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Chasing Amy (1997)
A normal movie should not be this good...
The first time I saw this I wasn't really into it and I just didn't get the humor or the themes or the premise of the movie whatsoever. I guess I was fourteen, maybe thirteen, and I was just like, "Yeah that was alright I guess. That Silent Bob guy sure talked a lot." But the second time which was about a year and a half later (I was then/still am 15) I was so impressed by it. It made me feel such a wide range of emotions and by the end just made me feel so human. When Banky gave Holden that thumbs up I did it along with him but didn't even realize it. When it was over I was just couldn't believe that one movie could be so perfect on every level.
It taught me that gay people are exactly the same as straight people and you should accept them and not feel weird about it. I know that wasn't a moral that was pressed onto the movie, but everyone seemed just fine with Alyssa being a lesbian and I guess I learned by example. But even more it taught me that you should always hang on to your friends and make sure you've always got their back. And no matter what you should never let something stupid ruin a great relationship.
I know you can only rate a movie on IMDb from one to ten stars, but there aren't enough stars in the galaxy to rate this. I truly think that it should have gotten best picture for 1997; and while some people hated it, that's fine, but I just can't understand how they could.
Kevin Smith really outdid himself on this one.
Now You Know (2002)
Not bad...
I am a huge, huge, HUGE Kevin Smith fan, and Randal was always my favorite character and I couldn't wait to see this. It wasn't as great as I thought it would be, but it was still good. It was really long and slow, but it had its moments. It was really funny and I loved Biscuit. He's one of the best movie characters ever. Gil is a great character too. It had two touching moments that I just loved. Well I loved the first one, the other was a little cheesy. At the end somebody finds out something and I thought it was going to be the beautiful, heartfelt, saving grace of the film and it was...to an extent. The scene could have been written better but whatever, it was good enough. If they'd cut the crap and made it shorter I think it would have been great. Just don't let the boring and slow parts make you miss what's really great about it. I give it a 7/10. But I'm only 15, I think I'll like it more when I'm older. And say what you will about the movie, but you've got to agree that Biscuit's analogy of dogs and cats to gay people is pure genius.
Rent (2005)
525,600 times better the third time
I've seen RENT 3 times, all in the course of one week. The first time was at my friend's house. I was so excited that I FINALLY got to see it. I thought it was going to be very, very good. I ended up not liking it. I didn't really care for the characters much, they didn't seem to have any depth to them whatsoever. Maybe I didn't like it that much because I couldn't hear what they were saying (or singing) because my dumb friends were talking all the way through it. But I knew it was much better than I thought it was, so I decided to give it a second chance. I rented it and watched it again. I heard a lot of things that I hadn't caught before and understood most of everything they said and did. The third time I watched it, I absolutely loved, loved, LOVED it. I finally had a full understanding of Roger's character. I just got it, every little detail, I got it. During "Without You" I even cried a little. Before then I listened to the entire song "Goodbye Love." They didn't use the whole thing in the movie, but I think they should have. It adds a lot of depth to Roger and Mark's characters. If you didn't really like it, I suggest you watch it at least three times and listen to "Goodbye Love" in its entirety. You can listen to it for free on Napster.com if you can't get ahold of a copy of the soundtrack. The movie is quite sad, but ends on a good note.