Moonlight ; as stunning as the Moon.

Because I am a very reputable Film blogger now (right? RIGHT?!) I thought I would actually go and see a Oscar nominated movie in the time it was actually being showed at the cinema, not only because I wanted to see it since seeing a trailer for it, but because this is the period of time when so called nonchalant film goers will actually pay quite good money (especially in London's independent cinemas) to actually watch a film and give their own judgements on it just so they can tune into the Oscars and say 'Oh blabla should have won, not that other arty farty film'. Or maybe that is just what I imagine. None the less, this is my little two pennies on the film.

Via Huffington Post Online.

So I shall get the cliches out of the way, and most of this information you would have probably heard before: Moonlight is a stunning visual chronology of a young black boy to man's life  living with bullying, drugs surrounding him and the hopeless feeling of living with depression. It is actually very simple when it comes to plot, we literally see the three stages of being a human; being a child, where innocents fulfills your every action and thought, even when not so innocent actions are taking place around you. Teenagehood, where you just about get a sense of who the hell you are, deciding whether you become one of those tragic addicted influences you have seen and been around all your conscious life. And Adulthood, where most of how you plan forward is reflecting backwards, seeing where you made mistakes, seeing how things are better, and planning how to finally feel wanted and fulfilled. The acting from all the crew are exquisite, utterly believable and just astounding too.

This chronology, unlike the usual formats of an age-based chronological film that occasionally pops up and makes us go 'ah yea, they are okay, quite predictable though, somehow' this film encapsulates quite uncommon (of we talk percentages, which we won't, because I loath maths) life lessons and life choices, like realising that you are gay, living in neglectful homes etc and makes it VERY inclusive of those of us who have never experienced these 'obsticles' or realisations in life. Although I am not a gay, black male, who has survived countless drug dependent people in my life, I saw glimpses of similarities with the emotions that emitted from the screen in front of me. I loved how this was done, it also made me know (and makes me hopeful that others that are not so open minded as I am relaise too) that we, as human beings are ALL the same when it comes down to it (it, however is the life long question we will probably never get a direct answer about).

Via Variety.com

One big part of the film that stuck out to me was during both the teenage and adult segments of the film, where Chiron/Black finally understood his sexual orientation due to his friend. From that scene I remember my own teenage wonderlust for people (well, one person, at that time) finding out things about me that I haddn't discovered yet (if you know wha'd I mean). You remember and feel the excitement, the wonderment, the feelings of 'Wow! That's amazing' and also 'Bloody hell, they are touching me, does this mean they like me? What's going on? Oh well, stop thinking too much. AH!' Maybe that last part was just me...

This goes on to the last segment of the film, where your heart becomes full blown beating and your eyes turn to hearts as you remember that absolute perfect feeling of reciprocated feelings from another person. You remember the feeling of compassion for another, lust, everything turns into the definition of Picasso's Pink Period pieces.... It's just like natural ecstasy.  This is why I think this film won that best picture award, although I have not seen La La Land yet, I don't think I've ever seen a picture that made me look back on my own past, my own first times and reveled in both my relived emotions as well as a characters for a very long time. You need to see it just to remember with perfect (or should I say, as perfect as a memory/recall is!) all that you have felt in your own life.

Via Fox Force Five Online.

So put a golden lined smile on yer face! 

Until next time,
Jessiefer.