literary wanderlust

My favorite moment of the Olympics. I love my Queen Rowling (and a 100 foot Voldemort). I love my Sir Paul McCartney singing one of my favorite songs. 

But this scene takes it for me. The UK has always been known for the Industrial Revolution in every mundane Social Studies book we read as a kid, and did they run with it … it a bloody amazing way! 

The beginning was pretty boring I’d admit. Pretty much village people doing boring village things. And then it gets interesting. Kenneth Branagh was brilliant as he watches the transition before his eyes. I love how it wasn’t a trick of the eye. Those people were literally ripping up fields, grass, farm houses. As you watch so much manual labor, as people pull at the ground and crank levers it is beautiful symbolism for the accurate personal hardship that went into this revolution.  

I got chills when I saw the WWI soldiers. The women suffragettes. beautiful. beautiful. 

The history nerd inside of him swooned inside. Was definitely a memorable opening. Cannot wait for you savvy Tumblrs to make some gifs

02. To Rome With Love
The only description that comes to mind for this movie is cute. It’s cute; plain and simple. It isn’t very deep and thought provoking, although they are thematic moments on love, family, and identity that you could dwell on a bit. It has its moments when it’s too predicable, but I can never get enough of Woody Allen. And the casting, especially Ellen Page was great. There is one thing that this movie makes me what to do:

Empty out my bank account and book a flight to Rome. Let me take an extended leave at my job and spend a month in this historical, beautiful, beautiful city. I’ve been to Rome twice and every time I leave I feel like I’m leaving behind a beautiful lover. I could walk those city street every night, eating gelatos for the rest of my days. 

To Rome With Love is a perfect title. Go see this movie, and then shortly after go to Rome. I guarantee you it will love you back. 

(Source: kiimmburlee)

01. Beasts of the Southern Wild
 
“Once there was a girl named Hushpuppy, and she lived with her daddy in the Bathtub.”

You can tell when a movie will move you. Inspire you. Captivate you. This is that movie. It reminds me a lot of The Tree of Life but a lot less trippy and more coherent. The quote above says it all. This is a story about Hushpuppy, a six-year old girl, who lives with her Dad in the “bathtub,” a community detached from society by a levee. It’s simple but powerful, leaving you heart wrenched but empowered. You can live a thousands lives and never live with such life that Hushpuppy lived in only six years of her existence. 

Spoilers below.

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