Shari Vaidya - Q3 Blog 11 - The Love of My Life



Every single time after I watch a movie, my finger drifts to the app with blue, orange, and green circles on my phone: Letterboxd. I’m pretty sure I downloaded the app when I was thirteen, and since then, I have logged almost every film I have ever seen for all twenty of my eager followers. Yeah, social media has rotted our brains. I mean, what is more quintessentially Gen Z than writing a witty remark for a review of Green Room or One Direction the London Session (yes, I have actually watched and logged a One Direction interview). 

You could say that I am “performative” or whatever, I mean, I guess you could say that? I have logged a short film of David Lynch cooking quinoa, and three out of the four of my favorite films released between the years of 1975 and 1995. Is it really my fault that I enjoy niche classics and underground electronic music? Sue me for watching the 1970s Nosferatu on a biweekly basis, can’t a girl enjoy avant-garde horror?

Rant aside, I don’t only watch weird European art films. My most-watched film is Andrew Garfield’s Spider-Man movie, and not just because he is the cutest one (that is a fact), and I love watching The Angry Birds Movie for the Charli xcx cameo! Letterboxd is my favorite social media site. I find it to be a wonderful reprise from the constant brain rot and negativity that seems to plague my Instagram and TikTok feeds. I get to see my friend’s reviews, and I do spend almost every night dying of laughter from others’ reviews of movies that I have watched. Moral of the story: get a Letterboxd account and start logging!

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  1. Abraham YeungFebruary 18, 2026 at 9:09 PM

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  2. Abraham YeungFebruary 18, 2026 at 9:12 PM

    Hello, Shari! I love that you used 21 Jump Street as the photo for your blog, I think that not only is the movie hilarious, but the comment about it is, too! It’s one of my favorite comedy movies, up there with Idiocracy. While I may not be a movie aficionado, I’ve watched quite a few movies, and I can appreciate some subtlety to them.

    Before your introduction of the site, I’ve never even heard of Letterboxd. Admittedly, I generally can be considered someone who lives under a rock, but the concept of Letterboxd sounds pretty cool. Being able to have the power to share your favorite movies and express your feelings to a wide group of people is certainly the goal, and by your enthusiastic descriptions, I think Letterboxd has accomplished its purpose pretty well. While I’m probably not going to use Letterboxd (I’m sorry, but I’m just not that much a movie person), it’s always interesting reading about someone’s hobbies.

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  3. Xuen TeyFebruary 18, 2026 at 9:20 PM

    I was really surprised when I first started reading your blog because I saw the photo, took a second to process it, then had to double check that I was reading it right. The photo adds a more comedic and light-hearted feel to your blog, and I feel like it also helps your blog’s feel of being more personal and open!
    Honestly, I have never heard of Letterboxd before, since I tend not to watch movies or check for new apps. I have always had a personal preference for novels that meant I only really watch movies when others ask (or make me) unless it is a movie I’m very sure I will enjoy. Witty remarks and snarky comments really are one of the hallmarks of our generation, and that is heavily reflected in our media as you pointed out. Nowadays, you can barely go on any social media and not see at least one sarcastic comment about this or that.
    It’s great that you enjoy a movie review site over other social media apps, in my opinion, since most people that take the time to leave a review on a movie are people who genuinely wanted to share about what they thought of the film, and reviews can be a great way to have some great laughs with minimal effort. Lots of other social media can have funny things, but oftentimes the humor can fall flat unless it reaches the right audience, while movie reviews are more general in nature.

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  4. RanvirFebruary 18, 2026 at 9:44 PM

    Hi Shari, while I have never heard of Letterboxd you are a nonchalant aura master that is for sure. Hey and there is nothing wrong with liking old niche stuff. I myself am a fan of Hollywood movies from the 90s and early 2000s. I think what we like and what our interests are make us unique and in a way we are all niche people. Brainrot and negativity are so funny when they show up in the form of a reel on my instagram feed it is to a point where I can now not live without them (I know how bad this sounds but its true) and it sounds like Letterboxd is a powerful platform in the sense where you get to meet or at least see people who you share similar interests with. Connectivity is an important part of our lives especially as teenagers. As we are growing up we need to be with both people who we share commonalities with as well as those who we are different from to be able to learn how to navigate through all those warring and aligning opinions and finding some middle ground. I am sort of inspired to get a Letterboxd account myself now and I don’t know if I really do. I'll let you know and I LOVE 21 Jump Street. It is one of my favorite movies of all time. Andrew Garlfied’s spiderman in my opinion is Top 1 and nothing beats it although the other two are fantastic in their own rights. Thank you for a very fun read this week as always!

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