Lady Bird
The first time I watched Lady Bird, I was in grade 9 or 10. Ashleigh, a girl in my class, asked me if I wanted to watch it with her while we were on a long bus trip. I said yes, So we watched it - her with her earphones in, and me with no sound, just following the subtitles. I was very impressed with the movie, I thought I was so mature for watching it. We didn't end up finishing it on that bus trip, so when I got home I finished the movie with sound while I folded the washing. It was funny, I didn't notice my experience watching it with sound on being any different than I had when I was just reading the subtitles. While I enjoyed this film back then, I didn't fully understand it. I feel like this will become a running trend with me, re-watching films I first watched as a teenager and finally realising all the meaning I missed.
One thing that sticks out to me is just how real this film feels. Nothing in it is perfect. It doesn't even have a fully satisfying ending. And I think that is just beautiful. One of Greta Gerwig's best films, if not the best.