Carol

"ask me. things. please." this is one of the most devastating pieces of media I have ever watched, watched this under the presumption it was a cute little lesbian christmas movie, I did not think I would be sobbing multiple times throughout the entirety of this film. therese's photographs say a lot about her character and her as a person, her original photographs when she began photographing people were rushed, out of focus and man-centric; but when she was with carol photographing her, it almost became natural, methodical, hypnotising. carol always seems to be perfectly centred and aligned within her photographs, and she looks so beautiful. "It's perfect." verbatim as what carol said. therese as a photographer, genuinely means so much to me. It shows her vulnerability and emotions through her photos, when she was completely consumed by carol, all her photos were of carol, capturing her perfectly. "dearest. there are no accidents, and he would have found us one way or another. everything comes full circle. be grateful it was sooner rather than later." this is honestly exactly what it feels like to be in love with a woman, this movie represented yearning and longing of which lesbians feel, especially lesbians of their time; the 1940's. the devastating and devotion they hold to each other. even though the lgbtq+ community is not as frowned upon now as it was once, it still is. "you'll think it harsh of me to say so, but no explanation I offer will satisfy you. please don't be angry when I tell you that you seek resolutions and explanations because you're young." every shot of this film is absolutely cinematic, devastatingly beautiful. every frame is so thought out and really just captures the emotion within, the reflections, the camera techniques, the filming techniques, the pans and zooms. genuinely I would just stare in awe at some of these scenes and just start crying because of how devastatingly beautiful it was. everyone needs to watch this film at least once, it's absolutely crucial to everyday life and building empathy and understanding. "but you will understand this one day. and when it happens, I want you to imagine me there to greet you, our lives stretched out ahead of us, a perpetual sunrise." the ending. I love how the movie started with the semi-ending and then went back to the past and showed us the story in its entirety, and ended up back at the start, then continued. we finally get to hear their conversation, we watch them in their emotions and carol for once being the vulnerable one. the ending was devastating, even if it was supposedly a happy ending. the way they look at each other. the way the camera pans back and forth between them, even before carol notices therese. the fact that they both tear up whilst looking at each other. devastating. "but until then, there must be no contact between us. I have much to do, and you, my darling, even more. please believe that I would do anything to see you happy. so, I do the only thing I can... I release you."