight.
I hear Manchester is just grueling. Like, obscenely sad. Almost a melodrama.