"Puzzling"-Pure and ignorant youth feelings

Shanie 2021-12-15 08:01:07

"Fun" is a film of the same name adapted from Wendelin van Della Annan's 2001 novel "Flipped" (Flipped). It tells the story of a little girl, Julie, seeing her newly moved neighbor. The little boy Bryce has charming eyes and is deeply infatuated with him, but Bryce does not like Julie and deliberately misses him. As they were growing up, as each experienced a lot, Bryce finally fell in love with Julie. This is a pure and ignorant story of first love, an interesting development process of relationships between boys and girls.

This is a strong return of director Rob Reiner, starring actors Morgan Lily and Madeleine Carroll. The development of the plot is driven by the subtle relationship between the growth of a pair of two little children without guessing. The biggest feature of the film is the use of alternate comparison and switching narrative techniques, focusing on the psychological description of the two children, allowing people to feel the early love, contradictions and struggles experienced by the boys and girls on their growth journey, showing the original different people’s views on things. And the angle is so different. The narration is full of innocence, and it gives people a sense of humor while being warm. The shooting was done in one go, smooth and smooth. A very simple story, but the narrative is so moving.

The heroine of the film, Julie, is a cheerful and outgoing girl who is particularly active and enthusiastic about Bryce. The boy Bryce is just the opposite. He is shy and passive. Later, as they got in touch with each other, Julie’s innocence and kindness slowly showed up, especially Bryce’s grandfather, Chat, constantly reminded Bryce to discover Julie’s shining points, and eventually two people with different personalities merged with each other. Understand and fall in love.

After watching this movie, everyone wants to re-experience their teenage years, hoping that he or she once enthusiastically appeared in their own lives, and made their heart beat. . . . . .

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Flipped quotes

  • Chet Duncan: Some of us get dipped in flat, some in satin, some in gloss, but every once in a while you find someone who's iridescent, and once you do, nothing will ever compare.

  • Juli Baker: [on why she's interested in Bryce] I guess it's something about his eyes... or maybe his smile.

    Richard Baker: Well, what about him?

    Juli Baker: What?

    Richard Baker: You have to look at the whole landscape.

    Juli Baker: What does that mean?

    Richard Baker: A painting is more than the sum of its parts. A cow by itself is just a cow, a meadow by itself is just grass, flowers... and the sun peeking through the trees is just a beam of light, but you put them all together... and it can be magic.