You and Films

How well do you know your child? How well do you know that you will able to handle the eccentricities of your child? How well will you be able to help your child be himself/herself when you know that there is a world out there, where anything out of the ordinary is judged, attacked and disrespected? How well do you know? These are some of the questions that you start asking yourselves after you watch this amazing movie by Silas Howard. Not only do you ask the above questions to yourself, but you also feel a sense of courage. The courage to support and stand by people you love. The movie centres around a child named Jake who likes to play out the characters of the Disney princesses all the time. Now, for the parents it gets difficult. Difficult as in, to let him be himself and also protect him from gossiping adults.  How? You should watch the movie! This film has a lot to say but it might test your patience. Even though it is a one and a half hour movie it does feel dra...

To say the truth or to hide it out until you die?  Some secrets do tend to suffocate the crap out of us. These are some things that people keep to themselves so that the life they are living and the people that they are having fun with, don't change. These people don't want to lie, they would just rather be someone who they are not than lose your awesome friendship. Lying is the only option they have left to receive love. Watching "Love, Simon" was an experience that I could have never imagined. (This movie deserves an Oscar nod!) Whether it was Martin looking to impress Abby or Simon's father trying to reach out to him, it was all about people and their desire to be accepted and loved. What millions of people fail to understand is everyone is deserving of a love story, and this all what everyone is trying to get LOVE.  Throw the technicalities out of the window, we should watch the film and feel it because the message that it is trying to inspire in...