Stand By Me is the most beautiful film ever. This is honestly an 80’s MASTERPIECE! I felt myself wanting to go back in time to hang out with my childhood friends.

What I really enjoyed about this film was how the tone of the film would change so smoothly and perfectly through comical, sentimental, adventurous, making you reflect on your own childhood, and such topics. The cinematography was stunning and so aesthetically pleasing. However, one of the things that engaged me the most about this film was the beautiful relationship between Chris Chambers (River Phoenix) and Gordie Lanchance (Wil Wheaton). It is a demonstration of a much desired friendship and relationship by many individuals and something that I have been looking for my entire life. Having someone who always supports you when you are down and who is more of a sibling/a parent to you than anyone else because of their endless amount of authenticity and generous support is what my 12 year old self has always fantasized and I honestly still do. Chris and Gordie have a relationship with such feelings that obtain much more than what good friends have . There is so much true, tender love and attentiveness between both of them. They share a very special bond and both characters complement each other so carefully and nice. They are both in lack of family support and constantly go out of their way to treat each other like family.

Chris Chambers was such an astonishing and graceful character—River Phoenix presented to the audience such an incredibly beautiful portrayal of the character, leaving us with such a strong desire of a friend like him. I have an endless love and special place in my heart for Phoenix. He made me fall in love with Chris at the age of 9, and growing up I came to the realization that the actual actor was an angel and as genuine as Chris. [spoiler] The death of Chris Chambers was extremely sad, yet it was still righteous. He died in a heroic form, representing his true authentic self and individual identity. [/spoiler] I will, however, forever be saddened by the death of River Phoenix. He was extremely talented and an original and sincere special being.

The ending of Stand By Me makes me sooo fucking sad, as we come to a realization of reality, and how we cannot stay young forever, and we will eventually grow up. Everything about this film was golden!! The actors were insanely talented and sooo real. The script was amazingly well written. Overall, one of my favourite movies ever.==10/10==