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Moonlight (2016)
What the............
Like many I had heard all the rave reviews about Moonlight and obviously seen that it had won the Best Picture Oscar, so when my wife suggested we watch it I thought it was a good idea. Two hours later, when the film ended seemingly abruptly, after yet another mind numbingly boring piece of dialogue between two characters I could care less about, we both just looked at each other and thought "What the.......". I think we both assumed that we had missed something because apart from a few interesting observations and well acted scenes this is a truly awful movie. I have heard that the key to the movie lies within the silences, which is another way of saying "I've got no idea why I should like this movie, but everyone else says it's amazing, so I'll say that it's all about the silences and people will just nod knowingly". The characters could have been explored in so much more depth, and there definitely should have been more time spent on the mother, played very well by Naomie Harris. Oh well, that's 2 hours of my life I'll never get back!
Laughter in Paradise (1951)
A CLASSIC
From the very beginning this is a classic. The characters are built up very nicely, each one of them having a particular character flaw. Their dead relative, henry russell (the practical joking man) has set them a task which they must achieve before they can gain their inheritance. seems pretty simple on the base level. but when you look close it is a fantastic piece of social commentary and spiritual guidance. each character changes for the better, having seen the light and the error of their ways doing something they would never have thought of on their own. it takes something like that to show people their own faults and force them to do something about it. this film does it with such class and grace that you can't helpt but find it a masterpiece. and i was a stoned 19 year od when i first watched it!! the money not being there is the coup de gras and the perfect end to this tale. no one is that bothered about it, as their reward has already been recieved - the change to their lives that they all needed and didn't even know they desired!
brilliant