Gilmore Girls Movie Analysis

I often feel disdain for how modern television is simply a reconstruction of the past. With revivals of iconic shows like Full House, Prison Break, and The X Files all released in the same year one would think that Hollywood is incapable of thinking of anything new. I cannot speak for the success (or lack thereof) of those revivals since I did not participate in the entertainment they provided during their heyday.
However, I can speak on behalf of the Netflix revival of Gilmore Girls. After binge-watching the original seven seasons of Gilmore Girls in a six-month period during high school and then re-watching a majority of the series with my sister, I know Rory and Lorelai almost as well as I know myself. So, when I heard Netflix and Warner …show more content…
Right off the bat Rory and Lorelai prove that they are still the same witty and lovable mother-daughter duo, they were nine years ago. They briskly begin to banter the moment they reunite about Rory’s composed appearance, despite being on what Lorelai puts as “a tin can…surrounded by people with consumption, diphtheria, scabies, hummus dip, rabid dogs, drugged up children attacking your chair…”
As the two stroll through the town, it is apparent that Town of Stars Hollow has not changed, Taylor Doose still runs everything and the “Town Troubadour” still plays poorly written songs in the park. The biggest change in Stars Hollow is that Luke’s Diner finally has wifi and allows technology. The revival is chalked full of small details and odes like these that only lifetime Gilmore Girls fans could pick up on, yet anyone can appreciate to some degree. This was a comforting aspect of the revival and created a sense of nostalgia that continues through the …show more content…
While I will not give away the infamous final four words Amy often alluded to throughout the production of the revival, I will say these four words will leave you with no words. However, depending on what kind of person you are it may make you yell or cry (I veered more towards the yelling side). What the revival taught me is that you are not going to find your happy ending in your late twenties like everyone (I) wanted for Rory. We (I) cannot be aggravated at Rory for not knowing what she wants to do with her career and for doing crazy things that even Lorelai (the poster mom of “cool moms”) does not approve of. And Lorelai at her ripe, old age of 48 attempted to go Wild and hike the Pacific Crest Trail in order to realize what she wanted in life. Even Emily Gilmore, who we thought had her life together for the past 50 years, made some self-discoveries. That is what scares and relieves me about the four-part revival of Gilmore Girls: three generations of Gilmore girls all struggle to realize to find who they are and what they want in life. Even nine years later when life still is not what you thought it would be, you are not alone.
Though the revival did not end I wanted it to, it left me with a four-word lesson I can use for the rest of my life: life will go

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