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Blazing Minds (92 KP) rated Love, Simon (2018) in Movies

Nov 1, 2021 (Updated Nov 3, 2021)  
Love, Simon (2018)
Love, Simon (2018)
2018 | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Love, Simon tells the rather delightful story of Simon Spier (Nick Robinson) who has a secret that he doesn’t want anyone to know about until he makes a connection with “Blue” by email. The two start up a communication that will lead to some life-changing decisions for both of them.

But who is “Blue” and is it, someone, that he knows in school? Maybe it’s one of his classmates?

Simon is finding it hard to let anyone know his secret, but he confides in Blue via the emails that he is gay, in turn, the two build up a relationship over their emails and Simon starts to fall for Blue. But things take a turn for the worse when Simon’s emails are leaked on to social media, his secret is out and now he is worried that he will never find out who Blue is and get to meet him.
  
Catch Me If You Can (2002)
Catch Me If You Can (2002)
2002 | Action, Drama
Spielbergian drama starring Leonardo DiCaprio and Tom Hanks and supposedly based on the true-life story of Frank Abagnale Jr (I wonder how much of it is, how much made up, and how much dramatised?), with DiCaprio playing the role of Frank Abagnale, who successfully bluffed his way into work as a co-pilot at a major airway, as a doctor and as a lawyer all before he reached his 18th birthday.

In order to do so, he also forged numerous official documents, which brings him to the attention of Carl Hanratty (Tom Hanks), who makes it his mission to capture Abagnale, with the two then forming a sort of co-dependent relationship on each other.

It's not a bad movie by any means, with it also attempting to provide some form of justification/explanation for Frank's actions through the lens of his childhood and his relationships with his parents, although I did find it a little slow to start with.