nana :)

Before I Fall

this movie is definitely something.

Codeliusthe2nd

Before I Fall

Before I Fall is the typical film aimed toward teenagers. With a modern soundtrack and typical relatable teenage cast, it seems like the cookie cutter film that I try to avoid watching. The concept was the only thing that really interested me about this film. Having not seen any trailers and only knowing the basics of the film, I was surprised to see that this film was actually deeper than I imagined. Looking into teenage bullying and guilt, there were many themes that were included that most teenage-aimed films lack. These characters were flawed and were aware of this, with the main character attempting to right the wrongs that she committed, something that many people aren't willing to find in themselves. The end of the film is bittersweet, an ending that I was surprised to see actually happen, as it goes against what many other teenage films do. Before I Fall challenges the normal films intended for teenage audiences, proposing some surprisingly deep questions that many teenagers never consider.

lukewatchedamovie

Before I Fall

Day 18 of 365: Before I Fall Giving this a 4/5 but like a high 4. Maybe like a 4.4/5, it’s right on the edge of a 4.5/5 for me. I was prepared to kind of just leave a one liner for this after getting into a little bit of the movie, but honestly I ended up enjoying it a lot more than I thought I would. I went into this movie blind, thought it would be a thriller type of movie maybe, I was wrong, and so obviously the whole time loop thing, all pun intended, threw me for a loop. It was after this was introduced and the movie went forward that I started realizing how much I was actually enjoying it. I mean of course I love my coming of age, comforting, cheesy and heartwarming movies so from the beginning I already enjoyed the friendship between the main group of girls, but what they did after made me take it a little more serious. I gotta say that this time loop movie has made me the most “scared” to be honest. I’ll try to explain the best I can, but I felt how freaked out Sam was, and this was the first time this kind of movie really made me think just how weird and freaked out I would be in the situation. I think that’s also due to the fact that I get bad déjà vu sometimes, and my dreams sometimes feel so real that it’s been hard to separate what’s reality and what’s not sometimes cause things feel so real, which is actually very scary sometimes. So with all that, I realized how scary this situation really is. Seeing your friends act the exact same, knowing you might be on the way to die? Hella scary. Seeing people you know are about to die oblivious, and feeling like you can’t really do anything about it? Hella scary. And of course I feel like you may passively think about these things if you’ve ever seen a movie like this, but this time for me I actually felt the weigh of it, which made it much realer. And for some reason I feel like I’ve felt this before? Not the repeating the day thing obviously but all the other feelings Sam seems to feel. Feeling confused, rebelling against your parents and entering that “i don’t give a fuck, i can and will do whatever i want” type of mentality, and just feeling like you can’t get anything right, all hit home in its own way. But even underneath all that, there’s this desire for change and for love. Sam knows that who she is in her friend group isn’t really her all the way. She probably felt like it was harmless so she never paid it much attention until she realized that she HAD to pay it attention because it was affecting the people around her. Sam also has this desire to be loved and accepted, which is also evident in why she kind of adopts this meaner personality at first to fit in with the group she’s around. All these things are things I connected to in a way, so I felt connected to Sam in a lot of ways. Even typing this all out is kind of making me like the movie more? “From that day forward I vowed to be your hero” I mean just kill me now. As much as the ending/resolution to this problem isn’t as satisfactory as it is heartwarming and comforting, I still enjoyed it. There’s some flaws, but it made me feel good, and that feeling outweighed the feeling of the flaws. I remember a goal of mine when I was younger was literally to make people smile and be happy. There’s so much power in being a light, and for someone like me, that’s fulfilling. I truly have such a big heart and have so much love to give that seeing Sam at the end of the movie just make it her mission to spread all the love she has, AFTER she’s gone through her own hell, was soo real and so touching for me. At that’s the thing, I feel like even though I’ve gone through a lot, and felt so many low emotions, it’s almost like I came out of those situations with even more love in my heart than before, which was always so weird to me and I didn’t understand it for the longest, but that’s what i’m sayin, that part of the movie stuck out to me for that reason, and someone else might not have even pulled that from this movie, so I could see how many people think this movie isn’t as good as I do, but it always comes down to your experience. I thought the movie was well put together, well acted, and well done in terms of the concept for the most part. I could honestly go on further but to put it all into simple terms, if you get it you get it, if you don’t you don’t.

josie

Before I Fall

watching a movie every day is so hard and idk what to say about most of these…like it’s one of the movies ever, thanks!