Movies

Something I’ve been really feeling passionate about lately is movies.

I’ve always liked movies, but it wasn’t until I watched The Revenant by Alejandro González Iñárritu (who also directed Birdman, another amazing movie) in 2015 for the premiere, that I fell in love with movies. This one is basically a semi-biography of Hugh Glass in around 1800, and it tells part of his story. In its cast has Leonardo DiCaprio and Tom Hardy, both such talented actors. If you don’t know which movie I’m talking of, you might recall it for the famous scene of the grizzly bear attack that Hugh Glass (DiCaprio) suffers. I really recommend it if you haven’t watched it, although it’s not for everyone, so watch it under your own risk haha.

I must say, it’s not the greatest movie ever made, but it made me realize that movies are so much more than just some people acting. There’s the photography, the soundtrack, the color scheme, the subtle hints that many times are the key to fully understand a movie.

Ever since, I’ve started to pay more attention to movies and to, not just watch them but understand them.

One of the most recent movies I watched was Blade Runner 2049 by Denis Villeneuve (who also directed Arrival, yet another great movie…sorry, but they’re all just GREAT movies), and I really liked and enjoyed it, it was so b-e-a-utiful (got that Bruce Almighty reference? haha) and Ryan Gosling surprised me! He’s an excellent actor, we all know that, but since I’ve only watched the more romantic movies he has made, I doubted a bit of him starring in a drama movie…even though I knew he has another ‘’serious’’ type of films. But now I regret doubting of him, because he did an amazing performance in this one. Props to him.

The color scheme in this movie is gorgeous, the composition of the blues and oranges, the contrast these colors make that goes along the whole movie, it’s just pleasing to the eyes.

And not just that, everything about this movie is very well thought and made. The only but, it’s that it’s a little bit slow and long, but for me that didn’t even matter ‘cause, like I said, it’s a wonderful movie.

I’m not sure if I have a favorite movie, ‘cause it’s hard to decide, but if I had to name movies I really liked, I would name them by the directors. Fight Club, Se7en, Zodiac, Gone Girl, by David Fincher. Interstellar, The Prestige, The Dark Knight Trilogy by Christopher Nolan (I did not forget about Inception, for what I’ve heard it’s a great movie, but I haven’t watched it yettt, I keep delaying it, soorryyy). La La Land, Whiplash by Damien Chazelle. Mad Max: Fury Road by George Miller, Pan’s Labyrinth by Guillermo del Toro. Oh, and I need to at It by Andrés Muschietti, it’s pretty recent, but I loved it and it became one of my faves.

Aaand, my favorite more ‘’casual’’ movies are 10 things I hate about you, The Proposal, Easy A, Mean Girls, anything from Marvel Universe.

I know I went a little too far, but it felt necessary to explain why I love movies. They’re just like books or music, they can take you out of this world, to another dimension, to another reality, to another time in 2hrs or so (and I wish it could be more…but I guess that’s what series are for hahaha I enjoy series too, but we’ll keep that for another post) and they are really helpful to relax, to sit down comfortably, with a blanket if it’s cold, with enough food and a big tv, to watch what it could be a masterpiece.

PS: Do I need to say that I recommend all of the movies I mentioned? I named quite a few, so if you want to watch movie, take a look on one of the above 😊