Day1
The first film review started its comfortable journey in this busy life. It has been more than a day after watching the movie, and in the discontinuous thinking of this day, I suddenly found the kind that has been lost for a long time. Feeling of youth.
I saw several movies including it yesterday, plus the one I just watched not long ago, it is not difficult to find the big difference in them-the atmosphere.
Perhaps sadness and negativity have become more and more thematic trends in today’s film and television industry. In the long history of watching movies, there are only a handful of movies that really make me feel positive, such as "Rio", "About Time" and "Nine Lives". Wait, and in this small number, there are many movies that have diminished the original good ending due to too many and too difficult troughs. The Kissing Booth has made me feel the positive and optimistic atmosphere in the course of the past ten years. And this is not just the atmosphere, it is filled with warm sentiment in the casual plot, and this sentiment ripples in the inner resonance, making the heart itchy, sweet, and not born. Greasy.
Perhaps the biggest reason for seeing this movie is that Joey King on the poster has a feeling of deja vu at first sight, but he can't think of where he has seen it. In the trailer I watched on IMDb, the rusty English didn't make me understand everything, but I realized the lightness in the film. Of course, the development of the plot did not follow the process that I understood based on my poor English. This is something to follow.
Youth has always been the object of praise by modern and ancient writers and poets. For people who have gone through youth, it is indeed a beautiful and precious memory. In recent years, as the average age of the world has increased, youth-themed movies have also There are endless, sad and happy, love and hate. The accumulation of these five flavors planted the seeds of memories on our way of growing up, and has become the almost unchanging plot of these movies.
The roads are all the same, and how you go depends on the individual. The so-called good things are better than indiscriminate. In this super fast-paced world, how many exciting movies really stand out?
The theme of The Kissing Booth, in my opinion, is how Elle properly handles the story of friendship and love. The beginning of the film is from the growth of Elle and Lee. The intimate relationship between the two is expressed in this large number of colorful renderings. It was very thorough, and then Noah appeared. In the same scene, Elle's ignorant heart began to sprout of love. Later in the kissing booth, this long-accumulated love turned into a realistic impulse at the moment when the two kissed, but the contradiction also emerged from this. The agreement between Elle and Lee became a bitterness in Elle’s life. After a long period of running-in, the reality was finally placed in front of the three of them, so there was a process of mutual adjustment and consumption. However, whether it is love or friendship, it is always caring and understanding of each other. When the sun first rises, everything becomes brighter in the end.
Regarding the plot, what bothers me most is the invisible obstacle between Elle and Noah. It may be my lack of American culture or my lack of understanding of the film, so I never understand the resistance of others to their relationship.
The contradiction between Elle, Noah and Lee is undoubtedly the most worrying part of the whole movie. There are also losses. Compared with other films, The Kissing Booth’s most successful is his distribution of tragic and joy. For a comedy, the tragedy is either the foil or the main body, and the tragedy as the foil is When the influence of comedy is similar or not much beyond comedy, there is almost no contrast between them, and the contrast between them cannot be highlighted. This may be criticized by many films with failed plots.
On the other hand, the domestic youth movies are quite impressive, but the only thing left in the impression is the lingering sadness. It is difficult to find the feeling of real positive energy. From a certain aspect, the domestic youth movies are all It is old youth, bitter youth, of course, this kind of movie has its own advantages, but as far as today's topic is concerned, there is only one movie that can give me such a deep and active feeling.
I sincerely hope that the future life will be a lively life, and the future world will be a positive world. I also wish everyone can find the sweetness in The Kissing Booth.
(The above are only personal opinions, non-professional comments)
Day2
I watched the movie again last night and clarified some details.
First of all, regarding the obstacles between Elle and Noah, I think a large part of it may come from Noah himself, because of the image he has established in the hearts of the public-handsome and mighty, but he is full of flowers and grass, and has a bad temper and loves to fight. It will inevitably leave a bad impression in the minds of parents.
Judging from the movie, there are three people who really made clear statements: Mom of Noah, Dad and Lee of Elle, (Of course, we ignore Warn, who represents the public, because it involves cultural issues, and it is not difficult to understand) . For Noah's Mom, she stood a little further and gave them key advice from the perspective of a bystander. It is undeniable that Elle has a very important position in her heart, and Noah is hers after all. The son has many shortcomings but also many advantages, so the clear opposition is not reflected in her.
For Elle’s Dad, when a father always does not want his daughter to suffer any harm, especially to Elle who has lost Mom, in his mind, Noah is the kind of immature boy who is easily impulsive, so he only I can say I can't say I support you two. At the same time, as a rational father, he can't decide Elle's life with full authority, so in his heart, everything depends on Elle's own thoughts.
For Lee, he may have objections from other people’s friends. He understands Noah’s life. He is afraid that Elle will be hurt, but I think the most important thing is the meaning he personally expressed in the movie: He thinks Noah is stronger than him. Better, and got almost everything he wanted, and Elle was the only one who belonged to him and not to Noah.
So in this way, the plot is not so difficult to understand.
Yesterday I mentioned the active and lively expression of the movie. After watching the movie for the second time, I suddenly realized the origin of all this-this is really a young youth.
The Kissing Booth was written by Beth Reekles when he was 15 years old. We often say that no matter how high a person’s IQ is, what he learns is knowledge, and the society has a similar level of awareness of it for a person of a fixed age. Yes, so for young Beth, youth is still a good time to accompany her, so the youth in the book is also the simplest youth.
For a film remake of a novel, the performance content is the basic, and the performance spirit is a rare ability. As mentioned at the beginning of the article, I think this movie is largely given by the heroine in the poster. The feeling of acquaintance. For the 18-year-old Joey King, she may be at the perfect age to make this movie. Such a movie that reveals youth from the inside out can be said to be given to us. These souls solidified by the society were greatly shocked.
Day3
After watching a memorable movie, I can always find some unforgettable music in it. Be Together set off this cheerful atmosphere at the beginning of the movie. Throughout the whole movie, I can easily remember Only this fleeting piece of music lives the melody.
What is helpless is that the major domestic music platforms may be too distant for Nynne. In the end, I just found this song Be Together in the corner of the Internet. Listening to this song when you are in a bad mood and remembering the bits and pieces in the movie is also a great enjoyment.
Speaking of this song, I have to mention the scene where the two people reconcile in the film. It is still the dance machine and the familiar music of Be Together. The 18-year-old Joey King and Joel Courtney vividly showed that. The conflict and reconciliation between the children are not modified or covered up too much, leaving the audience with only a sense of innocence and purity.
In this way, the song Be Together further consolidated the impression left to everyone in the entire film. The music sublimated the film, and the film enhanced the music. The two complement each other, and the overall technical level of the film has been raised to a new level. .
DayN
Today, a few days later, in a city shrouded by clouds and sun, I looked back and talked about the movie for the last time. The novel has not been finished yet, but it is already obvious that the relationship between Elle and Noah is larger in the novel and the movie. The difference, I think, may be due to the limitation of the length of the movie, which makes it show a rather weird interpersonal relationship, and it is the deliberate deletion of more plots, which makes this short film of more than 100 minutes show some bluntness. . Maybe I won’t be so shocked when I watch this movie after reading the novel, but who knows? Life is always full of unexpected surprises.
I have been reluctant to let go of this topic, just like I can’t bear to keep it active and lively in my heart, but life must continue, as if forced to let go, to find a new era, maybe soon, we will be able to start a new era. A new journey of The Kissing Booth.
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