Moonlight (2016)

So I want to die? This was so beautiful and sad and I felt like throwing up the whole time while watching? All signs of a great movie, pretty much. 

So Moonlight is divvied up into three sections, right? Um: Little, Chiron and Black? So Little is about Little Boy Chiron and we're introduced to a quiet, shy ass boy who has like no one? So that's amazing. Just extraordinarily depressing right off the bat and I am so excited for tears. Chiron is being harassed by some kids and I want to go to sleep cuz I'm already exhausted. He hides in like a crackhouse or something and is ~rescued~ by Mahershala Ali's character Juan. Who like a little bit proceeds to adopt Chiron as his son?

My thing: Juan was mad creepy when he busted up in that crackhouse to get Little, right? lol that's all I could focus on. Like if I were Chiron I would've thot I was fin to get molested. I guess he kind of did because he like backed up lol. Juan was giving me weird ass vibes right off the bat smh I think it was the wave cap. He was wearing a wave cap, right, or did I just imagine one? I hope he was or imma have to get myself together in a myriad of ways. 

So Little's mom does drugs. When we first see his mom she looks kind of normal? I guess before the throughs of crack addiction have had their way with her? But anyway, fast forward to it getting real fairly quick. And who sells Little's mom crack drugs? Fun Fact: Juan!!!! So that's nice!

I loved the scene when Juan saw Paula like freebasing in a car and he came over like Judge Judy, tryna act all high & mighty and Paula got in his face like u tryna raise my son? Like bruh, you're a drug dealer? You're part of the problem?? But no you got this. I just really loved Naomie's performance and getting in his face and also Ali's reactions and nominations deserved, imo. The only false note I found was Paula being like "You see the way he walk, are you gonna explain to him why all the kids always kicking his ass?" or something lol I thought that was...kinda contrived. Not to be offensive (oh boy), but everyone grew up with the ~Little Gay Boy~ - Chiron isn't even close to being ~obvious~, imo. He just quiet, which doesn't equal Ghey. But maybe it's different in Florida lol smh deleet my blog and life :')

I truly wanted to die at the scene when Little asked Juan if his mom does drugs and Juan said yes and then he asked if Juan dealt drugs, and he could, like, barely answer. Like.................I don't like to cry lol, so. 

So we transition to Little as Teenage Chiron! Oh I forgot to mention Teresa and Kevin. So

1. Janelle Monáe is beautiful in like a weird way to me which is not a backhand compliment in anyway I just am extremely inarticulate obviously look at this purgatory of a fucking blog. But she has like, just a strange almost inhuman sort of look. Like a doll and a...cyborg princess lol idk. Clearly Janelle knows her aesthetic though as she's always playing it up and OMG she looked so amazing at the Oscars like girl plz. So excited to see her as like being a significant part of Hollywood and she was Beautiful in this and that's what I have to say about her lol.

2. SO TELL ME WHY I had no idea that the Kevin in this chapter was the dude who Chiron ~wrestled~ with in the first chap? Lol, like...I thought Chapter 2 Kevin was Hispanic?? Lol no? And Chapter 1 Kev was just ~regular black~?? And then they had André's Holland bougie ass playing him in chap 3 and I JUST DON'T KNOW if Kev was cast well enough or if I am just a sleepy bitch who isn't clued in more than 43% of the time at all times. But I had no idea this sort of sex-fiendy Kev of chap 2 was the same. Tbh, I didn't know like any of the kids' names besides Chiron lol I just...don't pay attention, but anyway, moving forward!!!   

So I really loved Ashton Sanders as Chiron. Killing me softly teas. He was just making me cry a lot. So that ugly dread head boi who kept harassing him was, like, clearly in love, or nah??? Why are you SO PRESSED??? Like you are so ugly and dumb. I was heated like Chiron is bothering nobody and honestly I feel like crying thinking about this shit again. You know what I'm really pissed about, though? KEVIN'S BETRAYAL!! You simp bitch! I mean, I guess he would've gotten his ass beat by Predator had he not done what he said? But I get vibes...he was just a following loser. I mean, not vibes, that was kind of made clear about his character. I get vibes there wouldn't have been retaliation against him if he hadn't've beaten up Chiron other than the dread boy and the other ~cool cats~ not fucking with him as much. Like, the fuck? 

We go from this beautiful romantic scene of Kevin jacking Chiron off on the beach, to him beating his ass up in front of a bunch of people and I knew some shit like that would go down and I almost hate this movie for pulling that shit???? AND LIKE MAYBE I DON'T ENDGAME SHIP CHIRON AND KEVIN???? 

Like okay so in Part 3 after Chiron gets out of juvie or whatever and has become a trapper because what the fuck else you 'sposed to do after leaving prison, Kevin hits Chiron up out the blue. The same Kevin who beat his ass--OH SHIT I AM FORGETTING THAT CHAIR SCENE. CHIRON WWED THE SHIT OUTTA PREDATOR'S BACK AND I WISH THEY MADE A CHIP THAT THEY COULD IMPLANT IN YOUR BRAIN THAT PLAYS THAT IMAGE OVER AND OVER IN YOUR HEAD ALL DAY EVERY DAY TO HYPE YOU AT ALL HOURS UNTIL YOUR HOPEFULLY UNTIMELY AND BRUTAL DEATH!!! So good. But it was like a real life version of that Redemption moment in a lot of movies where someone deserving of a major ass whooping gets it and you cheer and blah blah the end. Yeah cool except Chiron was sent to juvie?? And then he came out all ~hard~ and wearing grills? So.

Um, Trevante's Chiron also killed my body and soul??? K thanx. I looked up Trevante's birthday because I watched a movie and that's what you do after it ends and he is a part of #AquariusSquad and also we're the same age and we will never be friends because I hate every fellow Aquarius I meet so jot that down. But all Aquarius are really talented and amazing and you're jealous and will stay mad. Trevante better become big or imma feel some type of way about it. I can't decide whose Chiron made me want to die more: his or Ashton's? Tie? We'll say tie and they both better blow up. 

But anyway Chiron Final Form was making me cry like right away lol. Idky, maybe because I was already feeling sick the whole movie like okay when is Chiron gonna catch a break haha. I guess he kind of gets a break getting to be a trapper? Lol...no. I wanted to die when he got the call from Kevin. He was like immediately crying. HMMM BUT CAN WE TALK ABOUT HOW KEVIN IS A LOSER AND A BUM?? I want to, like, think of the ending being a happy one, but.................like Kevin is a loser and a bum lol. He thinks having a life is having a son he prob never sees and working as a "cook" at a diner and making like twelve cents a day. Also I felt some type of way about him

1. brushing over the shit he did to Chiron like it was just some little situation. Like he tripped him accidentally or some shit. "Sorry bout alladat" BOY!!!

2. Forcing Chiron to drink? Um, he said he doesn't drink???? I just imagine them together in a relationship and Kevin just dragging Chiron down. Like whatever okay Chiron is a trapper, but he could be better if he, like, met someone who could lift him up? What's Kevin supposed to do? HONESTLY! I feel like Chiron mad shy so he just attached himself to the first dude who wanted to do gay shit with him. Like, they aren't endgame at all, imo, but I still cried at the end whatever because Chiron got to get touched, but get touched by a bum let's not forget that I'm not forgiving Kevin I don't care if Chiron does!! 

Final thots:

1. What was that shit in Naomie's head in the final chap? Like I was bawling my eyes out, but maybe some of my tears weren't just from the emotions in the scene, but from disgust with how bad her old person makeup was? Moving on!!

2. Um, did Moonlight lose its cinematography nods? Mmmm ionoboutalladat. I watched this shit in Standard Definition because my bitch ass ipad aint have enough storage for HD and it was still beautiful as shit and was like a main character in the film but LaLaLand or whatever, I guess. I GUESS!!!!