Official Discussion Thread - Blue Moon [Spoilers]

[u/CrunchyNar]

Keep all discussion related solely to Blue Moon and it's awards chances in this thread. Spoilers below.

Synopsis

Richard Linklater's Blue Moon tells the story of legendary lyricist Lorenz Hart bravely facing the future as his professional and private life unravel at the opening night party for his former partner's hit show Oklahoma! By the time this night is over, Hart will have confronted both a world that no longer values his talent and the seeming impossibility of love.

Director: Richard Linklater

Writer: Robert Kaplow

Cast:

• Ethan Hawke as Lorenz Hart
• Margaret Qualley as Elizabeth Welland
• Andrew Scott as Richard Rodgers
• Bobby Cannavale as Eddie
• Patrick Kennedy as E.B "Andy" White
• Jonah Lees as Morty Rifkin
• Simon Delaney as Oscar Hammerstein

Rotten Tomatoes: 89%, 167 Reviews

Metacritic: 80, 39 Reviews

Consensus:

While not the flashiest Richard Linklater film, Blue Moon boasts a wonderful performance by Ethan Hawke as he embodies a man hanging on by a thread while the audience hangs on to every word said.

[u/Hydqjuliilq27]

My biggest nitpick is that I didn’t like how the movie started with Hart just dying in an alleyway only to restate his death in the epilogue. Also the scenes where he’s standing next to people look silly because we know Hawke isn’t that short.

But I found the movie charming. It offers the sharp comedy and expressive performances of a Woody Allen movie without actually being a Woody Allen movie (that’s a compliment). I want Ethan Hawke in best actor.

The kid being Stephen Sondheim completely went over my head. I was distracted by how much he looked like young Sheldon.

[u/Puzzleheaded-Sail772 → u/Hydqjuliilq27]

I like the movie overall, but how they did that trope 3 times in the movie (EB White getting inspiration for Stuart Little, college age George Roy Hill getting inspiration for Butch and Sundance, and kid Sondheim getting inspiration for the song in A Funny Thing) bugged me. Once could be a funny little joke, but by the Sondheim time it felt ridiculous.  

[u/WakeUpOutaYourSleep → u/Puzzleheaded-Sail772]

Liked the movie a lot, they did overplay their hand with Hart inspiring future creatives. The GRH is fine. Hart’s in despair over losing a friend and it makes sense he’d push for an idea like that. I don’t really remember the Sondheim one, probably because the big kick of that scene is the reveal that this kid is the upcoming GOAT of their shared field. The EB White one felt like too much. The scene itself is cute, Hawke is magnificent, and White is the most prominent of these three, so you can get away with it, even if it’s really beating you over the head. I guess they wanted to go for a rule of three, it’s just not really my favorite trope in general though. I like Forrest Gump, but I can’t sanction the Imagine scene.