I watched Moonlight as it slipped under my radar when it came out. Bloody hell it's good.
Really delicate script (it's the word that came to mind - it feels like the dialogue was really thought about and each action had a consequence), wonderful performances, and amazing lighting and colour schemes.
Loved the contrasts, between characters, and their actions
Really interesting soundtrack with the chopped and screwed classical.
And it had Naomie Harris in it!
@Rambler And it's got the awesome Mahershala Ali in it too.
It's a shame that people view it as merely a gay film and wouldn't give it a watch as it's really about identity which you would think be a universal theme that can be appreciated by all.
@jump
He was so good and I can totally see why he won the Oscar.
The criticism of the film was interesting - not gay enough, not much happens, and some stuff from certain quarters about how the setting was too specific to be affecting.
But I totally agree - it was about lost people trying to find their identity. And also history repeating? You didn't need Juan's backstory as it was essentially being played out on screen
Watched deadstream last night, and I was pleasantly surprised. Reminds of of evil dead mixed with paranormal activity. Highly recommend to anyone who was into the evil dead or army of darkness
Since I last posted in here, I watched two stinkers and one banger called 'You are not my mother'. Well worth a triple bill with The Hole in the Ground and the Hallows as a nice Irish folklore triple bill.
Little Red Riding Hood as done by Angela Carter - incredibly sexual and bloody. The werewolf transformation scenes are something else. Body horror fairy tale
@Rambler I've read the original Grim Fairy Tales and my Mom's book series (yes my mom writes books, if you want to know more ask me in the book thread). I'm not the biggest fantasy fan book wise but movie wise I love fantasy.
Watched Ella Bella Bingo on the Roku Channel tonight (side note, it's also on Vudu as a free movie). A lesser known animated movie, about a girl named Ella and her friend Henry. A new kid named Johnny moves in to town and Ella and Johnny fight over who Henry should be friends with, thus making Henry runs away, putting Ella's neighborhood on a quest to find out where he disappeared to. It's no Disney or DreamWorks, but I did like the nice friendship story that came out of and the outcome in the end. For a lesser known studio, the animation did not look bad. Really nice scenery, especially in forest and field scenes of the movie. The grass, trees, hair effects, and lighting actually looked good.
It's clearly made for younger kids, but I still had a nice time with this one. Good light-hearted movie IMO.
Watched A Ghost Story last night. I ignored it initially as it seemed to have a cute premise and that was that.
But after finding it was by David Lowry (who did the Green Knight), I'm glad I gave it a whirl. It's quite a beautiful and affecting film, isn't it? Loved that long take of her overeating to stomp out the grief, and the way that the film warps and wraps around itself, along with the repeating motifs.
Will Oldham as the most irritating party guest known to humanity.
Casey Affleck is a bit of a *****, isn't he? Also odd that the only non-white people in it speak a language that is untranslated.
@Rambler I thought the same thing of a cutesy ghost story as I judged it after only seeing the poster. It reminded me of the couple from Beetlejuice. I’ve still not seen it but I probably will sooner or later.
Just popping in here to ask a little question: anyone here have a Letterboxd account? I made one for myself after the recommendations of many people in these forums and have been having a great time racking my brains for each movie I've seen so I was wondering if anyone here has an account on there that I could follow! If this counts as advertising btw, I'll gladly take it down
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@Fizza Gave ya a follow. I write reviews from time to time and to be honest I probably take it too seriously! Some of the good reviews I'm developing into full blown scripts for youtube videos but they're works in progress. Here's mine
@TheJGG Thanks, just sent you a follow as well! I've wanted to get into reviews on Letterboxd but I'm still deciding what I want to review first since, just like yourself, I get very much into the process of writing one (one look at my review of the original Ace Attorney on my Backlogged is all the proof you need on that front XD).
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Watched Shaun of the Dead last night, was surprised to see Peacock was showing the movie. Personally, I'm not big on horror, I really just don't like that scared feeling. However, I always liked this one ever since a friend let me borrow the DVD, it was more comedy, and still was nice to see the comedic elements were still funny.
Guess you could call this my Halloween movie, usually I just stick to Halloween specials with my favorite characters in them, but I do like this movie (and a couple of zombie games like House of the Dead and Left 4 Dead).
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