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So I'm back from my hiatus
and I really just wanted to do, like, a fun video about movies
because I like movies and 2017 was a great year for film.
So let's do this.
Number one: Lady Bird
I cannot explain to you how much I loved Lady Bird
and how it filled a deep part of my soul that I didn't really know needed to be filmed.
As a lot of you know I am from Sacramento, and I went to Catholic school
so it felt like a movie that was specifically made for me.
2017 was the year that I moved from Sacramento to Los Angeles
and that was the first time that I've ever lived outside of Sacramento
so I also feel like the timing of that movie was really great and important and weird, and I just--
Lady Bird is amazing and it's beautiful and I... sigh
And I'm so happy that it exists.
Also if you enjoyed Lady Bird I definitely recommend Frances Ha.
It used to be on Netflix, like, years ago.
It probably isn't anymore, but that is another Greta Gerwig movie and it's wonderful so I recommend that.
Number two: Get Out
Get Out was one of the earlier releases for 2017
and I haven't seen it since has come out which is a problem that I really need to remedy
but like most people who like horror films and like just good movies in general I loved Get Out.
Get Out is like a sociological thriller
and what's really cool about it is that it uses racism as a tool to make the narrative scary.
It's so heavily embedded in the narratives and the themes of the film
and I'm--I'm just really excited to see more from Jordan Peele.
I think this was a fantastic debut and I can't wait for him to make more.
Number three: Coco
I saw Coco on opening weekend
and like most people who saw Coco I bawled my eyes out.
It's beautiful and... sigh
I'm not even Mexican, but I just had a lot of representational feels.
There were a lot of, like, Latino people in the audience, like, little kids who were probably super excited to see it
and it just made me so happy.
Something about seeing, like, marginalized communities being represented is really--
it's just super important to me, and it makes me feel things.
And also it's just a beautiful story.
I might be in the minority here, but I liked Cars 3 okay?
I don't hate the Cars universe as much as a lot of people do
I mean Cars 2 was bad
but I think Cars 1 and 3 are fine.
But Coco is just such a step above that
Um, it's--it's weird to talk about them, um, in the same sentence and from, like, the same studio
but yeah definitely go see Coco if you haven't.
Number four: Logan
Logan was another movie that I saw really early on in the year
but I remember watching it and thinking this is the best X-Men movie I've ever seen
and also this is just the best superhero movie I've ever seen.
Tonally, it's gritty and dark and not in the annoying way that Deadpool, like, tried to be.
It just pulled it off well, and it didn't feel too try hard.
Also it's been a while, and I forgot the name of the actress who plays Laura, but she is so talented
and she's like a baby, she's not a baby, she's a child.
But it's wild to me when I see people who were so much younger than me
and so much more talented in every single way.
Number five is controversial but The Last Jedi
I know that a lot of dudes and nerd boys on the Internet have a lot of, um, anger over The Last Jedi for some reason
I get that it is a weird fucking movie
and there are parts of it that I really didn't like and would--
you know, I have a lot of criticisms of it, but I also enjoyed it and thought about it so much
and I saw it twice in theaters
immediately after I saw it I was like "I wanna see this again."
I have a lot of feelings about Reylo, mostly bad, but also I get it.
I get it.
I just--I really like Adam Driver
and I remember when he first got cast, um, in The Force Awakens I was super excited.
I didn't know anything about his character, but I loved him as a villain.
I think he's really complex and interesting.
Part of what I think resonates with me about Kylo Ren
is that we live in a world where the whiny emo boys from high school
are now the people that are committing mass shootings and, like, acts of violence and terror.
So it seems like a very realistic portrayal to me.
I know a lot of people think that he's not stereotypically, like, big and strong and, you know, whatever.
Um, he's kind of like a whiny soft boy but I think that's part of what makes his character interesting
because that person very much exists in real life.
I don't really understand all of The Last Jedi hatred.
I know that there is a small, very vocal, minority on the Internet
that is, like, petitioning to get it removed From the Star Wars canon
not for any valid reason other than the fact that they don't like it.
I think we should petition for the Prequels to maybe be removed from the canon
before anything else, but whatever.
Also, I feel like these same people were the ones that were criticizing The Force Awakens
for being too similar to A New Hope
and The last Jedi definitely delivers in the aspect that it is very different than any Star Wars that has come before it
but I like that it has room to grow and do new things
and I like that Rian Johnson took a lot of risks, and I don't agree with all the fucking risks
I hate the Newsies kids.
There are a lot of things that I dislike about it
but overall it filled me with a lot of excitement.
In a way that a movie hasn't done for me in a really long time.
So those are my top five films of 2017.
I'd like to also give an honorable mention to I Don't Feel at Home in This World Anymore which is on Netflix.
Go watch it.
It is weird and great and full of heart, and I enjoyed it a lot.
Also Elijah Wood I feel like is an underappreciated actor.
'Cause everything he's in he does a great job.
I guess I'm not, like, a huge Lord of the Rings fan, which is weird because that's what he's known from
but he's great in Over The Garden Wall, Wilfred, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind.
I just feel like he does good work.
So good for Elijah Wood.
I guess.
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