A well crafted movie with heart but awkward direction

Rating: 8/10 (28 February 2018)

Dead man Willoughby here...Three Billboards is a great movie but maybe a bit less important than it thinks it is...It has a great cast and the acting is fantastic, though. Of course Frances McDormand is in it. As it's her kind of movie and plot. It has a Cohen brothers feel to it. This movie somewhat reminds me of "Out of the Furnace" but not as dark and honestly not as good in the least. "Out of the Furnace" is an example of a masterpiece in the genre, "Three Billboards" is a close follower, though much less a thriller. Many have said the editing is "flawless" in this movie. As far as continuation of situations and scenes, it is. But, As a horror writer and director, what stood out to me IS some poor editing in other aspects. You know, muting some dialog or the second layer of sound but you can still clearly see peoples mouths moving.. I get the director tries to angle the shots so the mouths are slightly out of view but on many angles the wordless mouths are still seen. I know this happens in pretty much literally every movie but this is one of the ones where it stands out. Aside from that, we are treated with a homey down south feeling. This is not really a movie about finding the person(s) responsible, but rather the actions and consequences of ones actions to a devastating event. Its a story about hardened greif and making the right choices. Honestly, I don't understand why everyone is rating it so high but it still doesn't deserve a low rating either. It certainly isn't worthy of its 8.3 imdb rating. I'd say its more of a 7 or 7.1