I was surprised when I saw Brooklyn get the nod for the Oscars yesterday.  Not because of a quality issue, I actually hadn’t seen it when the announcement was made but because it wasn’t even on my radar as recently as a couple of weeks ago.  Then the trailer for it started popping up before things I saw and the first time it seemed pleasant enough but eventually it compelled me enough that I wanted to see it.  So I was set to see it last night at 9:30 and then it turned out it got nominated.  It was a beautiful movie.  Both to look at and how it made me feel.  I am having trouble to think of how to best describe it because it is not a movie about things happening so much as it is about people.  Or a person.  About a girl who had become so used to being overlooked and accepting whatever little was offered to her that when life opens up and offers her more she gets to discover the joy and freedom of just having choices in life.  It was a quiet movie with no villains, no huge problems, no grand adversity to overcome other than just being an immigrant in a foreign land.  It was beautiful because it was well acted, it was well shot, and it crafted characters and experiences I cared about.  The romance was appealing… I loved everything about it and Saoirse Ronan carried most of the weight.  This is the 3rd time I have thought about posting her because I have seen her in things before and been taken with just how good she was.  It never worked out those times.  I don’t know why.  I probably went looking for pictures, gave up, and my mind moved on.  Or my mind just moved on by the next day.  She is really very good though, I loved her in this role.  Today I want to fuck Saoirse Ronan.