Thursday, May 30, 2013

Now Watching: The Perks of Being a Wallflower


 
The Perks of Being a Wallflower, based on a novel written by Stephen Chbosky, is a story of a young 15-year old boy named Charlie (Logan Lerman) dealing with diverse issues including his first love with friend Sam (Emma Watson), fitting in as a freshman in high school, the recent suicide of his best friend, and coping with his own anger issues and mental illness. It is a good story of finding one’s self despite our own struggles and weaknesses. It is a story of acceptance, of finding love and friendship, and of finding our own place – whether as a wallflower or otherwise - in this chaotic world.



Quotable quotes:

Sam: Why do I and everyone I love pick the people who treat us like we’re nothing?
Charlie: We accept the love we think we deserve.
 

Charlie: So I guess we are who we are for a lot of reasons. And maybe we’ll never know most of them. But even if we don’t have the power to choose where we come from, we can still choose where we go from there. We can still do things. And we can try to feel okay about them.


Charlie: This one moment you know you’re not a sad story. You are alive, and you stand up and see the lights on the buildings and everything that makes you wonder. And you’re listing to that song and that drive with the people you love most in this world. And this moment, I swear, we are infinite.

2 comments:

Atty. Mico. said...

I didn't enjoy the movie. I think Sam was a miscast, and other scenes were hastily done. It's just like jerking for the sake of it. Might just be me, though. :)

The Horny Attorney said...

Well, to each his own. :) I focused more on the story rather than the acting. However, IMO, the actors were fine, perhaps it was just a matter of not jiving together as an entire cast.