According to the current level of laziness, I don't even have the motivation to pick up a pen. Watching a movie that I have forgotten about is like drinking fresh Meng Po soup every day. I attribute my laziness to amnesia. Seizures, and forgetfulness is a sign of death, and we are welcoming death, but we rarely think about it when we are young.
This "Me and Earl and the Dying Girl" has a long, straightforward title and sums up the whole story. If you asked me why I opened this film, I would say: I am only interested in "checkmate", but the death of the girl is not tragic, and if the audience ends up crying, it should not be sad. Isn't the story of a young girl who died of a terminal illness worthy of sadness? At least it will make you feel sad when you read it, but I don't feel that way after reading it. Death is not the end, it may also be a continuation. This is what the director of this film finally expressed to us, a bowl of thick chicken soup.
I vaguely remember that this is the 100th movie I have watched this year. It can be said to be a youth movie or a nostalgic movie. Whether it is a middle school student or an adult, you can more or less experience some feelings in it. The director's presentation of the school situation is in place, which makes people feel very real, and makes adults miss it very much. Especially at the beginning, the protagonist Greg said that the school is a self-contained world, a country of sports, a country of drama, a country of cannabis, a country of sickness, etc., and he has to obtain the identity of each country, get along well with them and keep a distance, so as to be safe He also spent his senior year in a low-key manner. He also knew that the restaurant was a place for territorial competition, so he never ate in the restaurant. He also knew to stay away from beautiful girls. Being approached by them was as terrifying as being trampled by a majestic doe. Five stars for risk.
Greg is such an invisible man who belongs to each country and is independent in his heart. In the noisy senior year of high school, his only partner, Earl, who can still talk, is not his true friend.
When we grow up, we often say that we can't understand what the teenage children are thinking, their behavior, or their pursuits, but why didn't we come here? They are the countries Greg said. The people in it, they may also be Greg himself, people with a rich inner world. It's just that Greg doesn't want to let others into his world, and he doesn't want to enter other people's worlds, so when Greg is nagged by his mother and makes him roll with a headache, does it feel familiar to you? Finally, from the perspective of someone who has come over, I can smile with relief.
The relationship between Greg and Rachel was facilitated by the nagging of Greg's mother. Rachel was diagnosed with leukemia. He was asked to visit her, encourage her, and help her out of the haze. A boy is asked to save a dying girl, and like all fairy tales, they end up being good friends despite their awkward encounter at first. The established mode of getting along with the world was broken, causing Greg to encounter some troubles and quarrels. In the end, he made a movie with a unique style for Rachel, and also sent away the Rachel he liked.
So, when Greg was telling this story, why couldn't he define it as a happy or a sad story at the beginning? He hesitated for a long time, and finally started the story like this: It was the best of times, it was the best of times. bad times.
For him, the worst era is also the content of the first half of the movie. He can always live in his own world and make small movies. No one cares about him disturbing him. Easily broken, in order to adapt to the broken life, the pain of inner change he suffered may be what he thinks is bad times.
As for the best times, it is precisely this kind of change, with friendship and love.
But I personally think that his era was also an era of regrets. A person with a rich heart often thinks too much and does too little, so that he does not know how to express it truthfully. After the girl dies, he walks into her house. In the room, I found the squirrel on the wall, the world in the book, I couldn't cry myself, this is not a regret. After her death, some of her things were still affecting him, and he became more aware of her, but he discovered them too late to be able to tell her in person.
Don't wait until the end of your life to let those beautiful details unfold and penetrate into your life. Of course, you can take these details to become a better version of yourself, but I think we should open our hearts when we can still talk and laugh face to face. .
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