Melinda farewell to the dark

Reymundo 2022-04-21 09:03:02

Watching the show at the time was going out to the love of Kristen Stewart. Of course this indie film did not disappoint me at all. Let's start with the gloom, and after watching the film several times, I found that the director used the change of color to reflect the change of the protagonist Melinda's mood and mental journey. In the first half of the film, Melinda's clothing color is mainly dark and cool colors, green, purple, gray, and even the shoes are the navy color of the converse. Yet Melinda wore bright orange to the party that gave her nightmares. In the second half of the film, the colors are getting brighter and brighter, orange, bright green, and the bright blue that I wear when I play tennis. It all reflects that Melinda's mood has become more and more cheerful, and her fragile and closed heart has become stronger and stronger.
Christine's grasp of the psychological changes of the protagonist Melinda is also excellent. That kind of forbearance, pretending to be indifferent, and the shy expression when praised by the long-haired girl, all performed very well. Finally, raping a male classmate/senior? After a fight, when the whole school understood what was going on, it seemed like it should have been a relief from then on? But not. When Melinda chased to the hospital and lay on the bed, and finally ran out towards an open door full of sunlight, I believe that at that time, for the first time, she took all her nightmares and her grievances away from her. What Chu said was told to the female doctor whom he did not know. At the same time, I also think it was the female doctor who encouraged her to tell Rachel to be careful about the boy who raped him and what happened to her. So on the way home at the end of the film, Melinda was sitting in the car, not so excited, but rather indifferent. I guess she is thinking about all the things she has experienced this year, and she should also be grateful to the female doctor.
Every time I watch this film, I feel a deep sense of human concern. Almost everyone in this film has all kinds of problems, big and small. But the director did not attack these people for these issues. On the contrary, in many shots, it is reflected that these people have their own concerns, bad experiences, etc., but what the director wants to say is that
everything will be fine.

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Extended Reading
  • Imelda 2022-03-29 09:01:07

    speak and forget, then get a new beginning.

  • Stone 2022-03-27 09:01:15

    Youth is pain, growth depends on itself. Let go of that day, I have despair. @2010-06-05 17:42:22

Speak quotes

  • Mr. Freeman: Can anybody tell me what this is?

    [holds up a smashed globe]

    Ivy: A globe?

    Mr. Freeman: A globe? Gosh... what are you guys, 13, 14? You already let them beat the creativity outta you? It's okay. I used to let my daughters kick this around my studio when it was too wet too play outside and one day, Jenny put her foot right through Texas and the entire United States crumbled into the sea. I mean, you could... you could paint a wet muzzled dog chewing Alaska! The possibilities are endless. It's almost too much, but you all are important enough to give it too.

  • Mr. Freeman: In here is a piece of paper and on that piece of paper is a word. You are gonna spend the rest of the year turning that object into art.

    Ivy: Uh, Mr. Freeman? When I was little, I was really scared of clowns and I don't wanna relapse and have to go back into therapy.

    Mr. Freeman: Oh, yeah, well, fear is a great place to begin art.

    [Melinda picks a piece of paper that says "tree" and tries to put it back]

    Mr. Freeman: Hey! Whoa. You just chose your destiny. You can't change that.

    Melinda Sordino: I learned how to draw a tree in like the 2nd grade.

    Mr. Freeman: Oh, really? Um. Well, do you wanna show me? It's okay. I won't grade you.

    [he hands her the chalk and Melinda sulks up to the blackboard and very hesitantly draws a really pathetic tree]

    Mr. Freeman: That's a pretty good start. Yeah, let's see what it looks like at the end of the year.