Maria’s Letterboxd🎥🎬

Look at me writing for the second time this month!

During November I spent two weeks of my life inside of a room for 6+ hours inhaling the fumes of hairspray. I cannot stress how insane I was becoming  to the point where people asked if my friend and I were on STUFF (don’t worry we weren’t, we were just placebo effecting ourselves). If you didn’t know I did hair and makeup for the fall play and my routine consisted of doing hair, doing makeup, and then plopping myself on the couch and becoming delirious. 

I know that might not sound like we were going insane but trust me….

 While I tried to recover from that I watched a ton of movies recommended by people. Why? I noticed my knowledge of movies consists of the same three movies. The Fault in Our Stars, To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before, Priscilla, The Virgin Suicides and that is it. From that moment on I knew I had to expand my knowledge of films. 

The first movie that I watched was Call Me by Your Name and honestly, I would give this movie a solid 9 out of 10. A lot of people were saying that by the end of the movie I would be crying… And honestly I was kind of disappointed . Everyone knows that when you’re watching a movie about a guy/girl who has limited time with someone it's so obvious that they’re going to leave and forget about the other person. It’s a common theme in a lot of movies which is why my brain warned me “Maria he’s gonna leave be ready”. Overall, the movie was beautiful. I like that they incorporated the differentiated manners between an American and an Italian yet even so they were able to connect with one another. 

The second movie I watched was Vanilla Sky. Let me just tell you that the movie feels disturbingly uncanny. I was so confused the entire time because you don’t know if it’s real or if it’s not and when it is real it feels so out of pocket. I would definitely recommend this movie only because it is two hours of engaging entertainment. Solid 8/10. I won’t spoil as much but the brunette girl in this movie is definitely the only character I aspire to be like. She’s her own persona and her vibe is genuinely comforting and cool. 

The third movie that I watched was Almost Famous. I am sorry to break this to you guys, but I have seen how much people love this movie and I tried watching this movie a long time ago and didn’t finish it. Although I do blame it on the fact that both times I watched this movie it was 2am…but I do love the concept of the movie and all of the characters. Journalism has always been one of my dream jobs and seeing this 15 year old go on tour with a band and almost live with them kind of inspired me in hopes that I would do that some day. Especially because I had so many dreams where I would be working for Vogue as a fashion editor meaning I would be invited to every fashion week show. Another thing that made me like this movie even though I didn’t finish it was Kate Hudson as Penny Lane. She was so carefree and wild, that is where I got my own inspiration of being free, of being my own person. 

The last movie that I watched, which I watched 10 minutes ago (hey this is future Maria, I did not in fact watch this ten minutes ago because I wrote this a week before leaving for Mexico) by the way, is Speak. That movie just tore me apart. I don’t know how to explain it to you guys but that movie definitely hit the spot. It’s not that I fully relate to it, but it’s because I know that every teenager has had that one thing that they’ve never been able to fully speak up about and it’s like this burden to their everyday life and even affects our personality. Was it a little depressing, yes, was it kind of comforting at the end, yes. When her parents were talking about her grades slipping, it kind of brought me back to sophomore year, second semester.I was not having it and it’s kind of like damn I may not be the only one going through something like this. I guess what I am trying to say is that it’s sort of reassuring watching movies that make you feel seen. Kirsten Stewart also has a unique way of acting that can also be portrayed in her other movies. It comes natural to her but makes me wonder if she is that way in real life or if not she must be pretty damn good at acting quiet/awkward. The one thing that makes this movie not so depressing is the fact that you see the character slowly come out of this dark hole that she’s been stuck in. Throughout the movie you see the evolution, at the beginning her life is drained from her eyes and then towards the end, you can kind of see  she is truly trying to get better. She starts doing her hair, speaking up for herself and even opening up to her art teacher about her interests. All of this signifies her spark coming back.

Okay, I just wanted to share some recent films that I have been watching, my own mini Letterbox for you guys! Recently movies have been a huge part of my life to actually survive the long hours of work I have to do for school. I can sort of escape into each film and because I have been learning more about acting I look forward to rating each actor's acting. Anyway I know I have been inconsistent with the topics of my writing so I will be creating a poll for you guys to choose what I should write next. I love you all so much and if I don’t write before the holidays, Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to all of my readers.

Bye Bye 

XoXo, Maria E.V