A Great Portrayal of True Friendship

Rating: 10/10 (8 September 2019)

Without a doubt, Green Book deserved Best Picture of 2019. Everything about Green Book is perfect, and I have no complaints about the movie. The film just gives out a positive vibe, through beginning to end; even during the darker times in the movie, because the darkest moments of the movie is when both characters evolve into better human beings.
We follow Tony Lip and Dr. Donald Shirley tour around the south of America. We learn how it was a struggle for black men in the south during the early 60s. The plot is simple, and it always stays on its tracks. None of the scenes felt too short or too long, creating a consistent pace. Every scene in Green Book was about character development, and how both Tony Lip and Dr. Donald Shirley slowly start respecting each other.
The cinematography was hands down amazing, and I think Green Book should have at least won an Oscar nomination for best cinematography. The film had a very colorful look to it, teal being a very prominent color. The atmosphere Green Book created had such a warm feel, which made the movie so much more pleasant to watch.
Vigo Mortensen and Mahershala Ali are both great actors, and they give solid performances. In my opinion, the acting was not ground breaking, but it's still on a A+ level. I'm more impressed with the supporting cast than Vigo Mortensen, as they give more "Italian" performance than Vigo
Everything about Green Book fell right in place like a jigsaw puzzle. The film had such a unique mood to it, which was created perfectly by the cinematography and atmosphere. Very few movies can compete with Green book when it comes to character development. Green Book is by far the best movie of 2018, if not the best movie in the past five years.