The young version of "The Hangover"

Talon 2022-01-05 08:01:30

Infatuated with nostalgia for youth, and looking forward to the future graduation season, such a movie can see a lot of resonance. In the bar, Casey wore decent clothes with a tie and chatted with beautiful women. Beauty Nicole said, "Everyone changes after they go to college." When I saw this, I couldn't help but think that some of my classmates began to wear casual leather shoes, sweaters and stand-up collar clothes. Begin to change from casual wear to formal wear. Earlier, someone started planning for future work from the first day of college, wearing formal clothes for the first time, makeup for the first time, and pretending to be an office worker for an interview. In the past, I mainly watched American movies of these two age groups. One was the hard-working office workers who struggled for work, and the other was the energetic high school and college students. This film is the first time I have seen an American film about the transition between the two.
Nicole told Casey that she would travel to South America and other places during her last vacation, and when she heard that Casey wanted to use her last vacation for an internship, she said she couldn't understand. Casey said that we should start the road of life. Such contradictions are also pervasive in our senior years. Should we use the last free time to travel or to recharge for the future and seek higher development. For me, my senior year is an internship in the first semester and a review of the public examination in the second semester. It is a very regular path. Seeing some friends who have lived in Tibet for a year, they will quietly feel envy and doubt their choice, but I still don't have the courage to walk. The map is just a decoration on the wall for me. When Casey and Miller quarreled, Miller said, "You should waste your best years in the office and wear a formal suit to work for others." Casey said, "This is maturity. Why don't you understand?" I don't know. How many young people will have such contradictions in their hearts. Is the future and freedom? To take a path that everyone thinks is the right path and live a life that many people admire. You just don’t know what's ahead. It was chosen by others, not what you thought. The most terrifying thing is that you don’t know what you think.
Friendship became precarious when growing up. After embarking on a different life trajectory, a good friend who once had a heart-to-heart relationship may one day not even know his life situation. It's unclear how many times Casey and Miller blamed Jeffrey for their difficulties. When friends grow up, they have less contact. They always pretend to be familiar when they meet, but there are fewer and fewer topics. I realized this very early, and a friend said: "My mother's current good friend is not the one who has the best feelings when he was studying, but the closest one in life." Friendship is indispensable, and connection cannot be separated from the similarities of life.
At the beginning of the film, I thought it was about how a young man with a dream could see his dream clearly after a party and let his father change the story. Then I thought it was a movie about growth and friendship. In the end, I found out that it was a young version of "The Hangover". The marriage was replaced by an interview. The same narrative technique and hilarious and exaggerated plot, maybe the ending also hints that there is a second one. But it is still a good movie worth recommending.

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  • Miller: Oh, my God! Did we just kill Jeff Chang again?

  • Nicole: So, I take it you're not in a frat?

    Casey: No, because I'm not angry and secretly gay.