I saw the film Manchester by the Sea a few weeks ago. It's not the kind of film one likes or dislikes. In fact, I think that, besides the subtle humor, most people would not "enjoy" this film. It's not a film to bring joy so much as to wrestle with: it immerses you into the world of an ordinary man you might know, and shows you why he is the way he is, and what he wrestles with day by day, and how he handles a tragic situation thrown at him in the midst of this. In the end, I gained empathy for a man who can't fix the evil he has done or move on, but only do the best with what he has to move forward in his shattered state.
Along a related vein, I'm looking forward to seeing Martin Scorsese's Silence soon.
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