This film expresses the growing pains of a teenager with pure and beautiful imagination. It rarely shows the growth of teenagers from the plainest and most naive side: because the fairyland in the film does not exist at all, it is just a "stupid thing" like two children playing a house.
But this side is the side that each of us had when we grew up, and the side that was first abandoned by us when we grew up.
The plot is simple: young Jesse lives in an ordinary, dull family, introverted and cowardly. Although he has a talent for painting, he does not dare to release his imagination. Until transfer student Leslie appeared in his life. Leslie is what Jesse wants to be. She encourages Jesse to be brave, encourages Jesse to fantasize, and suddenly leaves Jesse's life. In the end, it was at this price that Jesse completed his growth.
The so-called "Wonderland Bridge" is just a single-plank bridge in the woods that Jesse and Leslie found. In their imaginations, this jungle is their wonderland: a private place to store memories, store happiness and innocence. However, this kind of naive but beautiful imagination is only shared and treasured by the two of them, so it is a fairyland.
At first glance, the first half of campus life and the fantasy of two people in a small tree house once made me feel childish and boring. But in the middle part, the accident hit suddenly and violently - Leslie accidentally fell into the creek and drowned when he was going to the grove alone to cross the bridge, which shocked my emotions and opened the valve of memory. I think about the friends I grew up with who drifted away, the good things in my life that left suddenly, even the small ones; and the good things that disappeared with them.
I used to be a fan of fantasies, and I actually did all these things. Who didn't have a secret base with good friends as a kid? Haven't imagined a world that only you know? Haven't pictured the person you want to be? Jesse and Leslie aren't naive, they're just real kids, it's just that I grew up avoiding and resisting myself while watching this film.
After Leslie's death, Jesse was immersed in fantasy and refused to accept the reality, and finally cried bitterly in his father's arms, and then brought his sister to this fairyland together, and saw the castle, tree demon, little boy on the other side. Elf. He said goodbye to his friend in the best possible way. I can't stop crying when I see this. Jesse became better, not by leaps in grades, not by becoming a hot-blooded teenager who maintained justice on campus, not by becoming a great painter. He just took this memory, bravely be himself, and go on. Jesse was still alone, but he didn't run away, he was brave.
We often look back at our past social dynamics and feel silly and avoid them, but they are our truest emotions from those times and are worth cherishing. After watching this movie, maybe I can talk to my little self in the past again. Growth is not the definition of childishness, but learning to be brave. I think that's the significance of this movie.
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