"Empire" magazine interviewed director Linklater: "What would happen if we made a sequel and continued the story of the male protagonist?" He jokingly assumed: "The male protagonist went to college, graduated, and traveled to Europe a few years later. On the train, he met a girl who made his heart move..." I just wanted to say, I took it seriously. [Boyhood] is definitely my top ten of this year. In this mediocre 3 hours and 12 years, it leaves an indescribable feeling. Because I read a lot of comments before, I almost put this movie on the altar, and I didn't feel too amazing after watching it. But if you taste it carefully, you will like it more and more. You can say that this is a "running account", but even so, it is a wonderful "running account". Like director Richard Linklater from his "Love Before" trilogy ([Love Before Dawn], [Love At Sunset Dusk], [Love Before Midnight]) began. I haven't seen many romance movies, but these three are definitely my favorites. love Ethan Hawke, not because of his sexy name "Jesse" in the film (please, this personal feeling is too obvious), but his temperament - talkative temperament. I can sum up this trilogy as the encounter between the talker and the talker, the reunion of the talker and the talker, and the married life of the talker and the talker. Basically the whole film is two people chatting non-stop, but the lines are not slobber at all, full of humor and wisdom. I admire the two of them for their memorizing skills, and how they act so naturally and live. It is estimated that he likes it so much because he is a big talker. Therefore, [Boyhood] still inherits the director's chattering style, but it is different from the story of Love in the series that happens in one day every time, this time it is twelve years. The director has started filming since he was a young boy, and every summer, he will call the original crew to film part of the film. From the age of six to the age of eighteen, real growth has been achieved. Some people say that this is a very good gimmick, but you don't know that the director's idea was not favored by any investors at all. Think about it, who wants to spend money on a movie and get a return after 12 years? However, when the film was finally released, it got all one-sided zero negative reviews. The fresh rate on Rotten Tomatoes was 99%, and the director's efforts were not in vain. After watching the movie, I just want to say that after watching [Boyhood], I don't need to watch other movies of the same type. Watching the little boy Mason grow up, and Ethan, who plays his father's age, is a little bit old, and time goes by like this. (Seeing Ethan's pleats, and looking at my Uma goddess, and finding that everything is acceptable, it's a must for everyone.) After watching this short three hours to experience the boy's entire youth, Got goosebumps all over. In addition to the embarrassing appearance changes, there are many other details: the mobile phone has changed from an old clamshell to an iPhone, Dad's car has changed from an antique GTO to a new SUV, and the president has also changed from Bush to Obama. The movie opens with 6-year-old Mason lying on the lawn, with the background music of Coldplay's "Yellow". It is worth mentioning that the OST of the movie is super good, and it is a golden song for boys of every age. I always feel that Mason and his sister spent their youth in moving. (A little tidbit, the director's daughter plays the sister.) The life of an ordinary American boy, Mason, reflects the childhood and youth of many children—the teacher's incomprehension, the divorce of his parents, the conflict with his sister, etc. . Just like what every child's parents say every day, "Look at Potter and his friends were excited to see the premiere. They will also pretend to be sick because they don't want to go to school, and feel like the sky is falling because they cut an ugly hairstyle... Mason's father is like their spiritual mentor. Although divorced, he still insists on taking them to spend the weekend together. In addition to taking them to eat and play, I care more about their thoughts. He will instill in them some political views like adults, and he will take care of their inner world like a father. Of course, it will also popularize sexual knowledge to prevent them from being harmed. Of course, Mason will also share the music he loves and talk about movies. As a parent, don't make promises that you didn't intend to make lightly on your children. Maybe you were just trying to appease them, but you didn't know they would always be in your heart. Just like Mason remembers that his father promised him his old car for his 16th birthday, I still remember my parents promising to give me a dog for my 10th birthday when I was 7 years old, but I It's 20, and there is still no dog shadow at home, and they must have forgotten it long ago. [Although I have long disliked dogs. But parents are not obligated to give you these things. Just like American students, they choose themselves from a young age, working part-time and saving money to buy what they want. Just like what my sister said: "As long as we are financially independent, we don't have to listen to my mother anymore." Perhaps this is a kind of rebellion, and this is also a kind of self-responsibility. Although the living environment is different, I always feel that I am more similar to Mason. In the movie, when he was a child, he and his father had this conversation: — "What about you, do you have a girlfriend?" — "Is that so." — "Really? Did you kiss her?" — "No." - "So what did you do?" - "That is, chatting on the phone." - "Did that go well?" - "Not so good." - "Why?" - "But we were at school. We have a lot to talk about, but when we're alone or on the phone, it feels like we don't have much in common." — "Nothing in common?" — "She doesn't like music or video games. That's three of the best movies of the summer. : [Tropical Thunder], [Dark Knight], [Pineapple Express], she said these three are pretty inferior." - "Okay, so what does she like?" - "I don't know, with her gang Silly bestie going out shopping?" In fact, too many times, I always judge people according to their own preferences, just like if someone thinks [social network] is bad, I guess I will be friends with him. If someone is a fan of [Twilight], I also doubt his IQ. also because of a sentence "Quentin is amazing!" And the favorability of a person soared. Now that I think about it, I finally understand the reason for the attributes of my dead house. The person who touched me the most in the film is not the protagonist Mason, nor the father played by the fascinating Ethan, but the mother who has changed from fat to thin and fat. Maybe God is really cruel to women, making them age so fast, it's really sad to see the wrinkles on her face getting more and more obvious. This woman has been through too much. She was alone with her son and daughter in the previous divorce. In addition to taking care of their lives, she also had to work and attend classes. After so many years, she also met her favorite partner who she thought she could rely on for life. an asshole. So as Mason packed up for college, his mother broke down and cried. I like this movie, it's like [Adele's life], it feels real like a documentary, recording the changes of time and everything around it, of course it's more resonant than [A]. feel warm. At the end, Mason and his new college friends were sitting on the ground after climbing the mountain and watching the sunset. They smiled alike, very beautiful. This is a fresh start... "You know how everyone's always saying seize the moment? I don't know, I'm kind of thinking it's the other way around, you know, like the moment seizes us." — Richard Linklater, 【Boyhood】
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