re: Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri | *SPOILERS* Discussion

Well it is Wednesday

shite... I did a search on my phone for the movie and the word "spoilers" was cut off. I assumed this was the non-spoilers thread. I'm only half an idiot in real life.

So, my problem with the movie was there were simply too many scenes that didn't make sense or made the story jump too much.

Dixon beats the shite out of wellby and everyone just watches? Why wasn't that MFer put in jail?

Why did Idaho guy go and harrass the mom? Made no sense at all, some dude that had nothing to do with anyone in the story shows up to scare the mom? That was a stupid scene and really seemed out of place.

Then he just happens to show up at the bar with another dude? There needed to be some explanation.

Then Dixon and Shitty mom decides to drive all the way to Idaho even though the guy was just in Ebbing? My theory is that originally , Idaho guy was going to be the killer, but they rewrote the ending because him being the killer was "too easy", despite the foreshadowing in Willouby's letter to shitty mom.

And some how shitty mom is able to hear the reporter saying how the burned billboards should be the end of it while she is driving down the road?

The movie was great due to the fantastic performances and most every scene was powerful but it severely lacked continuity.

One other pet peeve was they called Ebbing the South. It may be Southern, and definitely 'country' but it isn't "the south". I also didn't like all of the cussing in front of the children. So Willouby is supposed to be this fantastic sheriff, husband, father and he's throwing f-bombs around like his daughters are in the Navy? (This has less to do with the movie and more of my personal preference. I cuss, but not in front of my kids.)

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My theory is that originally , Idaho guy was going to be the killer, but they rewrote the ending because him being the killer was "too easy", despite the foreshadowing in Willouby's letter to shitty mom.

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I thought this as well.

Otherwise him showing up in mom's store to threaten her makes no sense. If he is just some random in town how does he know who she is and where she works. Or why does he even care. That whole store scene just didn't fit in.

I really enjoyed the movie as Well, but I agree with a lot of your points.

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I think Rockwell probably has an Oscar nom in his future. Maybe all three do.

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McDormand is the favorite to win best actress

Saw this Friday and thought it was ok. I’m very indifferent when it comes to dark comedies. Sam Rockwell is the man though. Loved him in 7 psychopaths also

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might have liked that more than In Bruges.

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Noooo way. In Bruges is the GOAT dark comedy. And you’ve always been one of its biggest advocates

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felt like an early period Coen brothers film. Just so exciting,

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Exactly what I thought watching the trailer. I didn’t expect it to be as good as it was, thought it would be blow to goodfellas. Just a cheap knockoff of the coen brothers.

I was more than pleasantly surprised. Absolute unreal performances by Rockwell and the rest. Rockwell should be in the running for best supporting actor no doubt

So basically peter dinklage is king of dark comedies

I wish he had a bigger role.



No pun intended.

Went to go see it tonight, very good dark comedy. I agree with the two main gripes in her about the casting of Woody Harrelson's wife and the scene with the not-killer taunting Mildred. Outside of that, it was an excellent movie. I'd still say Dunkirk is my favorite from this year, but this one is up there.

It hasn't been mentioned yet in here, but the 19 year old girlfriend had me cracking up every time she was on screen.

Also, Cinemark fricked up part of my screening so I got a free movie pass, so that's nice.