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Yeah, I don't understand the comments that it's boring, etc. It's a movie centred on domestic life that still manages to be epic in scope.
The depiction of the family and its relationships are excellent - that Cleo is able to reach out to her employer when she has a crisis and doesn't know what to do, and have her pregnancy accepted and supported, and not be abandoned for some other domestic who won't get pregnant. But also that she is not a "true" member of the family, she's always going to be the hired help and the others will treat her as such.
And visually it's spectacular - running along a Mexico City after a lost child, the riot with students flooding the square outside the furniture store, the forest fire, the final scene in the ocean, etc - and in a way that complements what's happening in the story.
I have seen some backlash (not here) of the "all the male characters are jerks, why do I have to watch a story about women". And there's a lot that's hard to "get" in that it has several emotional touchstones that you probably need to have grown up in 1970s Mexico City to really understand. But film-makers insert all sorts of personal stuff that only they and other people who grew up like them, or have the same missing piece, really understand - eg Scorsese and Catholicism, Spielberg and father issues, Tarantino and feet - and it's no big deal. So that doesn't explain the "it's boring" to me.
Kris Tapley, AMC is not going to include ROMA in its Best Picture Showcase/Marathons Jan 22, 10:03
Deadline: Both AMC and Regal are not showing ROMA. AMC says it's because they were never licensed to show ROMA Jan 22, 10:05
i mean thats technically true but you and i know all they had to do was want to book it and they could {nm} Jan 22, 10:21
all they care about now is academy PR and they dont care about any cost there {nm} Jan 22, 11:53
It doesn't surprise me Jan 22, 10:31
I haven't seen ROMA but if the Shape of Water can win - anything is possible {nm} Jan 22, 10:36
Roma is the good Mexican-directed one {nm} Jan 22, 10:53
Yeah, I don't understand the comments that it's boring, etc. It's a movie centred on domestic life that still manages to be epic in scope. Jan 22, 12:35
it didnt have thanos or the millenium falcon {nm} Jan 22, 13:12
this {nm} Jan 22, 13:48
"Tarantino and feet..." - heh-heh! {nm} Jan 22, 13:47
It's a look at women's lives during a turbulent time. History is not just about men...etc, but also personal Her Stories. {nm} Jan 22, 15:29
its pretty obvious neo-realism unless you're being willful about disliking it. Any life can be epic, moving and beautiful. Jan 22, 15:47
Who in that movie was admirable, inspiring, heroic, instructive, or even interesting? Jan 22, 17:54
are we going to have a serious conversation or is this the animal house character talking? <spoilers> Jan 22, 19:12
Serious response inside. {nm} Jan 23, 10:51
Serious response inside (comment system willing) . . . Jan 23, 16:28
Not to me. Definitely not by far. It's very well put together, with some excellent set pieces. It definitely has its problems. Jan 23, 09:55
Good. Why should the theaters bend over backward if Netflix doesn't want to be a team player. Forget them. Jan 22, 11:14
I like that...*thumbs up* {nm} Jan 22, 17:11
yep, well said {nm} Jan 22, 19:19
And the sand! It's coarse and rough and irritating and it gets everywhere. {nm} Jan 23, 07:45
from a certain poont of view {nm} Jan 23, 08:56
