Manchester by the Sea (1 Viewer)

[Steeler]

... is the worst movie I have seen in a long time.  I'm shocked this dreck is nominated as one of the best pictures of 2016 - it is absolutely terrible with no redeeming qualities at all.  And Casey Afflack is nominated for best actor??? He was OK, but the character was so freaking boring he didn't have to do much acting at all.

Seriously, stay away - it's horrible.

 

[rockaction]

... is the worst movie I have seen in a long time.  I'm shocked this dreck is nominated as one of the best pictures of 2016 - it is absolutely terrible with no redeeming qualities at all.  And Casey Afflack is nominated for best actor??? He was OK, but the character was so freaking boring he didn't have to do much acting at all.

Seriously, stay away - it's horrible.

There's already a thread; I've already agreed with you.

 

[Steeler]

There's already a thread; I've already agreed with you.

Searched for "Manchester by the Sea" and nothing came up - glad others agree about this awful crap.

 

[comfortably numb]

Haven't seen it yet but I'm sure you are both wrong

 

[Ignoramus]

Searched for "Manchester by the Sea" and nothing came up - glad others agree about this awful crap.

https://forums.footballguys.com/forum/topic/753505-manchester-by-the-sea/

 

[The Dreaded Marco]

You obviously haven't seen La La Land---possibly the worst film to ever win the Oscar for best picture. 

Yes, worse than How Green Was My Valley, Crash and Shakespeare in Love. 

 

[jhib]

... is the worst movie I have seen in a long time.  I'm shocked this dreck is nominated as one of the best pictures of 2016 - it is absolutely terrible with no redeeming qualities at all.  And Casey Afflack is nominated for best actor??? He was OK, but the character was so freaking boring he didn't have to do much acting at all.

Seriously, stay away - it's horrible.

Wish I had read this before this evening just so that I'd at least have had lower expectations going in.  I just finished watching it and, while I didn't have quite as negative reaction to it as you did, I definitely feel pretty "meh" about it. 

I agree about Affleck's acting in it - it was good, but it didn't strike me as that challenging a part since it was so one-dimensional. 

Seeing all the raves in the other thread (and those I've heard from some relatives) makes me think of Boyhood from a couple years ago. I liked that one a lot, but know a lot of people here hated it. 

 

[jhib]

My teenage son had me laughing afterwards, though. (He was watching it under protest from the beginning)

"Well, at least it was a good documentary about how Patriots fans can have bad lives, too, and not everything works out perfectly for them." 

 

[squidrope]

Wish I had seen this thread before I watched it. 

 

[Mr. Mojo]

You obviously haven't seen La La Land---possibly the worst film to ever win the Oscar for best picture. 

Yes, worse than How Green Was My Valley, Crash and Shakespeare in Love. 

It must be better than Birdman. That steaming pile of dung somehow won.

 

[rockaction]

My teenage son had me laughing afterwards, though. (He was watching it under protest from the beginning)

"Well, at least it was a good documentary about how Patriots fans can have bad lives, too, and not everything works out perfectly for them." 

That's just awesome.  Thank your son for a laugh from me today.   

 

[mquinnjr]

... is the worst movie I have seen in a long time.  I'm shocked this dreck is nominated as one of the best pictures of 2016 - it is absolutely terrible with no redeeming qualities at all.  And Casey Afflack is nominated for best actor??? He was OK, but the character was so freaking boring he didn't have to do much acting at all.

Seriously, stay away - it's horrible.

Now imagine you had to see it twice.

 

[The Dreaded Marco]

It must be better than Birdman. That steaming pile of dung somehow won.

I thought Birdman was far, far better than La La Land.

 

[Baloney Sandwich]

You obviously haven't seen La La Land---possibly the worst film to ever win the Oscar for best picture. 

Yes, worse than How Green Was My Valley, Crash and Shakespeare in Love. 

Yeah, about that Oscar...

 

[EYLive]

The academy is so far up its own a5s, it has no idea what people want to see anymore. They're just giving themselves trophies with the money spent by poor suckers that bought into the Hollywood hype.

 

[Mr. Mojo]

I thought Birdman was far, far better than La La Land.

I haven't see La La Land yet, but it must be horrendous to be that much worse than Birdman. 

At least it didn't win Best Picture.

 

[Guest]

Thought this was a very good movie.

A glaring flaw for me, as some who has lost a child, is when Lee and Randy meet one-on-one years afterwards.  The first thing they would have discussed were the kids, by name, in detail.  First thing on their minds would have been those children.  They weren't even mentioned.  

Felt like those kids were merely props.  Had they been flesh, their loss would have been far more central.  It's the common thing they would have been thinking about constantly.  That was the epicenter of their shared pain.

Michelle Williams' acting in that scene was extraordinary, as was Affleck's throughout.  But it was so strange to me that the kids didn't come up.  Maybe I had a more visceral emotional connection because I know what it's like to walk around with that loss.  But big disconnect.