Fatigue is Setting in!

You Guys! I am tired! Four more screenings...four more days...I think I can...I think I can...


Movie: Abacus: Small Enough to Jail
Nominated for: Best Documentary
How I watched: Amazon Prime
When I fell asleep: A couple of times in the middle third of the film.
Thoughts: Abacus Bank is "small enough to jail," whereas all of the large Wall Street Banks were "too big to fail". The story was very interesting but as it is about banking and finances, it ended up being a little too dry which made it feel too long.



Movie: All the Money in the World
Nominated for: Acting
When I fell asleep: Which time?
Thoughts: I started the movie once and didn't last ten minutes. My daughter found me sleeping and woke me up, helped me make a cup of tea and restarted the movie for me. I also used my other trick: laundry. I had a whole load of towels and a load of clothes I had been saving for just such a moment. The second time I got through about 40 minutes, I'd guess. As soon as all the laundry was folded, I sat back on the couch and fell asleep. Every once in a while I would wake up and fool myself that I was getting caught up on the plot. I can't really weigh in, other than the 40 minutes I did see was not enough to get me super invested. I wonder if Christopher Plummer got the nomination just as part of the Kevin Spacey backlash, which I'll concede is a pretty baller move by the academy. But I don't want to be unfair to Plummer, since I didn't actually catch much of his performance. I hope he had a character arc; at the beginning he was just a gross shell of a man who prized his extravagant wealth above all else. It's possible that the real J. Paul Getty was never any more than that.


Movie: Live Action Shorts

DeKalb Elementay - Ugh! A movie about a school shooter. I almost wanted to walk out because I just did not want to see this topic. It was a fine; a hopeful piece about how school shooters maybe just need to be seen as human and shown some love. Also, the bravery it takes to be the person to show that love. All the more hopeful, I suppose, because it was based on real events.

The Eleven O'Clock - The standout by far! I really enjoyed this clever and amusing short about mistaken identities.

My Nephew Emmet - Tragic racism in the south in the 1950's. Heart breaking and quiet. So quiet I dozed off a little bit.

The Silent Child - A movie about how hearing families are complete assholes to their deaf family members. This one was trying to champion a great cause but felt like it pushed a little too hard.

Watu Wote (All of Us) - This short was well acted and well put together. The message being that even when you have been deeply wounded, it doesn't help to paint the "other" in too broad of strokes. Here, here!