There are spoilers! The focus of this film review is to explore the high school life in American culture. It is recommended for those who know this aspect to read it. Those who don't know it well may not fully understand what I said, but you can also use it as a reference if you are interested.
I have watched a lot of American campus movies these days for a job, so the first impression after watching this movie is that this movie is about the adult life of PROM QUEEN, DUFF, HOT GUY, LOSERS, etc. in TEEN MOVIES .
The male protagonist is a typical man in the American campus, a sexy male god, and is sought after and loved by thousands of women. The heroine is the queen of campus, the queen of homecoming, that is, the typical image of POPULAR GIRL in TEEN MOVIE, which is a collection of love and hatred. The protagonist’s wife is a DUFF on campus. She is not outstanding in appearance, but she is kind in heart but is ultimately liked by sexy boys like the protagonist. The second man is a very typical campus LOSER. He has a simple personality but was violently abused by the campus. He still has psychological trauma and cannot move on until he reaches adulthood. The younger sister of the second boy is the type of FOLLOWER on campus. This kind of people like to go with QUEENBEE very much and hope to be attached to the queen of campus, because they envy the popular life, which is the so-called WANNABEE.
It is difficult for us to have a good impression of the heroine's role in the film. Her starting point was wrong from the beginning, and did she feel that her story is actually the thoughts of the heroine's opposite character (MEAN GIRLS) in TEEN MOVIE, they always think that the heroine is stupid and mediocre, like the hero of HOT GUY It is impossible to like this type of DUFF from the heart. Not only that, the heroine also discriminates against everyone. She looks down on other people except the male lead, because she feels that she and the male lead are the same kind of people, "destined" and "destined". So for her, she regards the male lead as the same person as herself, so she will not discriminate against the male lead, but put hatred and anger on the male lead’s wife. Because this "DUFF" took everything from her, she believed that the most important thing in life, the most perfect combination. She blamed the matter on DUFF, but in fact, there must be a gap between her and the male protagonist. Otherwise, the female protagonist will not get married and divorce soon. The male protagonist finds the "destiny" to establish a happy family.
On the other hand, the male protagonist, we can still see his growth. Because for TEEN MOVIE, HOT GUYS is generally the growth history of "JERKASS", learn to find true love, grow up, and give up TOXIC in life, that is, the heroine. Now, let me explain in detail why, because this film makes me understand why MEAN GIRL can't be with HOT GUYS in the end, not because DUFF is the image of an ordinary girl, but MEAN GIRLS's life is too TOXIC.
In the movie, the male protagonist's attitude towards the male second was fairly good at first, and he felt PITY for him. On the other hand, the attitude of the heroine towards the male second at the beginning is simply a huge difference. This shows that although HOT GUY may be a JERK in high school, he has regrets and has humanized compassion. So why would he change? We will compare this point later. The male protagonist has obviously grown up, why do you say that? Because the longer he gets along with the heroine, he can't help but change back to the original JERK GUY. In the movie, there are several parts of the heroine's MEAN WORDS AGAINST PEOPLE. The hero originally didn't mean MEAN WORDS, but he couldn't help but say it under the "hint" of the heroine. You can see several lines that indicate that the MEAN THOUGHTS in the male protagonist’s heart is entirely caused by the female protagonist. (Of course, I will not deny that the male protagonist may still be a JERK in his heart, but it is certain that getting along with the female protagonist will only inspire the male protagonist's harsh side and make him become like her TOXIC) This is Why HOT GUYS NEED DUFFS. The interaction between the hero and his wife is loving and happy. You can see that he cares about his daughter very much, he supports his wife's hobbies and prepares surprises for his wife. But when he is with the heroine, he will be guided by the heroine's MEAN from time to time, and thus become JERK.
Similarly, the movie also hinted at MEAN GIRLS NEED NERDS. Why do you say that? The second man is a typical NERD. He is home, he is fat, and he always plays the role of a good guy. But what you can see in the film is that he wants the heroine to get better, at least in his way to guide the heroine to tell the heroine that it is wrong for you to do so. He is a role that might have assumed the role of the redeemer heroine. So why is there no substantial change in the character of the heroine at the end of the film? Because the purpose of the male second is actually to let the hostess give up disturbing the family of a married man, and find some opportunities to get along with her. Therefore, the second male completed his own goal. He succeeded. Why do you say that? Because the second man is someone who doesn't care about the character of the heroine. The second man himself admitted in the film that boys like him are destined to like girls like heroines. Yes, even though he knows that the heroine looks down on him, discriminates against him, and speaks badly about him, he still likes it without hesitation, and pursues the heroine in his own way, even just staying with her. Why did he do this? Because he knows that he is a LOSER, he does not need the heroine to become a GOOD GIRL and tell him how good his quality is and how he pays for the heroine. He only hopes to get the companionship and attention of the heroine, which is for him. HIS OWN HAPPINESS. He is clear about his position as a loser, so any one who wins the attention of the heroine is a victory in his opinion. This desire to hope that the heroine will recognize him makes him even face the MEAN WORDS of the heroine when he first met. Even after MEAN WORDS turned a blind eye to her, he showed interest in her and was willing to spend time with her. Then why did he explode in the woods later? Because he found that no matter what he did, the heroine was still the HIGH SCHOOL MEAN GIRL, still fascinated by HOT GUY as always, and still so mean, so he was instantly ignited by the heroine's words, which made him emotional and depressed for a long time. The idea finally showed up. In the end, the hostess went to him and he still said that he liked her very much, and even forgot the hostess's discrimination against him. is this real? In fact, I personally think that he just wants to accomplish his ultimate "goal"-to realize a beautiful dream of LOSER, that is to have a "relationship" with MEAN GIRL. In campus movies, girls such as heroines are the fantasy objects of typical LOSERs, a supreme goddess. For them, getting the love of the goddess is really too much demand, but who would refuse to realize the "dream" with the goddess?
Next, let's briefly talk about DUFF, which is the wife of the protagonist. Mediocre appearance, a caring job, a little bit "rebellious" hobby, loves family and children. The male protagonist’s wife will be the representative of the female protagonist’s character in the general TEEN MOVIE, even in the ROM-COM. Because they are very kind, they are kind from the heart, just like when the hostess vented his anger to his wife, the wife was so calm and even invited the hostess to a party, even though everyone around her looked down on the hostess, and everyone knew the female host. The lord’s "remaining love for the protagonist is not over", but the wife still has a very good attitude towards the protagonist. The wife is not stupid. I think her pity for the hostess is true, because when the hostess came to her house for the first time and implied humiliation, the expression of the host changed, and so did the wife, but the wife was still changing the subject. The hostess looked for the steps, but the hostess was as aggressive as ever. I think this is why many HOT GUY in TEEN MOVIE are BELONG TO DUFFS. Because being with kind people like DUFF, they can get better and grow, but with people like heroines, they can't do it at all, and they will even get worse and degenerate. Many people may say that the MEAN GIRLS in the campus movie is not exactly HOT GUYS's dish. At least some of them will choose to break up with MEAN GIRLS and stay single. But these TEEN MOVIES almost without exception mention that HOT GUYS had such MEAN GIRLS on DATE, and in some movies they will recombine them because of MEAN GIRLS’s TRICKS. In fact, the fundamental point is that most of the DUFF protagonists achieved self-growth in the end, but MEAN GIRLS did not, which is why the combination of HOT GUY and DUFF looks more suitable. (It's a little off topic, let's continue to discuss the second man's sister)
That is WANNABEE. At the beginning of the encounter with the hostess, she began to talk about her high school stories and give desserts to her birthday. When she talked about it, she was obviously nervous, mixed with excitement and timidity. In addition, this incident also paved the way for everything that she later despised the town. To be sure, she used to be a fan of the heroine and yearned for a popular life. As for the band friends of the male lead's wife, you can clearly see their contempt for the female lead. In the end, my sister completely confided her true thoughts about the town. You will find that her words and deeds are surprisingly consistent with the heroine. To a certain extent, she really speaks the words of the heroine. Why do I say she is FOLLOWER? Not only because she wanted to escape the town with the heroine, but more importantly, her fear of the heroine. She is always afraid of whether her words are wrong, which means that she cares very much about the hostess’s opinion. She doesn’t want to say things that the hostess doesn’t like, and doesn’t want the hostess to be bored with her. Instead, she tries her best to think. To prove that you are the same person as her. This is the typical FOLLOWER THOUGHTS. The center of the life of this kind of people revolves around a protagonist-the heroine. They admire the lives of people like heroines, and don't care about TOXIC, because they just want to get rid of the life of LOSER. They would rather be aggressive, become superior and mean to others than become a LOSER with a dull life. In order to achieve all of this, they must please people like the hostess and learn from her, which is why the sister proposed to leave with her. So why did the heroine refuse? Not only is the heroine's character not growing (she still looks down on her sister), but more importantly, she doesn't need a FOLLOWER, or a follower. After all, this is the life of an adult, and the heroine is not Miranda in "The Queen Wearing Prada". What good is it for her to leave a so-called admirer? People like the heroine can tell what maximizes the benefit. After someone like my sister has seen the world in a big city, she will find a stronger person to attach to. The heroine is not a successful person in the city. That is to say, for the younger sister, the heroine is probably just a ticket to a big city. It is completely possible for her to abandon the heroine in the future, and it is very likely (this can be Combine TEEN MOVIES to understand, many ambitious FOLLOWERS are like this) In addition, the hostess is a very independent person who thinks she is very independent, and she does not need to follow the class to take care of her. But the hostess keeps a pet dog, which shows that the hostess is actually very lonely, but she doesn't need to be "saved" by anyone. I guess she did not accept her sister because she would continue to lead the bad life in the past after returning to the city instead of making a new life change.
The heroine actually has nothing to say, it has been reflected in the movie very well. She is a typical PROM QUEEN, a MEAN GIRL, a "envious" woman. The heroine’s character successfully explained the MEAN GIRLS in TEEN MOVIES. Everyone loves her in the high school environment, but everyone hates her. Especially in adult life, people like the heroine are no longer a threat to them, unlike before. The power that the female lead possessed in high school finally dissipated, because the life of an adult and the social environment of high school are two states. In the adult world, MEAN GIRLS and HOT GUYS can no longer be dictators unless they can reach the position of Miranda. But most people are not Miranda. Another point is that the behavior of the heroine also explains some research on HIGH SCHOOL BULLY-the trauma suffered by the bullied has a great psychological impact and is indelible, and the abuser still has an attitude of no regrets (but there are also Studies have shown that there will be abusers regretting the bullying behavior, which is obviously not the case for the female protagonist).
The last analysis, why did the heroine not grow up? In fact, this is not a question at all, but a certainty-the heroine will not grow up. Not only because she lives in her own world, but more importantly, she is obsessed with the successful role in HIGH SCHOOL-a charming young, perfect boyfriend, sought after by thousands of people... Everyone knows about the teenage novels written by the heroine. The heroine in this book is herself. When the hostess wrote the book, she mentioned that she was so successful in high school. Why did the host choose a "DUFF" and leave her? She felt that she once had everything, and she in the adult world was the LOSER that she had always despised, and she refused to accept this. Her mockery and irony of LOSERS almost overflowed the screen, and her vanity and hypocrisy were also vividly expressed. She was actually scared, she was scared of becoming a LOSER, she didn't dare to accept the reality because she didn't want to be someone she despised. My personal interpretation of the heroine's desire to regain the hero is that she thinks she will return to the pinnacle of life after she gets the hero. Because the male protagonist represents her success in her youth, the female protagonist herself also said that she thought she was the best self in high school, so she was completely obsessed with the past, because she realized that in reality she was useless (a gunman’s job is to use To set off. She used to be an object of envy for everyone, but she turned out to be an unknown little person who made green leaves for others. This is the irony of MEAN GIRLS like the heroine). In the bookstore, she tried her best to prove to the clerk that the book was written by herself, and even asked him if he wanted to sign it. She can't accept herself as a foil, become a LOSER, and become a little person that no one cares about. This is precisely the manifestation of her unwillingness to accept the current life. She wanted to escape this failed life, which is why she suddenly went to the male lead when she saw the baby's email. She thought that when she returned to the male lead would bring her life back to high school, she would regain success, so we saw a nearly pathological female lead pursuing a married man at the beginning, and convinced ourselves that the male lead also liked her. of. She was still that little girl in high school and would never get out.
All in all, I think this movie is mainly for girls who are popular in high school such as MEAN GIRLS and PROM QUEEN-what is their adult life like? Some people are immersed in the past like heroines, because they are losers when they grow up; there are others, like the heroines in "Never Compromise" (she was once the beauty queen, it’s not hard to rule out that she was also very uncomfortable in high school). Welcome type), they accept life, recognize reality, and use their own power to create a new life. The biggest difference between the two is actually the attitude towards life. The hostess kept sarcasm, as if only in this way could she feel the success and the superior power, but in reality they were negative. They only saw the bad side-treating the host's wife as a poor ugly girl. Treat the second man as a cripple and so on. And the beautiful qualities of these characters were ignored by her-the tolerance of his wife, the sincerity of the second man... She chose to live in a MEAN WORLD, which made her never get out and never grow up. And the heroine in "Never Compromise", she is definitely not a MEAN GIRL. She may have been very beautiful and charming, welcomed and liked by many people, but she showed a completely positive attitude. In the face of the difficult life, she did not compromise, but used her ingenuity to work hard to create a beautiful life that belongs to her. This kind of talent is the image that a POPULAR GIRL should have. "Young Adult" reflects a sad reality that those who succeed in high school will also become losers they despise after entering the adult world.
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