Call Me By Your Name<\/strong><\/em>–My feelings about this one are so dramatic that I\u2019m giving it its own review, along with a new video on my YouTube channel, next week! And here\u2019s a clue\u2014it will be far from positive! (In the meantime, if you want to check out my previous<\/em> videos, on various topics, here\u2019s the link to my channel, in general: www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCF7mwI2jwcB2xB9dBCBxLZg<\/a>.)<\/p>\n The Big Sick<\/strong><\/em>\u2014This is perhaps the perfect movie!\u00a0 Funny, with pathos, and a sort-of real ending, which we know how it really<\/em> ended in real life.\u00a0 Or actually began!\u00a0 (The marriage of the two leads, who wrote the film.)<\/p>\n Downsizing<\/strong><\/em>\u2014What a snoozefest.\u00a0 I kept waiting for something to happen, and\/or for the point of the film to finally be revealed, but no such luck.\u00a0 The only redeeming value is the fabulous Hong Chau.\u00a0 Her one scene at a dining room table, about two-thirds through the seemingly endless drudgery, is a revelation.\u00a0 (I\u2019m sure they\u2019ll show that scene on awards shows, as they announce her for being nominated, so maybe save your dough and just see her performance that way.)<\/p>\n This is what Mr. X and I looked like watching Get Out!!!<\/p><\/div>\n Get Out<\/strong><\/em>\u2014OMG!!!\u00a0 Thank goodness I saw this one with Mr. X because it would have been weird to be clutching someone else so tightly, which he and I did for almost the entire film!\u00a0 It\u2019s terrifying!\u00a0 And even moreso for us because we erroneously thought it was a comedy!\u00a0 (Maybe I really do need to start finding-out\u00a0a little<\/em> bit\u00a0about entertainments before I go to them.\u00a0 Ya think?!)\u00a0 In the very first scene, (which was never really explained, by the way,) I whispered to him, \u201cMaybe this isn\u2019t<\/em> a comedy.\u201d\u00a0 Duh.\u00a0 How this is nominated for a Golden Globe in the category of \u201cComedy or Musical\u201d is beyond me.\u00a0 Actually,\u00a0no one<\/em>\u00a0understands it!<\/p>\n I, Tonya<\/strong><\/em>\u2014It felt kind-of wrong to be laughing at this life story of disgraced ice skater Tonya Harding, but it is an amusing take on the whole sad situation. The hero of the film is Paul Walter Hauser, (as her \u201cbodyguard,\u201d) who has been so overlooked that I\u2019ve been upset about it ever since I attended the big screening of the movie, and they trotted-out every other cast member but him!<\/p>\n![\"People-watching-movie-screen-blank\"](\"http:\/\/itsnotaboutme.tv\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/People-watching-movie-screen-blank.jpg\")
<\/a>So here are my thoughts on some of the films that received nominations from one body or another, that I feel merit a sentence or two. Just remember that I haven\u2019t seen them all, so being omitted from this short list may not mean anything. (I saw many that did not<\/em> get a nod, so I\u2019m not including them here.) And these are in no particular order.<\/p>\n<\/a>