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Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri (2017)
Two Oscars for this movie?
I am not sure why this story about white trash is supposed to be so great. A woman who baits her husband until he hits her in frustration and claims to be the victim? A trashy sleazy daughter who put herself into a dangerous situation? Sorry nothing to relate to here. It seems from seeing previous movies with her that McDormand didn't act so much as play herself. And Sam Rockwell? An Oscar? Really? The reviews here look like something the studio would pay for. I should have known because of the IMBD rating--anything over 7.5 is suspect an they are usually artsy-fartsy movies only some so-called critic could enjoy.
A Hidden Life (2019)
A hidden film
Far too long, tendentious and nonsensical. The Nazis are bad, I get it, another of those films and at least this one wasn't about (((the others))), but it made no sense. The guy was inducted into the German Army already and released to go home, this would have made him a reservist so why then did he decide to ruin his family's life with his intransigent behaviour? He was was an egotistical hypocrite and for that he is a hero? In addition to a poor story the movie was constructed terribly as well. Lots of beautiful disconnected scenery that did nothing for the movie (except make it too long) and these bizarre conversations that begin in one place and then after a tour of Austria, they conclude somewhere else uninterrupted. No real story line, no continuity only emotional manipulation.
The Magic of Ordinary Days (2005)
Emotional tripe
This movie came across like a high school film club project with a shoestring budget. Poorly acted, unconvincing characters and completely unrealistic. How it is rated 7.6 is a mystery because I feel I am being generous with a 4. It is yet another one of these films that borrow a time period only for sentiments sake. Absolutely unconvincing regarding the time period it is supposed to be set in. Since it is about a farmer they could have at least consulted a farmer for advice.