Blue Is the Warmest Color

I admit I bought the DVD to watch the lesbian sex scenes, which was the same motivation to buy "Carol" (which has a lot less sex scenes). But after a few more viewings I was enchanted by this love story & Lea Seydoux & Adele Exarchopoulos displayed an acting masterpiece. It's hard not to fall in love with Adele.

Adele: I miss you. I miss not touching each other. Not seeing each other, not breathing in each other. I want you. All the time. No one else.

I loved almost everything about this movie.
It does't tell a particularly interesting or original story, but the way it's told and how it makes one feel part of it is fantastic. Adèle's extreme close-ups make the feeling of not fitting in palpable. She's always looking the other way, thinking about something else, but also smiling and trying to make a good impression. Anyone who feels uncomfortable among a group of strangers immediately can relate. It's the claustrophobic sense that one's own inner world is more important than what's going on outside.

That same introversion characterises the way that Adèle handles her problems; always hiding them from the outside eye and with difficulty opening up to others. Here is maybe my one complain. At the beginning of the film, it's shown that Adèle has a very healthy relationship with her friend Valentin. He understands her problems and conflicts and she's willing to share them with him. So why does he completely disappear in the second part of the movie, specially when she's in most need of support? She feels lonely, rejected and alienated from her partner and channels that frustration with an affair with her coworker instead of talking to her loved ones. I think that's a strange and problematic omission.

But apart from that, it's amazing how this film shows the emotions that run trough Adèle. Besides the aforementioned introversion, the same extreme close-ups are used to perfectly capture the lover's gaze. The way one looks closely and attentively to every detail of the other person's skin, lips and eyes. Either the nervous look before a first kiss or the relaxing blissfulness after making love. It's really perfect.

The same can be said about the frustration and extreme sadness after the breakup. Adèle moves on with her life, but it's filled with this consistent and permanent sub-surface pain that feels with full force when she's alone.

This a movie I won't forget and I'll probably watch multiple times in the future.

The movie is beautiful, even if it's just a little far from the graphic novel. Anyway, I like both of them.

I wanna watch movies like this.

What a truly amazing special kind of movie this Masterpiece is, Wow...just...Wow....
Absolutely loved this one
and I was Totally and Completely Invested in there Relationship and so wanted them to work it out.
(I SHIPPED THEM 3000).

If

"LIFE IS STRANG BEFORE THE STORM"

Was a movie this would definitely be it.
"LIS" is my second favourite gaming franchise of
all time they are Remarkable games,
Absolutely Phenomenal so to have this
Magnificent movie with such parallels to
The "LIS" universe is a dream come
True For Me.

The hole movie had my full Attention from
start to finish, hooked all the way and both the girl's definitely deserve an Oscar are some kind of award because they were truly amazing in there roles
Hella yeah, blows
my fricking mind, .
This movie excelled in every way
and at times even
Brought a tear
or two, to my eye and certainly
hits me right in the feels more
than once, their is truly something special and very very charming and heartfelt and to keep me invested for 3H this has got to be something above and beyond
story wise, writing and acting.
I have such high praise for this movie.
"It's a must see", this type does not come
along very often, I myself own it on
Blu Ray uncut
Definitely belongs in my collection
So WORTHY
10+/10
what a joy to watch it's
Art Through and through
and it's so bloody interesting.
And endearing.
I love how the movie leaves us with
Did Adèle ever go to New York.......
Did she eventually find someone else to make her as happy as Emma did......?

Rule 101
Always leave them
Wanting more.......

Verdict: Outstanding.

From the first few minutes, I knew this film would be beautiful. I can see why people are turned off by the thought of following a foreign language film with subtitles. It was difficult in the beginning. But I knew for sure it was beautiful. I didn't realise until about a third of the way through, the length of the running time. But it really didn't bother me as the pace was like watching a flower blossom. By the second act, I forgot I was watching this film in another language. The cinematography was out of this world and Adele Exarchopoulos was mesmerising.

It aims to show you young love, without embellishment, glorification, or glossing over anything. It succeeds.