It's a movie about how two mismatched people, (a chain-smoking, rough
speaking Italian-American and an African-American you might even call
'uppity'), who, on a long road trip in the Deep South in the early
sixties, bestow on each other the gifts of friendship and humanity. Even
if you knew nothing of the 'true' story of the musician Don Shirley and
his driver you can predict the outcome from the get-go. Of course, it
also helps that it's also very funny despite the seriousness of the
material and that leads Viggo Mortensen and Mahershala Ali are so damn
good, (Ali's second Oscar in three years looks like it's already in the
bag). It is, then, something of a treat and might even convince you to
seek out the music of Don Shirley.
The films reviewed here represent those I have liked or loved over the years. It is not a list of my favourite films but all the films reviewed here are worth seeing and worth seeking out. I know many of you won't agree with me on a lot of these but hopefully you will grant me, and the films that appear here, our place in the sun. Thanks for reading.
Tuesday, 15 January 2019
GREEN BOOK
If "Green Book" does win the Oscar for Best Picture, as some people
think it might, then I for one won't complain. There are, of course,
better pictures, ("Roma" and "The Favourite" to name two), but this
extremely well-made, nicely directed, intelligently scripted, (if at
times a little too obvious in its heart-tugging sentimentality), and
very well acted movie ticks all the boxes. It's a feelgood film of the
old-fashioned kind that can look back at the bad old days of segregation rather smugly from its 21st Century perspective without feeling particularly smug.
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