Moonlight

If you know about the mixup at the Oscar’s between this and La la land than you probably know people were a little angry about it, but I think moonlight really deserved that award. La la land and this are masterclasses in their own very opposite ways but I think it tends to be a little less impactful on a viewer as deep and fresh as moonlight has the capability of being, which from what I know is very hard to do. Moonlight is a film that really takes your way through a man’s life in his discovery years between three chapters. Each (and I mean this) and every scene here adds something that could be useful to the story to progress or to communicate a characters trait of life in very creative ways that aren’t boring; no filler.  Its spark connects you very easily and the way this feels so personal to Barry Jenkins really helps me see its true colors. A well deserved best pic winner.