Young people in metropolis

Brice 2022-02-21 08:01:42

Metropolitan-1990 After

watching all kinds of people in Taiwan taken by Yang Dechang, you can see the metropolis of New York.
I originally thought this was a movie about New Yorkers, perhaps similar to the "Independence Age", but I didn't expect it to be closer to "Reality Bites".

A group of self-righteous young people keep talking about our generation and their generation.
A likes B, B likes C, D likes A, C likes E, F hates E, G also likes E...
The emotional way and life of young people can be said to be simple but also complicated.
The simple thing is that they are young, frank, and open; the complicated thing is that they think they are well-versed in the world and they are full of poetry and books.
They attend parties, dances, and play games, and ask embarrassing questions in the game to make people answer sincerely.

Everyone in the metropolis is "basically a good person." In the film, Celina and Rick, the two emotional philanderers, use almost the same expressions "basically a good person" and "basically a nice guy"-this evaluation is agreeable-in the metropolis, In the emotional world, there is really no right or wrong. They are not focused on emotions, but they did not kill or arson, corruption or fraud, they just hurt other people emotionally-such things are the most common things in metropolis or in emotional life.
Few people in metropolises can live the life they expect. What kind of life do we expect to live? Do you go to parties and dances every day? Living by the title of your parents? Talking young people, that virtue really teaches us hope for the future of society!
Most people in metropolises do not completely agree with anyone or anything.
Metropolitan people, in groups but insist on independence, but they have never really created social wealth.

Dialogue, dialogue, and a lot of dialogue, very well written.
Although they didn't know any actors, these young people also acted quite well.

Overall, this film is better than the "Reality Bites" that I like very much.

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Extended Reading
  • Salma 2022-03-27 09:01:19

    UHB - Urban Haute Bourgeoisie. Since we're all doomed to fail, fail like a hero. Quoting Marina Keegan,"We're so young. We can't, we MUST not lose this sense of possibility because in the end,it's all we have."

  • Giovani 2022-03-26 09:01:12

    The first part of the yuppie chronicle, whit stillman is so talented. Old Yu said that this is a modern version of Jane Austen's story, quite reasonable!

Metropolitan quotes

  • Charlie Black: It's a bit disappointing. I thought we were better friends than that.

    Fred Neff: I wonder whether we're really friends for them at all. We're just way stations between dates. I mean, for them, men are either dates, potential dates or date substitutes.

  • Fred Neff: I think I'll be going now. I have nothing to say, and I'm completely boring without a drink.

    Tom Townsend: It's only midnight. You can't go.

    Fred Neff: I'm sorry, but without the cocktails, staying up all night loses its charm. Besides, I haven't had anything amusing to say since I stopped drinking.

    Tom Townsend: Did you have anything amusing to say before you stopped?

    Fred Neff: I know, but it seemed amusing. Now it doesn't.