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A Feeling, and Some Magic
Thursday, May 21, 2009 @ 4:02 AM

I think cinema, movies, and magic have always been closely associated. The very earliest people who made film were magicians. - Francis Ford Coppola

I know it's 4 in the morning (wow that's a Gwen Stefani song lol), but I just really really had to write a post like, immediately after I saw Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist. Seriously, to anyone who has a chance of getting a hold of this movie, YOU HAVE TO SEE IT. No joke. It's the first movie I've seen in such a long time that is truly truly magical. It's not a sentimental shlop of a love story, or a dark dragging period piece. It's really something different and beautiful and wonderful. Really. The movie makes you feel so happy and amazed, and so not in a horribly cheesy, cliche way. It makes you realize the magic that movies, music, and movies and music combined can bring you. It's a stand-out film from anything else I've ever seen. I mean, I'm actually blabbing about this, and going on and on and not making any paragraphs or properly constructed statements because words can't truly express how beautiful this movie is. I've never seen anything like it; the closest that comes to it is probably Juno, but I think that's only mainly because Michael Cera is in it too. This film is so extremely memorable, and wondrous, and it makes you feel something. It gives the audience—it gave me—something to hope for, something to smile about. And after all, that's what we, as viewers, all try to look for in the movies: A feeling, and a slight touch of magic.