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Hey, y'all, if you couldn't tell by the song playing and by the title today,

I'm going to be reviewing one of my top favorite films and that's steven.

Trotsky is the perks of being a wallflower.

The first time I ever saw this film was back in 2012, I was a freshman in high school,

Charlie is also a freshman in high school in this movie,

I still have the ticket steps remind you used to get tickets to have

so obviously a big fan kind of a major nerd about the movie.

So

in this presentation I'm going to get into some of the main reasons

why I love this movie so much and why this film is incredible.

So stick around with me and we'll go over some of the topics.

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So this film is based on the novel written by

Stephen Shocks be who also wrote and directed the film.

The premise of the film is about charlie,

who's a high school freshman played by Logan harmon,

he is an enduring, naive outsider coping with his first love,

sam played by Emma Watson as he deals with the

suicide of his best friend and his own mental illness,

always struggling to find a group of people with whom he belongs

because I was around the same age, I was charlie's character in the film.

I deeply resonated and connected with this

movie and charlie's story right off the bat

and one of the reasons I love this movie so

much was because of how strong the narrative is.

That is my first topic that we're going to go over is narrative.

So let's dive into that now.

So this film has an incredibly strong narrative

and possesses a quality that I believe sets film

apart from other art forms and that's the ability

to impact and influence an audience member's life.

As stated before,

the film follows charlie through his freshman year of high school and all

the ways he navigates through his process of dealing with mental health.

This film is super cool and I feel like it was very

ahead of its time because it deals with topics like mental health,

sexual abuse and L G B T Q,

topics that were not as mainstream are commonly spoken about as they are today.

The film shared great insight into the world of mental health, depression, ptsd,

sexual soul and suicide

as heavy as these topics are.

They were shared in such an authentic way

through charlie and his friend group of misfits

charlie is a writer like myself and through his writing letters,

he was able to process and overcome events in his past.

I love how the book form an

emotion explained charlie's transformation as him learning how

to love and become an active participant in life and not just an observer.

The next topic we're going get into is the films

ness and see.

So this film has an extremely lovely aesthetic,

it all takes place in Pittsburgh pennsylvania,

which is where chocolate is from and actually where my family is from as well.

This film gives viewers a warm,

nostalgic feeling through chalks these amazing presentation of mesen scene

Because this film was shot on actual physical film.

The entire movie has a greeny texture and gives an audience

of feeling like they were back in the 90s in Pittsburgh

This period. This is a period piece that takes place in the 90s. So it has

that sense of pre technology,

pre smartphones and authentic connection with others,

which is a major theme within the movie and

charlie and his friend group is in person connections,

which is nostalgic and nice to watch as somebody who

lives in an era of instagram and Tiktok and whatnot.

It's nice to just see authentic friendships and in person connection,

especially within charlie's social circle.

It feels like you're part of the front group while you're

watching this movie because this film is a period piece.

Also, so many of the costumes,

architecture and sets were true to the era and I loved the shots used to present

charlie's high school like in this photo and

also shots of Pittsburgh that shark species,

it really brings the city to life with

the colors and certain angles that were selected.

Pittsburgh is a beautiful city, I recommend going, it reminds me of

the san Diego of the east coast is what I like to call it

and of course I'm just going to rant about this incredible tunnel scene that

takes place in the fort Pitt tunnel which opens right up to the city,

the colors

and the way this scene was shot is so beautiful and it feels like you're in a dream.

The next topic I'm going to go over is

the filmmaker and performance aspect of the film.

I don't think I could imagine this film with any other cast.

I honestly think it was falsely cast,

Logan Lerman played charlie with so much compassion in detail

and it's really hard not to fall in love with the

character because of his sweet disposition and honestly because of the

strength that he learns to display through his character arc.

Also love seeing Emma Watson in this breakout role playing Sam.

Most people,

including myself really only recognized her as

her mining from the harry potter series

until I saw her play this role as Sam and I was truly blown away and got to see her

in her element

and as a legitimate actress.

Um somebody else who is nearer to the harry

potter world is Ezra Miller who plays Patrick,

who's Sam stepbrother in the movie

as Miller did an incredible job playing the role of

Patrick who is so complex and funny and lovable,

but also he had a great responsibility

and respecting this character and representing this

character because Patrick is so much more

than just Sam stepbrother or just the funny

comedic rest in the movie because he represents the

LGBTQ community as a whole in this film.

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Being able to see Stephen chalks bees

work come to life from his book into the film

Was extremely amazing to see.

It was like getting to see somebody's past memories and diary come to

life and I felt like I was a part of Charlie's friend group and

a part of this time and era and I felt like I was

transported back in the 90s and got to get a little glimpse into these

teenagers lives.

So the last topic I'm going to go over is the film's ideology.

So as a refresh ideology is the body of

ideas reflecting the social needs of an individual group,

class and culture.

So this film's major ideology and theme was the

concept of misfits or wallflowers or outsiders coming together,

being a community and being their own people

and kind of redefining that definition as authentic

people rather than just somebody who's popular,

especially within the lens and sphere of high school.

Um one of my favorite quotes that I feel like wraps

up the entire film as this quote when charlie says,

I know these will all be stories some days and our pictures

will become old photographs and will become someone's mom or dad,

but right now these moments are not stories, this is happening,

so I was deeply impacted and I think a lot of other audience members

were impacted by charlie's overall arc and his ability to process his past traumas

become his own person, fall in love

and really ground himself

and no longer just be a wallflower observer

of life but become an active participant.

Yeah,

so that is my presentation on why persevere.

Wallflower is such an amazing movie and so impactful if you haven't seen it,

I highly recommend going and seeing it.

And I wanted to thank Professor Kerry for such

an amazing semester and for such an enjoyable class

and I hope you all

have a great rest of your holiday,

see uh

and now she there,

but till Mummy is yelling no!

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