Green Book

After seeing all the nominees I can totally see why this won best picture. Mahershala Ali is amazingly restrained as Dr. Don Shirely. Vigo Mortensen is a sliver aways from making his character a caricature but with precision balance he pulls it off. I wish they would have developed Dr. Shirely more deeply and explored some of his more interesting facets. Overall, a fantastic film with a true sense of the early '60's and the racism in America that still lives today.

The security guard showed us this movie. I laughed and cried. And vowed to better understand people before I say anything. A honest look, in the 1950's, at a elite black wealthy classical musician. Whose well mannered and highly eduated self got severly ridiculed and deeply abused by society. Damn. Talking about being at the feet of jesus.

I do not agree with another's opinion as such that they made the movie all about the driver. Dr. Whitney's struggles needed to be shown and how the driver learned to deal with each situation that was presented. Because of his background, and ability to acclimate and accommodate certain clientele, look the other way, to situations, had made him logically the best driver. I consider myself nothing special, having believed "we are all created equal, we all bleed the same". It wasn't until I was a little older I experienced great sadness, and anger that as a child and young girl, people can say one thing in a church setting, but step into the parking lot............I have found this to be true for different cultures, our own religion, between neighbors of the same color, etc. Prejudice exists also in the nuclear family. Between children, etc. My hero was both men.