The Love of My Life

Emil 2022-04-19 09:01:24

Boyhood

Boyhood

Finally saw Boyhood! And yes, it's worth all the hype and anticipation. The fact that the movie took 12 years to make to cover the 12 years of screen time helps to establish a natural degree of realism. The entire cast aged accordingly; there is no makeup required. You don't need to check wikipedia to make sure the historical events, music, and pop culture were correct for each year, because guess what, when they were shooting each year, they were right in the middle of it and later events hadn't in fact occurred yet.

It's a straight-forward coming-of-age story, but it's really well told. I like that there was no dramatic moment except for one particular scene. It's a mosaic of life's little moments, but that's what makes life special. At one point , the boy asked: "what's the point in all of this?" The father didn't answer it, but it's exactly that. It's to grow up, to fall in love, to enjoy the happiness with your kids and the sadness when you see them so looking forward to leave the house one day. I don't want everything to be perfect, but to experience all the feelings that make life what it is. "Let the moment seize you", so to speak. eg I didn't 't know Fan would come into my life some 7 years ago, but I'm surely glad that it happened.And when Oliver and his little sister/brother go to college, I'd not skip 40 years ahead to think about my funeral, but enjoy them with the love of my life in our own special ways.

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  • Letha 2021-10-20 19:01:39

    People who like to watch "Love Is" don't necessarily like to watch this one. It's a little plain, anti-climax, 2 hours and 45 minutes seems long, and the last 10 minutes is the best. After shooting for 12 years, it is difficult to realize the loss of time and the taste of life. But still love Linklater, love the "Love Is" series, love Ethan Hawke.

  • Paris 2021-10-20 19:01:39

    Linklater can capture the timelessness in the trivial narrative, the pictures are light and breezy, there is no soul chicken soup, no pretentious greasiness, all real and delicate in ordinary life, although not as substitious as Americans, it can be moved. Because of his father’s songs and mother’s loneliness, and being obsessed with the movie magic of being able to experience another life through these moments, he is still unable to extricate himself after four brushes.

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  • Dad: [frustrated with the monosyllabic answers Mason Jr. and Samantha are giving him] No, no, no. I'm not gonna be *that* guy. You know, the "biological father, who I see on the weekends, and I make small talk with him while he drives me places and buys me shit." No.

    Samantha: Dad, these questions are kind of hard to answer.

    Dad: What's so hard to answer about "what sculpture are you making"?

    Samantha: It's abstract!

  • Dad: Is she cute?

    Mason: Yeah.

    Dad: All right, well, here's what you do, all right, first off you gotta ask a girl a lot of questions, then you have to listen to the answers, actually be interested in her, all right, If you can do those things, you'll be light years ahead of all the other guys.

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