Perfect balance
A gentle, melancholic rhythm portrays the contradictions and prejudices that bind the three characters. It shows how the expectations of adults, and then of society, lead them to walk a tightrope between love, friendship, silence, and the desire to break free from these constraints.The balance between the three characters is perfect, and the film is perfectly in tune with its time and its changes.
A must-see!
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I'm very mixed on this one
I had to put this one right in the middle because I don't know exactly how to feel about still to this day. The characters and story were intriguing but I'm unsure how I feel about what happened between the two boys, especially with how it ended. The acting was great, and I really liked the three main characters, especially the boys.Was this review helpful to you?
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Personal opinion
The fact that people don't understand the ending or the movie eternal summer pisses me off so bad. You didn't truly watch it, and if you did, then watch it again.This movie has so much depth to it, im not sure where to start.
The relationship between Jonathan and shane. While watching the movie, you can see that Jonathan and shane are almost emotionally attached even though jonathan was forced to volunteer to be his friend. Throughout the movie, you see Jonathan slowly losing his sanity and himself. His grades start to drop, and he doesn't make it to college. Before he became friends with shane, he was the top student in class. Be basically sacrificed his grades for shane.
When they get older and are seniors in highschool, you can tell shane is very attached to him and is always asking him to watch his basketball games and even at one paint says "my game went bad after you left" meaning his basketball game started going bad after Jonathan left.
Carrie, at first, I seriously hated her. And I still do. But i can't understand her at all. When her and Jonathan went to teipei and were gonna have intercourse then jonathan suddenly got up and locked himself into the bathroom. That's when he realized. Carrie knew something was weird when she was stalking him and found him reading a book on "The Theory on Transgenderism." Later on, she even asked him directly if he liked shane and advised him to confess, but still. She ended up getting with shane.
Anyway, I dont wanna talk about her.
You can tell that shane and Jonathan truly cared about one another, and after Jonathan found out shane and carrie (his ex) were dating, he left, and shane tried to follow after him
There's a big misunderstanding that shane didn't feel the same way or that he only slept with him just because he was drunk. No, shane loved him too he just couldnt come to terms with it, during the scene at the ball where Jonathan goes "me or carrie" shane acts like he didnt hear him when you know he did.
Did Shane SA Jonathan? Sorta, kinda, yes..? After shane got in the accident while drunk driving, Jonathan came and picked him up despite being upset.
Shane basically forcing himself on Jonathan was the only way he thought the friendship could be savaged. Shane knew about Jonathans feelings and his own. He thought that it would fix their relationship, Jonathan just kinda accepted it after he resisted, and I think their desperation in that scene showed how much they truly loved each other.
The ending. Im a sucker for an open ending, so I really loved it even though it hurt. You're supposed to interpret shanes' reaction to Jonathans confession yourself. Jonathan didn't have a reaction to the confessions because he already knew and wanted to keep him by his side. He just didn't wanna accept his own feelings.
Anyway Im tired of typing, but this movie has so much more depth than you think !!!
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Cinta segitiga, tapi ini lebih rumit lagi
Menceritakan persahabatan antara Yu Shou Heng dan Kang Cheng Hsing, mereka berteman sudah sejak sekolah dasar. Kemudian cerita tiba-tiba ke masa mereka SMA, dimana mereka bertemu dengan seorang gadis baru di kelasnya bernama "Hui Chia". Suatu waktu, Kang Cheng Hsing ternyata sadar bahwa dirinya menyukai Yu Shou Heng, di saat gadis baru itu menyukai dirinya ( Kang Cheng Hsing ) ; namun tragedi terjadi ternyata Yu Sho Heng mulai "mencoba" untuk mendekati Hui Chia, bagaimana kisah cinta segitiga ini berakhir? bagaimana mereka bisa menyelesaikan konflik ini? saksikan film ini. Dari segi warna, sangat natural series tahun 2000an, vibesnya sangat terasa, mengingatkan pada film 999-9999 atau film seri lainnya yang rilis tahun 2000an, punya warna dengan saturasi rendah dengan pencahayaan yang unik dengan tujuan menyembunyikan detail. Selain itu dialognya menurut saya mudah difahami ya, latar belakang cerita sangat kuat, aktor yang memerankannya juga punya karakter yang bagus serta menarik. Cerita yang disuguhkan agak berat ya dengan konflik yang agak rumit, selain itu resolusi yang ditampilkan di series ini tidak terlalu bagus menurutku dan cenderung sulit difahami, atau bahkan saya kurang begitu suka cara film ini menampilkan bagian resolusi. Saya merekomendasikan film ini.Was this review helpful to you?
