Moonlight
This was a very shockingly interesting film. I thought of this as a “copycat” of boyhood; guess I am wrong.
Moonlight was a very great way to describe the life of somebody who was in a pitiless environment. Going back, this was nothing really like boyhood, I would not call this better then it (cause boyhood is my favorite film) but this is a close call compared, moonlight had many aspects to it that caused it to be a very unique and fresh glimpse to what films may be like.
Other thing that it did not hold back on what this movie needed, from end of “little” to the beach scene, that was something I did not expect any movie to pull off. And I need to point out the final act and how mellow it seemed but how much it truly mattered. The way that Chirone was shown to have matured but stay the same way at the same time, that way they pulled that off surprised me very well. And with Kevin being back and for him seemingly being a new person, that was one thing else.
The final act worked so well with this whole film on its own. From little, to Chirone, To black. What an outstandingly well crafted film.
And I would like to add on one thing, with the second act being what it was: it was probably my favorite. I thought it would be better than the 3rd act, which is what I think. I think it felt very real in some aspects that also you could genuinely tell how scared Chirone was with a lot of situations, and when he finally snapped with the chair incident. That was a great way to let it happen, and with the other part with the dream and the look on his face seeing what was happening, that was a very interesting thing, but it showed in a way partially hinting at him being a homosexual, and of course leading to the beach scene did probably confirm it in a way, but him looking back constantly confirmed it, by the look on his face helped up figure.
That what I love about this film, there is so much of this story that we can tell only by the face of the character we are looking at. That is a great, if not the best part of this film.