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I got tickets for this a while ago and the plan was to watch all the preceding episodes and be enveloped in the universe by the time I had to go to the theater, but I never did and went into the movie blind. What I witnessed was the most joyous and triumphant film of the year. You are quickly brought in to the world of Matt and Jay playing Matt and Jay who are trying to book a show at the Rivoli and. The movie is fundamentally perfect and it can be heavily attributed to following as many beats as possible from the Zemeckis masterpiece, Back to the Future, but the metaness of it compounds infinitely until splintering into the purest blueprint of creativity.

A 20 year old idea thought up by homies who didn't know what they were doing or where they were going, in the aughts of their careers which at the time of creation could have been the beginning of the end. A premiere at TIFF being an accidental achievement underscored by the characters enduring inability to book a show for an imaginary band. The one true goal the characters hope to achieve was made simply and now isn't a cute bit but a deeply philosophical method to represent the intangible success of an artist. It is healthy to always have a bigger goal to chase and it is the natural progression of life but by continuing this string in a cinematic world that is so deeply intertwined with the real world for so many years, the Matt and Jay of Nirvanna live as physically as the Matt and Jay who entered the stage for Q&A at the end of the screening.

The stunts got bigger and the edit more precise, a final product that is inarguably professional now with no detriment to the purity of the reason for beginning the project. Morality is the reason small victories will always be the sweetest. I've been trudging down the Oscar frontrunners of this season having my heartstrings pulled by the more literary representations of humanism like in Hamnet and Sentimental Value and have had a phenomenal time feeling more in tune with my person as I am given an inlet to explore the depths of why I "feel" but its why reading philosophy will never beat out saying good morning to your neighbor as the true way to understand the meaning of life. You need to live and the deepest way to live will always be running around with your friends at the cutting edge of your reality with no set plans but to be where you are and be there fully and let the world give to you what you are actually looking for. Writing this review has me tearing up again. This thing is beautiful, it is glorious, that's all I have to say.

I am grateful for Matt and Jay in a way my cat makes me feel when she licks my head to wake me up in the morning. Today, I walk down the yellow brick road in a world filled with color, nothing can stop me, and if it tries I'll be ready.