re: Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri

The shape of water was fricking retarded. I can drive a truck through the multiple ridiculous plot holes.

Haven’t seen phantom thread...

Dunkirk has a shot, but darkest hour was a better movie.

The post is good but not great. Streep was very good but Hanks played it way too safe.

Call me by your name? Really?

Get out, um no. Good movie, undertones makenit popular. Undertones don’t win best picture.

Ladybird is another good not great flick.

Please share with me why it wouldn’t win by a long shot. After seeing 3 billboards I give darkest hour 2nd place. Oldman’s performance alone makes it a front running horse.

I watched Darkest Hour earlier today. Oldman hands down wins Best Actor. I was blown away by his performance. Having said that, I think 3 Billboards is the better overall movie.

The shape of water, I just don't get it.

so the US and Russians are interested in harnessing the creature from the black lagoon and a mute falls in love with it.

Let's look at the subplot, the deeper meaning...

The movie is really about people who are ostracized by society and how they feel. The protagonist, she is an orphan without the ability to speak. Her male, gay friend, is well a gay dude in the 60s. The creature from ten black lagoon, nuff said. This is clumsily reinforced by del toro at the pie shop when the black couple attempts to sit at the counter and gay guy tries to hook up. Del Toro beats us over the head with this from jump.

Now the gaping problems. Del Toro tries to get fancy with his color pallete only to completely abandon it. Remember the green hues of everything generated by the neon lights? They eventually turned to red, then flip flopped a few times only to be abandoned. Those colors were central to what GDT was trying to convey. It was sloppy AF, and amateur.

Water was also used to move the story. Any time anything significant happens, it was initiated by water. Girl goes to work, traces water droplets on the window, creature gets its arse whipped, water, confrontation between the federal agent and girl, he knocks over a glass of water. Girls consummates relationship with creature from black lagoon, water all over the damn place. GDT did everything but leap from the screen and beat the audience over the head with it. It wasn't slick, subtle, or even clever. Is this was the art of film has become? Is the autuer of film a lost art? This shite was sloppy and lame.

The bad/good guys were 2 dimensional af. The Russian was the only tertiary character that got any depth with 1 line, "I came to America as a scientist first and foremost". That's literally all it took to give him any kind of depth. Is it that hard to, I dunno, give him 1-2 more lines to fill out his character? The American bad guy was so fricking awful it was almost laughable. He would have made a hell of a dick Tracy bad guy, but for me to take the character seriously, there needs to be depth and ripping off your fingers ain't gonna do it.

I could absolutely rip this movie a part, from the framing, to the staging, to damn near every performance save the protagonist. Outside of her performance and the wardrobe, everything else was a tired trope.

It was a Michael bay movie for women. If that movie wins best picture, frick the academy.

Fair enough.

Saw it yesterday and will rewatch today.

Best of the year for me. I don't look for nice tight little packages though and having the cancer at the stage 4 level gave me the heebie jeebies re: Woody. Rockwell McDormand Harrellson just amazing.

ive seen them all

call me by your name and shape of water i liked the least. that peach scene in call me by your name? WTF

I liked Lady Bird, I Tonya, and 3 billboards the best

Just watched three Billboards. At times I despised McDmand's character and at times I felt for her, but Harrelson gives the best performance of the film....even better Than Rockwell, who is playing a character with more meat on he bones.

Harrell son is really the driving force of he film, and he should win the Oscar, but Rockwell probably will.

Overall I thought the film was very well made and the writing was very good, bordering on great how they weaved in so many subplots and characters that all flowed perfectly.

It was not the best movie O saw this year, but it's better than Get Out and some other nominees. Dunkirk in an Max blew me away, I just don't think it translated well to the left I guess room, much like Gravity from 2012

Saw it last week finally. My favorite movie from this award season and Sam Rockwell's performance was .

Pleasantly surprised when Lucas Hedges showed up. Even when he isn't in a main role he still makes movies enjoyable. Hopefully he continues his success once he gets out of the teenage characters.

Great movie, perfect blend of the niche dark comedy and drama genre. Lady Bird is probably still my favorite film of the year at this point.

That was a pretty realistic depiction of a run of the mill white trash family.