‘Cos it’s March, my streaming service is currently showing an Oscar season. Oscar-winning movies.
I settled down to watch one last night – Dallas Buyers Club.
I’m a nonce at most everything creative, so I’d never heard of it before. On the offchance that you haven’t either, I’d highly recommend it.
It’s set at the very start of AIDS. A very macho chap is diagnosed, and the story tells this guy’s personal journey. I guess you’ll remember from the time, the almighty clamour to find new meds that would help, and while the movie is this guy’s personal story, it highlights the distinctly unhealthy relationship between big pharma and the FDA.
Putting on my best Wikipedia voice, this 2013 movie won three oscars (actor, supporting actor and makeup. Makeup???) and was nominated for the biggie, Best Picture. Well worth the watch.
Mister Bump 
Definitely makeup … the ravages of the illness. Great movie but doesn’t come close to Philadelphia (IMO). Two very different flicks. Philadelphia was in a class by itself.
LikeLiked by 1 person
That was a good movie, too. Oscar winners are generally decent but I avoid most others, unless it’s someone I like actong. Just on the basis that they wouldn’t have taken the role if it was rubbish.
LikeLiked by 1 person
The last movie I watched was Woody Allen’s Midnight in Paris which I thought was delightful but Owen Wilson was terribly miscast IMO. Did you see it? I’d like to know what you thought about OW.
LikeLiked by 1 person
Yes I did like that one, it is a lovely idea. But not a big fan in general of WA or OW. Much of the WA material I’ve seen in plain weird, and he sounds like a strange guy in real life, far as I take an interest.
LikeLiked by 1 person
There’s no doubt that WA is strange and has produced some quirky movies. I was drawn to the time travel aspect of this movie and the real-live characters OW met up with in 1920s Paris stole the show.
LikeLiked by 1 person
Not one to read “reviews” for oft-declared reasons, this [read] was interesting nonetheless. Me? I am put-off by all things Holly/Bolly/Tollywood, don’t care what the Cohen Brothers think I should watch to become ever so much more a sophisticant, and frankly all-done with ‘Merican Hollyidiots opining for me to “understand” the nuances of current society. Finding, when I must “zone” better quality, more originality in foreign films. Spanish, Korean, French for example. Do well, Bumper.
LikeLiked by 2 people
I pretty much agree, that’s why I pretty much limited the post to saying “I enjoyed it”. To people who don’t already read me, it’ll be meaningless, but to anyone who does, you all know the kind of things that float my boat (hopefully by now!) so can apply my “enjoyment” in that context.
LikeLiked by 1 person
I am not swayed by the critics. I watch what I want to watch, which is very little. Italian movies are good and I don’t have to read the subtitles!
LikeLiked by 2 people
Watched a few really good Italian flicks. Not mentioned as most “readers” have the attention spans of granite, can handle at best three or four list items. Not an oversight. As to “critics,” professional and amateur alike, it simply irks me they feel I should be thrilled to hear their opinions. [As you] I am not.
LikeLiked by 2 people
Though not an easy watch, I enjoyed “Dallas Buyers Club”. Matthew McConaughey, Jared Leto and Jennifer Garner all gave outstanding and credible performances.
LikeLiked by 1 person
Yes I thought so. Not often I see a movie that good.
LikeLiked by 1 person
I just googled the movie title, and I have a vague memory of watching it.
LikeLiked by 1 person
I’d never heard of it before I watched it. But really, that’s not surprising.
LikeLiked by 1 person
I’m completely void of movie info.
LikeLiked by 1 person
Great film 👍🖤
LikeLiked by 1 person