The boy I once loved, happens to love me too.
There is a girl who is very ordinary.
She is unassuming, shy and introverted; her love is hidden and she is addicted to fantasy.
In school, she is the most inconspicuous invisible person.
Suddenly one day, the "King of Cafeteria Popularity" fell in love with her.
Wait, there seems to be more than one person who loves her?
Such a girl has a common name——
Mary Sue.
This time, the light of Mary Sue fell on Laura Jane Covey again.
As a rare Asian heroine in American campus chick movies, Laura Jane's story has also brought more resonance to Chinese girls.
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Asian lady, how to fall in love
The movie begins with an inner drama.
In the lush wheat field, Prince Charming came to Laura Jane affectionately.
Laura Jane has never been in love, but it doesn't prevent her from being "fascinated".
Whoever has a good impression on him, he wrote a love letter, and accumulated five letters over time.
The first four favorite objects are all in the mood for a while.
Only the last one became Laura Jane's growing trouble - Josh was her sister's boyfriend.
The younger sister made a reverence behind her back, and sent five letters in full.
Laura Jane just had an opportunity when her sister left home to study.
For the sake of sisterhood, when Josh took the letter to question, Laura Jane was anxious and shy, and in a hurry, she made full use of the resources around her to avoid embarrassment.
Peter just took the opportunity to find a fake girlfriend, a real girlfriend who is angry with two boats.
Laura Jane had seen Peter's "magic" and agreed, and the two became contract lovers.
Next, the two made a fake show, and they fell in love every day, creating a lot of candy moments——
I can't see the tiredness of your ex-boyfriend and ex-friend, and the only "big villain" in the whole film has enlarged his move——
The heroine withdrew sadly, but the misunderstanding was resolved, and the two embraced and kissed.
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This heroine is a bit like us
[To all the boys I've ever loved] is special.
Its special, is from the outside to the inside.
From the appearance, the heroine and sisters are like this——
With long straight black hair, black pupils, flat facial features and petite stature, the heroine Laura Jane Covey looks like a sweet and lovely Asian girl.
From a personality point of view, she likes to be quiet but not to move, and is introverted and shy.
With this Asian heroine as the center, the development of the entire love story is also oriental restraint.
In the whole film, very few American take the initiative to attack——
The way of showing love is implicit and obscure: girls write letters, boys stuff notes, cover up the truth with contracts, love or not, you have to guess.
About two-thirds of the 90-minute movie has passed, and the male and female protagonists have not yet officially confirmed their intentions.
Rarely American-style tearing wars——
No mass persecution, just peace and love: the only bad girl who is weak enough to admit she's not strong enough at showdown.
Most of all, the inexplicable and inexplicable affection between boys and girls.
The brain circuit of "I love you, I won't say it" is very oriental.
If you don't believe me, look at Laura Jane's heartfelt words:
Because the more people you let into your life, the more people will be able to leave. If this is not true, I have lost no one.
Is it the same thing as this sentence-
I know how to protect myself since I was a child. I know that the best way to not be rejected by others is to reject others first.
——[Evil evil and poison in the west] Ouyang Feng said so
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Oriental girl heart, how did the United States shoot it?
Currently, [To All the Boys I've Loved Before] still holds a 95% freshness rating on Rotten Tomatoes and a 7.6 on IMDB, which is an impressive score for a small school girl movie. .
The story of Laura Jane Covey, which first appeared in the film novel of the same name.
The author Jenny Han herself is an Asian lady, and there are many personal experiences and feelings in the novel.
As early as 2014, before the book was officially published, there were producers who wanted to invest in filming, but there was a requirement—
The heroine was replaced by a white American.
The author refused to compromise, and filming was shelved for a time.
From [Black Panther] to [Crazy Rich Asians] , a politically correct style of representative protagonists is emerging in Hollywood, and [To All the Boys I've Loved Before] has the opportunity to welcome its own Asian heroine.
The stories of Asian girls written by Asian authors are performed by Asian actresses. The characters and stories are naturally very friendly to Asian audiences.
Asia is about being reserved and reserved.
The boy and the girl hurriedly looked at each other, and the girl said inwardly, "He looked at me, is he interested in me? He seems to be smiling at me, God, so handsome! It doesn't seem to be at me."
Excited and lost, it all depends on the brain.
How can words like "like" and "love" be easily spoken?
After repeated contemplation and confirmation, that person is no longer around.
The girl has to add a scene, called - if.
Wouldn't everything be different if you knew?
The movie gives the answer in the affirmative.
In [To All the Boys I've Loved Before], five letters were sent, one was missing, one was gay, one was guarding, one was married, and the last—
The boy I once loved, happens to love me too.
Looking through the box, I found the love letter I wrote back then.
Don't say it, send a letter.
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Text: Van Schmer
The article comes from WeChat public account: Movie Detoxification
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