While I am stuck in quarantine I have been trying to watch really great films that I just haven’t seen. Since starting this my favorites have been WENDY & LUCY, THE HALF OF IT, DAY FOR NIGHT, BRIEF ENCOUNTER, THE MAN WHO FELL TO EARTH, BANANAS, CAPERNAUM, WHAT’S UP DOC?, and I DANEIL BLAKE. I put this on expecting to be another one for me to fall in love with. I’m not sure why I just couldn’t connect with it. People say it’s great and I go in wanting to fall in love, but I just felt so bored by most of the film. I don’t know if it is because I am looking at it through 2020 eyes, but I feel broken that I can’t see why this film is a beauty. I feel like I should, but I don’t know. It’s such a simple film and the second half brought me in more than the first, but this is something I genuinely wished I loved. However the scene when the first mate thinks he is playing the record with his finger is just so charming and magical I can’t help but love it. Same goes for the water dance.
