Fall is by far and large my favorite season. The weather is beautiful, the plants are changing colors, it's the height of football season mixed with October baseball and so much more.
There's so much more to do in the fall. Go support your favorite college or NFL team, go for a hike and a picnic at a state or local park, just GET OUTSIDE AND DO SOMETHING. Now is the absolute best time of year to. It's not blazing hot like it is eight months out of the year in Alabama, nor is it unbearably cold.
However, for those times you are cooped up inside with your favorite blanket and a cup of hot chocolate, I have three movie recommendations that encapsulate the fall vibe perfectly.
Something about them just gives off a cozy and wholesome vibe, which is exactly how the fall season feels in my mind. All of these are really easy watches and are sure to be your new favorite comfort movies if they aren't already.
First up is the not-so cozy and wholesome film, "Dead Poets Society" starring Robin Williams. Everything about this movie is gorgeous: the set pieces, the setting, the characters, the plot, the writing and especially the theme. Williams' character is a teacher at a strict boarding school that denounces their outdated methods of student development.
Williams teaches his all-male class about poetry, expression, self-actualization and autonomy in order to combat the conformative pressures applied by the school and the students' parents back home. I never realized how much of this movie is ripped off in "School of Rock". Just substitute Robert Frost with Robert Plant and that's pretty much the only changes made between the two.
I hope you like Williams in some respect because the second movie on my list is "Good Will Hunting." I could watch this movie any time I turn on the TV and not get sick of it. It is absolutely brilliant in every way.
Main character Will Hunting, played by a young Matt Damon, has a brain rivaling Isaac Newton or that James guy from "Jeopardy!" But his poverty-stricken upbringing in the south side of Boston paired with a love for violence and instigation leads him to work dead-end construction jobs and custodian shifts at MIT.
Every character in the film feels so human. Every line feels so natural, and every situation feels so real. Seeing this in a major motion picture is so incredibly rare nowadays.
Finally, there's "Juno." Guys may not have that tangible of a relation to the main plot of this movie, but I absolutely loved it. I think it portrayed teen pregnancy very, very well. Light years better than "Fast Times at Ridgemont High".
The cast is also ridiculously good: Elliot Page (Ellen Page at that time), Michael Cera, Jason Bateman, Rainn Wilson, and Allison Janney. You know I left out J.K. Simmons on purpose so I could talk about him separately.
After watching him in the borderline-psychopath scream your head off roles of "Whiplash" and "Spider-Man," his role as the caring, protective father in "Juno" is such a masterclass of acting range.
I have to say that his character alongside Allison Janney as Juno's mom and dad were my two favorites of the movie. It's got great writing, a great tone and a really good soundtrack as well.
These three movies all come with my highest recommendation to really get in touch with the fall feeling. Please watch one. Or two. Or all three if you're feeling awesome.
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