Best Picture Tweets

Since I don't do regular reviews, I depend on my quick takes on twitter to remember what I thought of movies I've seen over the year. I don't do it for every film, but I do try to do it for films I really like or films that might be nominated for Oscars.

And so in the order of when I saw the movies, here are my initial reactions for the Best Picture nominees this year...

I enjoyed Brad and Leo's natural chemistry with each other and Leo in particular was impressive in everything QT had him do. His scenes with the little girl were my favorite. Movie certainly did NOT need to be that long and Robbie was a bit of a non-entity?

— Ryan ❄️ (@sortathatguy) July 26, 2019

With that said... surprisingly we all agreed that the last third of the film was its strongest highlighted by how breathtakingly ICONIC Phoenix's #Joker looked and felt. We also agreed Joaquin blew the role out of the water. His face is SO interesting.

— Ryan ❄️ (@sortathatguy) October 6, 2019

PARASITE is damn good. And I totally get why people have said to go into the movie cold but if you're like me and you were slightly unsure to see it because you thought it'd be TOO weird or a horror film... it's neither. So now go forth and see it! 🍑

— Ryan ❄️ (@sortathatguy) October 18, 2019

JOJO RABBIT is pretty amazing. The kid actors were absolutely superb. I laughed. I cried. ALSO there was a Q+A afterwards and Taika Waititi himself was in attendance! He is HIGHlarious. Thanks @FPNYC for the free tickets. #JojoRabbit pic.twitter.com/cGI4yt2Ec5

— Ryan ❄️ (@sortathatguy) October 20, 2019

Like the movie's emotional je ne sais quoi doesn't REALLY hit until Jupe's character asks one of the adults "Have you ever been on fire?" The movie then takes on a new level after that moment. #FordVsFerrari

— Ryan ❄️ (@sortathatguy) November 15, 2019

Both leads--Scarlett and Adam--are magnificent. But hey let's give it up to Merritt Wever. Her whole serving paper bit needs to be re-cut as a short film and it should win all the awards.

— Ryan ❄️ (@sortathatguy) December 24, 2019

LITTLE WOMEN is just absolutely delightful. I'm going to need Gerwig/Ronan/Chalamet to keep working together forever.

— Ryan ❄️ (@sortathatguy) December 27, 2019

Well, I REALLY liked the last 40 minutes or so of THE IRISHMAN. The movie is 3 hours and 29 minutes long.

— Ryan ❄️ (@sortathatguy) December 29, 2019

Oh and Roger Deakins is a fucking master. Those night sequences are *chefs kiss*. #1917Movie

— Ryan ❄️ (@sortathatguy) January 12, 2020

Of course, there are some other films that probably should've been nominated for Best Picture. So let's see what my initial thoughts on those as well...

THE FAREWELL is a magnificent film. It's so rare for a heart-wrenching story to also be side-splittingly hilarious. It's very probably my favorite film of the year so far. For the love of everything good, everyone should see this movie ASAP.

— Ryan ❄️ (@sortathatguy) July 21, 2019

Oh. My. God. #AvengersEndgame

— Ryan ❄️ (@sortathatguy) April 28, 2019

🎂👨‍👧‍👦👩‍⚕️💉🗡️💩🍩🤮 #KnivesOut

— Ryan ❄️ (@sortathatguy) December 1, 2019

BOOKSMART is so good. And so funny. The ensemble was also a pleasant surprise. Go see it in theaters because we need more movies like this!

— Ryan ❄️ (@sortathatguy) May 25, 2019