Thursday, June 9, 2016

Me (Crying) Before You

            Me Before You, a romance film that came out on June 3rd, is the movie I am dying to see. It's supposed to be silly, deep, and heart-wrenching at the same time. And let me tell you, I am so ready to watch it. But before I do, I'd like to discuss my discovery of it and my reactions to the pre-movie hype-up.

            Here I was, scrolling through Snapchat's Discover feature. I had clicked on Buzzfeed, because I love Buzzfeed, and started to scroll through their offerings. It was slim pickings in early May, to be honest. But I happened upon an ad. Usually I'd just scroll past, but the soft music and colors had caught my eye. Before I go on, it's important to note that I'm a huge sucker for romance and sappy, overly-sentimental experiences. Anything that makes my heart squeeze in my chest is a good thing. However, this also means that I am prone to sudden outbursts of tears or dry sobbing. Be warned.

            Anyways, after watching several of these small ads, my curiousity was peaked and I could not help but search the hashtag. I then found Me Before You's website. I proceeded to watch both trailers AND the music video, crying quite a bit. It looked really good, even though I had not read the book (regretfully. I must do so in the near future).

            All I can say is that while media may have led me to this movie, I'm trying to avoid every spoiler ever, or I'll be very upset. Media is a double-edged blade.

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