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A Tender and Poetic Tapestry of Longing, Identity, and Vulnerability Under the Moonlight.190205 (3.5)"You're the only person that's ever touched me." Could there be any confession more profound and unequivocal than this? First love always aches whenever it is recalled; the faint melody and scent carried through the air instantly saturate the entire atmosphere with that exact moment in time. Chiron, who rushes all the way to find Kevin without a second thought, breaking into a childlike smile, alongside the subtle, brilliant detail of the license plate BLACK305. In moonlight, black boys look blue. This is a film that endlessly traces the multiple names and identities carried by a single individual—Kevin, who claims he lives without worry by simply being himself, and Chiron, who transformed his outer shell yet ultimately acknowledged that hardened figure as his true self as well. Either way, bi-curiosity always complicates things. The casting across the three chapters is nothing short of perfection: the insecure, vacant eyes and the hesitant lips struggling to find the words to speak.

Abuso, amistad, culpa, superación, amor, por eso ML es genial, porque como las mejores películas porque retrata al humano. La homosexualidad es un buen pretexto.

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An absolute classic. A haunting yet stunningly beautiful story of coming of age and finding out who you are when your whole world is stacked against you. So pathetic that homophobic and racist morons are on here just trying to bring down the user score. Get a life. Go watch something else, you bunch of snowflakes.

Moonlight utilizes a subtle and tender storytelling technique that leaves space for an active viewer to understand and appreciate it's complexity. The film's style features wide angles and long takes that prompt the viewer to explore the cinematic space for themselves. This exploration is what deepens the emotional impact of the scenes. Ultimately, the film gives no easy answers to which characters are good or bad, right or wrong. This is the mark of a truly excellent work.

Dei movie not as good as godfather. Kinda meanders like a TV movie. Not good role models or story.

It was an absolutely brilliant film. Characters were deep and the plot was original even when initially it did not seem this way. The acta breakup was great. A+

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One of the most overrated movies of all time, I love the message. I love what its trying to do. It just doesn't do it very well.

This film was given a score this high for many reasons, and its quality was not one of them.

I haven’t felt this much emotion in a long time.Chiron manifested his emotion thru looks and glances and eye smiles and it was such a joy to watch his growth as she went from a mistreated boy to a beautiful grown man. You could read his heart just by looking into his eyes

Reallyamazing

This movie is masterpiece, so well done. Deserves more than 3 Oscars

A refined production, with no obvious weaknesses based on rational empathy.

Decent movie. The story is so --so, scoring is great, visual is decent, and the voice is also great

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very good film i fully reccomend it for everybody who likes the action and who likes this kind of drama

Overrated as hell, not a bad movie, but still. The thing is, liberals get all super exited whenever theres a rando movie featuring mostly non-white and LGBT person

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Definitely deserved to win best picture. I would call it a must-watch. Love the music selection.

It does not matter if Moonlight did not deserve that award for best movie, for me it is a masterpiece that manages to be so magical and heartbreaking in every way

Second best movie to start the letter M. Number 1 is Morbius11111!1!1!1!1!1!1!1!1 Its Morbin Time

This movie is really good. This movie is really good. This movie is really good.

Moonlight. The best movie in the world. Approximately such headlines were written in 2016-2017 on the eve of the Oscars. 2 hours I watched this film and tried to understand what they want to convey to me. The main character practically does not show the main two themes of this film. Chiron is constantly silent or looks sad, that's the whole point of this movie.

The film has masterful performances by Mahershala Ali and Naomie Harris, in addition to a very well-kept script and competent direction by Barry Jenkins. No wonder it won the Oscar for Best Picture in 2017.

Wanted to see as many 2016 films as possible, especially those that won or were nominated for the big awards. Took me a while to see 'Moonlight', with the controversy it garnered when it was announced for the Best Picture Oscar and the amount of hate it's got here part of me was wary. Finally getting round to seeing 'Moonlight', it turned out that it was more than well worth the while and that the wariness was not needed. 'Moonlight' is not a perfect film and may not have been my personal pick for the Best Picture award (for me that was 'La La Land' though that is not a popular opinion it seems). Truly admired what it set out to do and found it a brave and powerful film, despite what the detractors say there is far more to 'Moonlight's' appeal than politics, sexuality and race (clearly trying to find conspiracy theories and reasons for why a film they dislike is loved by others, without taking into account that the film simply just connected to and resonated with those who liked it). 'Moonlight' does end on an anti-climactic note, some of the last act is a bit rushed. A longer length would have helped as a result, it also would have helped make a couple of events in the first act a little clearer and not so choppy. It may not say much new, despite the ground-breaking concept on paper with the exploration of lives rarely seen on film, and doesn't always have subtlety. Then again it is tackling far from subtle themes and a heavy subject, so that sort of was going to be inevitable. However, 'Moonlight' is an exceptionally well made film. The cinematography and editing are some of the most eye-pleasing and best of that year, and can't find anything to fault the expertly handled direction. The music is cleverly mixed and has haunting power and fluidity. Regarding the writing, it is not perfect, at times as said a little heavy-handed and vague in parts, but it is thought-provoking and handles very ambitious, relevant, important themes with power, truth and (mostly) delicacy. The story makes the most of the three act structure, it's handled simply but not simplistically and also handled cleverly and with passion, honesty and intelligence. Found myself relating quite a lot to and being moved significantly by the story and found the film handled a heavy and sensitive subject matter with a lot of relevance and importance today more than admirably. Can't fault the acting, doing wonders with compellingly real characters and strongly defined character relationships (especially the central one). Much has been made of Maharshala Ali and Naomie Harris and deservedly with two of the best performances that year, Ali especially is extraordinary. It is easy though to overlook Alex R. Hibbert, Trevante Rhodes and Ashton Sanders and one shouldn't, as they are just as worthy (particularly Sanders). Overall, didn't completely blow me away but very well done and with a lot to admire. 8/10 Bethany Cox

necessary exploration of he dual struggle of being not only black but ****. masculinity is a familiar theme dissected in his movie amongst its tragic love **** takes so much care with handling its characters with such a realism that to pick out an antagonistic is a useless endeavor because nothing is as black and white. finally placing black **** story's on the forefront was a shocking important decision which excavates a community trapped in rigid ''conservative'' norms such as gender roles and sexualities.

The best way to describe Moonlight is a painting that is so realistic that it looks like a picture. The film tackles issues people may not have even crossed that average viewer's mind and does it brilliantly. It does not over dramatize, or over romanticize any moment. Everything is exactly how it should be. It provides insight into all types of challenges mixed into one perspective. Camera work also makes the movie feel first person. Scenes where the camera is half submerged into the ocean invokes nostalgia of when you were young and could barely keep your head above water. Everytime the film leaps in time to a different point in Chiron’s life, the viewer has a lot of catching up to do. Chiron changes on the surface in a substantial manner. However, eventually, you realize that each and every Chiron is the same on the inside. The message of self identity in this film is hammered home. I go back to my point of the film being a realistic painting. Many directors aim for twists on their films to make it feel authentic to themselves, similar to how Picasso may skew his paintings to make it identifiable as “a Picasso” . Barry Jenkins' approach was to make this film authentic to the viewer. He focused on the truth of the matter at hand. He found success in making the matter relatable to viewers who may have never thought to relate to Chiron.

Despite a few draggy scenes, "Moonlight" is heavy on the visual storytelling while gliding along like a paintbrush to a canvas. It delivers an effective story **** man's identity through his three crucial stages of life.

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Moonlight Poignant is, main character, Chiron’s alienation from his peers and through the world of a child, you have to work out why he is different. Meanwhile the score excellently captures the many different moods of his internal journey, fear, love, torment, betrayal and reconciliation. Chiron is perceived as a victim and bullied until one striking incident. His life is shown at 3 different stages in 3 acts and each offer the viewer something different. A lot of thought is put behind the story and you can see the intelligence in the smaller details. It took me a second watch to fully enjoy and appreciate the depth behind this masterpiece.

It was ok, slice of life movies are usually pretty good. But I wasn’t expecting the movie to be a story about the struggles of coming out. It’s fine for what it is, but I do wish there was more clear character development around this movie. I will say the movies soundtrack and art direction is fantastic, and the lighting is very nice!

В моем личном антитопе этот фильм занимает почетное 1ое место. его с этой позиции не сдвинет уже ничего, потому что более мерзкого, отвратительного и осатанелого бреда я ещё не встречал.

Absolutamente fenomenal, una película lgbt que cuenta su historia desde un contexto más duro y realista a diferencia del tono rosa de otras películas de este tipo, abarca de manera muy elocuente temas como el acoso escolar, el abandono y la homosexualidad entre sus personajes, el principal llamado Chiron es un chico solitario que tiene que lidiar consigo mismo, la madurez y el descubrimiento personal prácticamente por cuenta propia y aunque tenga varios defectos y no tiene una redención que lo vuelva victorioso de su propia lucha, es mejor ya que así es el ser humano, imperfecto y real. La banda sonora es bellísima, lo único que no me gustó fue que se deshicieran de Juan tan repentinamente, ya que así se tiró por el drenaje toda su breve aparición en la vida de Chiron.

Powerful, simple but effective. Moonlight highlights the struggles that come with being an African American LGBTQ youth in a tough community

Heartwarming storytelling. The casting couldn't make a better job even if they wanted to

What an overrated movie. I understand the need for this story to be told, but it could of been done in a way were you could at least engage with lead character and also been less self indugent.

Its a good movie. Neither great nor mediocre. Good acting, good script and good message. Just good.

No surprises this time. When the hype machine gets going (media etc) I can usually guess how this will go. So many times it’s not as great as it’s made to sound. This was no exception. Maybe I’m supposed to like it better because of the subject matter, the characters involved? No. But I don’t knock people who do like it. Some like it. And some like me, don’t.

African American filmmaker Barry Jenkins brings the story of the life of a homosexual black boy named Chiron. The story is told from Chiron’s childhood, to his teenage years and then into adulthood. The cinematography, while personally not for me, was still creative and fit well with the film. It also contains some great performances, Mahershala Ali really shows his range in this film, and Alex R. Hibbert is one of the best child actors I’ve seen recently. The writing is also good, and the plot flows nicely into an ambiguous ending, which leaves you to reflect upon the rest of the movie.

Except by the excelent actors performance, this is only a regular movie. The end is very poor and we didn't have a good message after that.

It was such a discover. A magniloquent, yet restrained, piece of art and solitude.

Worst movie. Boring and horrible. 99 points. What a shame.... Theme of the movie, script and everything else are extremely basic and naive. Just a political cliche

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One of the best films I have seen. People who like fast-paced movies may not like it, but this movie is perfect.

Never watch this annoying gay propaganda. This stuff too weird and boring at same time and never deserve to take Oscar or any other prize.

This movie and plot is amazing. I love cinematography and actings and The best character development I ever seen in a movie for a while....

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