看完以后心里說不出的感動(dòng)，另外一種喜劇，觀賞完以后全身都舒服。
   每個(gè)人都有一段叛逆階段，家里生活的不愉快，學(xué)校里的種種煩惱，焦躁的心情鑄就了我們的叛逆，在城市中能發(fā)現(xiàn)自己的一片綠地，用自己的雙手創(chuàng)造它并和最要好的朋友一起去發(fā)現(xiàn)它的美；曾經(jīng)迷茫的時(shí)候，我也曾離家出走，雖然只是短短的2天，但是那兩天對(duì)我的影響無法形容，改變了我的人生觀，讓我明白家的意義，親情的冷暖。
  影片中對(duì)友情刻畫的讓人深陷其中，尤其是當(dāng)喬和帕特里克兩人坐在土坡上，看著日落和森林，聊著他們的那些事；比奴基奧神經(jīng)質(zhì)的言語，動(dòng)作和他的敢做。他們?nèi)齻€(gè)人在管道的那段表演，看的真的很舒服，很羨慕他們；
  愛情也貫穿影片當(dāng)中，當(dāng)我看到喬和莉那么甜蜜的在一起，有說有笑，晚上莉登上來時(shí)，喬睜開眼露出笑容的時(shí)候，她卻找了帕特里克，我的心情真的和主人公一樣低落，那種感覺像是被人猛捶胸口的感覺，換成是我也會(huì)無法接受。
  天馬行空的想象雖然不切實(shí)際，卻又讓人感到真實(shí)，混沌的日落，翠綠的森林，耀眼的陽(yáng)光，金黃的麥田一直出現(xiàn)，溫暖的感覺，影片結(jié)尾又再次回歸到森林里的小屋，那是叛逆的見證，是我們每個(gè)人的經(jīng)歷。

After watching 'The Way Way Back', I came across this quirky movie. I was firstly attracted by the name, and then the poster, and then of course the trailer, although i have to admit that it almost got me rethinking whether it is my 'cup of tea', now after watching it, I am so glad that I didn't cross it off on my viewing list.

The story is about a rebellious teenage boy, Joe who can't bear his grumpy and distant old man. Together with his childhood best friend Patrick and a funny looking boy Biaggio, they ran away into the woods, built a house from scratch, and started their own life 'into the wild'.

I really love to watch 'coming-of-age' films because you as an audience can actually witness the physical and psychological change of the main characters, however it is almost impossible to make a 'coming-of-age' film without being criticized as 'cliched'. 'The Kings of Summer' is written, directed, and produced by 'men-boys', and I assume it is precisely a bunch of men/boys they are trying to attract.

I still remember in Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, Professor McGonagall told her pupils that "boys are like lions ready to prey; girls are like flowers, gracefully waiting to be awaken'. Well, this film, like I said is about men, made by men and enjoyed by men. I can almost imagine the process of script-writing and production, how much fun they were having.

The film is about 'escaping into the wild and become a man of his own', and it is also about 'girls being bitches destroying male bonding'. Don't get me wrong here. I really enjoyed the film and its vibrant soundtrack and gorgeous cinematography, however it is the underlying philosophy which those film-makers assume would work that I am objecting.

There are a great number of stories about escaping the phony adult world or some unbearable families in which from the child point of view, everything his (normally his because girls escaping into the world are just too unconvincing) parents do triggers more anger within him. The only way to be a man of his own is to run away, into the wild, without taking any responsibilities. To build a tree house (in this case, a real fucking house with basket ball ring, a slide and a mailbox) are the dream-comes-true experience for many men/boys. In the end, it is the gloominess and restrains of the adult world these boys are trying to run away from. This become a dream so deeply buried in their subconscious, and you can often hear them saying 'if I could be a boy again'. And this is also why there are all kinds of movies about a bunch of guys doing ridiculous stuff just trying to reminisce their boyhood.

The film really got me upset when Joe told Patrick, while sipping beer on the hills, "now all we need is a soft hand." It followed by Patrick teasing: "Oh we got Biaggio." It cheaply plays with the sexuality of Biaggio as he once told Joe that he thought he doesn't have a gender and when Biaggio finally 'came out' to Joe that he thought he is 'gay' his definition/symptom of 'gayness' clearly resembles what TB might be diagnosed.

The character of Kelly is the one who really pisses me off. She is, as many films of the same genre, gorgeously blond and beautiful. Her appearance, as many films of the same genre prompts the mental growth of a man. Kelly is not important in this film. She is the object that breaks the bonding between Joe and Patrick. She is the thing that makes Joe hate Patrick while Patrick hate himself for being in love with the girl. We the brothers fight, and when Joe calls her 'bitch', she is helpless and desperately begging for forgiveness. She can't do anything but leave. It is classy!

Overall, it's a wonderfully script and intelligently made film. I highly recommend it! 7/10

太忙亂，沒有看清楚時(shí)間就去看試映，結(jié)果提前１小時(shí)到場(chǎng)，當(dāng)時(shí)就想要是這沒有啥明星的青春片不好看，那可虧大了，加一起算是要浪費(fèi)倆個(gè)半小時(shí)啊。很幸運(yùn)，從序幕開始就和周圍的觀眾們一起爆發(fā)出陣陣笑聲。實(shí)在是沒辦法，這就是一群老二大二中二小二演員，演繹的一段輕松的，帶些小感動(dòng)的文藝少年故事。
編劇很聰明，選擇少年的視角，所以一開始就是無奈的小帥哥們?nèi)绾蚊鎸?duì)問題家長(zhǎng)的反轉(zhuǎn)，小帥哥們沒辦法，只好跑反去樹林里自己動(dòng)手建設(shè)個(gè)屬于他們的小屋。期間發(fā)生了種種可樂的故事，但是美好的一切由于小美女的到來，徹底毀滅。在所謂的愛情面前，友情或者基情是那么脆弱。不能再劇透，其實(shí)也沒啥好透露的，就是一個(gè)很簡(jiǎn)單的小故事。每個(gè)小男孩都曾經(jīng)希望能有個(gè)只和朋友分享的秘密小屋或者據(jù)點(diǎn)，俺也和三個(gè)小朋友用建筑工地的廢門板，在小時(shí)候的大院荒地里搭起一個(gè)到處漏風(fēng)的小棚子，大家一起在那里打牌，分享從家里偷來的各種零食。
由于導(dǎo)演把觀眾定位為青少年和喜歡找樂子的成人們，因此致力于搞笑，對(duì)白著實(shí)精彩，人人都被設(shè)定為不同程度的二，不管你有沒有臺(tái)詞，有沒有露臉，每個(gè)人都得至少二那么一下。不能不說片中小二，雖然體型是那么瘦小，但絕對(duì)是二的毫無天理，沒有他的搞笑，該片堪稱雞肋。在這種情形下，觀眾幾乎忘記了美麗的鏡頭和精彩的配樂，也不在乎有沒有深刻內(nèi)涵，就是呵呵哈哈，甚至上一段還沒有緩過勁，下一個(gè)包袱又抖出來了，簡(jiǎn)直有點(diǎn)疲于跟笑。還有幾次，大家都笑完了安靜下來，突然有位，狂笑幾聲，然后發(fā)現(xiàn)整個(gè)影院就他自己的笑聲，于是趕緊急剎車，您就明白了啥叫“噎”然而止。最搞笑的是，當(dāng)劇中“不地道”的小美女和帥哥坐在土坡曬夕陽(yáng)時(shí)，觀眾和憂郁的小男主一起傷心到鴉雀無聲的境界，坐在旁邊的美女突然指著熒幕大聲說，“l(fā)ook, that BITCH dressed like me”，我和她男友還有周圍的觀眾，都驚奇的看到她揮舞自己的裙角，雖然大伙都發(fā)現(xiàn)她的裙子還真是一模一樣，但是因?yàn)樗fdressed太快，產(chǎn)生歧義，大家對(duì)視一眼后，搖著頭看著她，先是微笑然后大笑，美女剛開始瞪著大眼睛不明白，隨后突然醒悟，捂著臉也樂了。
雖然后半段比較俗套，還有一段殘忍鏡頭，可能會(huì)被刪減?？傮w來說這樣清新的文藝小品，硬是被夸張的表演二到觀眾也被感染了，最后大家笑呵呵的鼓掌謝幕。由于趕時(shí)間，俺立刻退場(chǎng)，出口走廊處有人對(duì)我說謝謝，抬頭一看原來演員們?cè)诘戎帜环磐旰笊吓_(tái)和觀眾互動(dòng)，順便對(duì)每位看完先離開的觀眾致意。趕緊對(duì)那三個(gè)活寶說感謝帶給大家如此好笑的電影，尤其是那個(gè)最神的小二Moises Arias，這位放棄劇中最213造型，原來是三小伙中最帥的一個(gè)，而且演的最好，那段獨(dú)舞直逼Napoleon Dynamite，于是對(duì)他說“沒有你電影就不夠精彩，我很看好你奧”。在皮特等帥哥美女們老去時(shí)，好萊塢在不斷推新人，這幾位就這樣的勢(shì)頭演下去，將來值得期待。