I've been wondering if it's the same for me

Rasheed 2022-09-03 16:36:06

During the holidays, I have been living a life of being a ghost at home and a human being. Although it is not as exaggerated as the heroine in "Youth", but as a micro house girl, I still feel the same way. "Teen" is the second collaboration between the writer and director of "Juno". The story also takes place in a small town, but the heroine has changed from a personality, precocious, and attractive 16-year-old pregnant girl to a sloppy, lonely girl , a hateful but pitiful 38-year-old woman. Unlike the sunny, relaxed warm colors of "Juno", "Teen" is much cooler. One is the beauty and fearlessness of youth, and the other is the embarrassment, irony, and sadness of being alone in middle age.
I've been thinking a few years from now that I might be the same way. Oscar-winning actor Charlize Mellon will play Mewes, a Gunslinger writer for the popular series. When I was in high school, I was the man of the town. I walked out of the small town and came to the big city, and lived a life that others thought was very good and happy. I feel that she is somewhat similar to the heroine of "Bridesmaids". There are no men who love you, only sexual partners. At the same time, both life and career have reached a low point. It is also a leftover girl in her 30s. She feels that the people she loves leave her one by one, and then she is alone. It's just naive to think that I can change something. When alone, hellokitty t-shirt, loose shirt, jeans, comfy boots, sunglasses, big bag, red retro car, sing-along 90s music, and a dog to take wherever you go. Alcoholism, inactivity, hair loss, writing, sloppyness. Going out is fresh and sexy, a typical older house girl. Finally one day, seeing the photos of their daughter sent by the wife of her first love boyfriend, she finally decided to give a thorough vent to her current life. She returns to the town, trying to get back her first love. She felt that in that small town, there was no hope, and he just went to boring classes to feed his daughter every day, and his life must be dark. They still love each other. It was only when she returned to the small town that she gradually discovered that those people who she felt unfortunate and envied her living in the big city seemed to be happier and happier than herself. The first love she had been with for 4 years was deeply in love with his wife. No matter how she dresses up, pretending to be sexy won't change anything. Everyone has grown up and life is not high school. It made me feel that the scene where I cried so much was that Mewes attended the naming ceremony of the daughter of his first love boyfriend. On the surface, she was covered in thorns, selfish, mean, and unkind. When the wife of her former boyfriend pretended to have no intention of spilling alcohol on her, she broke out completely. In front of everyone, she launched a drunken madness, one word for a fuc k. She said, Buddy we were together for 4 years, we were inseparable, Jane (Buddy's mother) knew, you told them. I've been fantasizing about having an identical party. Buddy got me pregnant at 20, we wanted to keep the baby, but after 12 weeks, the baby was miscarried, if my goddamn body was a little bit better, we'd have a baby or more because we've always been heartbroken Tie each other, always. But after she finished speaking, it was the words of her first love boyfriend. I didn't invite you here, it was my wife. We have always felt that you were not in a good state of mind, depressed, lonely, and she sympathized with you. . . . The man who fell in love with each other for 4 years when he was a teenager, and for whom he got pregnant and miscarried, can't even say a word for her. All of them are watching her good show, this slut finally can't stand it anymore. Yes, Mavis is hateful. She shouldn't think about destroying other people's marriages, but she is naive to think that they still love each other when they are down to 40, and Buddy loves her. But now she is completely defeated, completely defeated in front of Buddy's kind and calm but scheming wife (personally I hate this person, she is suspected of pretending to be kind and weak and scheming, she is not likable when she looks good), in front of everyone. Embarrassed to leave. There are so many people, including their own parents, former favorites, former admirers, and former classmates, but no one can hold her hand and tell her that everything will be ok. Take her away. At this time, she was heartbroken and sympathetic.
I never understood why the movie was called "Teenage" when it was about a group of 40 people, and now I understand. Mewes is still like high school in life, she is still naive. Do something childish and hateful. She wanted to continue the high school affairs. After his divorce, he had no contact with his ex-husband. He hoped that his parents would be on her side, a simple love-hate relationship. Everyone grows old, but not everyone grows up. But she was so beautiful, pitiful and lovely. At the end of the film, Mewes still returned to the city, seemingly mature to pursue a better life, but I think she was just looking for an excuse to escape. She wants to leave that terrible circle and flee from people who are still happy without her. Use an embarrassing vent to make yourself a little mature. All she lacks is a man who truly loves her. Not the first love boyfriend who has been unfamiliar 2 years ago, not the ex-husband who broke up unhappily. Everyone gets old, not everyone grows up. Mewes is frustrated in real life. She wants to go back to the small town to find the feeling of youth in high school and the feeling of being the focus. However, don't be naive, do you still expect your first love 20 years ago to still like you? Do you still expect to have the youthful feeling of 20 years ago? Looking for memories will only make the present even lower.

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  • Mavis Gary: Sometimes in order to heal a few people have to get hurt.

  • Mavis Gary: I just want you to know that I'm feeling everything that you're feeling. Buddy, these last few days have been some of the best in my life.

    Buddy Slade: They have?

    Mavis Gary: You don't have to pretend. I know what's in here.

    [touches Buddy's forehead]

    Mavis Gary: And I know what's in here.

    [touches Buddy's chest]

    Mavis Gary: Buddy, you're my moon. My stars. You're my whole galaxy.

    Buddy Slade: [avoids a kiss from Mavis] Mavis! What are you doing?

    Mavis Gary: You don't have to be afraid. It's okay. You can come to the city with me like we always planned.

    Buddy Slade: What the hell are you talking about?

    Mavis Gary: We can work this out. You know we can. We can handle this like adults.

    Buddy Slade: Mavis, I'm a married man.

    Mavis Gary: I know. We can beat this thing together.

    Buddy Slade: You're better than this. I have to go and I think you should leave.