"Roller Girl" - Family first, competition second

Joana 2022-03-24 09:02:27

I downloaded a movie very early, hoarded it on the computer and watched it now. I regret why I didn’t watch it before, but maybe I can understand the meaning of it only by watching it now.

Blaise, who was supposed to obey her mother's life arrangements, was a rebellious girl at heart. On the surface, she obeyed her mother's advice to participate in the beauty contest, but she was actually very resistant. She has her own ideals and wants to be a roller skating girl. Maybe she's not that rude, maybe she's not that great, but she loves the sport and sees it as her life's direction. There were setbacks, but she persevered. But when her own feelings were thwarted and friends left, she backed away and slumped. At this time, the conflicted parents stood up to support their daughter and help her regain her confidence. Blaise finally understood what he should pursue, what he should really have.

This film is Drew Barrymore's directorial debut. I think as a film about roller skating competitions, it's a good thing that the competition scene can be shot so intensely. I like Ellen Page's performance very much. The first time I knew her was in the well-known "Juno", and then I fell in love with her when she played the role of a girl who was bullied to death in "The Sins of the American Pastoral". The plain performance really touched me. This year's "Foundation" is also one of the participating actors, and a new star is rising again. I hope she can have a smooth star journey in the future.

When I saw Brees, I thought of myself. Think about the relatives who have been worrying too much about their studies, career, and feelings in the past three years, and then look at their current performance, the self-blame and remorse that they have never had before. It's not right to stay in the past, I should move forward bravely, get up after being knocked down, pursue what I want, this is my real life.

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Whip It quotes

  • Bliss Cavendar: [helping Pash to the toilet] Come on, let's get this out.

    Pash: [belches low] It's cool. I swallowed it.

    Bliss Cavendar: Come on, just stick your fingers down your throat. You'll feel better.

    Pash: No! You stick your fingers down YOUR throat.

    Bliss Cavendar: ...Pash... you ever thought... about your parents making love... your dad's naked body...

    Pash: ...WHAT?

    Bliss Cavendar: His balls jiggling... sweaty?

    Pash: nnoo!

    [throws up, heaving]

    Pash: [whimpers] That's not fair!

  • [Bliss is waiting on a table occupied by Corbi, Colby and their friends]

    Colby: What's the name of that thing that if I eat it real fast, it's free?

    Bliss Cavendar: That's the Squealer. You have to eat it in three minutes or less.

    Colby: [ponders briefly] Yeah. You bring me a Squealer. And I don't mean Corbi.

    [Colby laughs and grabs Corbi in a groping hug, and Corbi mock-squeals loudly]