why must it be summer in the 80s?

Thelma 2022-04-20 09:02:27

It’s summer movie, gay movie, 80s again, disco and walkman, playing guitar around the fire by the sea, motorcycles and bicycles passing over the hot ground. Such a comparison of contemporary summer life is completely stupid. The ritual of blowing the air conditioner and playing with the mobile phone is to go to the food stalls to drink and chat. But the breath of the times is difficult to replicate. Recently, I saw Shuangfeng Town in the third season. Compared with the seniors in the first and second seasons, the mental state is very different, even if the hair volume is very different. The atmosphere is even more mysterious. I imagine that there are new things every day. The vigorous 80s is basically simplified into the above symbols. People's memory is unreliable. This kind of nostalgic film is all imitating the feeling. Thinking that contemporary times are really not good, we want to go back so much. But I like the story of the midsummer of 1985. Although the scenery is not as beautiful as that of cmbyn, the love between alex and david is more natural and moving.

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  • Hollis 2022-03-16 09:01:08

    Ou Rong's strange love story is completely reduced to a literary mediocre work. If it is not for this year's special period, it will be difficult even to get the Cannes logo. Stories of gay men of the same sex are not uncommon in the context of European films, not to mention mainstream. However, the youthful and romantic atmosphere sought by Abaose in the film cannot fill the weak chemical reaction between the protagonists. The first part shows affection, and the second part talks about pain. Use the scene of a big scumbag quarrel that is both bloody and brainless as a turning point. The whole film can't find any role insertion points that the audience can focus on, leaving all the stereotypes and boring youth of being weakened by attackers.

  • Shaun 2022-03-20 09:02:50

    Hey, it hurts too much