Guess who finally started watching Almost Famous last night? Meeee! Anyway, we only got partway through it before it got too late (stupid jobs and school, etc. 🙄), but I'm really enjoying it so far. And what's hitting me currently (especially going into this knowing that Jess loved it) is how much the main character is reminding me of Rory, actually. This precocious, bright-eyed, would-be journalist with a clingy mother and a burning desire to see the world...
This is something I keep thinking about, actually, and it's SO interesting to watch this movie through a "Jess Lens," and... Yeah. William is a Rory, in a lot of the ways he interacts with the world and in how people respond to him, and I can especially see Jess thinking that because of the way HE responded to her. Like the way William's innocence and kindness make the other characters both uncomfortable AND make them want him to like them/think well of them... And William being upset by how little they value themselves and others makes them WANT to rethink things, in the same way that Rory being upset with Jess for the way he was making trouble for Luke made HIM want to fix things.
So, basically, I can totally see Jess watching this movie and thinking, "Yeah, THIS is how Rory's going to be a great journalist: because everyone will immediately trust her and like her and then they'll just tell her everything she wants to know." (<- TOTALLY not a biased opinion coming from a smitten boy or anything! 😆 But honestly, Rory DOES tend to have that effect on people, and it's not just Jess, either!)














