Lady Bird

holy fuck, may have entered my Top 10, or Top 5 even, and officially topping Little Women as my favourite Greta Gerwig film incredible work of art that I think is elevated so much by watching it at 17, and going through a lot of the (almost eerily) exact same situations, emotions, dreams, and relationships. the relatability here is crazy, but at the same you realise what a narcissistic dick Lady Bird is a lot of the time, which kinda just sums up pretentious american high schoolers (not to mention Timothee Chalamalet's edgy little Paul-Atreides-in-a-2002-high-school performance). there are so many layers woven into this film that are all so beautifully curated over each other which smarter people than me have analysed I'm sure, but i think this is a film that is much better "felt" than it is broken down and analysed (this sentiment does NOT work for Tenet btw🙅‍♂️). there's so many messages and ideas in this film, but Gerwig goes even beyond that - these messages and ideas often contradict themselves, to such a point where you don't even know what the movie is trying to say. and that's exactly the point - this is a story about identity above all else, and identity in school is changing second by second by our environments and expectations. there isn't supposed to be one focal point - the convoluted clutter of thoughts that are dished into this film are an insight into the mind of Christine, and really any other teenager in the same experience. so i don't want to try to analyse it, or break it down, because i can't. you can only feel it because this is how we have all felt at some point in our lives, maybe even right now. we just have to live in the reality of how messy this is, and how messy we all are. the film is also technically beautiful - score and cinematography are so warm and delightful, and Saoirse Ronan remains one of, if not the best actress of her generation. absolutely fucking phenomenal movie. 10/10 oh and a great Mark Normand cameo right at the end there!!