Movies!

Hey everyone!

So this is my first Passion Blog! It will be focused on self-care and self-love. For each of the self-care activities, I will dive into each one with my thoughts. For me, a huge aspect of self-care is taking a break from academics when I have worked for a long time. One of my favorite downtime activities includes watching a good TV show or movie, and I am always down for recommendations! Feel free to comment some of your favorites 🙂

Obviously, there are very different genres depending on how you’re feeling/how you want to feel. I know I usually love a good rom-com or a good serotonin movie. Some of my favorites include Mamma Mia (what is your favorite song?!), Ocean’s 8, The Greatest Showman, Crazy Rich Asians, Legally Blonde, Mean Girls, Miss Congeniality, Notting Hill, 10 Things I Hate About You, and The Holiday. I could go on but those are just some of the best rom-coms/chick flicks. If I feel like watching a TV show, one of my favorite serotonin shows is The Great British Baking Show. Sometimes I feel like watching a nerve-wracking murder mystery or an adrenaline pumping action movie, like Murder on the Orient Express, Knives Out, or Clue, or a Marvel movie. Whatever the case, it is good to just get down with a fluffy blanket and a bowl of popcorn.

Lately, I was down to try something new instead of watching an old comfort. I was with my friend after a long day of working on homework, and we just wanted to watch a light movie that we could just laugh at. My friend recommended that we watch one of her favorites, Freaky Friday. I love movies with the kind of older, sillier vibe, so I agreed. I had heard of the movie before, so I was excited to watch it.

First of all, criteria.

Rating: 4/5 stars

Watchability: Would watch again

The movie is basically about this mother-daughter duo who do not see eye to eye on anything. They eat a magical fortune cookie and it swaps their bodies, so that Tess is Anna and Anna is Tess. They have to learn how to love each other again to get swapped back. Even though this is a silly, feel-good movie, I think some of the messages are valuable or at least relatable.

For one, people cannot judge each other’s lives until they have walked in each other’s shoes. Parent-child relationships are  special. However, sometimes they are strained like in the movie. It takes a magical fortune cookie to bring Tess and Anna together, from Tess seeing how hard being a teenager in high school really is to Anna seeing how much her mother does for her and her family. There are definitely very humorous parts that had my friend and I laughing together, as well as some very sentimental moments. At the end of the movie, we both felt so much more relaxed, especially since laughter is a great source of stress relief. Whether it is Freaky Friday or some other show or movie, treat yourself and watch something! You deserve it!

Overall Rating of Activity: 5/5