Small success

Ernestine 2022-08-09 15:25:13

A very interesting movie. When I read it, I feel much better than when I think about it after reading it. Probably because the new director does not have any special life wisdom to "pass on" to us, we can relax and listen to him with a normal heart. On the contrary, we are more deeply touched. The narrative tone is also gentle, worthy of the ancient Chinese motto of "gentle and honest". But leaving the screen and thinking about it carefully, it was raisins, not olives.

Why can't you be regarded as the word "meaningful"? First, although the protagonist is very good, the supporting role is too full of personality. Second, the music is too sweet and vulgar; the abuse of slow motion is also unbearable. It's almost TV. Third, the content of the screen is poor and there is no "seeing", probably because the director lacks experience in controlling the big screen; it is conceivable that the patience of the audience will be tested even more in the movie theater. Fourth, because it is a kind of "one-idea movie", the dialogue itself is not very elegant, so some lines inevitably sound abrupt and unnatural. Such as the famous saying of the little brother Joe: "Do you ever stop to think that while you're so busy being weird, I have to step up and act normal?" Another example is the father’s "I was just getting use to you". Too cute, too cliché; especially from a flat character cut out of cardboard like Mike.

But no matter what, it was a two-hour happy time. Berlin Silver Bear, it seems unnecessary.

Its success reflects the current “lack” of mainstream Hollywood productions. So once a director makes a movie that is so little related to our lives, the audience and even the judges are already full of gratitude, so the comments will be extraordinarily generous. .

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Thumbsucker quotes

  • [Justin and Rebecca walk along the stream together]

    Justin Cobb: It's hot today.

    Rebecca: Yeah.

    Justin Cobb: I think I'm gonna take my shirt off.

    Rebecca: Yeah? Go ahead.

    Justin Cobb: You should, too.

    Rebecca: What are you trying, Justin?

    Justin Cobb: No, really. I mean, we're so uptight in our clothes. It's just like wearing a bathing suit. At the beach.

    Rebecca: No. My stomach will get sunburned, and my mom will get mad.

    Justin Cobb: Your mom looks at you naked?

    Rebecca: Well, yeah, I mean, don't your parents?

    Justin Cobb: Audrey? Mike? No.

    Rebecca: Why do you call your parents by their first name?

    Justin Cobb: Mike says when I call him Dad, he feels old. And I sound like a child or something. And when I call Audrey, Mom, she seems old to him?

    Rebecca: Oh.

    Justin Cobb: So are you gonna take your shirt off?

    Rebecca: You?

    Justin Cobb: Yeah.

    [Justin and Rebecca turn away from each other and take their shirts off before turning back around to face each other]

  • [Justin calls Dr. Perry asking him to take back the hypnosis he still feels under]

    Justin Cobb: Perry. It worked.

    Dr. Perry Lyman: That's wonderful.

    Justin Cobb: No, I - I didn't think it would be like this. Can you put it back? or something?

    Dr. Perry Lyman: Your subconscious has taken its course.

    Justin Cobb: Please, I really feel crazy.

    Dr. Perry Lyman: Stick with it, Justin. Call on your power animal for help.

    [Justin looks at the phone confused and hangs up]