Here's my first ever Do-Re-Mi about a movie. So, I actually passed this review already to my professor but I want to share it to you guys. It's my review for the movie, Love Me If You Dare. It is a French film in 2003 by Yann Samuell. We watched this movie in our Media Writing Class. It is about two childhood friends, Julien and Sophie who dares each other continuously with different pranks that lasted until they grew up.
This
romantic-comedy film was unique. Its’ screenplay was well written because it
was so unusual and weird unlike the typical romantic or love stories but that
made the film more interesting to watch. It somehow mirrored some situations
that really happen in reality. Like when they were young, developing
friendships, kids experiencing bullying, conflict with their parents, and how hard
they are to handle and playful. Even the part where they grew up, explore their
life as a teenager, a college student under pressure, as a working person, and
experience having a relationship. It
also have some little touch of a typical concept of romantic films from how Sophie had an
unrequited love with Julien and how they ended up together even though they’re
already married because they realized they should be together and make their
last promise or dare come true that they will never leave each other. The thing
that made this film very unusual and interesting was how their lives were being
controlled and affected by the dares that they made every time. People don’t
really do weird dares like they did. We usually do some easy dares that don’t
reach to the point where it could affect our personal lives. Their relationship
wasn’t labeled either in the movie it is just up to the audience to know their
relationship based on how they act and as they grew old.
When it comes to
the films’ overall settings, mood and designs, it was great indeed. It has a
great influence to the story. It helped me to organize my thoughts in knowing
their current state and the personality of the characters. It guided me to the
flow of the story. I also love those what I called segue-scenes, which involves
some animations or props. Some of those scenes were Young Julien and Sophie
were Adam and Eve & Young Julien was flying. All of those scenes adds up to
the playful mood of the movie. The most important thing that really made this
film continue to flow was the music box. Who would have an idea to use a music
box to make dares, take it seriously and make it change their lives? Well, I
thought that a merry-go-round music box in this film symbolizes the
relationship of Julien and Sophie. They go around and around, where they will
never stop it and continue to enjoy the ride. Another interesting part of the
film was how they showed two endings of Julien and Sophie’s Crazy but an
endless love which they use the future Julien and Sophie still doing the dares
and still in love with each other aside from showing some flashbacks in the
end.
Do-Re-Mi: Love Me If You Dare (2003)
What I love about this film aside
from its’ unusual screenplay and production elements was how they showed the
evolution or how they grew up and even their dares evolved. But I thought of an
underlying message or learning from the film. We could relate the dares that
they do as the words or promises we tell to other people even in
decision-making. From the film, we could actually see how Julien and Sophie
were fully committed in the game and how they did the dares and eventually it
brought up consequences or effects to some of the important aspects in their
lives, its’ the same with the words we say, the promises, and the decisions we
make. Even in the way we act towards other people and how we treat them just
like how Sophie misinterpreted the way Julien treated her and fell in love with
him. This film leaves us a thought about how we should be careful of every word
we say and actions we do. For somehow, we might regret doing this actions in
the future because sometimes we’re not aware of how it will affect our lives
not only in the present but also in the future.
If you want to watch the film, here's the link of it in Youtube. :)
Comment below your insights about the film :)
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