I already feel bad for the foreman elf

Great list/comparisons.

enjoyed it, but my goodness. I couldn't root for any of the 3 main characters. They all seemed hesitant to fully grasp the situation (but maybe that's the point!).

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Hae Sun - he managed to facetime Nora for a short period of time, but couldn't manage beyond that? The facetime scenes were touching and when she asked him to come visit her (she was clearly ready to take their relationship up a notch) then he bagged out claiming he needed to study Cantonese for his career. Dude, hop on a plane and get over there!

Nora - open up your feelings to both men! Encourage Hae Sun to be a great husband for his girlfriend. Tell Arthur you're thrilled they met at the writer's camp. I realize she's torn between the men, but tell them how you feel.

Arthur - during the tender scene when they were in bed, tell her you LOVE HER. Kiss her you fool!

Just finished watching it and holy hell I loved this movie!

I've seen 6 of the 10 Best Picture nominees (Anatomy of A Fall, Barbie, The Holdovers, Killers Of The Flower Moon, Maestro, Past Lives) and it is hands down my favorite so far.

I don't know how the director and actors weren't nominated. It has SO much emotion with such an economy of action and dialog. So much is said in the shots, in the silence and in the looks they give each other.

I am a softy that cries at a lot of movies, and this one got me good. Again, the brilliance of the level of emotion is can muster and convey with no explicitly said reasons why. There is such under current to the entire thing. When the Uber came and he turned to say goodbye and it flashed back, just for the briefest of moments, I physically convulsed with a weep. I was a wreck. And her breaking down at the end... still, on some level, deep down the girl that always cries.

Good lord, that honestly might be my favorite movie I've seen in a while, since maybe La La Land. I really hope she wins for Best Screenplay. I think she deserved a Best Director nomination for sure.

Total agree and really wished it had gotten a few more Oscar noms. Such a great film that will be seen as a classic, I think, in the years to come.

Tied for second for me with Anatomy of a Fall, right behind Oppenheimer.

Everyone can relate to what if….but it was pretty dull.

Agreed. This one didn't resonate with me whatsoever

How the lead actor who played Hae Sung didn't get a Best Actor nomination is beyond me. His character was multi-faceted, and he displayed it perfectly and convincingly.

After all my praise, my wife wanted to watch, so I re-watched last night with her.

How this didn't win Best Original Screenplay is beyond me. Much better that Anatomy Of A Fall. Also I would have given both leads a nomination and would have booted Scorsese out of the director in favor of Celine Song.

From an acting perspective there is just so much silence and so much conveyed in looks, plus acting across zoom, and it's done so incredibly well.

From a directing perspective, her use of silence and space is exquisite. It's very hard to pull that off without making a boring movie, but I've loved it twice now. And on second viewing I really picked up on much more, and loved, her use of visuals. The use of transportation and bridges to denote journey. The amount of doors and windows to conjure up perspective and "when one door closes another opens"/"when god closes a door he opens a window". The use of mirrors and puddles to play on reflection. Framing space and sometimes physical items between characters. It's just frickin amazing!

One random note I saw on a reel this morning, apparently the actor that played the husband and the actor who played Hae Sung were never allowed to meet or talk. When we see them meet in the movie is the first time they ever meet.

Such a beautiful film

I saw this on a plane about a year ago. Really enjoyed it. Love these kind of though-provoking movies.