No way moonlight doesn't win best picture and director
This is the Academy "Ego-Stroke" Awards we're talking about. Let's not kid ourselves -- there should absolutely not be surprise if they decide to put La La up on their pedestal for, y'know, "reasons," and I say that despite my glowing feelings for the movie.
Speaking of which, just got back from seeing the film and I loved it. It was pulled off like a satisfying swan song to Hollywood musicals. It was the correct way of "homage" in every sense of the word, because it does more than that on a more meaningful level. What's brilliant about it was that at first it was pulling off that egregious nostalgia nonsense in the first 15 minutes of the film a la The Artist and I was practically pouting thinking "Gee, what a fucking surprise."
2 hours later, I had the widest grin on my face because it managed to subvert that entire business not just thematically through its characters but technically as well, all while pulling out all the stops. WIth the latter aspect, I don't mean just the production value that went into musical aspects -- there's an ingenious use of its stylistic and technical elements as the film progressed with its characters.
Basically, it's one of those few Hollywood films that makes me want to write an essay about it upon first watch.
That said, since we're on the topic, I reeeeallllly want to see Moonlight.
