I can for the first time in my life say with confidence that I've found my favorite movie.

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This tops the list easily of my most favorites, across genres and everything. It's such a sweet, simple movie that just moved me in ways I can't even explain. I'm one of those people who can't watch popular movies right away because I _know_ I'll be disappointed. I hadn't heard like a _lot_ of this but what I'd heard was pretty amazing. For some reason though, I decided to watch it early.

And oh my, was it worth it.

1) First of all, the entire movie is just stunning to watch. It makes you feel like you're experiencing this Italian summer too.

2) The soundtrack is beautiful.

3) Timothée Chalamet. What. An. Actor. Though. He's barely 22 years old and he is giving so much of himself into this role and this movie, I'm amazed. He really portrays Elio with such respect and care and not to mention, he taught himself piano, guitar and how to speak italian while shooting this movie. Damn boy.

4) Although Armie Hammer's character is (I guess) concidered a side-character or a supporting role, it's still such an important role to fill, and Armie does it beautifully. Just like Timothée, he treats his character with care and respect. Also, his dance moves. A+.

5) And then the most important part - Armie and Timothée's chemistry. That's mostly what people seemed to be talking about when I found this movie and I thought to myself 'it can't be that different from any other couple-on-screen I've ever seen, no matter straight or gay'. But I was so wrong. And that's why this is my favorite movie. Because their chemistry on screen (and also off-screen) is so natural, so visible to everyone who watches this. People talking about their chemistry definitely wasn't joking around. Elio and Oliver is of course beautifully written, and I plan on reading the book later on (I would have done that first if I had known it was based off of a book, but I learned that afterwards), but it wouldn't have been half this good if they didn't click the way these two obviously have done. The acting is smooth, feels natural and it feels like you're observing actual people falling in love.

[spoiler] 6) (Idk if this is considered spoilers but I'm gonna mark it as such just in case LMAO) While I do not dislike sex scenes, it was refreshing that the intimate scenes in this movie wasn't in a big focus. It was there, but it didn't take anything away from the story. It wasn't unnecessary, like some sex scenes might be. Also, let me repeat - chemistry. [/spoiler]

I really really really love this movie, I've been thinking about it for days and I hope people give it a chance. It's definitely worth your time.