Sowilo Laguz

This is the first and likely only public review I will ever post for a movie. I watched it for the first time when I was about 18, and found myself coming back to it every half a decade or so. I usually avoid rewatching films at all cost. Stand By Me is the only exception. Recently described to a friend how it functions like a time capsule for me, and was very surprised to see how many more others here feel the same way after reading through all the reviews. It takes me back to a sort of parallel past life, an imaginary childhood, where I can just bask in the Oregon sunlight sleepy town vibes and timeless soundtracks I know by heart, and remember how friendships used to be --- raw, simple and ferocious. I have not watched it in the last 6 years. In the last 6 years the definition of human nature and friendship went through quite a rollercoaster in my life that at some point I actually didn't want to watch it again. I plan to do it tonight and I hope I will survive.