Before Sunset

Warning TLDR: basically me just having a little Celine moment using my letterboxd as a personal diary and writing the longest review ever with a lot of rambling/incoherent thoughts! (But hey have to get a little use out of my film degree, I kinda in a weird way miss writing essays about my fav movies) This movie feels so special in my heart that it is impossible for me to fully put into words what I am feeling, I have written like an essay in my notes app (yes I am that much of a nerd to write long drafts/notes before I write my reviews haha) even though I have so many thoughts, I just don't know how to connect any of them this is becoming so meta lol. What I love about this one compared to the first movie is that the conversations feels more real and honest. I think It’s because it’s their second meeting and years have gone by and some of the initial feelings have subsided that they can now have a true honest conversation. Their feelings are no longer casting as much of a expectation on the situation. When you meet someone for the first time you can only rly get a small glimpse of them and they will only ever see the “perfect” polished side of you and if they are anything like me an enfp aka a person driven by their big emotions there is a tendency to put a lot expectations and dreams into every small little detail. This film strips away all that youthful naiveté and gives a bittersweet but honest conversation which I love but also terrifies me! I am currently around the same age/life stage they were in the first movie basically the quintessential young 20ish experience. I just got my acceptance letter from uni, just got home from my first big travel without family and for the first time rly dabbed in the dating scene so I am very much as idealistic and naive as them in the first one! “I feel I was never able to forget anyone I’ve been with because each person had their own specific qualities” Maybe I can only say this bc I am young and the hard lessons hasn’t really hit me yet but I hope I never become so jaded or too afraid to put all my feelings into every new person/situation that will come my way in the future even if I sometimes have to fall head first into it and learn some hard lessons along the way. it’s terrifying being vulnerable and not really having anything figured out especially in this generation but also again this is the most young 20s experience ever so I am so glad to get this opportunity and to still be as optimistic and happily lost as they were in the first movie and I am excited to glow with this movie trilogy. Anyways it’s late I have barely proof read it and idk if any of this makes any sense :p Funny side note I love how neurotic Celine is bc it makes me feel less crazy, her comments about getting murdered or all her irrational thoughts about anything is something I have totally said or thought.