3. "Suddenly Seven Days Before I Fall" (2017) directed by Serena Gonzalez as Ry Russo-Young
The storyline of the film mainly revolves around Sangi's daily life. She is a popular girl with a group of good friends, but she also has her own secrets and troubles. On her birthday, she and her friends went to a party, but on the way home, their car got into an accident.
When Sangi wakes up again, she finds herself back on the morning of her birthday and starting the day all over again. Sangi begins to realize that she is stuck in a time loop and that every day is her birthday. She tried to avoid a car accident by changing her behavior, but each time she was unsuccessful and she returned to the morning of her birthday again and again.
A typical high school social scene that shows the behavior and attitudes of adolescents under peer pressure and social expectations. The hypocrisy and apathy shown by Sanji and her friends in social situations reflects the possibility that teenagers can lose their true selves when faced with peer pressure and social expectations in social situations.
This is common in adolescents who change their behavior and attitude in pursuit of peer recognition, a behavior that tends to erode their self-identity and self-esteem.
Sangi revisits her actions and attitudes in a time loop, and how she changes her destiny by changing the way she behaves. This process reflects the self-discovery and self-knowledge of adolescents as they grow up. As adolescents grow up, they need to constantly explore and discover their own interests, values and identities.
In the process, they face many challenges and difficulties, such as peer pressure, self-doubt, and identity crisis, but through these challenges and difficulties, they can better understand themselves and develop their own unique personality and values.
Sanji changes her destiny by changing the way she behaves, a process that reflects the adolescent's ability to self-control and self-change. In the process of growing up, adolescents need to learn to control their emotions and behavior, and achieve self-growth and development through self-reflection and self-change.
In the process, they need to learn self-monitoring and self-regulation, as well as develop self-awareness and self-efficacy, which are important for their future development.
The film deals with many issues of adolescent growth and psychological development, such as peer pressure, self-discovery and self-control. Through Sanji's experience, it is a typical adolescent growth process, conveying many enlightenments and thoughts about adolescent growth and development.
14. "Happy Death Day" (2017) directed by Christopher Landon
The film's protagonist, Tree, is a typical school girl who is selfish, self-righteous, self-centered, and unconcerned about those around her. However, on her birthday, she was killed. She then finds herself trapped in an infinite loop of time, with every day being her birthday and every day being the day she was killed.
In the process, Teresa underwent growth, personality, psychological and emotional changes. She began to care about the people around her, especially her roommates and boyfriends. She learned to be considerate of others, to accept help from others, and to take responsibility for her actions. She became more confident, braver, and determined.
Theresa's story in the movie is not only the growth process of one person, but also the portrayal of many young people. In the process of growing up, we will all encounter our own problems and troubles, but only by reflecting and changing ourselves can we truly become a better person.
It is not just a suspense, thriller and comedy movie, but also a film full of growth, personality, psychology, emotion and self-discovery. Through Teresa's story, it conveys to the audience the importance of growth, encouraging young people to actively reflect on themselves and change themselves to become a better person.
In recent years, films with the theme of time loops have become popular. Among them, "Suddenly Seven Days" and "Happy Death Day" are two movies that have attracted much attention. Both films use a time loop approach, allowing the audience to follow the protagonist through the same day over and over again. The two films have something in common and significant differences.
Although both movies feature high school heroines as the main line, they tell the story of their encounters on the same day. In "Suddenly Seven Days", the heroine Samantha must go through it repeatedly in the same day until she finds a way to redeem herself. And in "Happy Death Day", the heroine Theresa must find her murderer and stop his actions on the same day.
The storylines of the two films are also different. "Suddenly Seven Days" focuses more on Samantha's inner growth, and she must reflect on her past and future in a time loop to find her own way out. "Happy Death Day" focuses more on suspense and horror elements, and Theresa must constantly find the murderer and avoid his pursuit in a time loop.
The two films are also different in style. "Suddenly Seven Days" pays more attention to emotions and inner reflection, and the picture is warm and soft. "Happy Death Day" focuses more on horror and tension, and the picture is more dark and cold.
The two films differ in style and theme, but both leave a deep impression on the audience. If you like to explore human nature and the meaning of life, then "Suddenly Seven Days" is a great choice; If you like suspense and horror elements, then Happy Death Day will be more suitable for you.