Hello! This is me.
I'm filming this at the end of the video,
but i'm saying it to you now.
Grab your water, take your phone into the
kitchen fill up your
water bottle / hydro flask, whatever you
got. Every time
that I say a new movie, you drink some
water.
By the end of this video you're gonna be
like so hydrated you're probably gonna
have to pee.
Speaking of I have to go to the bathroom
right now, enjoy the video.
That was an overshare. I apologize.
Hello!
I am really excited to be filming this
video today. Today
what we're doing is we're going to be
talking about the movies
on my bookshelf. So we're only going to
be talking about the movies that are
here and not down here. It's mostly Star
Trek Next Generation and The Office on
DVD.
That's what that mostly is and then the
other movies are
movies that family members or
well-meaning
acquaintances have bought me
that are not good.
In case you're new here, I think it's
important that I introduce my assistants.
This is Theo. And this-
I'm not sure yet I think her name is
gonna be Cleo.
My cat has joined us. I guess he can also
be considered an assistant.
So, yeah! I'm just gonna go through these
one by one. I'm not gonna go in order of
how they're
on the shelf. I have them on here in this
order for aesthetic reasons, so . . .
"The Ones That I Haven't Seen" So, these
are two movies that are on my shelf that
I haven't seen before. This
is The Grand Budapest Hotel. It's written
and directed by Wes Anderson. I remember
the year that this was nominated for the
Oscars and I was like
very intrigued by it, but I was- I was
still in high school when this came out.
So like
I didn't have the money to go to the
theaters to watch it or to buy it,
and I probably would have had to go out
of town to the like independent theater
to even see this when it did come out.
I have always wanted to see this movie.
My boyfriend bought it for me.
I feel like his style (Wes Anderson's) can be- can still
keep that distinctness where you watch
it and you automatically know it's a
Wes Anderson film,
but it has the the leeway to be darker,
very serious. And it also has the leeway
to be very
comedic and- and bright. You have like
The Royal Tenembaums, and then you have
The Fantastic Mr.Fox. Which are two of
his favorite films that I've seen.
The second one that's on my shelf that I
haven't seen is (chuckle)
Honky! So, this has been an inside joke
between my boyfriend and I
for like a year. It's a Blaxploitation
film. If I can,
i'm gonna put in the trailer that I saw
for it.
One look at her convinced him that black IS
beautiful.
Two turned on today kids. In love,
and in trouble! Her friends called him
Honky!
Don't wait too long Honky. She's used to
fast service.
If you want to talk about
like, problematic tropes of like the white
partner is like
pure. And the black partner is going to
corrupt them,
and all that stuff. Just on the back, it
says, "The gorgeous Brenda Sykes plays
Sheila.
"A hip pot smoking black teenager who
wants to rebel against her
cop out middle class parents. Her quiet,
casual sexuality keeps eyes glued to the
screen, because you don't want to miss a second
of what this enchanting ingenue does
next.
John Nielsen is Wayne. Her square white
boyfriend who wants to prove to sheila
how "down" he is. He has his own "hang-ups" about
race, but is dra- (laugh) but is drawn to Sheila.
To the point where she convinces him to
flip a kilo of prime Vietnamese grass.
Blonde and chiseled, his innocent
blue-eyed demeanor is the perfect foil
to Sheila's fiery willfulness.
After a glowing synopsis like that,
how can you not drop 50 bucks on this
movie? (muffled scream)
God. So, the tagline is
"Honky! A love story of hate."
And then at the top we've got this
beautiful excerpt of "Blaxploitation
Grindhouse drama.
Black is beautiful baby! Especially when
it's a naked female!"
Based off of this little picture on the
bottom it looks like there might be some
sexual assault? Possibly? I might not even
like this movie. I'm excited for quarantine to be
over so I can actually watch it with my
boyfriend.
He got this for me for my birthday and
like dropped it off
and brought me flowers and stuff like
that. So that was really nice.
So i'm excited for quarantine to be over so
we can actually watch it together, which
we've wanted to do for
over a year. So now we're gonna move to
one that I don't own.
My boyfriend watches all my videos so I
know he's gonna see this and he's
probably gonna ask for his movie back.
Which is okay.
I guess. But the next movie is All The
President's Men directed by Alan J
Pacula and written by William Goldman. It
stars Dustin Hoffman.
This guy. Whom my boyfriend and I are
very much obsessed with. I did see
that he has some sexual assault
allegations against him.
I haven't looked fully into that but I
did hear about that. Robert Redford I'm
pretty sure is this guy.
I haven't seen him in anything else. He
did- He's really good in this movie. I
like this movie.
Mostly because of Dustin Hoffman. I do
think it's a good movie.
I was very dissatisfied with the ending.
It ended in a place that didn't make
sense to me,
but I do recommend it. I think it's a
good watch. Especially if you're into
like
reporter type things, and like scandal
type things.
At certain points in times it almost
feels like x-files to me. Where it's like
things are very secretive and very
serious like lives are on the line and
it's like crazy.
So yeah, on to the next one. So now let's
jump into the movies that my boyfriend
has bought me. So let's start off with
Beyond The Valley of The Dolls.
WHAT?! This was written by
Roger Ebert. Roger Ebert is like an
extremely well-known and respected film
critic. And I-
I know that I knew that at some point,
but I forgot and i'm feeling that shock
all over again. Interesting guy is all I
gotta say.
This movie feels like like experiencing
the sixties. It came out in 1970 so like
right after the 60s.
It's very chaotic, it's very sexy there's
a lot of like . . .
everything! I want to rewatch it because
I just- I just feel like this movie had
me in a daze where it was like
everything all at once. This movie-
I want to make films that are this much
fun to watch.
Literally, look at this cover don't you
want to be a part of this?
It's another criterion collection. The
only other one that I showed you that
was Criterion was The Grand Budapest
Hotel.
If you're the kind of person that likes
movies that are like really sexy
and high energy this is the movie for
you.
Especially if you're someone that's like
obsessed with the 60s. If you like the
musical Hair,
if you like the 60s, if you like hippie
stuff, this
is the movie. Just watch a trailer for it.
The chaotic energy of the trailer like
it retains that.
It's just so much fun. So there's that
one. Next is
The Royal Tenenbaums which is about a
dysfunctional family.
Written by Wes Anderson and Owen Wilson
and directed by Wes Anderson. This was a
lot of fun.
It was messy. Yeah this film was pretty
chaotic too.
But like I love this guy. He's got his
two kids that wear the same thing as him
all the time, it's hysterical. Wes
Anderson for sure has his own aesthetic.
Like some of his movies
I felt like I was watching a film that
was based on an aesthe-
and aesthetic. Like, this movie is the
aesthetic.
The characters are very vibrant and I
feel like they're all very fleshed out.
Oh my gosh. Fucking Owen Wilson's
character?
There's so much, this movie is so messy!
But . . .
we kinda like messy? Do we not?
This movie made me want to dress up as
her like every day.
There's- there's just so much good to say
about it. You know, I think there's-
there's
some bad things to say about it.
I just don't have any. (laugh)
I really en- I- I really enjoyed this. I
think this movie
is one of those movies where it has a
really good balance between it was fun
to watch and it was a fun experience
and it has a really good story. Like this
and his animated movies are like
peak West Anderson. I think that's really
where Wes Anderson shines,
but again that's just my opinion. This is
a mild spoiler but
if you don't like things to be mildly
incesty??? (laugh)
I know that's a very- that's a very weird
thing to say.
I don't think most people are looking
for incest in their media.
You're gonna get it with this one- It
depends on- it depends on how you think
of incest.
I know. Talking about incest
technicalities is never a good sign,
but as I said this movie is messy.
So if you just want to watch something
messy
give this movie a gander. Okay now this
category
is "Movies That I Love" but aren't like my
favorite movie because the next three
movies are
some of my favorite movies ever made.
First we have the Sixth Sense written
and directed by M Night Shyamalan. I
actually feel very lucky because
I did not know any of the twists in this
movie. I mean
I think if you do know what happens in
it, I think you can still get something
from it. It's just a very interesting
movie.
Very well acted, very well written, very
well directed.
I really don't want to go too far into
this movie because if you don't know
what's gonna happen in this movie, it's
gonna be really rewarding
to watch it and not know. It's so overly
quoted and you know has become a part of
pop culture in so many ways because it's
really good. It's
really not that scary. I mean it
definitely does have some moments
that'll leave you feeling scared.
Especially if you're someone like me
that does
not watch scary movies. It's all written
purposefully and all of it is very much
rooted in
the story. It couldn't be told without an
element of fear in it because that's a
very big
part of the story. Also there's some
vomit. (gags)
God, I thought about it and I almost
threw up. So there's that,
but it's not- (gags silently) I'm gonna stop talking
about it because i just ate. I'll write
some text on the screen
about my thoughts but my stomach is a little
too full to talk about that right now. So,
anyway!
I definitely recommend this movie. I
think it's a great time. While we're
talking about Bruce Willis I feel like I
should bring this up.
I just want to see if other people agree
with me.
When they're both bald, I really cannot
tell
Bruce Willis and Vin Diesel apart. I
thought Bruce Willis was in Fast And The
Furious for the longest time and Vin
Diesel was his stage name.
Here's a picture of bald Bruce Willis.
Here's a picture of Vin Diesel.
Do you feel like it's that out of pocket
for me to be a little confused?
I don't know. You can roast me for that.
The next movie is How To Marry A Millionaire
with a screenplay by noonali johnson and
directed by Jean Negulesco.
Yes this does star Marilyn Monroe. She's
on the cover, but the reason that I
came to this film is Lauren Bacall. They
all do a really great job. Oh my God, but
Lauren Bacall.
Not only is like she an amazing actress
and like
I just was really interested to see her
work after reading about her,
but like I love her character too so
this is a very sweet like
vintage movie for sure. So it says this
came out in 1953 so i'm sure that people
that
lived in 1953 would be like "Oh, all of
these things are normal."
But like there's this like fashion
show thing that they're doing where
they're like
modeling for this rich guy???
It's a very sweet movie. Marilyn Monroe plays a very
like ditzy character.
It's just fun to watch.
There's something that the audience knows
about one of the characters
for a long period of time that
the ladies in the film don't know.
So when that pin drops it's-
there's a very amusing moment. But this
was just fun. Especially if you like-
like 50s vintage energy.
If you are the kind of person to follow
like vintage accounts on Instagram
or dress up as a pinup girl anything
like that, like
this is a very fun movie. (singsong) And Lauren
Bacall is amazing!
Last in this category is Jaws written by
Peter Benchley and Carl Gottlieb and
directed by Steven Spielberg. As you can
see
it's still in the plastic because I
literally bought this yesterday.
This movie was a movie that like my
boyfriend
adored in his childhood. Now I'm sure
most of you have at least heard of, if
not seen Jaws.
Jaws was- from what I understand the
first blockhxsjhs- was
the first blockbuster movie like summer
sensation, and with
very good reason. Jaws is genuinely a
fun movie to watch
like I always thought it was going to be
really scary because of the whole like
you know like they're hunting a shark
kind of deal. And
it was kind of like (uncomfortable quiet sqealing)
at certain times but like it's a really
fun movie.
The poor shark. It made me sad that they
had to kill the shark. I don't know. My
boyfriend was like,
"Why are you sad they have to kill the shark?
"Like, the shark is like killing people."
And I'm like
yeah but it's an animal and it doesn't
know any better. I don't know maybe they
could have relocated it if they had more
resources but . . .
I don't know how much there is really to
say about jaws. It's a really fun movie
to watch and it's a really well done
movie. There's a lot of interesting
things that they do with the camera
and the blocking and you know it's so
smartly made. It's very engaging you know
th-
there's a reason why this movie was and
is so popular.
That movie is special to me if only for
the memory of what it felt like to watch
with my boyfriend. So that's why I wanted
it because
it is attached to such a special memory
for me. Okay!
That's the last one, now we get to move
on to our next category which is my
favorite category.
Obviously. Well, no. It's literally
"My Favorites Category." The Shawshank
Redemption based on the book by Stephen
King called Rita Hayworth and The
Shawshank Redemption with a screenplay
by Frank Darmont
and directed by Frank Darbont. This movie
stars Jim Caviazel who is an actor that
I saw in Person of Interest and I was
like
'He's a good actor!' and then I saw him in
this and I was like
'Okay, okay!' This is one of those movies
that we saw on a family movie night.
After this movie was done-
everyone had fallen asleep except for me
and my brother, but like once the movie
was finished like my brother and I like
stood up and clapped because we loved
the movie that much and thought it was
that good.
Everybody loves this movie. It's a great
movie. It's so
sweet and everyone feels good after they
watch it. Next we have The Count of Monte
Cristo written by Alexander Dumas
with a screenplay by Jay Walpert and
directed by
Kevin Reynolds. Most of the times when I
see movie, I go in
not really knowing what it's about. This
is one of those movies and I
loved it. It's just really good. It is so
sweet and Morgan Freeman does an amazing
job in this movie. It's about a very
intelligent man who says he was wrongly
convicted of a crime
and his experience in this God-awful
prison.
I don't know if it was actually inspired
by, but it mentions the novel
that The Count of Monte Cristo is based
off of. So,
part of me has always felt like this was
inspired by that
novel, but I don't know. I was actually
lucky enough to catch this
in theaters. There is an independent
theater like an hour away from me
that show this movie and I got to see it
in theaters.
And it was already my favorite movie! So
that was like so exciting because
when I first saw it, I saw it like in
like my parents bedroom like when we had
our movie night and then i got to
actually
see it in a theater. After i saw it, this was
my favorite movie for the longest time.
It no longer holds number one spot in my
heart but it does
hold a spot on my bookshelf. Because I
just love it.
It's a really- it's a really great movie.
I'm pretty sure I bought this at like
WinCo.
You know they have like the like five
dollar dvds. My boyfriend didn't like the
music.
I love the music, but to each their own I guess.
It does have um some sexual assault in
it.
Just an fyi. It's not very graphic,
but sexual assault is still something
that's very stress-inducing for a lot of
people and very traumatic for a lot of
people so
just so you know there is some sexual
salt in here. It gives me
all the warm feelings. (ummnagunnnnn!!)
Yeah! I just really love it. And it made
me so happy the first time I saw it. Yeah.
The Shawshank Redemption.
Now if you've seen The Shawshank
Redemption
and you liked it, you should watch this
movie! I have a suspicion that the
Shawshank Redemption was
inspired by the novel that this is based
off of.
And this movie is a very, very
well done film. I don't think that there
are any trigger warnings I would have to
give for this.
This is a really great like family movie.
This is a great movie. It's just so much
fun. It's
so sweet. It's so well done. I wish I
could lend this to all of you so that
you can see it
with your family. Or your friends if
you're not that close to your family.
It's a lot of fun
and I really think that this is the kind
of movie that like everyone can enjoy
and get behind.
And maybe someday I'll read the actual
novel.
We'll see! And last, but not least. Up
until
last year this was my favorite film and
it's
All About Eeeeeve! With THEE
Bette Davis. This movie?
A timeless classic.
Clas-sique! Like this-
Oh my gosh, Bette Davis? Bette Davis?
Bette- Bette Davis?!?!!?!??!
Incredible. Everyone in this movie does
an incredible job. Apparently!
What I found out, is Bette Davis and
Celeste Holmes
had BEEF while they were filming this
movie. And they played best friends!
This movie is in black and white. You
know just in case that is something that
you don't like. Which you should really
get over that because there are so many
amazing films
that you're missing out on. If you like
Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf, watch
this movie tooooo!
I can't even express to you how incredible
this movie is.
Bette Davis plays Margot
Channing and she does an amazing
job. This movie is absolutely captivating,
breathtaking. All of those like
adjectives. The story,
the directing, the performances, it's
sooooo good. Something about the way that
they portray these characters
is so real and authentic and beautiful
and genuine. And even though Bette Davis
is like
messy... She's MESSY and she knows it and
she likes the mess! Uauauagghgh!
I don't have a criticism for this
movie.
This movie is that bitch.
That's all I have to- I just love this movie.
So much.
It's just really good. I mean the acting,
the performances and the writing and the
direction
and like the choices in what they choose
to show you
and how they cut the film. I have
literal goosebumps just thinking
about this movie. It is (groans softly and contemplates)
So, if you can find it, if you have access
to this,
please watch this movie. Okay so that is
the end of the video!
This one's gonna be a mess to edit
because
I am a mess! Whatever though!!!
Uh, yeah. I just wanted to come on here
and say
like I was not playing when I said that.
And i feel a little angry at how much
i'm joking about that
because it took me two weeks
to edit this video. So yeah. She was
laughing all cute . . .
Look where I am now. Girl, my hair done
expired.
Since that video, I done took my twists
out,
and expired the the hair. That's why I
got the BAWnnet on.
So, yeah. (mockingly) It was a mess to edit.
I hope that you enjoyed this video. I
hope you enjoyed talking with me, just
hanging out.
Um Let me know how many of these movies
you've seen!
Let me know like what movies intrigued
you, what interests you, what you feel
like you were the target audience for.
But that's it for this video! I hope you
enjoyed it.
OH! I actually have a special-  you got
your butt your boo ha butthole to the
camera!
Buddy. We're just gonna . . .
So for my next bullet journal spread I
want to do
a "My Followers Decide My Bullet
Journal Spread."
The day that i will be on my socials
putting out the polls for you to vote on
will be Saturday August 29th,
starting at six o'clock p.m pacific
standard time.
So translate that into whatever time
zone you're in,
but six o'clock on Saturday August 29th.
I will be putting up the polls. It's
probably gonna go on
for a few hours or so? Just check in,
vote on the little polls. I don't have
anyone that's like
genuinely following my videos or
anything like that, so like
that's why i'm trying to ask you guys to
come and vote in during that time.
So i'm going to be doing it on my
instagram at that time which is @chewybujo which you see at the end of every
video,
and I'm also going to be doing it on my
twitter which is @A_Little_Chewy
So @A_Little_Chewy with the
underscores in between. Just come
vote and come hang out with me and feel
free to ask questions and stuff like
that.
Thank you so much for coming. I'm sorry
about the gap in
posts. I was having some severe technical
difficulties
that were infuriating, but you live and
you learn and
hopefully that won't happen again. I'm
sorry that the lighting is
a mess and stuff like that, but I hope
that you enjoyed this video.
Wash your hands, wear a mask and have a
great
day. I'll see you next time. Goodbye!!!
