Best Picture: 2016

I'm not going to lie....
I started the movie...
Everything seemed to be moving a little bit slow...
All of the scenes and the cinematography really stood out...
But nothing crazy was happening....
And I was going to give up...
Suddenly we're in between Chiron and an unhinged Paula...
Then the ambient noise disappears, the music flairs...
Just as Paula exclaims that Chiron is a faggot.

And it's one of the weirdest feelings I've ever had while watching a movie. It felt like I was being yelled at. It felt like something I've gone through entirely. Wait, it is something I've gone through entirely. The minute after that moment, I was sold. Damn, here we have these characters that maybe their story isn't the same as yours but there are some themes...
...Behaviors....
... Reactions....
... EMOTIONS that remain universal.

After that moment, I just had to sit back and watch the rest. It felt slow at parts still, but that came to be from my own personal yearning to see where this was winding-up, more of my own anxiousness than the actual story's development.

The last 20 minutes of the movie was the most beautiful part of the movie. The last 5 minutes of the film was the most beautiful part of 2016 cinema. The last minute of the film was the most satisfying moment for any film I've ever seen. The last shot made me sad but happy but depressed but hopeful but lonely but eager....

Between the ending to CAROL and the ending to MOONLIGHT, gay cinema will be the death of me.