On a hot summer day, watching a movie is of course something different.
It's better to be passionate and cool off from the heat, so a movie that caught my eye was "The Secret to Picking Up a Party at a Party" .
It has a party, people have a good time, and they are released in the psychedelic music and cool lights, and the atmosphere is high.
It has girls, a group of charming and seductive girls, detonating male hormones. Elle Fanning and Nicole Kidman take the lead among them, and these two faces alone can amaze the Quartet.
At first glance, it is clearly the standard of European and American youth movies. Maybe the male protagonist is still a shy boy. He never strikes up a conversation until he meets true love, and then the boys and girls experience something and finally find themselves, which is simply perfect.
The routine is such a routine, but sometimes I really need this kind of movie. I just hold this kind of mentality and prepare to refresh in the afternoon.
But after watching it, I feel that I am still too young. The story is youthful and true, but I don't know that this film was made by the director after taking a few pounds of medicine.
For those students who want to answer the questions, you can take a detour. Don't be fooled by the title of the film. This is not teaching girls to pick up girls . , Alien, Comedy, Thriller...
The film is adapted from the short story of the same name, and was nominated for the Hugo Award for Best Short Story. It is included in the short story collection "Fragile" and is the work of Neil Gaiman.
Neil Gaiman was once rated as one of the top ten writers in postmodern literature. His works such as "American Gods" and "Stardust" are frequent visitors to the Hugo Nebula. He has been to China and once wanted to go Adaptation of "Journey to the West".
In addition to being a writer, he also works as a reporter, screenwriter, cartoonist and other occupations, and he is an almighty god of the Eight Classics.
But when Dashen wrote this novel, the idea was not very complicated. It only described the three times of a 15-year-old boy at a strange party, focusing on the ignorance of adolescence.
Neil Gaiman
Ordinary directors may have followed this line of thinking, but the director of this film is John Cameron Mitchell , who is definitely not happy if he doesn't make any special changes. He is a famous artistic geek.
His movies have always been very different. In "Sex Bus" , he describes sex throughout, not vulgar but warm and healing.
In "Rock Barbie" , he wrote, directed and acted himself, creating a transgender rock singer, which is very impressive.
After getting "The Secret of Party Pickup", Mitchell expanded the short story to 102 minutes first, then increased the number of male protagonists to three, the female protagonist changed from short black hair to blonde, and the alien elements of the original book were also perfected , established a complete social system.
In addition to these, the understatement of punk in the original book was amplified and became the main style of the film.
Yep, punk.
The film focuses on the 1970s, when punk was on the rise. Bands such as the Sex Pistols and The Clash began to emerge, they were different from other rock bands, against the mainstream, against the privilege.
One sentence can tell the difference, the spirit of rock is Love & peace, while punk is F*ck the world.
It does not pay attention to any musical skills, it is more like a way for young people to vent their dissatisfaction.
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The story of the film revolves around three punk teenagers.
Enn, John, Vic roamed the streets every day, always pointing the middle finger at people, how to make people hate how to come, complete bastards.
Listening to punk is their common hobby. They went to a punk party again that day, but the three of them didn't have a good time after the party, because the pickup didn't work.
But on the way home, they hear progressive music, and along the sound they blunder into a peculiar party.
The people in the party were dressed in leather clothes of various colors, their expressions were stiff, their behaviors were very strange, and their dancing postures were terrifying.
But the three of them were very excited and thought it was some kind of themed party, so they were attracted to join it.
In fact, this is a group of aliens who stay on Earth for a short time. They usually play on various planets and are called the dwarf star family.
It is divided into six branches by color, representing the chakras of the human body, which are soul, spirit, voice, will, sex, and power , each with different body structures and characteristics.
Although they are different in shape and have their own spiritual worship, they are still relatively harmonious as a whole, like a utopia existing in an orderly manner.
However, the girl Zan seemed out of place. She had blonde hair and was wearing her own dress. He angered the elders in the group at the beginning, and was going to use scissors to cut her long skirt short.
At this time, she met the male protagonist Enn. The two fell in love at first sight, and their relationship quickly heated up. They chose to elope and escape the party together.
Thus, the romantic love between a punk boy and an alien girl was staged.
Enn first showed Zan a tour of his treehouse to show her his comics. The girl also did a weird dance with the boy's mother.
Then, do crazy things on the street, do mischief. Or listen to a piece of music with headphones, kiss together, and eat a tomato together.
And of course punk, which is what Zan is most curious about and wants to know about.
So, Enn took her to meet Queen Boadicea, whose speakeasy is known as a "sanctuary" in the minds of punk lovers.
Enn wanted to apply for his band to be the lead singer of the party, but was rejected, but Zan's style attracted the Queen's attention.
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It went very smoothly, and Zan got the opportunity to take the stage. She was a little timid at first, but the addition of Enn made her more open, and the two of them gradually got better and were hoarse on the stage.
Zan also thoroughly experienced the freedom of punk, and went crazy with his beloved boy. The picture also climaxes here, changing the color, the camera keeps spinning, and the faces of the two begin to overlap, as if entering outer space.
This scene is like an MV. The director added LEDs from the modern music scene to the carnival.
After the singing, the souls of the two reached harmony, Zan's chakra also changed, and "love" was born.
However, the excited Zan accidentally told Enn all his secrets.
In addition to his alien identity, it turns out that he can only accompany Enn for 48 hours, and their ethnic group also has a terrifying rule that the younger generation will be eaten by the elders.
Enn felt deceived, and the Clan tried their best to hunt down Zan. The rebellious and restless youth, as well as the blossoming love, are in danger of disappearing in an instant.
Since its release, this film has been controversial, and the comments at home and abroad are just two extremes.
Foreign fans generally feel that this film is very boring and boring, the story is messed up into a pot of porridge, and there is nothing worth thinking about after watching it.
On the contrary, domestic fans feel that the atmosphere of the film is good, with romantic love and some wicked plots. Occasionally, the protagonist will frequently make golden sentences.
I don't know if they're too serious or if we're still new to punk.
Everyone has their own opinions, but the boys and girls in the movie are very enviable. Although they are restless, they are brave and fearless, crazy and pure. Whether they are troubled or happy, they all choose to rampage.
Watching this kind of "nervous" movie from time to time may make you and I grow old a little slower.
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