2016 Directed by Barry Jenkins
The tender, heartbreaking story of a young man’s struggle to find himself, told across three defining chapters in his life as he experiences the ecstasy, pain, and beauty of falling in love, while grappling with his own sexuality.
Joshua Adeniji Onnalee Blank Christopher Bonis Alessandro Checcacci Chris David Frederick Howard Mathew Waters
MOONLIGHT is *MAGNIFICENT.* a specific but utterly symphonic portrait of masculinity in the modern world. every shot is seared into my brain. it's also a devastatingly beautiful love story. to put it in the most reductive / tantalizing terms possible, think CAROL by way of Frank Ocean.
most likely the best film of 2016 so far.
The hype has never, ever, ever been so real. And the best birthday present that I ever could have asked for. A marvel -- a modern masterwork of unadulterated understanding. Understanding of isolation, of idiosyncrasies; understanding of care, of compassion; understanding of darkness & disparities, of spectrums, of sexuality; understanding of memories & maliciousness, of (forced) numbness, of nostalgia; understanding of catharsis. Catharsis. The third act of this film is nothing short of the purest shaping and structuring of cathartic cinema. One of, if not the finest sophomore feature of the last half-decade. A miracle of a film... an experience which we are blessed to have exist in our current, rapturously unsympathetic reality.
It doesn't matter who you sleep with, look like, voted for, your age, what part of the world you live in, your hairstyle, who your favorite member of Nickelback is, what type of car you drive, what music you listen to, your sex; a good movie is a good movie. You don't have to be a certain "type" of person to appreciate quality cinema. A great film should bring people closer, not rip them apart. That's what I got out of Barry Jenkins' Moonlight.
Mahershala Ali is the motherfucker, ain't he? Fuck yes! What a screen presence. The orange juice scene will stay with me for a very long time. For such a short amount of time on screen, Mr…
I'm not sure we as a society deserve a movie as empathetic and open-hearted as Moonlight right now, but I'm grateful it exists.
A beautiful and kind of quiet story about a boy growing up. It’s about feeling like an outsider and don’t have the words to express it. It’s about friendship and identity. About people subduing you with their power of being stronger, bigger, more popular or a more abstract feeling of being “above” you and being able to destroy you. About not feeling able to be yourself.
I love the vulnerability and honesty of this story.
It also a good teacher on intersectionality which is about seeing that people often aren’t just marginalized in just one area of life. The different areas can be for example race, class, sexuality and so on, and intersectionality helps us to see that a lot of different factors affect our lives and are intertwined.
i feel like every movie that has really high ratings on here, i end up not liking for some reason :/
this movie had beautiful cinematography and great actors, but in general it just bored me. i had high expectations for an incredible, emotional lgbt+ film due to the praise i’ve witnessed it get, but instead it didn’t seem very special to me. some parts kind of reminded me of the movie ‘the fits’ which i didn’t enjoy very much 😬. definitely wouldn’t say moonlight is terrible, but found myself impatiently waiting for it to be over about 2/3 of the way through it.
i’ve got to say that i loved some scenes though, for example the scene where chiron was being taught how to swim and the scene at the end where he was leaning on kevin’s shoulder.
Bellissimo! Interessante l'idea di andare a spezzare il film in tre spezzoni per poi andare a vedere come gli elementi comuni siano vissuti in maniera diversa dal protagonista.
“Hey, these grandma rules, man. You know the deal. Your ass eat, your ass speak.”
Barry Jenkins’s Moonlight is one of the most beautifully movies of the past few years, emotionally and visually. The way Jenkins portrays man’s life from childhood to adulthood was abaoitluet stunning, due to the perfectly crafted screenplay, stunning performances and the amazing cinematography.
I love the constant blue and purple surrounding the entire film. It creates the mood for the film and meshes well with the characters and setting. So glad this film won Best Picture. It’s one of my favorites from 2016 and is already one of my all time favorite dramas! It’s a neat perfect movie.
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