claire

“Imagine you’re a baby duck who just hatched from its egg. All the other ducks are yellow, and you’re yellow too, but much prettier than the others. You’re special. One day, you try to leave and you meet a lizard. You think he’s strange, but you like him because he has a special color too. So the two of you leave together, jumping on a trampoline all the way to the stars.” léo had to lie to his classmates just to survive their questions and the constant pressure of being outnumbered. Every scene stressed me out because you could feel him slowly suffocating under everyone else’s expectations. then Rémi started crying during recess and wanted to hit Léo, I understood him so deeply. I’m going through something similar right now, watching some of my friendships drift away, so much that sometimes I cry too, or want to punch a wall because I don’t know what to do with all that sudden change. and then, it happened. I genuinely couldn’t believe it. without any control, I started tearing up. when he woke up, I held my breath and thought, “oh, it was just a nightmare.” but it wasn’t. another heartbreaking detail is the way Rémi’s mother looks at Léo. every single time, her eyes are full of tears. It’s like she sees both the boy who survived and the boy she lost at the same time. two boys can love each other deeply, and the world immediately tries to make it something shameful. The movie shows how quickly outside judgment can destroy everything. Lukas Dhont doesn’t make villains out of children; he shows how cruelty can come from silence, discomfort, peer pressure, and the fear of being seen as different. this movie reminded me that people never say what they feel until it’s too late.

a hell of a plot, amazing soundtrack, designs on the spot. we learn that the comet hit her village. I really thought she was dead this whole time and that there was no other way. I had so many chills during this film, it gave me sensations I never experienced before. I thought it was just the story of two people who will never get to meet eachother, as they only exchange their lives. but, they got to meet at the dusk, it was amazing. but so short. and then my heart DROPPED when she couldn’t write her name in time, and then he forgot it. « I love you. », written on her hand instead of the name of the boy. are you kidding me. I screamed so loud. the whole movie is just so beautiful I don't even know how to describe it. just like the first time I watched it, I am absolutely speechless. speechless. speechless. speechless.

let's put a lot of boys in summer camp where some build and the others go run into a maze!!! nah that was fun, I must say everything was soooooo predictable. however, clichés are not that bad from time to time. liked the explanation given at end, I wonder what will be the next experiment after the maze:)

I relate to park seong-a so much. « while others would be furious, stressed, or embarrassed, I smile to convince myself it's not a big deal. I force myself to smile.». yeomhwa. I hated her. I truely did. but wdym she had her baby on her back in a coffin this whole time. she’s just a mom, who lost her baby. didn’t know this character would made me cry but here we go another heart breaking thing talked about in this is bong su, A 10 YEAR OLD, sent alone in the korean war. what kind of monsters does this, he was so young. how did choo young-woo didn’t win anything. the guy played a 18 year old and a 10 year old while changing personnalities in seconds. I must say the acting was spot-on.