Under Adults: Thoughts on "Forever 16 Years Old"

Enrico 2022-01-06 08:02:27

The Chinese title of "Forever Sixteen" is reminiscent of Hollywood movies such as "13 Change 30" and "Return to 17 Years Old". The theme of the latter is usually: the protagonist who is in a mid-life crisis for some reason. Forced to go back to my boyhood, and then gradually understand my problem, and finally find my life value and win back my lover. But this movie has nothing to do with time travel, and it has nothing to do with suddenly getting old or getting younger. The story is more like Jason Reitman’s unfamiliar film "Youth": The protagonist who is nearly 30 but immature returns to himself The once familiar environment finally finds himself. However, as the background of the story, it is also set in the northern suburbs of the United States. Compared with the black humor and strong irony of "Youth", "Forever Sixteen" is more literary and fresh, and the rhythm is comfortable and refreshing. From the perspective of casting "Youth" chooses Charlize Theron, who is full of imperial sister's aura, and this film chooses Keira Knightley, who looks more like a teenager in both body and temperament.
Megan is 28 years old. Although he has a master's degree, he still can't find a suitable job (or don't want to find it or is too lazy to find) a suitable job, so he has to work in the accounting firm opened by his father (specifically to help with billboards, PS: She was holding up a card like a skateboarding). The first thing after returning home is still to watch TV on the sofa. When gathering with friends of the same age, she always can't grasp the scale of joking, and she often feels out of place. Her boyfriend for many years tried to propose to her at a friend’s wedding. She was terrified and quickly refused, and then unfortunately witnessed her dad’s cheating. She was deeply shocked and met a group of secondary and secondary teenagers headed by Annika. She did a night of games with the children. The next day, her boyfriend suggested that she go to a career planning seminar (similar to some vocational training in China) and then elope to Las Vegas to get married. With nowhere to run, she had no choice but to be only 16 years old. My friend Annika stayed in hiding for a week. Annika was abandoned by her mother as a child and has always lived with her father. During the period and Annika became good best friends, but unfortunately, the relationship with Annika's father Craig gradually became ambiguous. Annika was furious when she learned that her girlfriend had actually engaged with her father, causing a car accident, and Megan committed the crime for the driver. After Craig learned that Megan had a fiance, he broke off with her and Megan returned to her boyfriend. At the airport of the plane to Las Vegas, Megan woke up, broke up with her boyfriend, and returned to Craig.
When the story is over, does it feel like ruining the Three Views? When I watched the movie, I thought that Megan and Kress were just similar to the slight ambiguous relationship between Alan Page and Jason Bateman in "Juneo", and the two actually went to bed. . . On it. . . NS. . . According to secular standards, many things the hostess has done can’t be flattered. She hasn’t had a serious job in her late 30s. She missed the wedding of her friend and the baptism of her friend’s child. Stepmother (Annika can accept this, I am also drunk), but from another perspective, Annika is an immature person. Even if she marries her boyfriend, her life will not go well, let alone her relationship. Those friends could not get along (these friends originally grew up with her, but later they matured, she didn’t), and Annika’s father, who was also a childlike person in the movie, told him Uncertainty is more appropriate. This is how I wash the heroine.
The director of the film, Lynn Shelton, is good at shooting small and fresh movies with peculiar plots, whether it is "I am making a GV with my friends", "Xiongqiri", or "Innocent Dio Si is obsessed with her younger brother's ex-girlfriend, and she is gay. "Your Sister's Sister Borrows Her Sister Borrowing Her Son" made her shoots natural and refreshing, so that the audience did not feel any discomfort. The film continues the peculiar plot of the two previous works, the characteristics of the lines are wise, and at the same time there are some new differences, more commercial, the scenery of the location of Seattle coincides with the fresh and natural rhythm of the film (and the first two The movie is either indoors or deep in the mountains and forests), and two big-name stars Keira Knightley and Chloe Moretz are also added. However, the intervention of capital has obviously also had a significant impact on the director’s creation, such as the cliché at the end of the film. The reversal, this may be the problem that all independent directors have to face when they invest in the arms of major filmmakers.

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  • Reyes 2022-04-22 07:01:42

    It looks like an A24.

  • Letitia 2022-04-21 09:02:53

    very cute! Originally, kk and chloe moretz were not my favorites, but I like them a little bit~ Sweet and cute, but not bad

Laggies quotes

  • [last lines]

    Megan: So, did you her the one about the grown woman who fell in love with the really pissed off lawyer?

    Craig: Is it funny?

    Megan: It's really funny.

    Craig: Come here.

    Megan: [steps in side] Close the door.

  • Megan: Don't make me cry. My mascara is already fucked up enough as it is.