If this movie doesn't win Best Picture over La La Land, I'm seriously going to be so upset. It is absolutely one of the most emotionally beautiful and visually breath-taking movies I have seen in a long time. I saw it with a few friends in the theater, and when it was over, none of us said anything, we just sat there staring at the credits even after the lights went up and most people had gotten out of their seats. I broke the awestruck silence by saying, "That was so good! That was so f*cking good!" in a hushed whisper. We were all speechless. I didn't know what to say other than make random exclamations of praise. And I still don't know what to say about this movie to give it the praise and credit it deserves! I ask just about everyone I know if they've seen Moonlight, because everyone DOES need to see it. It does just want film has largely always meant to do: tell stories that we cannot experience personally, and make us understand a world that we do not live in.
The movie is about a boy growing up in a rough neighborhood in Miami, and about how he dealt with being black and gay in a world that didn't want him to be. The movie is in three parts: childhood, adolescence, and adulthood, following our protagonist, Chiron, as he grows up being bullied, beaten, and abused, but ultimately finding peace and love. The colors in the movie are beautiful, and carry so much of the symbolic weight of the movie. They represent him as he matures, finds love, and deals with his emotions. Chiron, through each chapter, steps closer and closer to being the person he was meant to be. And, most importantly, tells this narrative through the lens of real life: the ups and downs, the people who change us, the losses, the pain, the grief, the hardship, and the joy in a way that is relatable and applicable to everyone.
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