An Open Letter to Edgar Wright: Why Are Your Movies So Good At Making Me Feel Feelings?

From the moment I was born, I knew that I would connect with someone on a spiritual level. As I got older, I realized that the only way I would ever feel a real spiritual connection with another individual is through film. I viewed movie after movie until I thought I’d never find a film that allowed me to transcend into movie heaven or turn my brain’s neurotransmitters up to eleven. Then I stumbled, and I do mean stumbled (like I actually tripped and hit my arm on the shelf it was pretty embarrassing), onto the first movie of yours that I watched: Shaun of the Dead. Because I can’t watch horror movies in theaters without spilling my sweet Nuka cola onto the person next to me, I rented it from Blockbuster. At the time, I was only twelve years old but I knew I’d found it. I’d found a movie that embodied me more than anything I had ever seen in my long twelve years of life. Fast forward to the present and my 25-year-old self-has seen just about every movie you’ve made including Scott Pilgrim vs. the World which opened up so many doors for me regarding comic books and movies so I’d like to thank you for that personally. Now, let’s get down to the real reason for this letter, Baby Driver.By the way, I’m not sure if Mr. Wright is what you’d like to be called, but I love that it’s a pun and it also implies that you’re always the right choice for movies. I hope you’re okay with my reasoning. When the trailer for Baby Driver first hit the internet, I said to myself “This is going to b…