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Cyril 2022-04-23 07:05:17

After being watched countless times by Amway, I finally watched it, a very refreshing film. The director/screenwriter put his philosophical accumulation of nearly 50 years into the bodies of adolescent students, and the effect was unexpectedly good. I think the director did an excellent job of completing a youth romantic comedy without forgetting to subtly bring in some realistic thinking, such as the immigration bill mentioned at the dinner table, and the boundaries between religion and belief. Although it looks like a simple shot in the shooting, it will bring a certain freshness to the audience in the composition and scene scheduling; moreover, the details also make the family background of the characters more realistic and three-dimensional, such as Chu and Paul playing ping pong The ball table, it can be seen that it has been worn and deformed. The director deliberately ignored some obvious problems in the plot. For example, although Aster's boyfriend is in name only, but he still has the title, she is dating and dating others, but in the context of the director's weakening and youth, this is possible. understood or ignored. Paul really looks like a big golden retriever, a proper dog breed; Chu is a typical female nerd; as for Aster, in my eyes, her beauty is indeed everyone's favorite school girl in high school, but I don't know why this kind of In fact, pure girls are not popular on campus in the society. I don't understand it very well.

The last thing I want to say is, I think if these three people live happily together, there is no problem, after all, love is messy.

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Extended Reading
  • Liana 2022-03-11 08:02:00

    Love is messy and horrible and selfish and bold.

  • Stuart 2022-03-26 09:01:14

    Directors who haven’t made a new film for a long time often have an obsession with being too complete and figurative, pursuing the implementation of images, but no longer believe in variables, and the same is true for this film. This is a fairy tale-style story setting full of loopholes, and the director just chose the most clumsy way-to let the characters fully express, it is this expression mode that makes the language lose its most charming deception. It's like the elders in the family are trying their best to listen to the girls' minds. Although they grasp the general direction of their growth, they are unable to recognize and understand those truly breathtaking moments.

The Half of It quotes

  • Ellie Chu: I'm Ellie Chu.

    Aster Flores: Yes, I know. You've only been playing my dad's services every Sunday for, like, four years. You're his favorite heathen. He can't handle mediocre accompanists, even if they ARE saved.

  • Ellie Chu: The good thing about being different is that no one expects you to be like them.