resistanceichard Linklater has many questions to answer.since Before sunriseCountless independent films have tried to imitate the passionate spirit of the 1995 classic films, but the effect is usually mediocre. Daniel Sanchez Lopez’s Boy Meets Boy is the latest unfortunately failed attempt and once again reveals the Achilles heel of these imitation projects. It may seem impromptu before sunrise, but it has a tightly built script. Without good writing, watching random people walking around rarely spends a good time in a movie.
At least the chosen location is charming enough. Johannes (Alessandro Kosulis) and Harry (Matthew James Morrison) closed their eyes at the club the night before, wandered in Berlin on a sunny day, and then the latter returned by plane U.K. In this short encounter, farewell precedes greetings: young people know that they only have 15 hours to be together. Most of their conversations are spontaneous—or rather spontaneous; they range from family life and work to later more personal topics, such as monogamy and open relationships. The issues discussed were interesting, but the substandard writing made the couple’s opinions irrelevant, if not completely annoying. “Weird” moments, such as Harry showing a movie clip of a Nazi propagandist Lenny Riefenstahl, Only induce eyeballs.
For two people so close, there is almost no chemical reaction in the clues. There may be a problem with the script here, but photography and editing will not help. Over-reliance on soft focus, like a bad Instagram filter, makes accidental contact between bodies completely gender-free. Even the men’s first eye contact on the dance floor did not have the heat, because there was no contrasting lighting, their faces were all covered by shadows. This movie does not make the audience plunge into a budding romance, but makes you want Harry to get on the plane and leave.
