🎃Halloween Special: I Saw The TV Glow (2024)
Added 2024-10-30 16:47:31 +0000 UTCI Saw The TV Glow: Vidyard, WeTransfer
I only watched this two days ago and have since rewatched it, found a dozen video essays, and taken eight pages of notes.
Don't look it up unless you need to check the presence of any triggers you have. Go in as blind as you possibly can. No pausing.
Comments
This movie has my whole trans masc heart
Nez
2024-11-06 18:58:09 +0000 UTCGonna preface this by saying sorry for the rambling lol, I've only just now sat back and seen how long this comment is. Y'all don't have to read it but it felt pretty therapeutic to write it out so I'll leave it here. Sorry if it makes no sense lol. I've watched this movie once and only once, as I'm very emotional usually and as a trans-masc non-binary person it hit a little bit too close to home. I watched it for a second time just now only because I watch everything Brittany reacts to lol. I hoped maybe the intensity of my feelings at the end wouldn't be so bad a second time around but boy was I wrong, this movie changed my life completely in ways I don't think I can fully express. The first time I watched it was earlier this month, I was completely unprepared and I was sobbing by the end. I think Justice Smith did an absolutely incredible job with the way he spoke as Owen/Isabel, even their voice showing just how insecure and uncomfortable they are in this body/life. Time and time again Owen/Isabel faces the reality that the life they're living is a complete fabrication that is slowly killing them but still refuses to embrace who they really are and return to reality. The scene at the end is particularly heart-wrenching for me as I've always found myself apologizing for being myself or rather, too much of myself. Owen/Isabel desperately trying to make up for their outburst to people who aren't even listening and don't care at all. Them cutting open their chest and coming face to face with the unquestionable reality that this world is fake, and still putting their uniform back on and going out to apologize to everyone around them when they know for a fact that none of the people are real. "There is Still Time" also struck me very hard, the whole movie made me realize that I've been living my life for other people. Hiding parts of myself and even holding back on transitioning properly for fear of others opinions\view of me. This is one of if not the BEST movie I've ever seen and a great example of what a movie should be, I've never had a movie make me want to get up and start living like this one did. I'm 23 and in the time since I watched it I have applied for college after putting it off for so long and I'm also starting to medically transition after being scared for years, and while i can't give this movie 100% of the credit i will absolutely give it at least 75%. If there's one thing people should take away from watching this beautiful movie it is that THERE IS STILL TIME!!!!!
Gigi LaRue
2024-10-31 06:26:56 +0000 UTCme and my roomate went and saw this in theatres, the experience was so crazy like we were feeling so emotional about it that we actually went to the park to touch grass and lay in the sun. then we spent a long time talking about childhood/queerness/fear etc. such an impactful movie
Rana Orsan
2024-10-31 03:58:57 +0000 UTCI'm so happy I saw this in theaters, it's so interesting how trans people saw it and then how most cis people saw it. I came with my cis cousin and the way they didn't really get it, but I did after, was interesting. [and the "there is still time" thing] The way it's filmed & the colors and stuff is just so amazing.
mortis.carnis🍉
2024-10-30 17:03:57 +0000 UTCI cannot wait to watch this later when I've finished work. I loved this movie SO much and think it is SO impactful & important.
Em
2024-10-30 16:56:18 +0000 UTC
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