there’s something so special and so sad about the pain you feel when you’re young.
somehow this documentary captures what it’s like to be young and to be wounded for the first time and to grow from that experience. every moment was so incredible- the new renditions of the songs, her real-life inspiration for them, and the taping in salt lake city.
the universal experience of going back to a place that was once yours in so many ways: in…
maybe i’m just not a film critic but even to a commoner (me), it was not a good film. entertaining sure but good? not really.
that aside, i will give credit where credit is due. the cinematography was incredibly well done- the director knows exactly where to put a camera. that much is true. the scenes where the we follow the point of view of the ball and viewed the final match from below were truly one of a kind. …
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finally rewatched years and years later! it’s funny-when you watch when you’re younger, somehow tom is the protagonist every time. you watch when you’re older and it’s so much more complicated than that.
a great movie on “love” and the idealistic view of someone that we project onto them without even thinking about it. you truly can’t change anyone and you can’t save anyone. and if you fall in love with the idea of someone, you probably don’t love them all that much.
a classic boy meets girl but as they said, it really isn’t a love story.
