What's So Great About Lady Bird | Video Essay
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I like when Ladybird's first boyfriend crumbles into her arms. Such an unconventional end of a relationship for a teen movie.
It also endeared ladybird quite a lot because it's one of the first times you see her realise that something wasn't about her. She goes from being angry that he cheated to being sympathetic for this repressed boy, and we don't really see that before then.
Yes yes yes
@@weirdskyreallyweird.5519 it's true. that was such a sweet, genuine moment.
Yes omg that was my fav scene, how she forgived him for simply trying to figure out himself
yet also so relatable.
Lady bird is the first time I've seen my relationship with my mother portrayed on screen. Wild.
Megan ii
fckin tru
Megan yup so true that’s why I loved it
Exactly!! We all went trough it as teenagers and perhaps are still in that place.
Tru
I think the real power of this film was it's tangible nature-- it's real, it feels like a life you've lived, it feels familiar.
Stewart Fletcher exactly!! not just the story itself but the setting and all. it doesn’t feel forced
It's relatable
for once it felt like a story about teenagers that actual teenagers could relate to, not a 40 yo's idea of what teenagers are like, nor a Skins-type thing that really only reflects a minority of troubled teens.
YES YES YES
Well, It's not universal. People from other contexts wouldn't relate to it
I think it’s hard to get the hype surrounding lady bird if you don’t have some sort of strained mother daughter relationship. It’s the first time I’ve seen a mother daughter dynamic onscreen that feels real rather than overly lovey or totally distant like it’s usually portrayed as
I have a strained relationship with my mother. This film still sucked.
I don’t know, it doesn’t really depend on your relationship with your mother? (well it doesn’t depend a lot at least) My relationship with my mother isn’t very strained but I could still relate to some moments in their relationship.
Especially that part where they were arguing over lady bird dragging her feet but then they cut it short when her mom finds a really pretty dress 😂
ぼじん it wasn’t relatable enough to your own story - that was probably the issue for you
i swear, people are obssessed with relatableness.
I have a great relationship with my mom but its still my favourite coming of age film
I think the reason that alot of people dislike this film is that they simply can not relate to it whether that is becase of race, age or class. If you dont have similar experince to the protagnist the story to you is bland and unoriginal. Lady bird requries you to bring your own past experince into the movie to recive any meaning from it. That is specifically what makes this movie amazing to some and not so good to others. I think the comments under this video is just a reflection of that phenomenon.
Well said! I feel that for the sake of seeking more diversity in TV shows, movies, games, books, etc, people overlook media starred by whites so quickly as "bland". I understand that it's a powerful thing to have diverse media (I cried watching just the intro of "Coco" because of how beautiful I thought it was that Mexican culture got its spotlight), but I find it so disappointing when amazing things like "Life is Strange" and "Lady Bird" are automatically seen as "just stories about being a white girl".
The same can be said for minority starred media. They're always too "ethnic" for some people. It's crazy!!
I dont really agree because I can’t relate to it in race nor class but I think it’s one of the best films of 2017. Maybe it’s just an empathy thing
I A N I see myself as a very empathetic person and I still could not see what was so special about this movie. I have to agree with Aisha.
Interesting and well put, Aisha. @@PenguinsGalore55d1 I get you but a lot of those people are just tired of seeing the same formula, 'American culture' (which doesn't in anyway relate to them) and faces.
Plus some people just want it sexy, funny, rough and gory. No matter the race/culture (though they really try to deliver) Marvel/Disney, the Wizarding world and similar franchises (like Fast and Furious & DC... Of course) will always be successful.
I agree with you 100 percent I didn't receive the appreciation for this movie until after I watched it. I don't remember the name of the character but there was this guy who was lady bird's boyfriend but then turned out he was gay and he apologized for not telling her before they broke up and it hit me close since I never really saw such a representation that's also really good and something that happens.
People I knew hated him since why go for a guy if you were already with a girl? I tried to explain that sometimes you have to try it out to realize what you prefer like food
I don't like the movie a lot but I can admit it's good and deserves respect
this movie's portrayal of a mother daughter-relationship is too real
Not really.
it really is because it's literally how my relationship is with my mom
@@teddyholiday8038 you are a man. You don't get to talk.
@@ijustwanttopassawaythx mine too😭
@@blazehaze233 cope. Seethe
the part where ladybird says "I know you love me but do you like me?" hit me.
I love the character timothee chalemet plays. That’s what made it real. That one guy in high school that you thought the world of but in the end he was just using you and is basically full of shit
I was excited to watch this because I'm a big fan of Timothee Chalemet, I love the way his character was. Every time he talked I was like "What?" It was fun to see him in that type of character. I was expecting him to be this amazing boy that shows her different experiences but he just just was a toxic ass lol
@@saradaniels366 timmy pulled off an asshole teen guy character well LOL and he mentioned before that one time someone recognized him not long after the film was released and he overheard them say "isn't that the douche from ladybird" 🤣
I loved how they humanized each character and gave them enough depth so that they didn't feel made up but actually real. Even the supposed antagonists didn't have this cartoonish feel to them and werent completely unlikeable. Everything that happened in the movie felt right, not perfect.
It nice to see this being labelled as a coming-of-age film and not a "chick flick"
@@aryannahar No. Just because a movie has a female protagonist doesn't mean it's a chick flick. Just as if a movie has a male protagonist it doesn't make it a guy flick. Women stories are not just reserved for women when male stories are universal. You can't have it both ways.
@@pamelaamyotte9940 nobody said men can't watch chick flicks. They did that all to themselves. Chickflicks just mean they're written for a female audience as opposed to a male audience. Male gaze female gaze, film writing class 101 ya know
@@nithi9638 you realise you answered yourself in this? This is not written for a female audience as the main viewers, therefore not a chickflick
it is the epitome of a coming of age film lol
I loved when she just gets out of the moving car. I have wanted to do that so many times while arguing with my mom xD
I literally did that once, most melodramatic moment of my life
I have opened the door to do it many times during arguments with my mom, but I never had the guts to get out. In hindsight, I'm glad I didn't.
They really perfected the feeling of being trapped in the car with your mom and you can’t escape from the conversation
I sometimes think they do it on purpose, starting the conversation in the car.
@@user-ie1pw1mk6n definitely. It's a trap!
Funny how we say "not so distant year of 2002", but people born in 2002 can drive cars now.
ikr it's like if we lived in the 2000 and called 1985 "not so distant" but the whole 2002-2017 make it feels like it was yesterday cause they are both on the 2k
We’re bout to graduate now haha
@@jamisonwoodson8548 We graduated a year ago where I'm from lol
Alomar K in my country they’re driving now
most of us are even graduated lol !
this movie made me sob so hard when I first saw it because Ladybirds relationship with her mom is alot like mine
like we literally had the argument of "I wanna take french" "but you'll actually use Spanish and french is dumb" while we were waiting for the movie to start
glad i wasnt the only one sobing :D i asked my friend about the film and she was like : what are u crying about ? i mean it's just too REAL :D
I love this movie with all my heart but one thing that I really like about the movie is how the side characters aren’t just props but have character , just because we look into the story of ladybird doesn’t mean that the side characters don’t have their stories to tell
This movie is absolutely amazing and the director has blown my socks off , thank you for this coming of age tale
Thanks for this comment, it really gave me insight and helped me decide on whether or not to watch it. Which I will
One of the moat stunning examples of that is Julia and the math teacher. That was done with amazing subtly.
@@dynesteefields4396 and Julies relationship with her mom's boyfriend
its like every character could have their own movie
ikr, the movie added depth to even the minor characters which just made me love Lady Bird even more
Saoirse Ronan... the answer is Saoirse Ronan.
Before The Credits She absolutely carries it. But its really the mother daughter relationship which feels authentic
Give Greata Gerwig some credit
have you watch "Mindscape", one of her most impressive performance, she is a masterpiece.
I need Mindscape 2 to happen.
Greta Gerwig... the answer is Greta Gerwig
The quietness of it. As Greta Gerwig said, "None of these events happened, but they're all True."
A great performance for Saoirza...Saroir...saorzer...Ms Ronan.
Worcestershershire
Saoirse, not hard. Oh, and it's pronounced Sor-sheh. She has this herself on interviews
She has said it interviews or just watch the trailer for song of the sea
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Vicente Ortega Rubilar understand ur trouble, I call her Agatha from TGBH
I definitely think that this movie is for a very specific type of person. I don't think that it's going to be everyone's cup of tea. But I personally found a really huge connection with the movie to my life. Not everyone is gonna get it but I thought it was amazing cuz it felt like it was made for me. Ha. But... for everyone else I think it has some humorous points and some relatable story lines.
I find it odd that you decided to call the movie "cliché-free" when it used one of the oldest clichés in the book (character trying to fit in with the cool kids and losing their best friend because of it).
Cause it's not a cliche, it happens to many people
@@cherries_and_wine that doesn't make it less of a cliche
have you compared it to those films in terms of execution and directing? Same old same old concept but not the same effect
Because it happens so many times in people's lives. That's what makes it a cliche
i felt like it breakes that cliche by how it represents the situation, and the end is totaly brake it too. So this movie is more about showing cliches for breaking them after
I'm okay with saying that this movie is very good and has many layers, but saying that its cliche-free is just a lie.
YEP
Are u kidding me ? I didn't count one cliche in this movie and I have the best cliche radar in 5 countries
Joey jaze Puleaze! Cliches:
1. Spoiled entitled brat that is not even being abused that has a mother that loves her
2. Unhappy with suburban life and wants to hang out with the rich kids. At least she wasn’t living in the projects.
3. Gay boy hiding secret from parents (that’s the newest trending cliche)
4. Lady Birds jealousy of anyone doing better than her
5. Losing virginity to a loser that has already screwed everyone
6. Typical sibling rivalry
There is 6 cliches for you. Your radar might have been broke that day.
I think it’s wrong to say there’s no cliches in this film but I also think the ones they have are really intentional
I agree, how many times have we seen a student abandon their friends to be cool, then crawl back when they realise they've made a mistake?
I'm not white neither American. I was raised by a poor family in a middle eastern country but I still I love this story, I don't think it's bland at all. I really liked the conflict of mother-daughter. Not everyone's life is eventful, it shows simplicity with complex emotions.
The relationship between lady bird's mom and her is honestly the highlight of this movie.
You know when you're an adult if you relate to adults more than the kids/teens in the movies. My heart ached for Lady Bird's mom. She was trying so hard to do everything for her daughter, yet Lady Bird was so ungrateful. Mom was clearly overwhelmed with double shifts and chores in the house, and then she comes home to find all towels wet, or her daughter getting suspended, or her daughter being secretive about college application. The movies was so real and so heart breaking. It also cemented my decision to never become a mother. I would love my children, but there's no guarantee that I would like them, too.
There is a scene where she tells Ladybird that her mom was an abusive alcoholic , and it just breaks my heart.
I’m sorry but her mom was kind of a bad person. Her financial troubles aren’t the responsibility of her teenage daughter. And not talking to your daughter on her birthday?
@@iamaswift234 Lady Bird was more than a little bit of a narcissitic bitch. I'm worried you identified so much. Actually, that also explains the movie's appeal.
eburcua no ladybird was selfish at times, but she was a teenager. Her mom was just as bad and she was 40 something
Jasmine Craven I saw the film first when I was 15, a real selfish age. I could not understand how my mum (when we watched it) could sympathize with her mum. The mother didn't talk to her when Ladybird went to nyc f.e. That's the worst thing ever right? Then I watched it a few months ago (now I'm almost 17). I could see why her mum reacted the way that she did, I understood why Ladybird reacted the way she did. The mum has so many struggles: Her mother was an alcoholic, her husband is depressed, money trouble and raising a teen daughter. All that is so stressful. The things she said or did were influenced by that stress. The same goes for ladybird ofc. How you react isn't always a rational decision, but it's an outcome of emotion. I would reallY watch it again and try understanding the mum's side!!! It will open your eyes
When I was watching the film, it had that fresh feeling when you're watching a John Hughes teen film from the 80s. That's when I know Ms.Gerwig has done wonderful job capturing that same feeling again for modern audiences !
moviemagic A Charismatic main character is the clue in this kind of films.
I thought that the dialogue was very well written and was a lot fun. But the subplot of “becoming friends with the popular kids and then going back to the average friends because the character is a good person” is very overused and just felt cheesy. Other than that it was a fun flick with good performances and an interesting character
Pedro Soares everyone is retarded it bored me to tears, will never watch again. Hated the hell out of it.
+Hanniffy Dinn sad
Kosta Jovanovic sad that this retarded tedious cliche ridden bullshit gets any attention. I watched hunt for the wilderpeople afterwards, which was a genuine emotionally moving totally entertaining fun film, which i look forward to rewatch, So I really think people are just retarded idiots, there nothing original in ladybird, I literally found watching paint dry more interesting. It makes 80s teenage films like epic masterpieces.
+Hanniffy Dinn like i said, sad.
Pedro Soares that is my least favorite part of the film for me.
I liked this movie but REALLY didn't understand why everyone is losing their minds over it. This added perspective but I still feel like it was a basic indie young people growing up film.
supervegeta101 that's one of the things on the Oscar bait list.
So true it was a good movie but way too overhyped
I found Lady Bird to be every bit as good as it's cracked up to be, it's just such an honest, beautiful, wholesome mother & daughter/coming of age story, and so well made
Lady Bird is great but I don't believe its an instant classic
Cow Commando I agree. These days, people don't really appreciate simple and wholesome, well-made movies. It's always more-more-more for everybody, that's why we have cess-pools of shows like Game of Thrones that show so much disgusting stuff. Don't get me wrong, I love GoT, but all of the things in it are really gross. Something like that never would have been allowed in the past. That's why kids are watching things like that and their minds are so degraded. This was a great movie.
I recently watched Lady Bird and immediately fell in love with it. There were a lot of good films in 2017, many of which I haven’t seen yet so I don’t think it’d be fair for me to name it the best of the year. Great analysis 👍🏻 I’d love to see one on Call Me By Your Name!
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This is easily my favorite film of the year, everything was just great and the film flows so beautifully. I could have easily watched 9 hours more without being bored.
Yeah it was like the fastest 90 minutes
And this movie is so great, just like gerwig's Frances ha. Essentially she is what Lena Dunham wishes she was.
Preach
Bar San ouch
That is... very accurate lmao
Lena wishes she was many things.
Agreed on the whole, though Dunham’s Tiny Furniture is amazing
I think Saoirse Ronan is 23 now but she has been playing 17 year olds since she was 15! I think that Brooklyn is the only movie in which she has played an adult in her 20s.
BTW, the movie is the story of my niece and my sister. I just couldn't believe how closely it resembles their lives! They still haven't seen it but I am making sure that they do.
I didn't love the movie as much as many seemed to. I was able to relate in a lot of ways but I wasn't empathetic enough towards the characters to feel the occult obsession a lot of Lady Bird fans have for this movie. I think Lady Bird hits more with viewers who relate with her personality and life story more. Since I didn't I couldn't like the movie as much.
Lady Bird wasn't really my cup of tea but was pretty funny and had good performances from Saoirse Ronan and Laurie Metcalf. It felt like a ton of vignettes being shown one after the other. Didn't really have a lot of time to breathe while watching it.
Agreed 100%, I ended up liking it, but not really at the same time
That's kind of what made it so great though. It wasn't life, especially with the editing where the start of every awkward moment would cut to the next scene. However, it was in those moments, or vignettes as you say, that the acting and direction really shone through. It was almost like a realistic supercut.
Chandasouk I agree. It stayed in skimming mode for me, even though it touched a lot of deep points.
It's a warm, funny coming-of-age film. It's a good movie but is it the best of the year?
Yup. I loved it but I wish it was 30 minutes longer so that every major event could have more space to leave a bigger impact on the viewer.
To me, love is understanding, not attention.
Well ,you to pay attention to understand
I understand, but I don't love you.
which is why love isn’t just one thing. it’s a complex combination of things.
Tatiana Padervinskaite understanding and acceptance***
It's really attention. If you stop paying attention to someone, they eventually become a stranger and love vanishes
Alot of people write about how as an adult and parent, they relate to Lady Bird's mom, and feel bad for her and describe Lady Bird as ungrateful. I (an adult) watched this movie with my mother. For a flip view:
My mom's main concern at the end of the movie, was that Lady Bird should stay in New York and fight for her dreams. She was angry that Lady Bird's mom didn't properly see her off at the airport, and at how Marion talks her daughter down alot. She fully acknowledged Lady Bird's faults and had thoughts about her relationship with her father as well, but she didn't like Marions attempts to keep Lady Bird in the local college, and how she (failed to) communicate with Lady Bird.
I actually think I might've felt more sorry for Marion than my mom did.
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That movie is so beautiful!
i feel like it incorporates so many perspectives and emotions that come along with each perspective. We get perspectives from Ladybird, the closeted gay boy, Ladybird's best friend, her father, her mother, just anyone, whether it be extremely focused in the movie or just given a glimpse.
ahh forgot current hollywood 'it boy' Timothee was in this movie!
Came across this channel. Can't explain how informative and touching the reviews are. So far one of my fav youtube channels. Keep up the good work guys!!
I think much of the praise of Lady Bird’s depiction of the complicated mother-daughter relationship glosses over the fact that it “hits home” because there’s an immaturity about the mother that is sadly reflective of many real, imperfect parents who justify their own bad behaviors with “I’m doing this because I care about you.” I think cinema in general rarely actually addresses this subtle manipulative behavior & instead represents it (or I would even go as far to say disguises it) as “love”. I think Lady Bird at least bothers to show it which I think is why this movie is “unique”, but it doesn’t go as far as calling out this for what it is, a dysfunctional relationship that is really not ok.
Also, I believe many people pointed the fact that it is actually riddled with cliches, including the letters at the end meant to imply reconciliation without true consequences for the mistake(s) Marion has made (the most immediate example is ofc the pettiness of not saying goodbye to her daughter).
Yes! I just watched this movie and the end was very unsatifying, since we didn't get the mom reflecting on her actions or apologizing, but we got the daughter apologizing, reflecting and even thanking her mom.. It was too one sided.
I thought this film was good but I don’t get how it’s considered the best film of the year.
Yes. Superbly crafted, but there's many, many superior movies. Specially "The Shape of Water" and even "The Disaster Artist"
ChowDownDetroit [Seoung Lee] I never even heard of this movie until now. There has got to be a better way to advertise films that have won numerous awards.
Same. It's a good film but it wasn't manchester by the sea or moonlight. it felt plain.
andre camilo...... CHIRP CHIRP CHIRP CHIRP CHIRP
Preye grey Angozi Manchester by the sea to me was awful and I felt like I wasted 2 hours of my life lmao. You can't even compare that movie to lady bird
it just felt so relatable especially her relationship with her mother,her personality,body image,boys everything felt so close to home
I cried so much during this movie because it hit a specific thing in my life, the relationship with my mom. It’s a beautiful movie I wish Greta had won an oscar for this
So well done -- thanks for the insightful rundown :-)
"avoids cliches" uhm... okay
Girl leaves her best friend behind to join the "cool kids" only to come to the realisation that her "cool" friends are assholes and then proceeds to return to her old best friend.
I think what really shows the complexity of their relationship is how the mom helps Lady Bird shop for a dress for Thanksgiving dinner that she doesn't want her to attend.
it was so so refreshing to see a coming of age story by a female perspective :D finally i could really see a movie about this topic and really relate to the story :) so thank you for everybody who made this movie possible
this movie is perfect in every way. The story is so beautiful and SO different from any other coming of age film. I relate to Lady Bird on sooo many levels. Always trying to figure myself out, desperately searching for creative passions, and always daydreaming about "what ifs." Greta Gerwig is a masterpiece
I never really liked the whole Coming of Age-genre. Then I watched Lady Bird and couldn't explain why I enjoyed it so much. I think you guys did a great job in phrasing what I was unable to! Love your vids! Keep it up!
I adored this! I live for your videos! Please do an extra longggg one on Call Me By Your Name next!! ahha h
Great review! Love your videos and I just watched this movie it was awesome. Really connected with Christine's character.
The biggest reason I love this movie is that it’s filled with so much heart. From the stunning performances to the care with which Greta put this movie together, it is all just so genuine and honest and warm. It was instantly one of my all time favorites
First I really Enjoyed this film, I do think its crazy its getting higher than other films like Blade Runner, Co Co and Logan which I feel will become classic films over the ages.
But I did enjoy this film a lot, and these video's like always tell me even more about some of the lessons that went over my head and make the movie deeper on a second viewing
I loved the coach scene and think it was really good and hope more people see it, just maybe don't expect it to be a perfect film as that one reviewer put it.
Or maybe they won't become classic.
I hated Blade Runner xD but I agree with the other ones.
The new Blade Runner suffers from a lot of things that the new Star Wars franchise suffers with. Glamorous regurgitating. What seems new and fresh is really ripped off. For example. K loves a girl but that love can never be fulfilled or is seen as "taboo" with his love for Joy. Deckard had this with his love for Rachel. In the beginning of Blade Runner 1 a replicant kills a Blade Runner (human or not is unknown) after a voigt kampff test. In Blade Runner 2 is starts with an impromptu voight kampff and the Blade Runner kills the replicant. However. In Blade Runner 2 the Blade Runner already knows the replicant and what he is. Blade Runner 2 has several HUGE holes. For example. Love goes to the LAPD headquarters and murders the coroner and takes the child of Deckard and Rachel's bones. The next scene there are city workers hosing down the mess and there is no talk whatsoever about Love doing that. There is no security camera footage or any investigation or anything. In Blade Runner 2 the reincarnation of CGI Rachel... just to have her head blown off. Is so stupid. It is so 21st Century "let's do this just because we can" arrogance. And really. They can't. It is not convincing at all. In Blade Runner original however there really isn't a "bad guy" driving the plot points. Tyrell is there. But he is just there. However Blade Runner 2 uses Jared Leto as this evil boogeyman (forgettable character... I can't even recall the characters name) to drive the action. Horrible. The whole "find the baby" fiasco reminds me Willow. Except Willow was actually cool. Blade Runner 2 is a huge disappointment hiding behind colorful eye candy. Both Blade Runners have a replicant sacrifics to save Deckard as "apparently" K dies at the end. A total sham.
@@Starkardur or maybe they won't NOT become classics
For anyone wondering, the movie portrayed Sacramento pretty perfectly.
I didn't really get this movie, until I saw your "essay". Now I appreciate it a lot more. Great job.
Love Lady Bird and this video. 💛 Especially the point you made about how love is a form of attention - I felt like that was a huge lesson her character discovered, to pay more attention to people she loves, including her father too, as she didn't realize he was battling depression and that he knew she would get down from the car early because she was embarrassed, and how that hurt him... Ugh, beautiful stuff.
Can y'all Analyze 'Call me by your name' ?
Easy! Run of the mill love story with nothing special about it if the couple were heterosexual. The End. If the story is not that great with "regular" characters, making them gay is not going to improve the plot.
nah that movie is more than that. Jon Snow.
Good for you if that's what you believe. Others may disagree.
*+jmchez* I couldn't agree with you more. "Call me by your name" is absolutely ordinary film.
@@jmchez you clearly didn't understand the movie
I found myself loving Ladybird. I related to her, and I found myself rooting for and wanting the best for her.
Also really loved her relationship with her mother. I definitely see my sisters relationship with mom in her.
Loved this film and got most of this (was in high school in 2002) but some nice takes here regarding love.
I'm just so happy for Jordan Rodriguez getting the role as her brother and doing so well for himself after Dance Academy 😊💓
Loved this video. Would love to hear your thoughts about "Call Me By Your Name"
I think the problem with this movie is the fact that it has SO MANY clichés that it divides the audience into people who have never experienced these stereotypes, with people who have. I haven't experienced many of these people in my life, so basically the whole cast is off limits in terms of how relatable I find them. I related to the mother daughter relationship in some ways, but the rest of the movie was just OK
The listening to Crash scene is the most beautiful, relatable thing I have ever seen
Great job as always 👍🏻Ever thought of analysing The Diary of a Teenage Girl ? That would be sooo interesting
I guess what is great about this film, is that Lady Bird is such an ambiguous character, which perfectly depicts the teenage years. She is at the same time authentic and dependent, for instance, she asserts herself by given herself a name . However, she felt embarrassed about her family economic situation until the point to lie about it out of fear of public judgement.
Leandro Ferreira She's a cliche brat that gets her way.
Nephi Nelson yeah, she's a cliche. However, that is not necessarily bad, as a matter of fact, she has to be a cliche so the movie is effective. Furthermore, teenagers are cliche, there is no scape from that.
@@dislike_button33 And you lack empathy and self awareness
@@learn2draw716 lol
well done calling out those unempathtic lameos
that’s really a lot of things I didn’t fully “get” on first viewing... and BTW “TWO BAD DECISIONS” has to be my favorite movie quote of 2017
I can understand why some people didn't like it, but as someone who grew up in the suburbs, went to Catholic school for 16 years, had that exact type of relationship with my mom, and moved to the city for college, Lady Bird hit so incredibly close to home that I can't help but cry every time I watch it (and wonder if someone had secretly been following my friends & I in high school and taking notes on our every move).
I saw it in theaters when I was home for Christmas break my senior year of college-- went with my two best friends from (Catholic) high school. We walked out of the theater completely floored at how closely it matched our experiences and just how real it felt. It was honestly the most personal connection I've had with a movie to date.
Great video! Will you talk about Carol (dir. Todd Haynes) someday?
I loved this movie!!
My favorite movie I’ve seen in years. I didn’t want it to end.
I for one graduated high school the same year as Lady Bird, so it was refreshing to go back in time and see 2002/2003 again!
The thing I like so much about this movie is that it’s very realistic and doesn’t try to make certain characters look better or worse than they actually are
People will say it's "overrated" because of a damn Rotten Tomatoes score without reading a single review.
Personally I don’t think the film is very good, I think it’s a story that’s been told many times before in many different ways but the acting is pretty good as well as the cinematography and it’s different enough from others that it catches your attention. I also think that is a good film for both teenage girls and boys to relate to which is now more so than any other time before very important when it comes to ratings and how many people see the film.
I used lady birds quotes on my mother bc our relationship is that similar
What i really love about this movie is the realness of it. Like theres no stereotypical characters. The spoiled girl and her guy friends are spoiled yes but there werent like over the top mean girls and friends like we see in other teenage movies, they were decent human beings. And the catholic school is not portrayed as this bad oppressive religious school like in other movies. Greta Gerwig ability to tell a crystal clear story without the stereotypical characters is just amazing.
You guys should cover House M.D. someday. Great characters and situations full of analytical potential.
Lola Lola yep but it was blatant and had some amazingly strong female characters. House is an arse, to everyone. He preyed on everyone, he had a lot of isms and ists, no one was left out.
Incredible show
Shit show
it doesn’t have an happy ending it’s just life.
Wow this made me fall in love with Lady Bird even more! Please analyze Call Me By Your Name next!!
Can you please make a video essay on Frances Ha? I love that movie and would love to know what you think.
i love this channel and i love this movie
“All those bends and stores I’ve known my whole life, the whole thing...” That’s pure poetry.
I love everything about this video essay (actually all my watched video on your channel)! Thank you so much! :D
Just saw this yesterday and it was so fun!
I really wanna see this movie now. Thanks screen prisim.
What an incredible movie!
wow this movie was shot on digital! it looks so good i had no idea
I originally watched it because of timothee chalamet, but after watching it for the first time I truly enjoyed it because it shows how Christine is just trapped in this place and how she wants to go to nyc. And I feel like I relate to that, even when she pretty much misses her home!
please do a video essay on call me by your name!
It's a great coming of age film, but there have been MANY films before it that tell the same story in more creative and less on-the-nose ways.
I have to admit that when I saw the trailer for Ladybird, I was ready to write it off as a perfectly decent indie film about a manic pixie dream girl; the sort of thing that we've all seen a million times. Thankfully, the movie was so much more.
Personally, I attribute the film's success to its characterization. Almost every character, no matter how important to the plot, has identifiable traits, strengths, and weaknesses that make them easily identifiable and relatable. I especially like how within moments you can size up Lady Bird's boyfriends and almost immediately understand why she's drawn to them as well as why the relationship will fail. However, instead of feeling predictable, it comes across as natural. As the viewer, you almost feel like a parent watching their child go through the same troubles you experienced or an adult reminiscing about the foibles of youth.
Also, while this sort of movie isn't flashy, Gerwig's direction is on point so the movie has a great pace and flows incredibly well.
Imo it's one of those heartwarming films (yes it's features conflict) but the ending
No love for Ridley Scott as Ladybird's Dad?
Please use "/sarc" to make sure that you are not just confused.
Emi Grant Interesting bcuz I didn't know he was an actor as well..
Oh, come on! The actor who plays Ladybird's father is a playwright / part timer actor and not the movie Director Ridley Scott
Well,excuse me for not knowing that..!
I didn't find it that mesmerizing!
6:40 this part hit the nail in the head! Ladybird is a good movie, but this reason makes it great.
Looks interesting.
Will add on my 'Must Watch' list.
Reminds me a bit of "Thirteen." The Nikkie Reed movie.
ayanna That movie was 10 times better then lady bird.
I liked it. But I think it is overhyped.
I think everything was so subtle that I actually didn’t feel the hit you’re suppose to feel by the end of it... with the mother.... and they never resolve anything. The ending is sad. Idk. I got depressed when it ended.
emma Woods watch it again i loved it more the second time
emma Woods movies arent meant to make you happy, theyre to make you feel
maybe not everything is supposed to be spoon-fed to you?
maybe you could give a comment that isn't full of hostile assumptions about a stranger? .... you don't know me. you can like it. i don't have to like it.
@@Yeodoongiiie maybe YOU could give comments that aren't full of hostile assumptions about/to strangers? ....
YOU don't know those/these:(or whatever): STRANGERS either do you?:(lmao): they can like
it:(wait...did they ever even actually mention anything about liking it? .... nevermind whatever):doesn't mean you don't have to NOT like it and maybe not everything is meant to make YOU not depressed?!
also I think the kinda of overused usage of the word "depressed" is
kinda of ridiculous
Lady bird & whisper of the heart !
Most relatable movies to me !
Do a video essay on The Florida Project!!!