Wallflower, a seemingly beautiful word. Wallflowers, in fact, are people who sit and watch without a partner at the dance, and people who sit in the corner without anyone caring. The flowers that bloom in the corner of the wall are not as beautiful as imagined, but they are full of insignificance and loss that others dare not touch.
The unfolding of the storyline inevitably falls into the clichés, all the essential elements of the American youth campus, freshman, prom, drugs, LSD, beautiful girls who walk by laughing. The protagonist Charlie, facing the unknown new life, has longing but no hope. At the age of 16, his life had a new turning point until he met Sam and Patrick.
I have to say that Logan has played Charlie in the original book, a shy boy who is autistic, pessimistic, introverted, nervous, restless, and dare not express himself. Although he is a young man, he already knows the taste of sorrow. Charlie has been living in an unbearable childhood nightmare, severe hallucinations and mental stress tormented him from time to time, fate made him lose his best friend again, and since then he was afraid of socializing and became a wallflower. More terrifying than the unknown is the foreknowledge, and more disturbing than the change is the immutability. Until he met Sam, the enthusiastic, cheerful, rebellious and charming girl with the same imprint about the past as him; until he met Patrick, the self-confident funny boy who painted a beard and pretended to be a teacher in the handicraft class as soon as he appeared. The youth of the three are destined to begin to converge.
-Why do I and everyone I love pick people who treat us like we are nothing?
-We accept the love we think we deserve.
-Can we make them know that they deserve more?
-Yes, we can try.
Why do good people choose the wrong person to associate with?
We accept love that we think we deserve.
Can we show them that they deserve more?
We can try.
The thought of finally showing up at a college party one day, and when I look up and look across the room to see that person, and in that moment, I know everything is going to be alright.
In other words, did Sam and Patrick save Charlie, or did they save themselves through their shared experiences and relationships?
Not to mention, Charlie's great taste in music. How romantic it was in those days to send a box of self-mixed cassettes to a beloved girl. The director's preciseness to the music is also the highlight of the whole film. When I heard David Bowie's Heroes, I almost screamed in surprise. I will be king and you will be queen; We can be heroes, just for one day. The lyrics are chewed on the lips, beautiful like a poem. Seeing Sam standing on the car passing through the tunnel, the girl's youthful and invincible face was full of positive energy. It's as beautiful as a painting.
Charlie said, at that moment, I just looked at her like that, and it was only her in my eyes.
I am sure it is love. I'd love to keep you in this collection.
In fact, have you ever thought that everyone was once a wallflower boy. Because we always have lonely midnight hours, we have all been unrecognized, like Charlie, telling all kinds of secret and negative emotions to imaginary friends. Desire to be understood, to be loved. Even the written letter was sent to the other side of the unsigned address.
However, life is a funny drama, you can't choose how to start, but you have the right to choose the end of the comedy. Your burdens will become gifts, and your suffering will light your way.
There will always be people who say none of these things happened, and there will always be people who forget what they were 16 after they turned 17. I know all this will become a story someday. The images we experience become old photos. We will all become parents to someone. But right now, these moments aren't stories, it's happening. I am here, looking at her, she is so beautiful. In this moment, for the first time, you feel that you are not a tragic story, you come to life, you stand up, you see the lights of tall buildings, you feel curious about everything, you listen to that song in the driveway, and this With the people you love the most in the world. In this moment, I swear, we are infinite. We seem to be just the crumbs in the folds of youth, light and fluffy, and fall off with a shake. However, youth is immortal, so we are all infinite.
You and I have gone through that kind of youth together, every hug and every kiss is worth turning into a letter, a poem, a book.
In this moment, I swear, we are infinite. Can you feel that?
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