IN THEATERS

Is Don’t Worry Darling worth watching? by Ivy Davidson

It’s Friday night, and you decide you want to watch a movie. Do you browse on Netflix, or, like me, do you go to the theaters to watch Don’t Worry Darling?

If you were going to pass on this film,

I suggest you think again, because it was one of the best movies I have seen in a long time. Olivia Wilde is a phenomenal director. I thoroughly enjoyed every aspect of this movie. From the little things, like the score, to the cinematic shots, this movie was an A+. You could tell how much Olivia Wilde had thought this film through. Little details were done well: I caught myself listening to the sound effects in the background, and they made me feel so uneasy. It takes a lot from a director to make a collective audience feel such an emotion only from the sound effects.

As for Florence Pugh, I haven’t seen a piece of work that she was not great in.

This film was another work of hers where she is just spectacular. Watching her act in this movie was so satisfying. She sells every role she is in. Pugh made it easy to follow along with the movie because you could easily tell what emotions she was trying to portray, and it contributed to the film as a whole. Harry Styles was great in it also. I was worried that he wouldn’t live up to my standards, just because he hasn’t had such a big role in a film before, but he was really good as well. I look forward to seeing other projects he is in the future. The whole cast was so diverse and talented, there wasn’t one line that I thought could’ve been portrayed better by the actor.

I also wanted to comment on the editing of the movie. The clips of the movie were put together so perfectly, where everything was literally puzzled together on the screen and in your mind. My favorite parts of the film were the parts where the film would skip around moments of time to further portray the character’s loss of time and confusion.

This movie was thoroughly entertaining and I highly suggest that you run right now to your local theater to watch it. This movie just makes you think about life and is overall a great watch and a great film. Harry Styles was right after all: this movie really “feels like a movie.”

BEREAL: THE NEW TIKTOK?by Zoe Wheeler

How to stay safe on the new social media app

BeReal is what I’d call the new TikTok. It is the new big app that it seems everyone has. What is BeReal is the real question. BeReal is an app that is used to be real.

At random times each day, everyone that has the app gets a message telling them that they have two minutes to take a photo.

Everyone can see how many times you retake the photo and how late the photo is.

The timer will make sure you post it within two minutes, or it is late. But here is the creepy part:: it always asks for location.

Because you’re trying to get the photo on time, you don’t take the time to think about it. So while posting the photo, you’re also posting your location. This can tell people you don’t know where you are. They can possibly tell where you are by looking at the background of the photo.

My biggest fear with this app is that it will make stalking people easier than it already is. It makes things easier for creepy people online who look for children. I just don’t want things to be worse than they already are, but I guess that’s up to the person and not me.

But I don’t think BeReal is any less safe than apps like Snapchat, TikTok, etc. All media apps have the potential to be dangerous. After all, it’s not the app’s fault, it’s the people behind the phones.

The good part about this app is there is no faking. It can be time to take the photo at any time. Sometimes, this ends with some of the best photos. Photos of you and your friends, coworkers, family: whatever or whoever it is, it’s a memory you have forever now. You will be able to look back in the future and remember how happy you were.