hello today i will be ranting abt why i love cmbyn sm instead of doing schoolwork pls enjoy a little disclaimer though please watch this movie at your risk as it is rated r ask for parental permission etc ok so i watched cmbyn for the first time back in September. i had heard about it from amor edits on yt (check her out, she makes mainly heartstopper edits and some other stuff too) and i had it on my watch list on netflix so i was like "screw it i can't sleep so why not watch a 2 hour movie instead?" and i was BLOWN. AWAY. ok so first off this movie is so aesthetically pleasing like what?? nearly every shot of this movie is good enough to be hung on walls. it really is so beautiful. alr next this movie is so good at subtly telling you what characters are thinking (mainly elio since he's the main character) and a part of that is because of the acting (timothee chalamet is amazing as elio) but also the directing because the director really is the star of this movie another thing the slow burn is AMAZING nearly half of this movie doesn't even have elio and oliver actually dating but it works because when they do start getting romantically involved the pay off is amazing ahh also expanding on what i said before so much of this movie is told from implications. example: elio and oliver's sexualities are never confirmed, but they are both heavily implied to be bisexual. there are so many others but that's just the one i can think of off the top of my head moreover, this movie rewards rewatches, since a lot of things in this movie are told through implication, it's up to the viewer to pick up on some of those things. and the ending ahh the ending is 10/10 so sad but so meaningful and last thing before i wrap this up, i know there are controversies around this movie such as the age gap. (there are also some involving people who worked on this movie, i'm not going to name names because it's not appropriate for scratch but iykyk Involving the controversies people that have worked on this movie, I think those things are justified but i won't let it ruin the movie for me) involving the age gap, again i don't really wanna get into it bc it's not scratch appropriate but what i will say is that some people villainize oliver because he's the older guy when he didn't rly do anything wrong. alr sorry for that rant ik it was all over the place i just had to get it out of my system bc i don't have anyone irl to talk to this movie to also i *may* make a part 2 if i feel like it but don't quote me on that
