![]() Anyway, how about we move on to how great Hailee Steinfeld is in this movie. Not going in-depth on that, because we'll be here forever. The self-conscious issues, well, really, I still have them to this day. That's neither here nor there, I suppose. But, I'd like to think that I'm a pretty good friend once you get to really know me. It takes a lot for me to really trust and, eventually, become friends with someone. ![]() That lent itself to me being, really, a very shy and introverted person. Some of my friends from high school probably don't even know what my mom looks like, that's how bad it was back in the day. We're very private people and, really, that was passed down onto me. Part of it is due to the fact of how I was raised. First things first, I came into the 'group' at the third grade and the group of friends I eventually ended in had already been established prior to my arrival at the school. Now that's not because of anything any of my friends did or said, it was more my feelings of inadequacy. But, in spite of all of that, I always felt like I was on the outside looking in (which you could say is one of themes of this movie, where Nadine, due to her shyness, doesn't put herself out there and she struggles to connect with people who aren't named Krista). I still love them to this day, naturally. Now, don't get me wrong, I had friends in school and I loved every single one of them. Mostly Nadine's loneliness and some self-conscious issues. And despite the fact that I'm not seventeen nor a girl, I can say that parts of the movie definitely spoke to me. But, at the same time, while I would like to see a movie about a man my age, of my nationality, exploring issues that are relevant to me, that's not to mean that I cannot connect to a character of another nationality and, even, another gender just as long as I can relate to parts of the story and what the lead character might be going through. There's still a lot of work to be done, but progress is being made. The film industry is improving in that regard as, now, there's a lot more variety in casting lead roles than at any point in the past. I'm just using black teenagers as an example to prove my point. This can be the case for any demographic. which is for the better, but it wasn't the case for quite a while. What I mean is, say, young black teenagers, normally, don't get to star in their own major motion picture. I often understand when people talk about having movies that speak personally to them because, for one reason or another, Hollywood just hasn't gotten around to making films for that particular audience yet.
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