This article is a post-viewing feeling not a film review. The pros and cons of the film are left to the critics to express, I just want to express my little love for the film.
Originally thought to be just a children's playing love sketch, after the release of the film, but let tens of thousands of people in the cinema at the same time tears, "The Little Thing of First Love" successfully turned a small love into a big touch in my heart.
Produced by SAHAMONGKOL FILM INTERNATIONAL (commonly known as the Buddha Statue Company) and WORKPOINT ENTERTAINMENT, "The Little Thing About First Love" reproduces the phenomenon that the film continued to soar at the box office when "The Last Xylopist" and "Love in Siam" were released a few years ago, due to the excellent word-of-mouth of the film among fans. From the comments of netizens in Thailand's famous pantip online community to the comments of film critics in Thailand's major film-related magazines and websites, the praise is endless. And these "small voices" on the Internet and the media are converging into a "big" force, so that the story of "The Little Thing about First Love" evokes more people's long-lost memories.
The film's two directors, Putipong Promsaka Na Sakolnakorn and Wasin Pokpong, are both in their prime, but this is the first time they have directed a film. Despite their first-time directing and lack of experience, the two give the film a sense of realism that has not been processed by the language of the film. The director said that when the film was filmed, he did not expect that it would receive so many praise now, nor did he expect that the film would be welcomed by many college white-collar workers and even married people. Because the film is about the experience of the first crush on someone else in middle school, and these experiences are almost everyone has ever had, the film only projects the experience hidden in the depths of each memory on "Xiao Shui" and "Xiao Liang". This is also why so many film critics have mentioned that the protagonists of the film are not actually "Xiao Shui" and "Xiao Liang", but you sitting in the movie theater.
The acting skills of Pimchanok, the actor who plays the heroine "Xiao Shui", can be described as amazing. Because "Xiao Shui" needs to transform from the ordinary sloppiness of the first grade to the beautiful and moving of the junior third in the film, this great change requires not only the superb skills of the makeup artist, but also the precision of the actor's acting skills. If the actors cannot accurately show the ordinary of "Xiao Shui" in the first year of junior high school and the surprise of the third year of junior high school, and the performance is too exaggerated or too bland, the film will definitely not be as successful as it is now. Pimchanok has starred in two films, "Hero Boy" and "Human Meat Rice Noodles", and has also starred in MVs, but his performance is not outstanding. Her most outstanding performance is definitely dedicated to this film. Playing the male protagonist "Xiao Liang" is Mario, who is familiar to everyone. He debuted with an over-the-top performance in "Love in Siam", and although he was the absolute darling of the film industry, he has not been able to come up with satisfactory works. In "The Little Thing About First Love", although his performance did not have a stunning breakthrough, he interpreted all the advantages and disadvantages of the school grass characters quite well.
From the perspective of film technology, this film undoubtedly has many loopholes, and the handling of the ending is quite far-fetched, and even cheesy may be disgusting to some film critics. But, at the end of the film, when everyone in the movie theater holds their breath and waits for the person to say the words to the other person that should have been expressed long ago, the words fall, and the whole audience stands up and cheers and erupts into thunderous applause, all praise and criticism are no longer important.
In the two hours of watching the movie, I felt like I was walking into a time tunnel, and I seemed to see all kinds of stupid things that the impulsive stunned boy did only so that his beloved could see himself. For me, "The Little Thing About First Love" isn't just a movie, it's a memory worth cherishing forever.
The promotion of the film said that 89% of people who have seen the film will feel the same deeply, and I am glad that I am one of the 89%.
What about you?