Upthread, someone mentioned Slumlord. I didn’t enjoy watching it, felt so sad, but I can remember so many poignant scenes from it. I feel the same way about Manchester. When i think back, some of the most moving movies are the ones I remember best.
No, not The Crying Game, way after my college years. May have been Soylent Green, that rings a bell. I really don’t think you can equate divulging that in Titanic, the Titanic hit an iceberg ( a well known historical fact) with something that might happen in Moonlight or La La Land.
So glad Casey Affleck won for Manchester by the Sea. It certainly was a very moving performance and moving movie.
Let’s do an audit on PWC process…are there any other errors in tallying in this year or previous year? If I am a loser, I will demand a recount!! 
Don’t know where I read this, but it was alleged that the accountant who gave WB the wrong card had been tweeting pics of various stars backstage throughout the show, and particularly at the time he would have been getting the card ready to give to Beatty and Dunaway. If true, it seems he was too busy being starstruck and showing off his privileged position at the show to his friends on Twitter, rather than doing his job.
One of the ABC execs said “those two accountants had ONE job to do: give the correct cards to the presenters.”
I haven’t seen Hacksaw Ridge yet, because I tend to shy away from gory movies, and I think this one has a lot of those scenes. But then I think to myself that some ‘war’ movies are some of the best things I have seen - Platoon, Thin Red Line, Saving Private Ryan - so I think I will eventually see Hacksaw.
@bookmama22 Totally agree with your assessment. So many good movies this year, but didn’t think most were quite ‘best picture’ worthy. But for me Manchester came the closest, followed by Arrival.
@doschicos - I saw an interview with Casey Affleck who was taking about Longeran the director and writer. He said some very interesting things about how technical and precise the writing was for that script. Like each and every word was thoughtfully selected and it was all carefully choreographed in terms of pacing of the delivery of the lines down to things like, this character is speaking and then this other character starts to speak at the exact moment the other character is saying a particular word. It was fascinating. Glad it won for screenplay - it was so well written, and also agree with the poster who said, Casey didn’t even have to say anything you could just tell by looking at his face what he was going through. In addition to the Michelle scene, the scene in the police station - Wow
Yes, the scene with Michelle and the scene in the police station really stick with you. I loved that movie!
@wisteria100 I liked Hacksaw Ridge and, yes, the war scenes are VERY gory. I’m okay with that. War should be realistic and not glamorous. As much as liked it, though, I didn’t like it as much as the other war movies you mention.
Manchester By the Sea - just loved it. Thanks for that insight. It rings true to what I witnessed onscreen. One of it’s major strengths to me, as a New Englander, was how truthful and real the dialogue came across.
Like mentioned previously, to me a mark of a good movie is how much I think about it afterwards. I’ve spent much time thinking about - and discussing - MBTS. Very layered. Spotlight did that to me last year but MBTS even more so this year.
I still need to see Moonlight. It came and went too quickly in my area.
I haven’t actually said anything about the main plot elements of Moonlight, such as they are. With one exception which is not particularly relevant to anything, everything I have discussed about Moonlight was included in the Oscar broadcast, and was something I knew before I saw the movie. That was deliberate on my part. I do apologize if it felt like too much.
I feel bad about La La Land. It was hard to explain why I found the movie objectionable in some deep way without addressing its ending. But I should not have done that.
“Very layered.” Yes. i also still can see quite a few of the scenes in my mind . Some movies are forgettable almost by the time you’re leaving the theater. This one really stuck with me.
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2017/02/24/movies/oscars-state-by-state-movie-popularity.html
Here is a link to an article the NY Times ran about where the 9 best picture nominees are most popular. I found it interesting.
I totally get how some types of movies, and some particular movies, are not of interest to certain people. This year, I will not see Manchester by the Sea because I cannot personally support anything that Casey Affleck is involved in. The allegations of sexual harassment and assault against him are appalling and there is no way I’ll see anything he is in.
My most pacifist friend thought Hacksaw Ridge was the best picture she saw. So I am tempted… not a fan of gore and dh is even more of a weeny than I am.
I was all set to get on the bandwagon about not wanting to watch movies that involved drug addicts, but then I remember I despise boxing movies. Whenever Star Trek Voyager would have a boxing episode, it was a huge disappointment. I just can’t watch it. So yeah, if it’s not in your comfort zone there are plenty of other things to see.
Yea, generally, I have a tough time with movies that show graphic violence. Superhero violence like batman vs superman and doctor strange was not intolerable and H wanted to go, so we went. Mostly, I like romantic comedies. I like movies that make me happy. There’s already a lot of grim in the world, I don’t want a lot of angst and sadness in movies, even though it makes for great drama.
I don’t know if I’ll make it to Hacksaw Ridge. I’m not much on realistic violence (especially if it’s a true story), and when I saw commercials about it, I was turned off. Just a snapshot of the lead actor (who I think is awful), in a fake southern accent…yuck.
But it’s supposedly fantastic, so how do I argue with that?
Dear Hubby is watching Hacksaw Ridge as we speak.
I’ll wait to see what he thinks, but he is much more into the whole WW2 blood and guts stories[ as his Dad was a Battle of the Bulge survivor]
IMO, “fantastic” might be a stretch, @busdriver11, for Hacksaw Ridge but considering we only paid $1.50 to RedBox, I can’t complain and did find the movie good. 
I’m worried MBTS will be too wrenching (friends had that reaction,) LLL, too giddy. Love Mahershala in House of Cards, but I need films that sustain me, keep me going. You’re all lucky you aren’t counting on me to be your movie partner. I’m not a sissy, but am the one who waited years to see The Terminal, then sat there, riveted.
Some movies that I’m on the fence about are just left for DVD. That way if you hate it, then you’ve just spent less than $2 at Redbox and can turn it off, that’s how I felt about The Revenant last year. I had no desire to see it or be stuck in the theatre for 3 plus hours. So glad I just waited. It was better than I thought, but I could could get up and go other things while DH watched it,
I LOVE going to the movies!! As long as I get an emotional reaction of some sort from the movie, I consider it a worthwhile experience. Happy, sad, shocked, angry…any of the above are good for me. If I sit there for 2-3 hours and the aftereffect is “meh” then I feel like I wasted my time.
Our local theater has free refills on pop and popcorn and you do your own butter and seasonings…so that doesn’t hurt my love for going to the movies any!! <:-P
I got suckered into seeing the Revenant, only because the Cinebarre serves wine and the best popcorn, with real butter. Talk about a movie full of constant suffering, never again.