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To The Bone (2017)

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TW: eating disorders  Ok so disclaimer, Ive personally never struggled with something like this so I am for sure ignorant on the actual disorder part of it so I'm not gonna say much as to that part of the film. Im gonna talk more about development and stuff like that.  To start. this movie is really pretty. the lighting and coloring of the movie really add to the dark gloomy way that Eli is feeling. In the beginning/ middle of the film, she is in all dark colors like green and black and the coloring also has a lot of these colors. Then when we get to the end of the movie when she is willing to actually get better and take the treatment seriously, she is wearing white and light gray, the sun is shining, and the coloring is overall more vibrant. I Really like how clothes are used to portray what stage of healing the characters are in. Luke, is in pretty colorful and fun clothes throughout the film and he gets progressivly more colorful as he continues to gain weight. However when he

LadyBird (2017)

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I love this movie. I love how real it is. As a teenage girl with a mom i RELATE to this SO HARD. like this is for sure an extreme for me but when people fight with their moms or when moms give advice. I Love how this film showed how moms are really just trying their best. like as a viewer you see the mom as the villain but in reality she really is trying to be helpful but she just isnt saying the right thing.  I love what the Nun said. She said something like "isnt it amazing the connection between love and attention" and then it cuts to the mom nitpicking about LadyBird dragging her feet. it kinda forces the viewer to see that the mom does care about her.  I think that because christine feels so unseen and disliked by her mom thats why she jumps into  relationships with garbage guys so quickly. I mean she dated a gay guy and then an overpolitical asshole. while on the topic of kyle, this is the only time ive every really found Timothy Chalamet attractive. physically. visuall