Movie Week: Race [SPOILERS]

12 Years a Slave - Well, I always love a true story. This was one of my favorites, though at one point I couldn't watch the flogging any longer, and yes I know the real people couldn't turn away from the flogging. If  I didn't know there was a "happy" ending I might have given up.

In the Heat of the Night - I liked this one because it didn't go where I expected. I expected the sheriff to be stubborn for much longer, but they had him grow earlier than I expected. And Sidney Poitier was so spectacularly cool. The plot? No idea. It all came down to something about abortion, but how the dead man connected to that I could not tell you. Also, I will never chew gum again. 

Moonlight - This was lovely, and I don't know if it belongs in the race category, really. Maybe it would fit in a poverty category. Or a "being authentic" category. Or a "recently eclipsed  Academy Awards scandal" category. Somehow, though almost nothing happened, the pace didn't bother me.

Here are my nine movies, ranked from most favorite to least favorite:

1. No Country for Old Men
2. 12 Years a Slave
3. Patton
4. Moonlight
5. In the Heat of the Night
6. Deer Hunter
7. One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
8. Bridge on the River Kwai
9. All the King's Men

I notice the correlation between the age and the rank.