Challengers

AHHH I LOVE THIS MOVIE SO SO MUCH first of all, this movie was (unfortunately) marketed in a way to make it viral on social media because istg i'm sick of people only recalling the so-called threesome scene from the trailer when literally i was surprised (in a good way) that this movie didn't have any explicit sex scenes at all. my point is, it's much more complex than that. it's more about their relationships, the power dynamics, their ambitions and skills in tennis, and really all they knew was tennis that most of the time even they couldn't even tell if they were talking about tennis or their personal relationships. as tashi duncan said, tennis is a relationship. and the movie did use tennis for the storytelling because the tennis match in present time was a metaphor for their whole relationship and my gosh what a genius!!!! i fell in love with call me by your name's visual aesthetic and we can see luca's touch in here too obviously so visually i was already won over before i even really watched it but then the score, THE SCORE, were phenomenal!! the energy!!! i had this wide grin on my face every time the beat dropped. lastly, and this is a personal one but i will defend tashi with my whole life because i just feel like my personality is rarely portrayed in movies, especially for female leads, but tashi duncan is the first ever character where i felt really seen