On Saturday, I moved into Royal Holloway University - so begins the next big adventure of my life! Now, I haven't moved too far from home, but like any normal human person I miss home (yes, even after two days, I'm cool like that) so finding ways to combat that ache of homesickness is a current project of mine. One way of doing this is with films.
As you know, I have a Netflix account, which is all well and good for watching new things and binging on tv series (still re-watching Gossip Girl) but for me, I don't need new right now; there's a lot of newness around me in lots of other ways, and it's exciting and brilliant but also overwhelming, understandably.
What I need right now are films that are the cinematic equivalent of a hot chocolate, a cosy blanket and a hug from my mum. Films that comfort, films that reassure, films that bring a smile and the good kind of tears. Films with a predictable ending or an ending that you've seen a hundred times, because so much is unknown and unfamiliar right now.
At home, we have over 600 DVDs, so trying to decide what to bring with me was quite a challenge. I started by going through my own collection first, then moving on to the shared family collection. I'll be honest - there are a lot of romcoms in there! But what's more predictable than an endless stream of films where the girl gets the guy? I've also got some Disney ones, some kids ones and some random ones too, as well as some Big Bang Theory because I LOVE IT. The entire Harry Potter collection came with me, which I think I'm going to save for Reading Week and watch one a night, like a cool kid.
These are the films that I hope will give me those warm fuzzies I would normally get from the contentedness of being on my own sofa in my own house with my family. I've relied on many of these films at times of stress and anxiety, as well as times of feel-good fun and happiness. Films can bond people, films can evoke emotions you thought dormant, and above all, films can help you escape, from wherever you don't want to be to a place you love to go.
As I may also have told you, I did daily vlogging this summer, and at the end of it all I made a "Best Bits" highlights reel video. I have watched this video so many times and it never fails to make me smile, and as it's only about 3 minutes long I use it as a quick-fix dose of happy if I don't have time to hunker down with a movie.
Is anyone out there at uni? What do you do for home comforts? Are there any films you'd recommend to me?
RK
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