Another Linklater philosophical film

Hollie 2022-04-19 09:01:24

Full marks for 12 years, full marks for feelings, full marks for details, full marks for divine transition (everyone is comparing the one shot of "Birdman" with the 12-year span of "Boyhood", but no one has found that these two very different films essentially use are all seamless transitions?).

At first, the unique shooting angles of some shots always made me feel that a tragedy would happen suddenly (such as the scene where a few teenagers were throwing gears and kicking wooden boards in the villa), but the major changes were handled without traces (such as the mother’s 2 divorces) and The long and playful dialogue between the characters made me realize more and more that this is really another Linklater philosophical film.

In addition, I am not the only one who thinks that the male protagonist is super like the melancholy version of the widow sister when he was a child, right?

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Extended Reading
  • 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.

Boyhood quotes

  • Dad: [Mason Jr. bowls a gutterball] Alright, don't worry about it.

    Mason: I wish I could use the bumpers...

    Dad: You don't want the bumpers, life doesn't give you bumpers.

  • Samantha: [as the family leaves their house for the last time before moving] Goodbye, yard! Goodbye, crepe myrtle! Goodbye, mailbox! Goodbye, box of stuff Mommy won't let us take with us but we don't want to throw away. Goodbye, house, I'll never like Mommy as much for making us move!

    Mom: Samantha! Why don't you say goodbye to that little horseshit attitude, okay, because we're not taking that in the car.