Why is the rating so low...or are our wallflowers a minority after all?

Loyal 2022-11-23 11:37:22

Recently watched two youth movies, The Perks of Being a Wallflower and Homework. What the two male protagonists have in common is a talented wallflower.
As a former wallflower, it can be said that these two films, especially at the beginning, completely hit my sore spot. Wallflower Wallflower, it sounds pretty, but when it is really a wallflower, it has everything, just no perk. . . I remember when I was in physical education class in my first year of high school, when I was eating, and when I was out for a gym, I was always alone. It can be said that I was worse than the girls who were not chased in those years, because I didn't even have a girl friend. And I actually really want to make friends, but somehow I just can't talk to other people. Later, I slowly got better in the second semester of high school. Although I have forgotten a lot now, I still feel nervous every time I enter a new environment, and I am still afraid of such a situation.
These two films brought out all the memories of those years in my heart. I know the feeling of being ignored too well, it's like looking at myself back then. Although in the end, the two male protagonists both embraced the beauty and fell into a cliché, deviating from the line of wallflowers, but that should be because the movie always wants to give people hope.
It's also a pity that these two movies are all about boys, and they are all a little talented. When will there be a girl about a girl, and it's an ordinary girl, it's best not to end up with a beautiful boy, then I must be a baby same collection. (It's unlikely.)
Maybe there are still a few people who have experience like me. After all, most people are not that unfit, and even most people can't stand it. From another point of view, it's a good thing. In this society, people who don't fit in The fewer people the more harmonious.

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The Art of Getting By quotes

  • Sally Howe: Do you have any friends, George ?

    George Zinavoy: I'm kind of a misanthrope. Not a choice, just a fact.

  • George Zinavoy: My favorite part of the book is how the town's layout us described from the perspective of a bee traveling from one side of town to the other. It's so visual. So, I guess what Hardy's doing is aligning his point of view not with an all-seeing God but with an insect: the tiniest, humblest creature in nature. Which is pretty Romantic.

    Ms. Herman: I think you just found your term paper, George.