i know that hyperbolic af with examples such as drive and the social network among plenty others to fight for the throne.
but.
it takes the concept of the recent steve jobs movie (3 key points in a persons life)
but it
>is shot almost flawlessly >has the cinematic grounds of a classic >covers brutal themes without hitting you over the head >has next level acting without making that a focus >feels like italian neo realism butt fucked (no pun) NWR or Malick >leaves you with both questions and answers in an unconventional yet heartbreaking ending >tricked me into believing Miami was LA - which means the location is in itself a character, not just a backdrop, which in turn adds to the brilliance and motifs >made me cry >made me laugh >shocked me >and tied it all into one little bundle that blew me the fuck away.
I'll get into themes and motifs at a later date but in short this movie ripped my soul out of my chest, spat on it, and threw it to the curb. It's been a long time since that happened, and we've had a plethora of amazing films this decade.
Liam Foster
...
Luis Morgan
gay niggas LMAO
Easton Butler
>you're the only man who's ever touched me
Jace Brown
The third part elevated this movie from 6/10 to 9/10
Charles Butler
I liked it too.
Jayden Davis
I've been meaning to re-watch it recently but I don't think I can handle the feels rn ;_;
Nicholas Lee
i agree OP
I kinda had to be forced to sit down for this movie because i thought it was gonna be some dumb gaynigger shit but it definitely affected me
Not sure I would put it at my #1, but it's top 10 in last decade for me.
Liam Thomas
>>is shot almost flawlessly Its cinematography is piss poor and feels like a sad attempt at being creative. >>has the cinematic grounds of a classic It'll be remembered because of the current SJW culture not because it's particularly good. >>covers brutal themes without hitting you over the head Homosexuality is soooo complex. I want to be a gay but also I don't? >>has next level acting without making that a focus No one performance impressed me but as a whole it's well acted >>feels like italian neo realism butt fucked (no pun) NWR or Malick A glibe facsimile >>leaves you with both questions and answers in an unconventional yet heartbreaking ending Standard our story doesn't have an ending so we're just gonna end it here ending. >>tricked me into believing Miami was LA - which means the location is in itself a character, not just a backdrop, which in turn adds to the brilliance and motifs Locations are hardly ever characters and saying they're characters shows how plebby you are. >>made me cry Not Once >>made me laugh Maybe Once >>shocked me Nope >>and tied it all into one little bundle that blew me the fuck away. It's a fairly standard drama film that got overrated by people who think it's somehow super deep and artsy. Tangerine is a similar film that actually does nearly everything you claim this film toes.
Luke Fisher
>Tangerine ENOUGH WITH THE MICHAEL CAINE MEMES.
Nathaniel Nguyen
DUDE WONG KAR WAI RIPOFF LMAO
Levi Parker
It's a typical tryhard drama oscarbait. The only distinguishing feature is that it's about gay niggers from outer space, which is the actual reason it got any recognition at all.
Jonathan Walker
It's not "about" that. It's about an outcast searching for his identity.
Asher Sanders
pretty much
Hunter Morgan
>It's about an outcast searching for his identity. Yeah his identity as a gay nigger from outer space.
Ayden Green
That's not funny.
Colton Rivera
Alright op since you and several anons all watched and praised it I will check it out No one or user I cared about watched it and I heard only complaints about Oscar about it if anything
Chase Brooks
Hope you enjoy it. One thing OP didn't mention is that it has a really good soundtrack.
Evan Cox
Wait, what? Was he from outer space? Did I miss that or are you fucking with me?
Leo Williams
The part at the end where his car lifted up and flew out of the atmosphere was a little subtle, to be fair.
Aaron Ross
>A better film would show us rather than tell us. This is bathos.Moonlight’sbest moments come in Little’s reaction to Juan’s affection, but later scenes of Chiron’s erotic confusion and Black’s maudlin self-pity (he wears muscular drag yet succumbs to weakness) insist that viewers feel sorry for black gay males. It’s nothing more than the vivisection of a political demographic.
Joseph Allen
Armond White is an idiot who pulls out a thesaurus and writes a review for a completely different movie.
Jason Rogers
The only excuse you have for writing something this awful is if you're not old enough to post here.
Jackson Torres
This is the kind of movie that made me think "ok, what exactly was the point of this movie" when I finished it. It's just some random scenes from a gay nigger's life. I might just film random shots of a house being built and call it a movie.
Nicholas Fisher
but >was boring af
Noah Russell
Ayo Hol Up! What you sayin`is We like some kinda Oscarbait r som shiz?
sheeet
Zachary Clark
>I might just film random shots of a house being built and call it a movie. And your name would be Terrence Malick.
Juan Russell
>person puts thought into post >some idiot writes a short quippy post calling them underage, pleb, from "that place", etc. Every time.
Post your top five films if you want to have a discussion, otherwise get out.
William Parker
"Oscarbait" is pretty much one of the dumbest terms film critics have come up with, up there with "mansplaining."
Robert Ward
Watch more film its a 6/10
Brayden Fisher
No lmao are you a dumb nigger or a retard. Anything thag baits oscars is oscarbait. Like la la land birdnan and this trash and everything that's won best picture recently
Ethan James
Now that's a gay nigger worth tvs love
Nicholas Fisher
>it's Oscarbait because it won an Oscar Do you realize how stupid this sounds? It means you can't talk about a single Oscar-nominated movie without it being called Oscar bait.
Caleb Ward
Delicious.
James Evans
The ending was genuinely beautiful even if you don't like cocks. And it sucks that people will think you're baiting if you say you like this better than La La Land because this was a great movie and La La Land was garbage.
Neither was the best movie of the year, tho.
Jayden Hernandez
I actually liked La La Land more than Moonlight, though I liked both movies.
What would you say was the best movie of the year?
Elijah Hill
Maybe not for a gay nigger such as yourself Watch it yourself dumbshit. It's all a subtle homage to the cult classic
Zachary Barnes
No, it was specifically created to get the most awards with least effort >muh strong emotional scenes >muh character drama >muh social hardships It's cookie cutter crap. It's just as lifeless and paint by numbers as capeshit. The only reason you feel it's different is because arrogant dunning kruger redditors like you are the fucking target audience.
Tyler Cox
Thank you for shitting all over this movie before I had a chance to. Moonlight was a tepid bore that didn't tell an interesting story but insisted it was. I could only say that the music was pretty good but the movie beyond that was worthless. >That scene where he looks like he's going to rob somebody and they instantly cut to the next scene as it's getting interesting That was absolutely cheap.
Julian Roberts
Yea, ""clever"" shit like that is what fucking defines oscarbait. It's all so ARTSY and DEEP and SUBVERTS EXPECTATIONS LMAO
Jason Allen
Okay, what's an Oscar-winning film that ISN'T Oscar bait, then?
Aaron Price
The last movie to win Best Picture which actually deserved it was No Country for Old Men
Sebastian Sanchez
Damn, that was like ten years ago. Are you sure it's not just, you know, your opinion?
Jacob Howard
Lord of the Rings.
Easton Anderson
let's look at the wonderful movies that won since >The King's Speech >Slumdog Millionaire >Moonlight >The Artist >Argo >12 Months a Slave Not one of those movies have stood the test of time
Daniel Price
>le hidden le dude quote I already had a suspicion I was debating a redditor >how can you be so sure It's common sense, really. Of course that once people figure out tricks to game the system to receive awards, said awards will mostly go to films that exploit those tricks.
Evan Kelly
Ben Affleck is the single greatest actor/director/producer in the last 60 years of film. His non-stop stream of smart and emotionally provocative films prove this. The Town? Classic. Argo? Classic. This man oozes genius out the ass and leaves the steaming pile for consumption by hacks like Paul Anderson and Scorsese. Actors look to him for whatever they need. He's always the first on casting lists for any and all parts. You want a snarky business man? Who else but Affleck. A femme fatale who will do whatever it takes to get the mission done? Affleck. A prominent civil rights leader? Affleck. He passes on a lot of these because he knows what he wants. That's what makes him alpha. He knows exactly where to go and what to do. Damon just rides his coattails. Long live Boston. Long live Affleck.
Parker Rogers
You forgot to mention he can also literally weaponize autism
Jaxson Reed
Slumdog is still pretty enjoyable
Christian Martin
And I'm not a pretentious person who only likes movies because the critics or the Academy praise them, my best of 2017 so far is Ghost in the Shell.
Aiden Williams
Well, you're entitled to your opinions of the winners, but I don't think anyone can seriously claim that every Oscar NOMINATED film "games the system." And being nominated is still a big deal. There are still plenty of films receiving exposure.
Daniel Evans
No. But I am saying that there are movies specifically designed with winning a ton of awards and appealing to self-centered arrogant wannabe intellectuals in mind. It's a marketing strategy like any other. And this nigflick is one of them.
Chase Ramirez
the simple fact that the concept of this movie is about a gay nigger's youth in the hood instantly makes it dishonest as fuck.
Adrian Jones
I was so happy for the protagonist when he manned up and bashed that kid's head in with the chair. I didn't realize how invested I'd become until that point.
Caleb Scott
This is not an Oscar bait. Stop misusing this term, you idiots.
Ayden Cox
>This is not an Oscar bait the only way it would be more oscarbait was if the protag was half jewish
Levi Fisher
Moonlight is one of the few that feels like it's actually genuine instead of pushing an agenda of some sort.
Justin Torres
I LIKED LITERALLY THIS EXACT MOVIE BETTER, WHEN IT WAS SET IN SPACE
Justin Brooks
This thread is proof you can successfully argue about a movie you've never seen lmao
Ryder Williams
There is way more repressed homosexuality in black ghettos than you realize.
Grayson Flores
Yeah no shit, doesn't make the movie any less dishonest.
Jordan Bell
You just discovered why the oscars are shit and don't matter and aren't awarded by merit 0/9 1/9 2/9 film in the categories actually deserve to be nominated. All the noms are usually overrated garbage and undwrrated films don't win bc they don't get noms even.
Zachary Jones
People do that all the time. CinemaSins and critics make it easy. I've realized so many times that people haven't actually seen the movie and are just regurgitating the talking points from some well known critic.
Landon Cox
>it's dishonest because it portrays something that actually happens Wut?
Thomas Hall
You don't understand what Oscar bait means, you moron. Moonlight is a small indie film about gays. It's something that wins Sundance, not Oscars.
Oscar baits are big films. Big budget, historical events and famous actors. Seriously, just shut up, you don't know anything.
Dominic Morgan
And a Holocaust Survivor
Tyler Roberts
Yes?
Carter Bailey
Nonsense.
Andrew James
Seems reasonable to me. Movies like Moonlight are incredibly shallow and only play on the simplest and most obvious emotions. They're more interested in simplistic emotional manipulation than they are in telling a unique and interesting story.
Brandon Baker
Oh, so you're just trolling.
John Baker
No it's just your post was fucking retarded.
Eli Moore
>he considers Tangerine a better film than Moonlight >dude gay niggers lmao, but I do wanna suck tranny cock >Moonlight's cinematography is shit, but I enjoy the movie shot on a fucking telephone
Daniel Reed
Have you really seen the movie? Because you don't describe it like someone who has. Tell me something that you'd only know from having seen it.
Charles Wood
And now you're doubling down on the trolling.
Justin Walker
>A study by Gabriel Rossman and Oliver Schilke, two sociologists at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), reviewed data from the Internet Movie Database (IMDb), such as genres and plot keywords, for 3,000 movies released between 1985 and 2009 to see what elements were likeliest to draw Oscar nominations. The researchers found that war movies, historical epics, and biographies earned the most. Plot elements of political intrigue, disabilities, war crimes and show business were also very common element of nominated films. A release during Oscar season, or by an independent division of a major studio were also strong indicators.[16][17] The study found that some keywords had a strongly negative correlation with Oscar nominations, such as "zombie", "breast implant" and "black independent film".[9]
Jacob Martinez
>hurr a film can't be dishonest if it actually happens you realize how fucking retarded this sounds right, cunt?
Charles Evans
You are probably an amerifat who can't read subtitles, why should anyone care about your taste?
Moonlight is a great movie though
Kevin Davis
...It doesn't though. Honesty means telling the truth.
Jose Wright
Shittiest gay flick ever. Not even gay either. It's just nignog family problems that are dime a dozen.
Matthew Thomas
>2009 you're an idiot
Nathaniel Green
Nope
Levi Myers
>bar none the best film i've see this decade
Luke Williams
>The study found that some keywords had a strongly negative correlation with Oscar nominations, such as "zombie", "breast implant" and "black independent film". BTFO
Isaac Gomez
You are clueless.
Aaron Gomez
What part made you Laugh???
Cameron Butler
What's the best gay film ever, since you word it like you've seen a lot?
Ryan Baker
And you are addicted to trolling because you prefer to talk in circles instead of explaining your opinion (because you don't actually have an opinion).
Jaxson Foster
>i know that hyperbolic af with examples such as drive and the social network
If you think Drive, The Social Network or Moonlight are anywhere close to the best films of the decade you need to either stop watching garbage or accept that you're a simpleton and stick to capeshit.
Christian Adams
Nah I just don't think clueless retards are worth conversing with seriously
Elijah Hernandez
>This movie would have no chance of winning an Oscar less anytime in the last 80 years because of the type of production it is >Five years ago it would be considered the opposite of Oscar bait >It's Oscar bait in 2016 because muh WE WUZ GAY NIGGER LMAOOO
Actually watch the movie or kys
Isaac Taylor
There are no truly great films where homosexuality is important to the plot or primary themes.
Jayden Miller
Because you are a troll who doesn't actually want to talk to anyone. Talking to you is like wringing water out of a rock.
Samuel Martin
>what is Happy together and Beau travail
Landon Parker
They're good flicks bront
Brody Lewis
for this decade, it's blue is the warmest kino
Sebastian Reyes
2009 was not 5 years ago idiot, and yes in the 2010's a film about a black gay youth in the ghetto is the closest you can get to the holocaust in being oscarbait.
Juan Lewis
>t. garbageman
Jacob Rivera
YFW you realize that also includes the time he got beat up by him.
Cameron Torres
lets be honest everything you're talking about applies almost exclusively to the middle section. The first act of the film is straight up boring with none of the artistic flair and brilliant camera work that made the next two stand out. Without Mehershala's acting there would be absolulutely nothing of value to the first third of the film. Second act left me speechless though. It was truly fantastic.
Adam Wilson
How many films like that were nominated for the Oscars in 2010s?