Small success

Ernestine 2022-08-09 15:25:13

A very interesting movie. When I read it, I feel much better than when I think about it after reading it. Probably because the new director does not have any special life wisdom to "pass on" to us, we can relax and listen to him with a normal heart. On the contrary, we are more deeply touched. The narrative tone is also gentle, worthy of the ancient Chinese motto of "gentle and honest". But leaving the screen and thinking about it carefully, it was raisins, not olives.

Why can't you be regarded as the word "meaningful"? First, although the protagonist is very good, the supporting role is too full of personality. Second, the music is too sweet and vulgar; the abuse of slow motion is also unbearable. It's almost TV. Third, the content of the screen is poor and there is no "seeing", probably because the director lacks experience in controlling the big screen; it is conceivable that the patience of the audience will be tested even more in the movie theater. Fourth, because it is a kind of "one-idea movie", the dialogue itself is not very elegant, so some lines inevitably sound abrupt and unnatural. Such as the famous saying of the little brother Joe: "Do you ever stop to think that while you're so busy being weird, I have to step up and act normal?" Another example is the father’s "I was just getting use to you". Too cute, too cliché; especially from a flat character cut out of cardboard like Mike.

But no matter what, it was a two-hour happy time. Berlin Silver Bear, it seems unnecessary.

Its success reflects the current “lack” of mainstream Hollywood productions. So once a director makes a movie that is so little related to our lives, the audience and even the judges are already full of gratitude, so the comments will be extraordinarily generous. .

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Thumbsucker quotes

  • [Justin draws while his little brother Joel bothers him with questions about girls]

    Joel Cobb: You never even had a girlfriend.

    Justin Cobb: So what?

    Joel Cobb: You don't even hang out with girls. You just, like, hang out with your nerdy friends.

    Justin Cobb: No, I - I do hang out with girls.

    Joel Cobb: Really? But how come you never bring any over here? Or I never, like, see you walking with any, or anything? I just see you walking by yourself.

    Justin Cobb: Why do you care, Joel?

    Joel Cobb: I don't know. 'Cause I'm bored. All the guys in your grade have probably fucked girls. You haven't even kissed one.

    Justin Cobb: Leave.

    Joel Cobb: No.

  • [Justin sits in the school library when Rebecca sits across from him and draws]

    Rebecca: You like that book?

    Justin Cobb: Oh, yeah. It's, um - It's got great stuff on Greenpeace.

    Rebecca: Yeah, it's a good introduction. Those Greenpeace guys are really brave.

    Justin Cobb: I wish I could do something like that.

    Rebecca: What? Be brave?

    Justin Cobb: Yeah.

    Rebecca: Maybe you already are.