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Moonlight
Scott, I completely agree with your review and think you gave this movie too many words. You said it all with "overworked agenda of cultural woes that’s more concerned with rubber-stamping issues than telling an original story". The rest of the shortcomings of this film are mostly symptoms of this agenda which creates a piecemeal poorly, paced film with no room for character depth or acting. I can't hope to review this film as well as you but I will suggest that people who think this movie is so great go back and watch Precious from 2009 if they want to see how an Oscar winning film about "cultural woes" is made. Even though Precious focuses on a individual, it makes you feel the larger, pervasive and real issues that truly break your heart. Precious makes you cry for both the character and the cultural/social crisis. Moonlight doesn't come close to doing this, not even for the main character whose life is nothing more than a box of disjointed Polaroids. That said, Its really hard to see Moonlight standing next to films like Precious, Milk or one episode of The Wire. I understand that the story of black homosexuals has yet to be told but after seeing Moonlight I believe this is still a story that has yet to be told....properly. Hang tough and keep up the great work, The IMDB scores for Moonlight are finally dropping as the hype subsides and reality sets in.— December 18, 2017 12:41 a.m.