954gator Posted February 28, 2017 Report Share Posted February 28, 2017 About to watch it, anyone seen it? Thoughts? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Horsefly Posted February 28, 2017 Report Share Posted February 28, 2017 5 minutes ago, 954gator said: About to watch it, anyone seen it? Thoughts? My wife and I watched it. It's a coming of age movie with a young boy, soon to be drug dealer, growing up dealing with his homosexualilty. I was not aware of the plot beforehand. Not my type of movie, but that's me. Overall though it was well written and acted. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
954gator Posted February 28, 2017 Author Report Share Posted February 28, 2017 Damn man it's hard enough growing up in Liberty City with that kid's domestic situation no matter what. Couldn't even imagine as a homosexual. That's a harsh upbringing for sure. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Horsefly Posted February 28, 2017 Report Share Posted February 28, 2017 3 minutes ago, 954gator said: Damn man it's hard enough growing up in Liberty City with that kid's domestic situation no matter what. Couldn't even imagine as a homosexual. That's a harsh upbringing for sure. Yea, he took his butt kickings when he was younger, that's for sure. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DevilDog Posted February 28, 2017 Report Share Posted February 28, 2017 I watched it a few weeks ago. Good movie but I thought Fences was a better movie IMHO. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Horsefly Posted February 28, 2017 Report Share Posted February 28, 2017 7 minutes ago, DevilDog said: I watched it a few weeks ago. Good movie but I thought Fences was a better movie IMHO. Denzel did some serious acting in that movie. One of his better performances and he's had several. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DevilDog Posted February 28, 2017 Report Share Posted February 28, 2017 1 minute ago, Horsefly said: Denzel did some serious acting in that movie. One of his better performances and he's had several. Man that movie was good and yes he truly put it down in that movie. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
954gator Posted February 28, 2017 Author Report Share Posted February 28, 2017 Just finished it. I thought the third part had a lot of potential, but the ending was abrupt. The acting was pretty damn good though IMO. Haven't seen fences, I'm going to have to check it out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
playballintxandmi Posted February 28, 2017 Report Share Posted February 28, 2017 Watched it yesterday. Good coming-of-age movie (bildungsroman), but not something I would have imagined winning "Best Picture." To be fair: It's the only film I have seen that was nominated in 2017. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coletrain06 Posted February 28, 2017 Report Share Posted February 28, 2017 Plan on watching it soon. So far I've seen Manchester by the Sea, and Arrival. Both were very good movies. Arrival being one of the best Sci Fi films I've ever seen. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NorCalRuss Posted February 28, 2017 Report Share Posted February 28, 2017 Hacksaw ridge was my fav movie last year. Liked Fences, Mr Church, He'll or High Water, and Star Wars. Arrival didn't keep my attention, I may have to give it another try. Quit watching after 30 mins. Lion was pretty good flick, had the wife crying. Didn't watch moonlight after seeing trailer. Best movie I seen in 2017 is Split.It has some slow parts but worth the watch. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DevilDog Posted February 28, 2017 Report Share Posted February 28, 2017 9 minutes ago, NorCalRuss said: Hacksaw ridge was my fav movie last year. Liked Fences, Mr Church, He'll or High Water, and Star Wars. Arrival didn't keep my attention, I may have to give it another try. Quit watching after 30 mins. Lion was pretty good flick, had the wife crying. Didn't watch moonlight after seeing trailer. Best movie I seen in 2017 is Split.It has some slow parts but worth the watch. Started watching that one but didn't get to finish it. My nephew raves about it a co-worker raves about Hacksaw Ridge. So I need to get them both in as well. At least we can agree there were some very good movies over the last part of the year and early this year. I saw Get Out Sunday night. That is a good one as well. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adam Kurkjian Posted February 28, 2017 Report Share Posted February 28, 2017 I thought Moonlight was deserving of Best Picture. Not just the acting but I thought it was also visually radiant with great sound editing. i liked Manchester by the Sea, too, but overall I thought it was sort of a weak year. Some good projects still find their way to the screen but I think the medium is oversaturated with comic book movies, sequels and remakes. The worst part about a lot of that a lot of those types of movies will make huge $$$$ regardless of how bad they are. Suicide Squad was pure garbage and was still a top-10 grossing movie of 2016. Thankfully, a story that is beautifully told with artful care like Moonlight can still be rewarded. But studios have less incentive than ever to take a chance on a story like that than they do on a 50th Marvel movie that they know will score huge bucks even if it is recycled gruel that for whatever reason people pay top dollar for. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adam Kurkjian Posted February 28, 2017 Report Share Posted February 28, 2017 Oh and one movie that was really quite enjoyable was Sing Street. Highly rrecommend. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
noonereal Posted February 28, 2017 Report Share Posted February 28, 2017 9 hours ago, Horsefly said: My wife and I watched it. It's a coming of age movie with a young boy, soon to be drug dealer, growing up dealing with his homosexualilty. I was not aware of the plot beforehand. Not my type of movie, but that's me. OMFG I am a social liberal but I am about homosexualed out, if you know what I mean. I never watch movies anyway so avoiding this one will even be a challenge. Still, enough already. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NorCalRuss Posted February 28, 2017 Report Share Posted February 28, 2017 10 hours ago, DevilDog said: Started watching that one but didn't get to finish it. My nephew raves about it a co-worker raves about Hacksaw Ridge. So I need to get them both in as well. At least we can agree there were some very good movies over the last part of the year and early this year. I saw Get Out Sunday night. That is a good one as well. Saw the trailer of Get Out when we watched Split. Started laughing when they hit the deer because I thought of our resident deer hunter. My wife got made at me because she thought I was laughing about deer getting hit. ???. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
noonereal Posted February 28, 2017 Report Share Posted February 28, 2017 2 minutes ago, NorCalRuss said: Saw the trailer of Get Out when we watched Split. Started laughing when they hit the deer because I thought of our resident deer hunter. My wife got made at me because she thought I was laughing about deer getting hit. ???. Good to know I make an impression. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NorCalRuss Posted February 28, 2017 Report Share Posted February 28, 2017 Just now, noonereal said: Good to I make an impression. Watched the old movie Copland last weekend and same thing happen. ??? 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
noonereal Posted February 28, 2017 Report Share Posted February 28, 2017 1 minute ago, NorCalRuss said: Watched the old movie Copland last weekend and same thing happen. ??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NorCalRuss Posted February 28, 2017 Report Share Posted February 28, 2017 1 hour ago, Drummer61 said: Forget hacksaw ridge.. "when we were soldiers". Mel gibson.. General Moore just passed away few weeks ago. That was a great movie. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AztecPadre Posted February 28, 2017 Report Share Posted February 28, 2017 20 hours ago, Horsefly said: My wife and I watched it. It's a coming of age movie with a young boy, soon to be drug dealer, growing up dealing with his homosexualilty. I was not aware of the plot beforehand. Not my type of movie, but that's me. Overall though it was well written and acted. I thought it was going to be based on Moonlight Graham. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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