Heyyy guys! Something exciting happened today! I went to the movies! My mom and I like going to the movies together... but we don't get out to much... but today we did and I thought "Love, Simon" looked like the most fun movie out. Also... this is a teen movie- and I've realized I'm slightly into teen movies. Especially now that I'm not a teen.
So the movie focuses on Simon who is a gay high schooler that's still in the closet... and how he's been dealing with coming out and trying to connect with a boy. Simon met the boy anonymously from a blog that's kind of like the high school's version of Gossip Girl when he posted that he felt like his life was like a Ferris Wheel with all the ups and downs... and then that inspired Simon to connect with him and say he was going through the same thing... and they just clicked and the Ferris Wheel guy didn't want to reveal who he was to Simon because he still wasn't ready to come out publicly... it was just a sweet and genuine friendship that turned into romance.
The movie was also told from the perspective of Simon... which I thought was interesting because it was very biased and the audience didn't really know what was going on. We saw when Simon would kind of envision who "Blue" (the ferris wheel guy) was and it was always someone different. And he would show his best friends coming out as straight, but he didn't necessarily know his best friends as well as he thought he did.
Someone in the movie finds out Simon's secrets and blackmails him... which ends up causing Simon to manipulate his best friends... and that's where the drama really starts... although I do have to say- I really loved the friend group in this movie. It felt very real... and honestly it was a lot more forgiving and less dramatic than other teen movies. Mean Girls is one of my favorite movies and I love it... but it gets misinterpreted a lot because everyone is so mean and it seems so fabulous. No one in this movie is necessarily mean... there's some selfishness and misunderstandings... but I liked the ending, and the friend group was one of my favorite parts of the movie.
So hopefully I didn't over-explain this movie... I just think it's a really fun one to see. I haven't seen a really fun movie like this in a while... and I needed to. I wanted to see Isle of Dogs also... because I do love Wes Anderson and I love Dogs... but that just didn't look like a fun movie... and this one is just super fun and a great one to go out and see!
Byeee!
-Shannon
So the movie focuses on Simon who is a gay high schooler that's still in the closet... and how he's been dealing with coming out and trying to connect with a boy. Simon met the boy anonymously from a blog that's kind of like the high school's version of Gossip Girl when he posted that he felt like his life was like a Ferris Wheel with all the ups and downs... and then that inspired Simon to connect with him and say he was going through the same thing... and they just clicked and the Ferris Wheel guy didn't want to reveal who he was to Simon because he still wasn't ready to come out publicly... it was just a sweet and genuine friendship that turned into romance.
The movie was also told from the perspective of Simon... which I thought was interesting because it was very biased and the audience didn't really know what was going on. We saw when Simon would kind of envision who "Blue" (the ferris wheel guy) was and it was always someone different. And he would show his best friends coming out as straight, but he didn't necessarily know his best friends as well as he thought he did.
Someone in the movie finds out Simon's secrets and blackmails him... which ends up causing Simon to manipulate his best friends... and that's where the drama really starts... although I do have to say- I really loved the friend group in this movie. It felt very real... and honestly it was a lot more forgiving and less dramatic than other teen movies. Mean Girls is one of my favorite movies and I love it... but it gets misinterpreted a lot because everyone is so mean and it seems so fabulous. No one in this movie is necessarily mean... there's some selfishness and misunderstandings... but I liked the ending, and the friend group was one of my favorite parts of the movie.
So hopefully I didn't over-explain this movie... I just think it's a really fun one to see. I haven't seen a really fun movie like this in a while... and I needed to. I wanted to see Isle of Dogs also... because I do love Wes Anderson and I love Dogs... but that just didn't look like a fun movie... and this one is just super fun and a great one to go out and see!
Byeee!
-Shannon
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