Unexpectedly, Beijing will let me put on a jacket in October. Outside the window is a deep sky, so dark that it makes my heart tremble. Only the faint halo of the moon can wake me up and get rid of the illusion of staring into the abyss. I wrapped myself in the quilt, clicked on Shelter, and an hour and twenty-nine minutes after that - couldn't help myself.
Small town, sunshine, beach, surfing, skateboarding, graffiti, bamboo horses and teenagers, this really gathers all my fantasies about beauty. The film is successful, perfect but also true. The troubles of life are hidden under the happy play, and the problems of self-identification are hidden in the beautiful love. When longing dreams, a bad life, disapproved love and inability to part with family are intertwined, where should you go next?
Zach is like a lonely surfer in a vast ocean, whether he is driving a surfboard and leaping over the waves, or is being carried by the raging waves and drifting into the distance. Shaun is free and easy, he dares to face the tide to pursue what he thinks and loves, Jeanne is selfish, but she also has the courage to pursue her own love. Only Zach is caught in the middle, longing for love, but shackled by family and responsibility. But I think that's what makes him so charming. Some movies say that they are willing to give up everything just to pursue a beautiful love. The space is too fake. No one is an island. The real life is not only about love, but also many things that we can't do. Abandoned things. When everything is not possible, very few people can make up their minds to give up part of it completely. They just live in the cracks, letting pain and helplessness tear themselves apart a little bit.
The conversation after surfing, the video and video when he was young, and the impulse after drinking, contributed to Shaun's fascinated kiss. This kiss disturbed Zach's mind and stirred up a deep love in his heart. Zach was confused at this time, the soft but long kiss shattered the disguise of brotherhood, he couldn't deceive himself any more, Zach knew that Shaun loved him. But does he love him himself? He knew and he didn't know. He didn't know if he could bear all this, he had doubts about his previous life, and he was full of fear for the future. So he chose to escape - escape from Shaun, escape from Jeanne's questioning, escape from his own heart. So when Shaun finds him wanting to talk about that night again, he's still running away. But all of this is unavoidable in front of the sentence "I think you are very talented, you shouldn't give up like this, you should do something." No explanation, no embarrassment, and no sincere confession. Shaun just always cared about him, about his dreams, about everything about him.
"that's it?"
"that's it."
Zach is messed up, this is the love he wants, this is the care he craves. Lonely rocky beach, hazy night, Zach's heart is like a spark, with the gradually tightening rhythm of the soundtrack "Zach Conflicted" and his chaotic thoughts explode. He flew to Shaun's house and kissed Shaun. No matter what the road ahead, but now, he loves him.
Zach and Shaun were like real people who warmed my summer finale with their love. In the end, Zach finally completely agreed with himself and accepted Shaun. He did not blindly let himself bear everything, but forced his sister Jeanne to make a choice. "Either you take us or you stay." He fought, so he got his happiness, which is what I like.
"What changed?"
"I did."
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