The characters were all well-written/acted and multi-narratives worked. Unlikely friendship between Ronsel and Jamie was believable. The cinematography is up for an Oscar and - (admittedly i don't have a trained eye for it) it was striking as far as capturing a period.
It was doing so well, that I thought the big shift to crisis at the end was not necessary. yeah, I know lynchings are sad part of Jim Crow history- but i thought Mudbound was doing such a great job already portraying the struggles on all sides, that maybe some other crisis could have been done. And I am not so jaded that I don't mind an occasional epic happy Shawshank finale, but that part was just sort of thrown in there/unbelievable.
The characters were all well-written/acted and multi-narratives worked. Unlikely friendship between Ronsel and Jamie was believable. The cinematography is up for an Oscar and - (admittedly i don't have a trained eye for it) it was striking as far as capturing a period.
It was doing so well, that I thought the big shift to crisis at the end was not necessary. yeah, I know lynchings are sad part of Jim Crow history- but i thought Mudbound was doing such a great job already portraying the struggles on all sides, that maybe some other crisis could have been done. And I am not so jaded that I don't mind an occasional epic happy Shawshank finale, but that part was just sort of thrown in there/unbelievable.
i didn't care for the movie itself very much, but the acting in it was very very good IMO
The characters were all well-written/acted and multi-narratives worked. Unlikely friendship between Ronsel and Jamie was believable. The cinematography is up for an Oscar and - (admittedly i don't have a trained eye for it) it was striking as far as capturing a period.
It was doing so well, that I thought the big shift to crisis at the end was not necessary. yeah, I know lynchings are sad part of Jim Crow history- but i thought Mudbound was doing such a great job already portraying the struggles on all sides, that maybe some other crisis could have been done. And I am not so jaded that I don't mind an occasional epic happy Shawshank finale, but that part was just sort of thrown in there/unbelievable.
i didn't care for the movie itself very much, but the acting in it was very very good IMO
I can see why it doesn't get the word-of-mouth-recommendations you typically see for anything worth watching on Netflix. It is worth watching IMO, but not entertaining or what people expect on netflix.
