[forestmushroom]

🍄 About this blog... 🍄

Hello! I'm Lia (@lilac-mushroom) and this is my Thoughts sideblog!

Here you will find a mix of posts that trigger my thinking. I will reblog things but I will also make my own posts, which will consist on my opinions and thoughts about the movies and TV series I watch and the books I read. These posts will be under the main hashtag #Forestmushroomthinks, followed by the personalized tags. I won't make a post for every single thing I watch/read, only the ones that truly impacted me - the purpose of this blog.

My posts may contain light spoilers but I will always try to keep it simple so that people who haven't watched the movies/read the books can interact as well. I would love to hear your thoughts on everything: my asks are open!

My favorite genre of media types is drama (psychological, romantic and historical), so expect a lot of that! When it comes to the type of books I read, I love poetry, psychology, sexuality, relationships, self-development and self-help books, philosophy, drama and many other types!

~~~~~~~~ I hope you like my blog! ~~~~~~~~

Here you can find the lists of the movies, series and books that have impacted me the most, along with the links to the posts.

Masterlist of my most thought-inducing movies:

The Banshees of Inisherin (2022)

Shutter Island (2010)

Woman Walks Ahead (2017)

Mammal (2016)

Dunkirk (2017)

Pride & Prejudice (2005)

Atonement (2007)

Little Women (1994)

Anna Karenina (2012)

The Lord of The Rings (2001-2003) + The Hobbit (2012-2014)

Masterlist of my most thought-inducing series:

Anne with an E (2017-2019)

Fleabag (2016-2019)

Shameless US (2011-2021)

Sex Education (2019-)

Euphoria (2019-)

Ted Lasso (2020-)

Masterlist of my most thought-inducing books:

Come as You Are by Emily Nagoski

Humans by Matt Haig

Set Boundaries Find Peace by Nedra Tawwab

The Stranger by Albert Camus

The Myth of Sysiphus by Albert Camus

Atonement by Ian McEwan

Pride & Prejudice by Jane Austen

Movies I still haven't watched but absolutely will: The Whale (2022); Call Me By Your Name (2017); Amsterdam (2022).

[mischiefmanifold]

I would tear down the stars to bring you back

[movie-gifs]

There Will Be Blood (2007) dir. Paul Thomas Anderson

[dramastream]

Play with me. I’ll make sure that you win. What will you do? Whatever it takes. SQUID GAME (2021) dir. Hwang Dong Hyuk

[lezarus]

you know a movie is going to FUCK when its 4pm on a thursday and it just you and four 70 year old women in the theatre

[filmswithoutfaces]

The Banshees of Inisherin 2022 | dir. Martin McDonagh

[forestmushroom]

Movie: Mammal (2016)

This movie is uncomfortable. It tells the story of a middle-aged woman, Margaret, who offers shelter to a homeless troubled youth, Joe, while grieving the death of her estranged son that she abandoned long ago. We tag along on a journey through the development of their relationship, a relationship that reveals parts of both her and him that they try to hide from the eyes of their neighbours and community. But not from us.

This story is about grief and trauma. It's about feeling unloved and trying to hold on to the only person who seems to understand us. It's a quiet and confusing narrative that makes us question our own experiences and values.

Because although common, grief and trauma are complicated. They are complex. We deal with loss and adversity in the best way we can, with the tools that we have. And those of us who don't have good tools, who don't know any better - we often turn to self-destruction.

I think this movie is about that, at it's core. It's about two completely different and unrelated people who have their own troubles and traumas and find themselves unable to cope. And in the midst of all the chaos, they find each other in more ways than one. In ways that make us feel uncomfortable and make us doubt ourselves and our own interpretations because it feels so right, but it also doesn't, at the same time.

The camera work in "Mammal" is phenomenal, giving us hints on the developing sexual attraction between Margaret and Joe. The physical touch between them is one of the main pathways that alert us to that dynamic. Both of them feel confused, maybe as confused as the viewers, finding themselves nurturing a mother-son bond while unconsciously feeling an undeniable attraction towards each other.

An attraction that grows until it snaps. It feels sure but also doubtful and wrong. Many interactions between them are awkward, likely due to the intensity and quickness of the feelings that arise. They get to know themselves through each other.

One of my favorite parts of this movie is the water theme. It is used to shed some light on the psychological states of the main characters, especially Margaret's, provoking a melancholy that betters the experience of the viewers. It is a window that enables us to be aware of the constant suffering of each character.

Because even though they found each other, they are still suffering.

Overall, it is a movie that leaves us with even more questions than the ones we started off with. It is prone to different interpretations and meanings, which I think is extremely captivating. I believe this movie makes us project ourselves on the characters and the narrative. This whole post is my interpretation, these words are me and my story. I highly recommend watching it and finding your own perspective!

Disclaimer: This is 100% my opinion and the meaning I built around the movie by myself ♡ Feel free to interact!

[exdeputysonso]

Mammal (2016) || The Killing of a Sacred Deer (2017) || American Animals (2018) || The Banshees of Inisherin (2022)

[emmysaurus]

My hand fits perfectly in my other hand… I think I was made for myself

[valkaryah-deactivated20250510]

"there goes that dream..."

[forestmushroom]

Movie: The Banshees of Inisherin (2022)

I picked this movie randomly - I wanted to go watch a good thought-inducing movie by myself and out of all the movies the cinema offered, this one seemed like the most interesting. To my surprise, it was one that I had written down in my notes list a few months ago and had completely forgotten about. And I absolutely loved it!

To me, The Banshees of Inisherin is a movie about the human condition. About the inevitability of death and the frustrated knowledge that one day we will be forgotten. At first glance, it seems like a movie purely about friendship - the story of Pádraic, who suffers with the sudden and inexplicable ending of his friendship with Colm. But it's more profound than that. Together, Pádraic and Colm guide us through two completely different perspectives about life: one of a man who is aware that life will end some day and that he still has a lot of time so he lives his day-to-day with simplicity, finding happiness within the people and animals of the small island; and then another of a man who can't help the suffering and the despair that come with knowing that someday we will die and nobody will remember us. Or so he thinks.

This is a story about lashing out on the ones you love and who love you. This is a story about depression, about suicide, about not knowing what to do with yourself. About seeking desperately for some way of never being forgotten - of leaving a mark in this cruel world.

And, in my eyes, it is mainly a story about kindness. In a movie with a limited number of characters, we get to know a few people and their personal struggles, like the sister Siobhán who wants more for herselft and the unsettling fortune-telling old lady. The boy Dominic who lives an unfortunate, abused life - who, although a side character, was a central piece of the story, to me.

Because loneliness is real, depression is real, trauma is real, the unsettling void some of us feel deep in our chests is real. Because being kind and being nice to those around us is the only way to survive.

Dominic was my favorite character for this very reason, as he felt first-hand the effects of the absence of kindness. From his father, from the island and, towards the end, from Pádraic himself. Pádraic, the only true good guy in the island, who apparently Dominic held onto for dear life ever so indirectly, proved that he was capable of cruelty. This was a life changing moment for him, along with his conversation with Siobhán. The lack of kindness provoked by a series of events was what drove him to his fate. Barry Keoghan's performance as Dominic was mind-blowing and utterly meaningful, making it one of my favorite things about the whole movie - along with the gorgeous views.

All in all, The Banshees of Inisherin translates how being nice to others can go a long way. Through seemingly funny dialogues that are in fact deep and raw and allude to the Irish Civil War, this movie portrays the true essence and the struggles of every living soon-to-be-dead human being (all of us). It will stay with me for a very long time and I highly recommend it 🌾

(Also the Irish accent was TO DIE FOR, I would've watched this movie solely for it 😆)

Disclaimer: This is 100% my opinion and the meaning I built around the movie by myself ♡ Feel free to interact!

[fuckin-man-suit]

Behind a Little House, by Manuel Cosentino

[dark-romantics]

Somewhere, someone is falling in love with a person who loves them back after a whole winter of being alone and broken. It is the earth’s magic to make people trust in the warmth of love again.

~Juansen Dizon

[lilac-mushroom]

Doing hot girl shit (going to the movies alone)

[weirdlandtv]

Vintage birthday card by Robert Crumb.

[theofficeedit]

Is there no way we can get rid of him? Not without cause, Michael.

[pbs-r]

giving yrself a haircut = instant refresher

Getting a tattoo= instant reminder of autonomy

Cleaning ur room so it’s really nice = ‘ I can improve my situation with effort’