Nickel Boys

Such a good story and so badly presented, it's some kind of disaster, it's impossible to watch

Impossible to watch, horror

A question for those who watched, and especially the commentators above
Why is it impossible to watch?
I'm planning to watch it since they nominated me for an Oscar, but then I thought, is it worth starting?

It looks very difficult, but I got used to the end.
Although the story itself is important.

At the beginning, I was afraid that I would suffocate and turn it off, but in the end I liked it, I had a desire to read the book.
the narration is measured, the shooting is unusual - completely from the first person, working with sound is a delight for me personally.

a tape from the Oscar-winning list. yes, and the film adaptation of the book, which won several awards.
cool! I thought about it and started browsing. Of course, I hadn't read the book, and I didn't really know what was waiting for me at the end.

the film is complicated. difficult in terms of presentation and also in terms of its main theme. I had to look at it in several approaches to relax and rethink it all.

The topics of racism, violence, discrimination in society and other important issues in modern realities are revealed. Yes, the topics are necessary and important! But I didn't really like the way it was done and served. it was difficult to master the film, even with interruptions. perhaps if you read the book first, it will be easier.

First, read the book, the book is worthwhile, and only then, if you feel like it, watch the movie, but don't expect much. Imho.

I still watched the movie, despite the conflicting reviews. The beginning really doesn't look easy, it's difficult to understand because of the manner of shooting and narration. But the further you go, the more addictive it gets, there are a lot of nuances, details that make the picture real and creepy. From the moment you hit the Nickel, suspense begins, you expect something terrible to happen, but it does.. It's not happening. Or rather, it's not happening in front of our eyes.
I repeat, because of the first-person shooting, you don't always know whose eyes you're looking at right now, and sometimes you get confused, but it works for the finale and the main twist. It may have been readable, but it still touches.

Through its unique immersiveness, the film draws the viewer into an academy that has an "entrance" and no "exit." But before all the misadventures, a considerable part of the film is devoted to individual episodes of Elwood from childhood and youth. The hero meditatively observes the details: the sliding magnet on the refrigerator, the grass under him, the pages of the comic book, the road under his feet. For some viewers, this will be a rather peaceful process, while others will probably have time to get very tired of the narrative, which is creeping towards the climax at a snail's pace.

Watching "Boys from Nickel" will not be easy even for those who are used to a measured arthouse. The most interesting and truly valuable thing happens in the finale, and it turned out that emotions fleetingly come out of prolonged hibernation. The movie seems to offer to live through five stages of acceptance of the inevitable – with such a calm pace, it seems that maybe the characters will get along with the troubles, but only at the climax do you really feel and realize what the poor young men at the academy actually had to go through. This is facilitated by masterfully staged first-person scenes, and the addition of archival materials that pull us out of the artistic space into real life.

So it turns out that the movie is worth watching because of its strong climax, but to get to it, you must first live your entire childhood and youth for Elwood, whose legs, hands and eyes are in no hurry.: at first, Elwood lives the simplest life, and then runs away from a difficult fate.

It's a good movie. Of course, such films are necessary so that people do not forget about how in one country they were preparing for the moon landing and at the same time there was racial segregation.
The director played too much with the visual component and at some point all these visual solutions began to look excessive.

It's an interesting story, but it's poorly implemented. Well, it's hard to watch a movie when the camera is always in the first person. That's not the case.

This film accurately inserts narratives from newspapers, real-life footage, and more. They are only needed to add timekeeping. Without them, the film would seem more complete, because only a moron would not understand what the film is about. The shaky first-person shooting was also extremely disgusting. What is Oscar-winning here besides the idea is not clear...

Looking at it, I didn't understand at all who I was worried about or experiencing any other emotions, they show a set of sometimes incoherent pictures, The director thought, let them watch two hours of nonsense, for the sake of the last ten minutes. I didn't get mad at him, I just didn't like him.

The film left mixed feelings, but the way it was shot really looks fresh and unusual. The visual solution and the presentation of the story are the main thing, but at the same time, the story itself fell short for me in terms of emotions. In some places, it seemed that the form was stronger than the content. It's interesting to watch the director's findings, but engagement periodically sags. As a result, it's more of a curious experiment than a really strong movie.