Movie: Loveless
Nominated for: Foreign Film
How I watched: Movie Pass
When I fell asleep: A lot. Over and over again. I saw maybe 50% of this movie.
Thoughts: Ugh. So sad, so bleak, so Russian. This was basically miserable people, making each other miserable and being self absorbed and cruel. A child becomes the sacrifice in all of this mess. And it snows, in Russia. It was a late showing in a cold theatre and I just couldn't stay awake.
Movie: The Greatest Showman
Nominated for: Original Song
How I watched: Cheap Theatre!
When I fell asleep: I got plenty of sleep during the Russian movie so I was good.
Thoughts: The music was a little cheesy but it still got to me. If I'd watched this on my own, I might have rolled my eyes and said it wasn't that great. But I saw it with my kids and because they loved it, I ended up loving it too. It's got what you need in a musical...big numbers, spectacle and elephants!
Movie: Animated Shorts
Dear Basketball - Dumb. It's Kobe advertising his retirement in a love letter to basketball. But I don't really need to hear from this alleged rapist.
Garden Party - The animation was wow! Beautiful frogs frolic humorously around a possible drug cartel shoot out crime scene. Kinda weird, but gorgeous!
Lou - It's Pixar so it grabs your heart! A bully is healed and reformed by a creature made up of lost and found items.
Negative Space - Moving quiet tale of grief and bonding. The animation is good but ugly? I shouldn't be shallow like that, but there it is.
Revolting Rhymes - Based on Roald Dahl's story. I'm sad to say I dozed off during this fun and interesting reimagining of fairy tales.
Movie: The Insult
Nominated for: Best Foreign Film
How I watched: Movie Pass!
When I fell asleep: Nope, I was riveted
Thoughts: Ok. I totally pre-judged this movie based on its trailer and was not looking forward to it at all. I was wrong. The movie centers around an incident between a Christian Lebanese man and a Palestinian refugee living in Beirut. One man gets insulted and sets off a long personal and legal battle. But this movie dives deep to really dissect the reasons that we get stuck in struggle with each other as humans, whether as individuals or in groups based on our political, national or religious identities. I was challenged to look at what it means to be a human; how we get hurt, frightened, offended, traumatized or judged unworthy and then cease to operate as our better selves. We rely on anger and a need for vengeance to cover up for our feelings of despair, humiliation, grief and isolation. We focus on our own suffering an forget that everyone hurts; that our pain is never as unique as we'd like to believe. What a thoughtful and well put together film! Impressive.
Monday, February 26, 2018
Saturday, February 24, 2018
Chugging Onward!
Movie: A Fantastic Woman
Nominated for: Foreign Film
How I watched: Movie Pass
When I fell asleep: Early on I suffered a few head nods, but I had to keep my eyes open to read the subtitles!
Thoughts: I don't know what to say about this movie. It was a moving tale about grief and how to get along in the world when you don't fit the prescribed mold. Somehow, it felt like it was missing something. I craved an epiphany or a big payoff of some kind. However, I was really happy to see a transgender story on the screen.
Movie: Roman J. Israel, Esq.
Nominated for: Acting
How I watched: Redbox
When I fell asleep: I started this movie and immediately fell asleep for one hour! I had to get up, make popcorn and restart.
Thoughts: I didn't get this movie. The performance seemed varied and inconsistent; I could never figure out if the main character was weird or impaired or on the spectrum. The character was inconsistent; his choices didn't follow logically for me. The ending was abrupt and contrived. Not my favorite.
Movie: The Florida Project
Nominated for: Acting
When I fell asleep: Not today
Thoughts: This was an essentially plot-less movie that depicted the living conditions of some of Florida's slum-dwellers. Some performances were notable, Willem Dafoe being really good and one child actor in particular (Brooklyn Price) being outstanding. There were some character reveals that were brilliant. The ending of this movie was a complete puzzler. Just when they had me roped into a really heart breaking moment, they switched into some sort of fantasy sequence that made no sense and then cut to black. I had to go and read an article proclaiming this ending the best ending of any movie in years (exaggerate much?) but they didn't convince me. It may have tried to be that for me, but it fell short.
Nominated for: Foreign Film
How I watched: Movie Pass
When I fell asleep: Early on I suffered a few head nods, but I had to keep my eyes open to read the subtitles!
Thoughts: I don't know what to say about this movie. It was a moving tale about grief and how to get along in the world when you don't fit the prescribed mold. Somehow, it felt like it was missing something. I craved an epiphany or a big payoff of some kind. However, I was really happy to see a transgender story on the screen.
Movie: Roman J. Israel, Esq.
Nominated for: Acting
How I watched: Redbox
When I fell asleep: I started this movie and immediately fell asleep for one hour! I had to get up, make popcorn and restart.
Thoughts: I didn't get this movie. The performance seemed varied and inconsistent; I could never figure out if the main character was weird or impaired or on the spectrum. The character was inconsistent; his choices didn't follow logically for me. The ending was abrupt and contrived. Not my favorite.
Movie: The Florida Project
Nominated for: Acting
When I fell asleep: Not today
Thoughts: This was an essentially plot-less movie that depicted the living conditions of some of Florida's slum-dwellers. Some performances were notable, Willem Dafoe being really good and one child actor in particular (Brooklyn Price) being outstanding. There were some character reveals that were brilliant. The ending of this movie was a complete puzzler. Just when they had me roped into a really heart breaking moment, they switched into some sort of fantasy sequence that made no sense and then cut to black. I had to go and read an article proclaiming this ending the best ending of any movie in years (exaggerate much?) but they didn't convince me. It may have tried to be that for me, but it fell short.
Thursday, February 22, 2018
The Rest of the Best
Movie: Call Me By Your Name
Nominated for: Best Picture, Acting, Screenplay, Song
How I watched: With my friend
When I fell asleep: Daytime viewings are easier!
Thoughts: This movie started seemingly unremarkable and then won me over, which is just perfect, really. The tension builds slowly and beautifully between the two romantic leads. The mundane turns sublime and fraught with emotional conflict. The relationship felt real in a way that I am not used to seeing on film. And just to add depth, you get to watch the subtleties of the parents and how they deal with the life changing event taking place in secret under their noses. At the end I really felt like I had taken a journey and seen some things from new perspectives and was surprised to realize that I had thoroughly enjoyed myself.
Movie: Darkest Hour
Nominated for: Best Picture, Acting, Production Design, Cinematography, Make up and Hair, Costumes
When I fell asleep: Barely dozed, then rallied
Thoughts: This surprised me! I knew Gary Oldman would be terrific (and he was, he seems like a shoe in) but otherwise I expected a straight forward dry biopic. Not so! This movie had some excellent style and direction. Scenes are painted beautifully with light and some very striking images highlight the isolation and conflict faced by Churchill. The scope of the story seemed right to tackle for a two hour movie. Lily James's role provided the film some welcome light comedic moments and a sense of Churchill in his private life. I enjoyed being surprised by this movie.
Movie: The Post
Nominated for: Best Picture, Acting
How I watched: With friends
When I fell asleep: This is a good one! My friend and I kept nodding off right from the start. After 45 minutes of fighting sleep, we decided we needed to stop. I checked the progress bar and we still had 2 hours left! What? We didn't even feel like the movie had started yet! On night 2, we picked up where we left off and the movie finally got started. I probably dozed a few times during night 2 but it wasn't as much of a fight.
Thoughts: Unlike Darkest Hour, this movie did not surprise me. I was worried about another long historical piece from Spielberg and I was right to be. How does it take the film 45 minutes to get started? Why is it so hard to understand the relationship between the two main actors (who are both so damn talented)? This movie was so over directed! There were lots of stylish shots and moving cameras but none of it felt like it was serving the story. Why am I looking at a distorted reflection in a phone for soooo long? It's always a bad sign when I switch from "viewer mode" to "editor mode" and start thinking about ways that I would eliminate some scenes, restructure the film and make it shorter! This was a total miss for me.
Nominated for: Best Picture, Acting, Screenplay, Song
How I watched: With my friend
When I fell asleep: Daytime viewings are easier!
Thoughts: This movie started seemingly unremarkable and then won me over, which is just perfect, really. The tension builds slowly and beautifully between the two romantic leads. The mundane turns sublime and fraught with emotional conflict. The relationship felt real in a way that I am not used to seeing on film. And just to add depth, you get to watch the subtleties of the parents and how they deal with the life changing event taking place in secret under their noses. At the end I really felt like I had taken a journey and seen some things from new perspectives and was surprised to realize that I had thoroughly enjoyed myself.
Movie: Darkest Hour
Nominated for: Best Picture, Acting, Production Design, Cinematography, Make up and Hair, Costumes
When I fell asleep: Barely dozed, then rallied
Thoughts: This surprised me! I knew Gary Oldman would be terrific (and he was, he seems like a shoe in) but otherwise I expected a straight forward dry biopic. Not so! This movie had some excellent style and direction. Scenes are painted beautifully with light and some very striking images highlight the isolation and conflict faced by Churchill. The scope of the story seemed right to tackle for a two hour movie. Lily James's role provided the film some welcome light comedic moments and a sense of Churchill in his private life. I enjoyed being surprised by this movie.
Movie: The Post
Nominated for: Best Picture, Acting
How I watched: With friends
When I fell asleep: This is a good one! My friend and I kept nodding off right from the start. After 45 minutes of fighting sleep, we decided we needed to stop. I checked the progress bar and we still had 2 hours left! What? We didn't even feel like the movie had started yet! On night 2, we picked up where we left off and the movie finally got started. I probably dozed a few times during night 2 but it wasn't as much of a fight.
Thoughts: Unlike Darkest Hour, this movie did not surprise me. I was worried about another long historical piece from Spielberg and I was right to be. How does it take the film 45 minutes to get started? Why is it so hard to understand the relationship between the two main actors (who are both so damn talented)? This movie was so over directed! There were lots of stylish shots and moving cameras but none of it felt like it was serving the story. Why am I looking at a distorted reflection in a phone for soooo long? It's always a bad sign when I switch from "viewer mode" to "editor mode" and start thinking about ways that I would eliminate some scenes, restructure the film and make it shorter! This was a total miss for me.
Wednesday, February 21, 2018
A Mish Mash of Movies!
Movie: The Square
Nominated for: Best Foreign Film
How I watched: Movie Pass!
When I fell asleep: Nope.
Thoughts: Funny, great acting, great social commentary. Thoroughly enjoyable! Foreign films, naturally tend to make the viewer work a little harder. At the end the guy sitting nest to me threw up his hands in exasperation. I know what he meant. It felt abrupt and lacking closure but it left me to ruminate and decide for myself what was really important. The Square seems to ask us how far we need to go in order to get other people's attention. Whether we need help or just have something important to say, how difficult is it in today's noisy fast-paced environment to actually get attention when you need it. I decided I liked this movie a lot; I hope the guy sitting next to me did too.
Movie: Molly's Game
Nominated for: Screenplay
How I watched: In the theatre
When I fell asleep: A couple of head nods, didn't miss much.
Thoughts: This one is what you expect from Aaron Sorkin without the heft that his stories usually have. It's his first directing effort and it shows. The story is engaging, the acting is great, everyone talks like Aaaron Sorkin but it feels a little less cohesive than usual. I really enjoyed watching it and then completely forgot about it after I left the theatre.
Movie: Logan
Nominated for: Screenplay
How I watched: Theatre, ages ago!
When I fell asleep: Can't recall, but probably.
Thoughts: I don't know what to say about this one. I wasn't a fan of the X Men movies in the first place and this one didn't change all of that for me, but it wasn't awful. I realize that's not a great review but I'm not trying to pan it! I know that the look and feel of this was different and better than the others that take place in this world. I'm sure that was partly writing and partly direction. Other than that, I just saw it too long ago to really remember it well.
Movie: Baby Driver
Nominated for: Editing, Sound Mixing, Sound Editing
How I watched: Redbox
When I fell asleep: I don't think so.
Thoughts: This movie got built up a little too much for me. People were raving over it, which is always a bad way for me to go in. It was cute. That's the best I can do. It's nomination categories make perfect sense. The cutting of the action to match up music and action was ambitious and well done! The characters were broadly drawn and their motivations didn't really line up for me. But it's a good time, I guess.
Nominated for: Best Foreign Film
How I watched: Movie Pass!
When I fell asleep: Nope.
Thoughts: Funny, great acting, great social commentary. Thoroughly enjoyable! Foreign films, naturally tend to make the viewer work a little harder. At the end the guy sitting nest to me threw up his hands in exasperation. I know what he meant. It felt abrupt and lacking closure but it left me to ruminate and decide for myself what was really important. The Square seems to ask us how far we need to go in order to get other people's attention. Whether we need help or just have something important to say, how difficult is it in today's noisy fast-paced environment to actually get attention when you need it. I decided I liked this movie a lot; I hope the guy sitting next to me did too.
Movie: Molly's Game
Nominated for: Screenplay
How I watched: In the theatre
When I fell asleep: A couple of head nods, didn't miss much.
Thoughts: This one is what you expect from Aaron Sorkin without the heft that his stories usually have. It's his first directing effort and it shows. The story is engaging, the acting is great, everyone talks like Aaaron Sorkin but it feels a little less cohesive than usual. I really enjoyed watching it and then completely forgot about it after I left the theatre.
Movie: Logan
Nominated for: Screenplay
How I watched: Theatre, ages ago!
When I fell asleep: Can't recall, but probably.
Thoughts: I don't know what to say about this one. I wasn't a fan of the X Men movies in the first place and this one didn't change all of that for me, but it wasn't awful. I realize that's not a great review but I'm not trying to pan it! I know that the look and feel of this was different and better than the others that take place in this world. I'm sure that was partly writing and partly direction. Other than that, I just saw it too long ago to really remember it well.
Movie: Baby Driver
Nominated for: Editing, Sound Mixing, Sound Editing
How I watched: Redbox
When I fell asleep: I don't think so.
Thoughts: This movie got built up a little too much for me. People were raving over it, which is always a bad way for me to go in. It was cute. That's the best I can do. It's nomination categories make perfect sense. The cutting of the action to match up music and action was ambitious and well done! The characters were broadly drawn and their motivations didn't really line up for me. But it's a good time, I guess.
Wednesday, February 14, 2018
Three Animated Films
Movie: Boss Baby
Nominated for: Animated Feature
How I watched: In the Theatre
When I fell asleep: I do think I dozed, albeit briefly.
Thoughts: Not my favorite. I had a few laughs but mostly I took the kids so I could sit in the air conditioning when it was hot out. I remember the radio commercials talking about some big twist ending. I was mildly excited to see what that might be, but no dice. The promised twist never came.
Movie: Ferdinand
Nominated for: Animated Feature
How I watched: In the Theatre
When I fell asleep: Sat in the front row, so no!
Thoughts: Here's what I have to say about this movie: I ordered a large bucket of popcorn to share with the kids. Then I asked for a tray. She offered me my free refill of popcorn right then. My mind said no, but my body said yes. The kids shared one giant popcorn and I proceeded to eat 90% of the other one by myself. I love theatre popcorn. I like to tell myself it's not bad for me because I get it without butter. But that afternoon, I gave myself one of the worst stomach aches of my life. I was doubled over in misery! And now I have been forced to stop eating movie theatre popcorn, at least for now. All because of Ferdinand. Curse you, Ferdinand!
The movie? It was fine. Pretty cute, actually.
Movie: Coco
Nominated for: Animated Feature, Original Song
How I watched: In the Theatre
When I fell asleep: No way!
Thoughts: So. Moving. So. Beautiful. This is one of those really special Pixar flicks that really makes you think more deeply about family and destiny and who your heroes really are. It balanced thoughtful and funny and even some intrigue and mystery I didn't see coming. I can't see anything else winning this category.
Sunday, February 11, 2018
A Week of Sick. Bleh.
So my whole family got the flu (yes, we got flu shots). One child got sick on Monday, the second and the husband on Tuesday, and me on Wednesday. Needless to say, I'm falling behind on blogging and reviewing but not watching! I'm still all over this challenge!
Here's what I managed while sick and attending sick people:
Monday - While my first child settled in and started to get a fever, my friends and I watched Phantom Thread. That evening, once the kids were in bed, we watched Icarus on Netflix.
Tuesday - I watched On Body and Soul in ten minute pieces in between fetching water, medicine and toast for my three sick people!
Movie: On Body and Soul
Nominated for: Best Foreign Film
How I watched: Netflix, ten minutes at a time
When I fell asleep: Too many interruptions for sleep!
Thoughts: Weird and wonderful! A film about mere acquaintances who find out they are dreaming the same dreams. This looks at what constitutes attraction and connection in humans in some really beautiful ways. Set amongst a gruesome slaughterhouse and with a slight mystery, this movie was captivating and original.
Thursday - After napping through part of the afternoon, I stayed up a little late to watch Strong Island.
Movie: Strong Island
Nominated for: Best Documentary
How I watched: Netflix
When I fell asleep: Once about halfway through, had to rewind to pick up about 15 minutes
Thoughts: What is set up as a crime mystery or statement on racism turns out to be more of an emotional expression of one family's tragic experience. While I don't object to that as an approach to documentary, I was left wanting. Questions were brought up that were never again addressed and the narrative wandered erratically between political, personal, factual and anecdotal. This one didn't capture me in the way I had hoped.
Saturday - While folding laundry and feeling sorry for myself, the kids and I watched Kong: Skull Island.
Movie: Kong: Skull Island
Nominated for: Visual Effects
How I watched: HBO
When I fell asleep: Kong wouldn't allow it
Thoughts: This was fun for an afternoon of being stuck in your house with illness! John C. Reilly is so damn funny he pretty much made the whole movie for me. The action kept a nice pace, the monsters were impressive and the acting was great for what this was. My expectations were set very low and I was pleasantly surprised.
Sunday - Ok, so technically I woke up still feeling achy and sweating profusely. But my thermometer said I was only at 99.5 so I decided to go to the movies anyway. I kept my hands clean and coughed into my elbow, I promise. I watched the Documentary Short Subjects. Here is what I learned from each:
Edith + Eddie: Some people just won't let cute old people live out their lives the way they want.
Heaven is a Traffic Jam on the 405: Mental Illness is heart breaking, it takes a lot of courage to have your story told, and art can be transformative and life saving.
Heroin(e): The city with the biggest problem of drug overdose is working hard to respond to the epidemic by treating addicts as humans that deserve their lives as much as everyone else.
Knife Skills: A high end Cleveland restaurant hires and trains a staff made up entirely of recent prison inmates. I want to go there!
Traffic Stop: It is hard to feel on the side of the police when you see them brutalizing an innocent black American. For me, anyway. I kind of wish we all felt that way.
Here's hoping we all get back to 100% soon!
Here's what I managed while sick and attending sick people:
Monday - While my first child settled in and started to get a fever, my friends and I watched Phantom Thread. That evening, once the kids were in bed, we watched Icarus on Netflix.
Movie: Phantom Thread
Nominated for: Best Picture, Actors, Costumes, Directing, Music
When I fell asleep: Nope
Thoughts: This movie was a trip! Weird and twisted and unique and unexpected...it kept me guessing, for sure. The acting was amazing and the mood was just disturbing enough for my liking. I really enjoyed spending an afternoon with this story!
Movie: Icarus
Nominated for: Best Documentary
How I watched: Netflix
When I fell asleep: I nodded off solidly twice in the second act, but was able to wake up and get back into it.
Thoughts: It was interesting that this doc was planned to be one thing and evolved into a bigger more ground breaking story. However, that same fact made the doc feel long and wandering at times. I wish fit felt more focused. That being said, this is kind of an incredible look at an international controversy unfolding.
Nominated for: Best Picture, Actors, Costumes, Directing, Music
When I fell asleep: Nope
Thoughts: This movie was a trip! Weird and twisted and unique and unexpected...it kept me guessing, for sure. The acting was amazing and the mood was just disturbing enough for my liking. I really enjoyed spending an afternoon with this story!
Movie: Icarus
Nominated for: Best Documentary
How I watched: Netflix
When I fell asleep: I nodded off solidly twice in the second act, but was able to wake up and get back into it.
Thoughts: It was interesting that this doc was planned to be one thing and evolved into a bigger more ground breaking story. However, that same fact made the doc feel long and wandering at times. I wish fit felt more focused. That being said, this is kind of an incredible look at an international controversy unfolding.
Tuesday - I watched On Body and Soul in ten minute pieces in between fetching water, medicine and toast for my three sick people!
Movie: On Body and Soul
Nominated for: Best Foreign Film
How I watched: Netflix, ten minutes at a time
When I fell asleep: Too many interruptions for sleep!
Thoughts: Weird and wonderful! A film about mere acquaintances who find out they are dreaming the same dreams. This looks at what constitutes attraction and connection in humans in some really beautiful ways. Set amongst a gruesome slaughterhouse and with a slight mystery, this movie was captivating and original.
Thursday - After napping through part of the afternoon, I stayed up a little late to watch Strong Island.
Movie: Strong Island
Nominated for: Best Documentary
How I watched: Netflix
When I fell asleep: Once about halfway through, had to rewind to pick up about 15 minutes
Thoughts: What is set up as a crime mystery or statement on racism turns out to be more of an emotional expression of one family's tragic experience. While I don't object to that as an approach to documentary, I was left wanting. Questions were brought up that were never again addressed and the narrative wandered erratically between political, personal, factual and anecdotal. This one didn't capture me in the way I had hoped.
Saturday - While folding laundry and feeling sorry for myself, the kids and I watched Kong: Skull Island.
Movie: Kong: Skull Island
Nominated for: Visual Effects
How I watched: HBO
When I fell asleep: Kong wouldn't allow it
Thoughts: This was fun for an afternoon of being stuck in your house with illness! John C. Reilly is so damn funny he pretty much made the whole movie for me. The action kept a nice pace, the monsters were impressive and the acting was great for what this was. My expectations were set very low and I was pleasantly surprised.
Sunday - Ok, so technically I woke up still feeling achy and sweating profusely. But my thermometer said I was only at 99.5 so I decided to go to the movies anyway. I kept my hands clean and coughed into my elbow, I promise. I watched the Documentary Short Subjects. Here is what I learned from each:
Edith + Eddie: Some people just won't let cute old people live out their lives the way they want.
Heaven is a Traffic Jam on the 405: Mental Illness is heart breaking, it takes a lot of courage to have your story told, and art can be transformative and life saving.
Heroin(e): The city with the biggest problem of drug overdose is working hard to respond to the epidemic by treating addicts as humans that deserve their lives as much as everyone else.
Knife Skills: A high end Cleveland restaurant hires and trains a staff made up entirely of recent prison inmates. I want to go there!
Traffic Stop: It is hard to feel on the side of the police when you see them brutalizing an innocent black American. For me, anyway. I kind of wish we all felt that way.
Here's hoping we all get back to 100% soon!
Friday, February 2, 2018
These Are Some of My Favorites! I Hope You Enjoy!
Movie: Star Wars: The Last Jedi
Nominated for: Music, Sound Mixing, Sound Editing, Visual FX
How I watched: In the theatre! Three times!
When I fell asleep: No way!
Thoughts: So much love for this movie! Incredible writing and incredible vision. How nuts can I be for a scene that brings together to unlikely powerful foes to fight a common enemy? Really nuts! It takes my breath away every time. How much do I love a turn so momentous that the movie goes silent and you can hear the gasps of the audience? It's the greatest! How cool is red dust thrown up against a white landscape? All the cool! Despite its oddities, I am going to continue to love this movie every darn time!
Movie: Get Out
Nominated for: Best Picture, Directing, Actor
How I watched: At the movies! Twice!
When I fell asleep: Never!
Thoughts: This movie is special to me. This move entertained me and terrified me and made me think and made me laugh and made me cheer. This movie felt like it was hitting the exact right note with the exact right tone every single second of its entirety. That is so rare! And I cherish it when it happens for me! How badass to get a horror film noticed by the Academy? It probably makes both the movie and Jordan Peele a long shot to actually win, but I am so glad to see it recognized!
Movie: The Big Sick
Nominated for: Writing
How I watched: In the theatre
When I fell asleep: Not even!
Thoughts: What a treat this film was! You can't get stranger than real life sometimes and that is proved by this amazing rendition of Kumail Nanjiani's real life beginning to romance with his wife. What I loved was how they nail all those cringe-worthy moments, all the awkwardness and all the times that we do not know what to say or do in a given situation. All the acting is wonderful; from the leads and especially from Holly Hunter and Ray Romano! I felt good and I felt good about feeling bad watching this movie!
Nominated for: Music, Sound Mixing, Sound Editing, Visual FX
How I watched: In the theatre! Three times!
When I fell asleep: No way!
Thoughts: So much love for this movie! Incredible writing and incredible vision. How nuts can I be for a scene that brings together to unlikely powerful foes to fight a common enemy? Really nuts! It takes my breath away every time. How much do I love a turn so momentous that the movie goes silent and you can hear the gasps of the audience? It's the greatest! How cool is red dust thrown up against a white landscape? All the cool! Despite its oddities, I am going to continue to love this movie every darn time!
Movie: Get Out
Nominated for: Best Picture, Directing, Actor
How I watched: At the movies! Twice!
When I fell asleep: Never!
Thoughts: This movie is special to me. This move entertained me and terrified me and made me think and made me laugh and made me cheer. This movie felt like it was hitting the exact right note with the exact right tone every single second of its entirety. That is so rare! And I cherish it when it happens for me! How badass to get a horror film noticed by the Academy? It probably makes both the movie and Jordan Peele a long shot to actually win, but I am so glad to see it recognized!
Movie: The Big Sick
Nominated for: Writing
How I watched: In the theatre
When I fell asleep: Not even!
Thoughts: What a treat this film was! You can't get stranger than real life sometimes and that is proved by this amazing rendition of Kumail Nanjiani's real life beginning to romance with his wife. What I loved was how they nail all those cringe-worthy moments, all the awkwardness and all the times that we do not know what to say or do in a given situation. All the acting is wonderful; from the leads and especially from Holly Hunter and Ray Romano! I felt good and I felt good about feeling bad watching this movie!
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