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1. ›My opinion on the film Manchester by the sea@petercurator974d

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   Manchester By The Sea is a powerful example of acting's ability to connect with its audience.

   Casey Affleck's performance is one of the best of the last decade and conveys emotion through intensity and subtle gestures.

   The film is a deceptively simple drama that gradually envelops you in its story, breaking your heart as it unfolds.

   Affleck's performance earned him numerous awards, including Best Actor.

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   The film tells the story of Lee (Casey Affleck), a building caretaker who lives a simple life in the city.

   His life takes an unexpected turn when he learns of his brother's death, forcing him to return to his hometown of Manchester.

   There he discovers that his brother has given him legal custody of his son. In addition to this news, Lee is forced to re-examine his past and confront the dark secrets that have driven him away from his family and into a deep depression.

   The film explores how Lee rebuilds his relationship with his family and confronts his troubled past.

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   I am not exaggerating when I say that Affleck's performance is fantastic. Through his eyes, he manages to convey a deep pain and sense of brokenness that comes through in some of the most powerful scenes we've seen in a long time.

   In addition, the script excels at immersing the audience in the complex relationships Lee must face, specifically highlighting one of the film's best scenes where he speaks to Michelle Williams.

   Although Williams' screen time is brief, her performance is equally impressive.

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2. ›(UA/EN) Фільм про життя "Манчестер біля моря" // A film about life "Manchester by the Sea" (2016)@occupy-mars1237d

   Вчора я переглянула доволі довгий американський "оскароносний" фільмик "Манчестер біля моря", головну роль в якому зіграв брат Бена Аффлека Кейсі Аффлек. Також у ролях: Лукас Хеджес, Мішель Вільямс, Кайл Чендлер та інші. Також я почитала деякі відгуки про те, що глядачі не зрозуміли, за що було давати "Оскара" Аффлеку. Але повернімось до кіна.

   За сюжетом головний герой працює двірником та різноробочим, живе в маленькій квартирі у напів-підвальному приміщенні. В його настроях та характері не відчувається ніякої жаги до життя або щастя. І недарма: згодом глядач знайомиться з історією головного героя, в якій буде основна драма.

   Одного разу чоловік дізнається, що його брат потрапив у лікарню. Він вирушає у своє рідне місто, аби побачити брата, але приїхавши дізнається, що брат помер. Крім організації поховання та урегулювання питань, пов'язаних із заповітом, на чоловіка чекає інша історія - в брата залишився неповнолітній син-підліток, з яким у головного героя є якийсь свій зв'язок. Та в рідному місті чоловіку все нагадує про його минуле, і це буде справжня боротьба зі спогадами та емоціями, які вміло приховано за маскою спокою та байдужості.

   Фільм зовсім не динамічний. Він може здатися і нудним. Та його цікаво дивитися. Можливо, весь шарм фільму і є в такому розміреному, плавному сюжеті. Якщо цікаво - можна подивитися.

   Yesterday I watched a rather long American "Oscar-winning" film "Manchester by the Sea", in which Ben Affleck's brother Casey Affleck played the main role. Also starring: Lucas Hedges, Michelle Williams, Kyle Chandler and others. I also read some reviews that the audience did not understand why Affleck was given the Oscar. But let's return to the cinema.

   According to the plot, the main character works as a janitor and handyman, lives in a small apartment in a semi-basement. There is no lust for life or happiness in his moods and character. And for good reason: later, the viewer gets to know the story of the main character, which will be the main drama.

   One day, the man learns that his brother is in the hospital. He goes to his hometown to see his brother, but upon arrival he learns that his brother has died. In addition to organizing the funeral and settling issues related to the will, another story awaits the man - his brother has an underage teenage son, with whom the main character has some kind of connection. But in his hometown, everything reminds a man of his past, and it will be a real struggle with memories and emotions, which are skillfully hidden behind a mask of calmness and indifference.

   The film is not dynamic at all. It may seem boring. But it is interesting to watch. Perhaps all the charm of the film is in such a measured, smooth plot. If you are interested, you can look.

   

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3. ›MOVIE :Manchester by the Sea@filoso1512d

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   The reason that the film's directing method touched me deeply is because 'forcedness' is excluded.  Instead of bursting out a tragic story that could easily lead to a 'new wave code', he 'naturally' feels the emotions he is arbitrarily suppressing while standing slightly aside. Looking at the series of scenes where he constantly stares at something without a word, impulsive fist fights at a bar, stands alone in a room and suddenly breaks a window with his fist, and gets angry without incident at the hurling of a passerby, the inside of this man is You find out that it is already inflated like a balloon. So, even if you just poke it with a needle, it will soon be replaced with an uncontrollable amount of anger. So the man learns to 'control himself', which is 'lethargy and expressionlessness'. This is because the trauma that bursts in an instant while trying to feel the complete 'emotion' keeps his existence tied to the past.
   

   

   The main characters of the film are actually uncle 'Lee' and nephew 'Patrick'. They each have the pain of loss, and they quarrel over and over again because of an unwanted companion. The moment he first realizes that he, as his uncle, has to be Patrick's guardian, 'Lee' doesn't readily accept that fact, but on the contrary, he doesn't either.  At that moment, a scene reminiscent of the 'good days' of the past is inserted through a flashback, which can be viewed as a somewhat improbable appearance, but it in itself allows the audience to infer the complex feelings of 'Lee'. His life in the 'present' is very difficult and dangerous, but when he remembers the memories he had with Patrick in the 'past', he can't just throw this child away. It is a responsibility as an adult and at the same time a sincere 'love' for a nephew. After that, several flashbacks are used to effectively convey the reason for the 'justice' of the current person. In addition, there are often scenes that capture the winter landscape of Manchester as short as a still life, which contrasts with the fact that 'nature' and the space of Manchester have not changed in the past or present, regardless of the suffering of the characters. By doing so, the audience can feel strangely multiplying the 'loneliness' each time they watch the scenes in turn. I really liked the way of expressing 'emotions' through 'eyes' without any other explanation.

   One day, when Patrick opens the freezer and sees the frozen meat pouring out, he bursts into tears and can't control his emotions. This is a boy who 'appeared to be okay' or 'appeared to be waking up' in spite of his father's sudden death. This fact is a scene that shows that we are faced with a great ordeal that we cannot bear.  In the end, Lee goes to his older brother's friend, 'George', and asks him to adopt him.

   I can't beat it. I can't beat it. I'm sorry.
   

   say Although it is sad that he has no choice but to hand over his nephew to someone other than his family, Lee's 'heart' is finally understood and our hearts are locked again.
   

   The appearance of his ex-wife Randy (Michelle Williams) is a very important scene in Lee's tumultuous life. As they build a harmonious and harmonious family, they lose everything in a moment's mistake, so Lee sees the face of Randy (even with her new husband) who he stumbles across on the way to her brother's funeral. It is uncomfortable and uncomfortable to even look at. They end up in tears as they both express their regret for the hurt at that time, but Lee hurriedly avoids the place, grabbing her breasts with difficulty.
   

   The movie ends with a scene where he and his nephew are fishing for the first time in a long time, and we look at that scene with a little hope. Like Lena and Patrick, their lives are not going to get any worse, but they nevertheless feel that they will move forward, metaphorically, that they will eventually flow like a calm wave in Manchester.

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   In addition, even though he may not be able to completely overcome the trauma that comes from there, he
   is bound by a sense of loss and hopes that he will not live the rest of his life with the helplessness he had before.

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4. ›MOVIE <MANCHESTER BY THE SEA>@filoso2069d

   There is a spoiler.      

   Lee (Casey Affleck) leaves his hometown and lives alone in Boston working as an apartment manager. With a shaggy expression that doesn't seem to be the joy of life

   One day, he goes to his hometown Manchester to hear that his brother is critical, but he has already died. He was planning to return to his brother's funeral, but he learns that he has designated himself in his will as the guardian of his nephew Patrick (Lucas Hedges). He shows embarrassment to the lawyer, saying that he cannot accept it, and asks his close neighbors to become a guardian instead of a joke class.

   Why does that man refuse to guard his hometown and nephew so far? The question can soon be seen by Lee's recollection. Ah... oh my. Once you know the reason, your head nods.       

   While drunk and went to the mart for a while, I didn't wear a safety net for the fireplace, so my house burned and my children were lost. Then Lee left Manchester, unable to live there anymore. My hometown is not a shelter, it is full of scars.

   It is always painful to pick up pain and hurt. Even if it was healed, one side of his chest was stinging, but Lee was not healed at all. Losing a child, even by his own mistake. Can it be overcome?

   

   To live is to live. Even if you are still, when the sun rises and sets, a day passes. Then I bought a day. And tomorrow's sun rises again. Then I bought another day. Lee lived that way. No one's comfort, even one's own reflections and regrets, do not make things go away and do not help us get out of grief easily.

   Patrick, a teenager, who lives in silence even after losing his father, lives. I eat well and go to my girlfriend's house... That doesn't mean there is no sadness. He is holding up in his own way.    

   Reluctant to serve as a guardian, Lee tries to return to Boston with his nephew, but Patrick wants to live in Manchester. Everyone wants to live where they want, putting each other's stance on the table without concessions.     

   What will Lee really do? Eventually, I'll stay with my nephew in Manchester. So what about his pain?

   I'm much more adult than Patrick, so I'm going to live with it. Than one. As expected.. Adults heal their sadness well... by themselves. I thought so. That's what the happy ending of a movie is like.     

   

   But Lee didn't. He dared to break my expectations and left Manchester to return to Boston.

   Patrick stayed in Manchester to attend school, and Lee went back to Boston to continue his work. So we went back to each other's daily lives, exchanged contacts, and met occasionally.     

   Did even I, as an adult, take Lee's sadness lightly? Did you think that caring for your young nephew was more important than healing your grief? Then who will heal your sadness? How will it be healed?

   There is a way that everyone can be at peace without sacrificing. Like them.

   If Lee's wounds live one day, I hope he heals for one day.   

   After the fire, the policeman who was listening to the statement at the police station tells us that it is okay to stop, and Lee asks as if he can't believe it.    

   “Then it’s over?”    

   Then the policeman says.      

   “Lee, I just made a terrible mistake.

   Everyone makes mistakes. I have no intention of blaming it.

   Forgetting the fireplace safety net is not a crime.”    

   The way others comfort others isn't the way I can forgive me, but let's admit that it's a legitimate way out of guilt. You can't be free, but don't push yourself to the end. To go with sadness, but leave room for healing.  

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5. ›Manchester By The Sea: so wonderful that hurts (ENG - ITA)@serialfiller2240d

   

   

   Does a great movie have to be entertaining or thought-provoking?

   Does it have to run and make us run on wild notes and sequences or take us by the hand slowly to shores we didn't know?

   Must a film talk about what doesn't exist or about reality?

   Must a beautiful little girl make us awaken dormant feelings or let us discover others?

   It's a good fight, it's a lot of good questions that maybe nobody will be able to answer.

   There is no doubt, however, that if we talk about great auteur cinema we can only shift the balance on the ability to tell, to make us reflect and to touch emotional and irrational strings that are within us, through the staging of universal themes and feelings that from now until the dawn of time will always concern the human being regardless of technological developments and other external factors.

   "Manchester By The Sea" is positioned in the wake of those great auteur films that distress and make you think about things that sooner or later will touch the life of each of us.

   Everything revolves around death. The death of a father, a brother, a son and how it can affect the existence of those who remain alive.

   A theme that will never cease to be crucial precisely because sooner or later we will all have to deal with mourning, unless we are the first to go away leaving behind us sadness, melancholy and passion for those who loved us.

   Kenneth Lonergan's film takes us to those dark areas of our soul where we struggle with all our strength to get on with our lives when our existence probably stopped after a particularly destabilizing and disastrous event.

   Will there be other happy moments?

   Will it be better to forget who is no longer there and move on, or live perpetually in pain clinging to the memory of something that nothing and no one can carry in our arms? What if that pain is so unbearable that it leads to the annihilation of ourselves?

   What to do?

   Suicide and leave every possibility open? To go on and settle the score with the past for good? Live but as walking dead? Find new stimuli?

   And what if life goes on, and if we still have to punch ourselves, bringing us other sorrows, other mourning, other challenges that are impossible to win?

   Should we take note of that? Should we give up?

   Manchester By The Sea faces all that. He does it slowly, with harmony, with anguish, but he clings to the splendid alchemy between the 2 protagonists, succeeding in making a film that never bores and never despairs, even if it moves us over and over again.

   Casey Affleck and his wonderful performance has been said a lot and rightly so for a role that earned him the Oscar deserved for Best Actor in 2017 as well as many other awards. His face suffering and dehumanized by the events of life, his struggle to move forward day after day, his feeling dead and devastated continuously left indelible scars on every viewer.

   But if this film has managed to be something more, it is also thanks to the great relationship created on screen between Affleck and Lucas Hedges, here called to play his nephew Patrick.

   The chemistry between the two is shocking. They are protagonists of great dialogues, very tight but short, very silent but saying a thousand things.

   The film holds because the two of them hold each scene, dominating and exalting it.

   

   Che cos'è il cinema?

   Un gran film deve saper intrattenere o far riflettere?

   Deve correre e farci correre su note e sequenze forsennate o portarci per mano adagio verso lidi che non conoscevamo?

   Un film deve parlare di ciò che non esiste o della realtà?

   Una bella piccola deve farci risvegliare sentimenti sopito o farcene scoprire altri?

   E' una bella lotta, sono tante belle domande a cui forse nessuno potrà dare risposta.

   E' indubbio però che se parliamo di grande cinema d'autore non possiamo che spostare l'ago della bilancia sulla capacità di raccontare, di farci riflettere e di toccare corde emotive e irrazionali che sono dentro di noi, attraverso la messa in scena di temi universali e sentimenti che di qui alla notte dei tempi riguarderanno sempre l'essere umano a prescindere dalle evoluzioni tecnologiche e da altri fattori esogeni.

   "Manchester By The Sea" si posiziona nel solco di quei grandi film d'autore che angosciano e fanno riflettere parlando di cose che prima o poi toccheranno la vita di ognuno di noi.

   Tutto ruota intorno alla morte. La morte di un padre, di un fratello, di un figlio e di come essa possa pesare sull'esistenza di chi rimane in vita.

   Un tema che non finirà mai di essere cruciale proprio perchè tutti prima o poi dovremo fare i conti con il lutto, a meno che non siamo noi ad essere i primi ad andare via lasciando comunque dietro di noi tristezza, malinconia e passione per chi ci ha amato.

   Il film di Kenneth Lonergan ci porta in quelle zone buie del nostro animo dove lottiamo con tutte le forze per andare avanti con la nostra vita quando la nostra esistenza probabilmente ha smesso di esistere dopo un evento particolarmente destabilizzante e disastroso.

   Esisteranno altri momenti felici?

   Sarà meglio dimenticare chi non c'è più e andare avanti o vivere perpetuamente nel dolore restando aggrappato al ricordo di qualcosa che niente e nessuno potrà portare nelle nostre braccia? E se quel dolore fosse talmente insopportabile da condurci all'annientamento di noi stessi?

   Che fare?

   Suicidarsi e lasciare aperta ogni possibilità? Andare avanti e chiudere definitivamente i conti con il passato? Vivere ma da morti ambulanti? Trovare nuovi stimoli?

   E se poi andando avanti la vita dovesse prenderci ancora a pugni portandoci in dote altri dolori, altri lutti, altra sfide impossibili da vincere?

   Ne dovremmo prendere atto? Dovremmo arrenderci?

   Manchester By The Sea affronta tutto questo. Lo fa con lentezza, con armonia, con angoscia ma si agrappa alla splendida alchimia fra i 2 protagonisti riuscendo a confezionare un film che non annoia mai e non dispera mai pur commuovendo più e più volte.

   Di Casey Affleck e della sua stupenda interpretazione si è detto tanto e giustamente per un ruolo che gli è valso l'Oscar meritatissimo per il miglior attore nel 2017 oltre che tantissimi altri premi. Il suo volto sofferente e disumanizzato dagli eventi della vita, la sua lotta per andare avanti giorno dopo giorno, il suo sentirsi morto e devastato continuamente hanno lasciato cicatrici indelebili in ogni spettatore.

   Ma se questo film è riuscito ad essere qualcosa di più è anche grazie al grande rapporto che si è creato sullo schermo fra Affleck e Lucas Hedges, qui chiamato ad intepretare suo nipote Patrick.

   La chimica fra i 2 è sconvolgente. Sono protagonisti di grandi dialoghi, molto serrati ma brevi, molto silenziosi ma che dicono mille cose.

   Il film regge perchè loro 2 reggono ogni scena, dominandola ed esaltandola.

   

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6. ›Manchester by the Sea: folgorante e intimo da fare male@serialfiller2459d

   Che cos'è il cinema?

   Un gran film deve saper intrattenere o far riflettere?

   Deve correre e farci correre su note e sequenze forsennate o portarci per mano adagio verso lidi che non conoscevamo?

   Un film deve parlare di ciò che non esiste o della realtà?

   Una bella piccola deve farci risvegliare sentimenti sopito o farcene scoprire altri?

   E' una bella lotta, sono tante belle domande a cui forse nessuno potrà dare risposta.

   E' indubbio però che se parliamo di grande cinema d'autore non possiamo che spostare l'ago della bilancia sulla capacità di raccontare, di farci riflettere e di toccare corde emotive e irrazionali che sono dentro di noi, attraverso la messa in scena di temi universali e sentimenti che di qui alla notte dei tempi riguarderanno sempre l'essere umano a prescindere dalle evoluzioni tecnologiche e da altri fattori esogeni.

   "Manchester By The Sea" si posiziona nel solco di quei grandi film d'autore che angosciano e fanno riflettere parlando di cose che prima o poi toccheranno la vita di ognuno di noi.

   Tutto ruota intorno alla morte. La morte di un padre, di un fratello, di un figlio e di come essa possa pesare sull'esistenza di chi rimane in vita.

   Un tema che non finirà mai di essere cruciale proprio perchè tutti prima o poi dovremo fare i conti con il lutto, a meno che non siamo noi ad essere i primi ad andare via lasciando comunque dietro di noi tristezza, malinconia e passione per chi ci ha amato.

   Il film di Kenneth Lonergan ci porta in quelle zone buie del nostro animo dove lottiamo con tutte le forze per andare avanti con la nostra vita quando la nostra esistenza probabilmente ha smesso di esistere dopo un evento particolarmente destabilizzante e disastroso.

   Esisteranno altri momenti felici?

   Sarà meglio dimenticare chi non c'è più e andare avanti o vivere perpetuamente nel dolore restando aggrappato al ricordo di qualcosa che niente e nessuno potrà portare nelle nostre braccia?

   Immagine priva di diritti di copyright

   E se quel dolore fosse talmente insopportabile da condurci all'annientamento di noi stessi?

   Che fare?

   Suicidarsi e lasciare aperta ogni possibilità? Andare avanti e chiudere definitivamente i conti con il passato? Vivere ma da morti ambulanti? Trovare nuovi stimoli?

   E se poi andando avanti la vita dovesse prenderci ancora a pugni portandoci in dote altri dolori, altri lutti, altra sfide impossibili da vincere?

   Ne dovremmo prendere atto? Dovremmo arrenderci?

   Manchester By The Sea affronta tutto questo. Lo fa con lentezza, con armonia, con angoscia ma si agrappa alla splendida alchimia fra i 2 protagonisti riuscendo a confezionare un film che non annoia mai e non dispera mai pur commuovendo più e più volte.

   Di Casey Affleck e della sua stupenda interpretazione si è detto tanto e giustamente per un ruolo che gli è valso l'Oscar meritatissimo per il miglior attore nel 2017 oltre che tantissimi altri premi. Il suo volto sofferente e disumanizzato dagli eventi della vita, la sua lotta per andare avanti giorno dopo giorno, il suo sentirsi morto e devastato continuamente hanno lasciato cicatrici indelebili in ogni spettatore.

   Ma se questo film è riuscito ad essere qualcosa di più è anche grazie al grande rapporto che si è creato sullo schermo fra Affleck e Lucas Hedges, qui chiamato ad intepretare suo nipote Patrick.

   La chimica fra i 2 è sconvolgente. Sono protagonisti di grandi dialoghi, molto serrati ma brevi, molto silenziosi ma che dicono mille cose.

   Il film regge perchè loro 2 reggono ogni scena, dominandola ed esaltandola.

   Manchester by the sea è uno dei migliori film del decennio. Insospettabilmente ma ineluttabilmente un grandissimo film.

   
   

   
   

   Movie URL: https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/334541-manchester-by-the-sea?language=en-US

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7. ›Manchester by the Sea (Film): Review.@martinmcfly2719d

   I heard good things about this movie for a while, a good directoon, an excellent script, but above all, an excellent performance by Casey Affleck, however, I never had a real interest in seeing the movie, even though today I finally decided to see it I did it with resistance, but when the first images appeared on the screen, I simply let myself be carried away by this enveloping story, which has left me very satisfied, being able to corroborate for myself the good work done in the film.

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   Year: 2016 Category: Drama. Director: Kenneth Lonergan. Cast: Casey Affleck, Lucas Hedges, Ben O'Brien, Michelle Williams, Kyle Chandler, Gretchen Mol, C.J. Wilson, Tate Donovan, Kara Hayward, Anna Baryshnikov, Heather Burns, Erica McDermott, Matthew Broderick, Oscar Wahlberg, Stephen Henderson, Josh Hamilton

   

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   Lee Chandler must travel to Manchester because his sick brother has finally died, there will find out that he is now the legal guardian of his 16 year old nephew named Patrick, so he will have to deal with all that situation while his presence in the city evokes the personal ghosts of his past.

   

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   Lee Chandler, a janitor and handyman, lives in a basement in Quincy, Massachusetts, and spends his days doing different plumbing and repair jobs, when receives the news that his brother who had been ill for years has finally died. Lee immediately travels to Manchester to take charge of the funeral arrangements and to take care of his 16 year old nephew Patrick until the funeral. But surprisingly for Lee, his brother had appointed him Patrick's legal guardian, leaving everything premeditated to make it so.

   One of the first things that the viewer can notice from the first scenes is that the personality of the main character is not well, it is evident that he is a person who is in a very affected emotional state, but we do not know why. Later, while the film progresses, through a series of successive flashbacks we can complete little by little the puzzle and thus discover the emotional background that affects him.

   The direction work is fantastic, the images are really excellent, showing the beauty of the sea and the setting in which the whole story unfolds. Kenneth Lonergan I knew him for a couple of previous jobs but always as a writer, I had never seen him directing, but this time he decided not only to write the story but also to direct it, and I must say he did a great job, especially having so little experience as director. Kenneth becomes the fundamental behind-the-scenes architect of this entire work.

   The acting work is really wonderful, especially the work done by Casey Affleck who won an Oscar deservedly for the performance in this film and successfully transmits the hard and difficult emotional state that his character must have. Lucas Hedges also does a good job, and although he had already participated in some films, this is the first time I have the opportunity to see him work. Michelle Williams also does a good job despite her few minutes on the screen, her participation in this film reminded me of a slight connection between what happened in this film and another very different film like Shutter Island.

   The film is really very good, I think it addresses an original story, and quite emotional, a drama in every sense of the word.

   

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   8/10

   In general terms is an excellent film, with a great story, great script, and great performances, I can not find a reason not to see it, unless, obviously, you are not a fan of the drama genre.

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8. ›"Manchester by the Sea" by Kenneth Lonergan - movie review@godflesh3016d

   A movie that you don't feel like a part of your life. Kidnapped in a foreign atmosphere. Good cinema removes the man from his roots, packs new emotions into his suitcase, and sends it to the epicenter of the unknown. Good art moves, thinks. "Manchester by the Sea" is a very rare breed movie. Regarding the script, the film is brilliant. Not brilliant as "Fight Club" is brilliant - this is the obvious swatter of the shocking story. The Manchester machine is crushed differently - we have a simple, anticipated situation. (Two brothers, one dying and the other returning to his hometown to settle the stash, to understand what has happened lately and to become a guardian for his nephew.) However, this expected situation blooms to the size of the most basic and recognizable for human emotion genres. The film starts out as a bitter comedy, which overflows into a tragedy and then returns to a neutral situation again. Like a storm in a glass. Encapsulated and framed, but still - emotionally, impressively and memorably. One of the most successful ways to make a good film today is to tell a story. Currently, "Westworld" does. Christopher Nolan has already done it several times with Inception and Interstellar. The popular concept of a movie is actually the expectation that a committed and unusual story will be told. However, there is the other type of narrative. Still perceived by some as art, boutique, unnecessary. When the person moves the action when the character in the center turns into the bearer of the whole charge of the movie and as if the story is happening for what it is. Then the character really becomes a hero, because he creates the world that he should probably create. There are many such films, but it is very difficult for them to be successful. Few are really good. "Manchester by the Sea" is one of them.

   

    Every scene is a key. It is very difficult to write a scenario in which almost everything is based on simple situations (driving, talking, drinking beer) and at the same time each scene is engaging or not too unrealistic (striving to be just the opposite ). This is the first huge red dot for the script of Kenneth Lonergan (who is also a director). The second goes to the decision about the structure of history. Nonlinear. The viewer is introduced to the situation where Lee (the beautiful Casey Affleck) works as a cleaner, plumber and whats not even on a minimum wage and lives in a miserly narrow room without furniture. He seems to be constantly depressed / bumped into bars. Has something happening in this person's life to be such or is it another movie that will just show us the ugly, dull reality of the average bitch? Wonderful scenario-tight and comical from the very beginning scenes, however, distract the suspicion that the film will become more aggressive. Lee realizes that his brother (Kyle Chandler) has died. He has to go to Manchester (and be close to the sea where he spent most of his life). There is a gradual discovery of his relationship with relatives, friends, and the invasion of all the memories of a previous life. Dialogues and situations often alternate with the salty landscapes of the harbor, gulls, floured water, and the gray winter sea. There is one frame in which the snow is raining, raining, and then simply - as if for a blink of an eye - it stops. It is so fragile and poetic to the film's atmosphere that he often takes advantage of the usual details that almost all other films would consider to be superfluous. Several times while I was watching, I caught myself smiling at a director's decision: "Did you really do that !? Wow, how did you think about it? "And as a person who watches a lot of movies, I can tell you that such a child's amazement does not happen in many movie (even with any good film).

   Because I concluded that Casey Affleck's hero is the most important part of the movie, let me fix it and say there are two other characters that are great. One is Patrick (played by Lucas Hegezis). We see it for the first time on ice, playing hockey. At the same time his uncle is coming to look for him. Bad signal. As his teammates say, the uncle comes only when Patrick's father is bad. And the first thing we hear from Patrick's mouth is how he curses. Patrick is a clever 16-year-old boy. He is not saved by the fact that death is always around the corner - his father suffers from a sick heart and his mother is a "crazy alcoholic." And it definitely shows him he is more mature than he should be at the age of 16. Which in no way makes it baffled and tedious, as are many teenagers, imagined to be in a serious conflict with life. Patrick and his uncle were close when Patrick was small. Now the situation is a bit different. Lee was not there when Patrick grew up, he did not know his interests and his life. The two are still alike - they love the sport for example. Somehow they love peace and appreciate their privacy. The spectator, with a smile, watches them getting closer and closer (despite the obvious conflict between them) and how ultimately their attitudes stand out strongest: they hold each other.

   

   There is no emotion in the whole movie that is thrown at the viewer as a sand in the eyes to make him feel sympathetic to where he is. "Manchester by the Sea" is not tearful. It's not dramatizing. This is a very well-written film in which there is no gram of fake. The other important character (albeit not right in proportion to his screen time) is Lee's former wife, Randy (Michelle Williams). In one scene to the end, in a few minutes, she said things that chewed me and spit. I felt sorrow, relief, shame and guilt at the same time. And then a lump in the throat unfolded. I think it's hard to make a good drama at the moment. With so many stories, visions, ideas, it should be terribly difficult to impress anyone with anything, but it does not seem to be the case. People are looking for the authentic feeling and, when served with taste and refinement, they tend to indulge in the same well-known story over and over again. As much as we love the contraptions, we have a solid relationship with reality, with the human experience.

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