esme's film blog

 Promising Young Woman (2020) Director : Emerald Fennell    For my second post, I decided to do one of my favourite films that I have seen this year. Emerald Fennell's directorial debut Promising Young Woman.  Nominated in 5 categories at this year's Oscars including Best Picture and Best Director, and winning Best Original Screenplay, it's a film that has caused division in its viewers, with most people either loving or hating it. I, however, loved it, or at least really liked it. And largely because of how much discussion it can generate due to the plot, and what the film entails. Emerald Fennell's ability to cleverly merge so many genres; rom-com, dark comedy, thriller; into one film while still keeping a cohesive plot impressed me beyond words, and is also on the list of reasons I loved the film.  ! Spoiler warning !  ! TW : mentions of SA and rape !  For those who haven't seen it, I highly recommend watching the film, so you can then come back and...

Get Out (2017) Director : Jordan Peele  To start of this attempt at a film blog, I felt it was only suiting to start with talking about one of my favourite films, by one of my favourite directors, starring one of my favourite actors - Get Out. Get Out  was Jordan Peele's directorial debut, and bagged 4 Academy Award nominations, including Best Director and Best Picture, and also won him the Best Adapted Screenplay Oscar. In summary, for those who haven't seen the film, it's a psychological thriller following Chris (Daniel Kaluuya) as he meets his caucasian girlfriend's family for the first time. And lets just say it doesn't go as most people would expect when meeting the future in-laws for the first time... ! Potential spoiler warning ! I'm going to avoid spoiling anything about the general plot of the film but will mention references and details in it. I f you haven't seen the film, I highly recommend watching it before reading this and then coming back to ...