Watched What's Eating Gilbert Grape.
There was the kind of acting that jumps out and draws you in and all of a sudden its real life.
I just wanted to cry with him. Definitely hold cradle his head in my lap and give him a moment of rest. He felt so real, so beautiful. Twisted, turned head. All the things he wants to change, all the things he doesn't understand. But when asked what he really wants: "I wanna be a good guy."
So pretty, too! Pretty wild, windy hair. Pretty brown troubled eyes. That pretty, fine angled jaw. Even a pretty neck.
I loved him for being vulnerable. I loved him for trying to not act vulnerable. I loved him for keeping on. I loved him for his awkwardness. For the slightest hint of a smile, or barely-shown flash of pain.
It was one of the best acted movies I've ever seen. Every character felt so real that it was actually painful to watch. Its a horrible, terrible, ode to human beings' faults.
But all through it was poor, precious Gilbert.
Are there people like that in real life? Just ONE!!!
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