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This wasn't a film that I had any initial desire to see, but after all the hype I decided to pay-per-view it last evening. I was expecting a serious dramatic movie, but it could almost be classified a comedy. I thought it was hilarious! I laughed almost all the way through the movie. There was so much subtle and tongue-in-cheek humor. Perhaps it just appealed to my dark sense of humor.
....who could live on a store clerk’s salary and pay $5,000 for billboards for just one month? She didn’t even try to negotiate that price, it was just offered.
I thought she said more than once (the second time, when her ex came by) that the $ was from the sale of her ex's forklift or truck.
Thanks for starting this thread. I just watched this movie for the second time yesterday.
I was actually pleasantly surprised by the movie. I think the action by Mildred that you reference was done out of pure rage. I don't think she was rationally thinking about the consequences.
As for the other character, I have seen transformations like that myself. I don't think it was too far-fetched.
I agree. I don't think she even expected anything to come of it. I think she was just reacting out of sheer pain, rage, and frustration. She even makes a comment to Woody Harrelson's character that she wants any criminal who gets arrested in their town to be cross-checked with their DNA, or something like that. He reacts in a way showing that that's just not feasible, and her face shows that she knows that's true. She's just desperate and lashing out.
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I just watched it. The only three likable characters were the son, Red and the dwarf. Oh, and the 19-year old girlfriend. But the entire movie was a laughable characterization of what an Englishman thinks Missouri is like, or maybe all of Middle America (those deplorables). It was weird, and ridiculous.
Uh, don't you mean "midget"?
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One of the reviews I read stated that McDormand's character 'runs the town gift shop', and that same review referred to Amanda Warren's character Denise (the black lady who worked at the gift shop) as a clerk. A couple of other reviews I read referred to them as co-workers. None of the reviews I read referred to Denise as the owner.
I liked Sam Rockwell's speech, but I don't want to see the movie win in any other 'major categories'.
I was blown away by Eva Marie Saint, who presented one of the awards. If I live to be 93 1/2, I hope I am the male personage of someone who is that lithe, that sharp, that clear voiced, and that joyous.
Wasn't that awesome?? I, too, was totally blown away by her. Everything you said, and she also has a sense of humor. That was just so inspiring to see. Wow.
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I thought she said more than once (the second time, when her ex came by) that the $ was from the sale of her ex's forklift or truck.
Yes, she did. I got the impression that she was going to just pay the first, initial payment and then couldn't afford the rest. The billboards would have already been seen and started the controversy, so it didn't even matter if she could afford the rest of the payments.
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I don't think anyone has mentioned the quick scene where Woody's character accidentally coughs up blood on Frances's character's face (he has cancer), and he quickly apologizes and she instantly says, "It's okay, baby." They must have a romantic history, adding to the intensity within their verbal exchanges.
I just have to add at the end here that both Frances McDormand and Sam Rockwell are two of my all-time favorite actors. They're both so unique, and anything I see them in is more interesting by way of their mere presence. Love them.
didn't like the movie - didn't think the excessive expletive language was needed - ending was abrubt, really disappointed w/ the last couple of movies I've seen that have been nominated for a lot of Oscars....crap
Great acting, but just too contrived. It didn't bother me necessarily that Rockwell's character has such an abrupt change of heart in the sense that I kind of saw it as one more may he sidesteps the law to fulfill his own selfish wants and desires.
Dunno..... good, but DEFINITELY a weak Oscar contender.
Great acting, but just too contrived. It didn't bother me necessarily that Rockwell's character has such an abrupt change of heart in the sense that I kind of saw it as one more may he sidesteps the law to fulfill his own selfish wants and desires.
Dunno..... good, but DEFINITELY a weak Oscar contender.
in a real world, Rockewell's character would have been in jail in a heartbeat.....unrealistic
I didn't see a thread on this one, and considering it seems to be a front-runner for Best Picture, I thought I'd open the discussion ...
Anyone else disappointed by this movie? I mean the performances were great, but about halfway through, the story started becoming extremely contrived.
A couple things I took issue with ...
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Dixon's MASSIVE character shift, just because of a letter from Willoughby and a glass of orange juice from Red? All of a sudden he's a completely self-sacrificing crime fighter who is driven to get justice for Mildred's daughter, who he never cared about before??
And Mildred ... who seems to be a very smart woman, wants nothing more than to have her daughter's crime solved, so she torches the police department, where all records of the case exist?
And I'm sorry, but one does not suffer disfiguring burns and is out of the hospital and at a bar a couple days later.
The performances were top notch, and there was some pretty sharp, witty dialogue. But I didn't care for the story.
I liked the wit, especially Woody Harrelson's character.
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So I was disappointed that the character was "offed" with much of the movie left....also found it odd that the African American replacement sheriff witnessed the police brutality but didn't lock up Rockwell immediately.
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