The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby - My Thoughts

Hey guys!

I was recommended these two films (Him & Her) by Marie who I recently wrote a blog post about here (I would highly recommend watching her videos!) and I literally fell in love with the concept and the way it's portrayed.

For the majority of you guys, you probably haven't heard of it so here's the description from the IMDb page:

'One couple's story as they try to reclaim the life and love they once knew and pick up the pieces of a past that may be too far gone.'

See the awesome thing I picked up from this film was the fact that you can never quite know the whole truth because everyone's perspectives mean that you can all remember the truth differently and this is prevalent in the way that the two sides of the story are portrayed from the two films. For example in two pivotal moments, they both remember what is said differently and this reflects what view of themselves they have and the way that they wanted or believed they acted in those situations. The beauty comes from the fact that we don't actually know what the truth is but in watching the two films, we can gain a much deeper understanding of what they're both like as people, without intertwining them and without influences apart from what they understand of themselves.

We can see the influence of their relationships and learn more about themselves and how they view their significant other. But the amazing part is, it feels so much more personal because it's not mixing the both of their stories so you can appreciate them separately and this means that you can be more objective in the way that you understand and experience their stories.

I love the way that each interaction has a different dynamic and has it's own different influences and I found it so organic because you can really draw parallels with your own life and this I find so cool and so important. There's quiet in important places and the speed of scenes often happens with the speed at which it would happen in real life and with the same sounds and this just makes it all the more real. For example, walking down the street, there are shots where the camera doesn't shift at all from one viewpoint and it's so much more organic.

I don't really think I want to give away the story because it doesn't really have a definite ending but just the way we touch each other's lives and how we weave in and out of each other's stories is something I really appreciated here. Please, do go ahead and check them both out if you get the time! Also James McAvoy and Jessica Chastain as well as Viola Davis. The characters are so unique and the way that you don't know everything about them makes it so like real life that I loved it so much :) It's not an outer person telling the story, it's their perspective and that's what I love the most. It's as if you're getting to know them :)

I hope that you guys enjoyed this post! If you did, please feel free to leave a comment or even if you didn't or if you have a different view about the film :)

I hope that you guys have a wonderful time doing whatever you're doing and I hope to speak to you guys soon! God Bless!<2

p.s. It's so quotable and the feelings are so raw argh I love it so much!

Thoughts on 'What If'

Hey guys!

So today I watched the 2013 film 'What If' starring Daniel Radcliffe and Zoe Kazan and I have to say overall, I absolutely loved the film and there were many things I adored though equally, some things less so. Before I get started into what I thought, here's the synopsis from the IMDb page :)

'Wallace, who is burned out from a string of failed relationships, forms an instant bond with Chantry, who lives with her longtime boyfriend. Together, they puzzle out what it means if your best friend is also the love of your life.'

For me, I instantly fell in love with their chemistry and their relationship, their frankness and the way that they interacted as two people and also the other characters and the layers that they formed around them. I also loved the way that it wasn't necessarily an outright comedy because the most comedic moments were also quite inherently serious in the way that they could also represent something deeper or were intrinsically bad. 

For example, one of the first that comes to mind is when Wallace (the main character) tries to help Chantry (the girl he's in love with)'s boyfriend when he gets jalapeno in his eye. What ends up happening is that in opening the door from the bathroom, Wallace manages to push Ben (the boyfriend) out of the window which Wallace then accidentally follows by his phone. This is incredible because Ben ends up alright but you end up so afraid for everyone and for the chances of Wallace and Chantry's friendship after that that it's a gripping film as well as anything else.

Having said that, there are some wonderful moments of comedy and I would still thoroughly recommend this film in spite of the more tense moments that you might not expect though for me, this might be because of my lack of experience in rom-coms and their workings. For me though, the analytics between Wallace and his room mate Allan as to which option Wallace should follow in his pursuit of Chantry clearly demonstrate how we as a society classically judge and one of my most treasured moments is when Allan says 'You should tell her with 100% honesty, exactly how you feel, like a real man.' to which Wallace replies 'Isn't that the opposite of what a real man would do? A real man is supposed to hide his feelings etc.' and this discussion of what society would say and judge is so stimulating in a film which could be a giant cliche. This discussion also helps to fuel other boundaries and views and I think the grey and the opinions really make it very interesting to watch as well as how the relationships vary and work through different people and their personalities.

The only part I didn't feel really worked was perhaps just the way of the film. The film itself didn't always feel like the scenes were organic, not necessarily how you'd picture something turning out but that's the beauty of film I guess and as a film, I loved it to pieces. It just felt like there were some moments that were clearly very orchestrated to serve the purpose of showing certain sentiments or to make something happen that might not necessarily have happened in real life, though that is very clearly probably a matter of my opinion!

Anyways, I would definitely recommend the film on the basis of the film and what you can take from it as a story and the beauty of the moments that are created and the relationship that blossoms. 

I hope that you guys enjoyed this post and that you have a wonderful day and that I can hopefully speak to you soon! God Bless!<2

About Time - Lessons I loved from this film

This film was recommended to me by a good ole YouTuber, Will Darbyshire through this tweet here:

It made me incredibly happy to see the trailer so later the same day, I embarked on the journey of watching a beautiful film blossom.

Instead of ruining it for you, here's the gist: Tim is told by his father (Bill Nighy) that he can time travel back into his own past and this means that he can do lots of things that he didn't do the way he wanted to, in a way that is most suitable. But here's the catch - he can only be in one place at one time - and I'll leave you with that!

It's a wonderful concept and it's driven so beautifully through the film but here's the main thing I took away from the film that made me incredibly satisfied:

Imagine you could time travel like Tim and you could live every day again, if you really wanted to - imagine that you've picked today to come back to because you know you're going to have the best day, and when you wake up in the morning, you treat it like so :) 

This just made me happy because it made me think of all the small moments we often fail to recognise and we fail to take full advantage of. It's something I believe the film illustrates it too well for me to try and give you examples so if you have an evening to spare or a couple of hours, do go and check it out! I feel like I've not really given you much to cling onto but if I tell you that the same people who made this film also made Love Actually, does that make recommend this film even more to you? If anything, it has the best ending, I can promise you that!

During this holiday season, I hope that you guys have the most joyous and wonderful time and I guess the message that I want to leave you with is that you should take every chance you have to make a good moment the best moment ever! Make the world wonderful :)

Merry Christmas guys and who knows? Maybe I'll see you before the new year? God Bless you!

p.s. I did a more picturey post of this film on my side blog so if you have a moment, go check it out here!<3