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**Rewatch** Had to get the HD cinema watch in after watching it in my room in cam the first time. My opinions remain the same as the first time around so I have nothing new to add but I will describe my atrocious cinematic experience because I wish to. Talking in cinemas constantly is obnoxious BUT on a real note if it's just friends occasionally reacting with whispers I don't mind because part of the beauty of the cinema is that it's a communal experience. HOWEVER the guy sat right next to me was there with what I assume to be his girlfriend and he would NOT shut up. He was making the most obnoxious comments every other second and narrating the movie to her like she didn't have eyes and I thought about what a strange life imitates art moment it was that a man mansplains the movie about an incel to his girlfriend. It was absolutely insufferable. He didn't even get the point of the movie for how much he was talking throughout. There were multiple times he made comments about how he didn't get why Bear was scared because he would've happily enjoyed having someone who is accessible (for lack of better word) at his service all the time. And he would also start laughing really loudly at random scenes which would inevitably end in a loud coughing fit. To the random guy, I HATE you and I hope your girlfriend finds someone better.

**Mid** 1 star for Genesis AND Art Angels and another because even though this had fairly surface level commentary and is not remotely the most entertaining time loop movie, I enjoyed the exploration of how empathy can be learnt. I loved the emo day and at the end when she realised FINALLY that Rob wasn't cutting it I was kinda hoping she'd realise Lindsay was in fact an option but anyway, overall, very clearly 2017 YA and not entirely trash.

**Trashy** Watched this for incredibly obvious reasons and then had to deeply reflect on why I actually understood Tamsin and had a massive crush on her outside of her being played by Emily Blunt. There's many reasons for this movie being quite horrid, with the camera work being the biggest in how this genuinely looked like it was shot by someone's unsupervised toddler, but well there isn't enough representation for me to have the audacity to rate this any lower and also I found that this was quite charming in its own way. For instance, I quite admired when Mona's brother suddenly gravitated towards religion and it's quite evident that the community it offered was a large part of his sudden faith especially when he's shown to be alienated otherwise. And then I liked how when he succumbs to the irrationality of human nature he realises that religion isn't sustainable and actually leads to more shame surrounding regular human feelings and feels more alone than ever which leads to his eventual abandonment of it. Also I love the way the film brought up confusion within identity while growing older. Tamsin entirely fakes her whole personality and initially tries to fit this strange Pinterest philosopher aesthetic while Mona builds her entire identity around Tamsin and I am not as articulate as I hope I can be but I just mean to say for what initially appears to be a surface level trashy film, it has it's moments.

**Real** I loved the screenplay and I hope that I can overcome my current reading slump to eventually get around to reading Carrie Fisher's memoirs. I understand this film very deeply and I often find that resonating with the themes of a film is great but to truly see yourself in it's prose is transcendental. Overall, a wonderful watch and my first watch where Shirley MacLaine's in colour.