Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri

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  1. Terry Page

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    I slept for most of the flight back from my recent trip to Mexico, but did manage one movie, funnily enough it was another one starring Woody Harrelson, (who I watched in "The Glass Castle" another excellent movie on the flight out) I enjoyed this one and again the acting was superb, highly recommended [​IMG] ............ a word of warning there is a lot of swearing, none of it gratuitous in my opinion, but if it bothers you avoid it.

    I watched it with an open mind not having heard of it, but I see it has been well reviewed and even won a Golden Globe award, it deals partly with racism in the police force, but many other human frailties as well, as the director said:

    “It’s supposed to be a deliberately messy and difficult film. Because it’s a messy and difficult world,” McDonagh concludes. “You have to kind of hold up a mirror to that a little bit and say we don’t have any kind of solution. But I think there’s a lot of hope and humanity in the film and if you look at all those issues with those things in your heart, we might move on to a more interesting place.”


    PS: the trailer doesn't really give a fair view of the movie, there isn't that much violence in it, they have just picked out all the violent scenes for promotional reasons I presume :eek:
     
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    I went off him after Cheers :rolleyes: Do you mean 'that' Woody ?
     
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    I don't care for him either @Patsy Faye

    I also love Missouri...my son lives about a half hour from it's border...maybe less and when my kids were in dental school I spent lots of time in different areas of Missouri....loved it!

    It's got its problems in some places just like all states do but it also has a lot of pluses.
     
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    From what I've seen of it, I'd love it too - there's a lovely song about Missouri
     
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    I never saw Cheers and I don't really know him apart from these two recent movies, in which he acts very well. I must have seen him in earlier films, but he never registered with me before.

    "The Glass Castle" is an excellent movie based on the true story of Jeannette Walls.

     
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    I looked that one up and it looks interesting...

    Even the book it's based on looks good...I love memoirs or true stories.
     
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    I just rented the movie on Amazon for $4.99. Some reviews say the book is better but that's usually the case.

    Maybe after my PT this morning I'll buy some popcorn at Trader Joe's. Sounds like a great Friday for me.

    Who needs a husband, lol!!
     
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    It looks interesting. There's a book? I'll look into that.

    Edit: Looked on Amazon, seems there is a screenplay but no actual book related to the movie.
     
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    Looks interesting. Another one for my watch list.
    Ta!
     
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    That sounds like it might be good.
     
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    Sorry for the mix up @Chrissy Cross That is too dysfunctional for me to read or watch.
     
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    I'm watching it and yes, very dysfunctional. It's interesting though.
     
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    I watched the trailer. It has too much cussin' for me.
     
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    this is on my 'must watch' ... Francis McDormand is a very good actress imo, loved her in Olive Kitteridge
     
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