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January 10th was a wild day. I was leaving the country the next morning, so I had to scramble to find out all the work that I was missing. I came home being absolutely exhausted. I flopped down in my bed, looked at the clock, and to my tired eyes' delight, saw that it was only 11:30pm. I had so much time to rest! Every bone in my body was begging me to get some shuteye before my 10am flight. What did I decide to do? Watch a 2 hour long sad movie that physically and emotionally wrecked me.
Call Me By Your Name, as you have (maybe) heard by now, is a Oscar nominated movie about a young guy living it up in Italy in the '80s. Suddenly, an attractive not-much-older guy moves in with him and his fam and they start to get closer. Long story short, feelings get caught, and all this exploration of first love gets done. I don't really want to spoil much, so just watch it and see all the tragic-ness for yourself. There are many elements of CMBYN that caused me to sob that night, but since this is a music blog, let's focus on that aspect first. Sufjan Stevens, guys. Just....Sufjan Stevens. His voice, his style, that HARP...it was all so perfect for the setting of this entire movie. Listen to this song. If you haven't seen the movie yet, try your best to picture yourself during an Italian summer with a person you just met that you're starting to fall for. If you want to get more of a taste of the music, just look at the entire soundtrack. It's a mix of beautiful piano melodies, sad Sufjan stuff, and some classic 80s hits. I really liked the 80s hits, because it shows that the curators of the soundtrack really wanted to be in tune with the time, and made sure to select good songs from the era that would represent Elio and Oliver's 'ship. The other element that made me enjoy this movie so much was the fact that it was set in a BEAUTIFUL QUIET LITTLE TOWN IN ITALY. The scenery was so beautiful, and the colors really popped out at you. Everything scene was so.....calm. Even if there was some drama happening, I never felt tense or on edge. I have the nature and the open windows and the sunlight to thank for that. An amazing, powerful love story like this one doesn't need to be overpowered by a bustling town. Somewhere in the middle of Italy was a perfect balance. I also loved their house. It was so old but in the best way. I'm moving there. Now you guys who haven't seen this movie are probably like, "Everything about this movie seems so nice so far...why are you saying it wrecked you?" If you don't ever plan on watching the whole thing, just watch the final scene. Search it on YouTube. I won't put it here because of spoilers, but once you see what happens to them, you'll understand why I have such a love-hate relationship with this movie. I love everything about it, except how the ending made me FEEL FOREVER. I hope you guys enjoyed this review! The Oscars are coming up, so I probably won't shut up about this movie for a while. I've been recommending it to anyone who says they want a movie about romance. Even if you don't want a movie about romance, just watch it. It will change you and higher your movie standards. Trust me.
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Ok, so I have to kinda make this quick. I jammed my finger in basketball and it's a struggle to type.
I just saw the movie Rocky, and I was kind of surprised at its soundtrack. Of course, it included the famous Rocky theme, but besides that and a few other instrumental tracks, there really wasn't a song after each scene, like a lot of modern movies have today. This is a good element in developing the dialogue, in my opinion. Without any musical interruptions, we have a chance to see the conversations go one for longer, which lets us see the characters in a more normal way. Real life doesn't have music play at random times! Even though, I feel like it does in some situations. I noticed this specifically in the scene where Rocky and Adrian go Ice Skating. It could have easily been a montage showing their conversation with a song playing in the background, but we really got to see what they were talking about. Then again, without music, some people could get bored more easily. Not me, but maybe someone out there. In some movies, the soundtrack is the best part, and yes, I'll admit that one of my favorite parts of movies is when they play a song that just PERFECTLY fits the situation that the characters are in. In other movies, it's the lack of music that makes the movie. Ok, so yeah. Just thought I'd put that out there. Have a good weekend everyone. It's finally the weekend! To celebrate my short-but-treasured break from school, I slept in until 11am and then watched a movie I remembered I taped before going away to Lake George with Liah. This movie was broadcasted on MTV Live the other day, and it's called Glastopia. I taped it thinking it was going to give me a backstage look of all of the acts there, but I really couldn't have been more off. |