Some #Oscars talk. I haven't seen every film up for an award tonight, but I have seen two of the most talked about...
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2. I really liked "Jackie." Ostensibly about her attempt to create "Camelot," the film tells the good, bad, & ugly of JFK/LBJ admins...
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3. Jackie hints at JFK's infidelity--& RFK admits JFK didn't really have a legacy (ironically lamenting LBJ will get to handle Vietnam)...
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4. Jackie is also seen lamenting that JFK's killer was a Communist--& not a racist (which would have fed her legacy narrative better)...
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5. Jackie comes off as classy, but LBJ & Jack Valenti (who later led the MPA) come off horribly--which is probably fair and true...
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6. For very different reasons, I also really liked La La Land"...
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7. The opening scene "Another Day of Sun" is arguably the best song, and yet, it was my least favorite part of the film...
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8. Based on the opening, I was worried it would be two hours of random singing show tunes, but it shifts and the love story is powerful...
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9. The final scenes about what might have been were the most poignant...
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10. Even for those who end up in happy relationships, wondering about 'The one who got away' is a recurring story of the human condition...
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11. Haven't seen Mel Gibson's 'Hacksaw Ridge' yet, but @NGivas just sent me the DVD.
Stay tuned for some thoughts & enjoy the #oscars!
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The movie Hacksaw Ridge doesn't show all of Desmond Doss's heroic actions. Just those in Okinawa. Amazing story.
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