The film I chose was The Perks of Being a Wallflower. This is because it's my favourite film. It's based on a novel by Stephen Chbosky. It is a modern film that shows the highs and lows of growing up.
This is Charlie. He's the main character. He deals with depressing and a traumatic past losing his best friend from suicide and his auntie who he was close to. He struggles to make friends as an introverted student.
This is Sam. Charlie falls in love with her almost instantaneously.
This is Patrick, Sam's step brother.
Sam and Patrick become close friends with Charlie and invite him to their social gatherings.
Sam really cares about Charlie and wants him to feel included and an important thing to her is that his first kiss is special. This shows how much she cares about Charlie.
Charlie then ends up dating Mary Elizabeth because she likes him and wants to spare her feelings. Although he loves Sam.
Later it is revealed how much Charlie likes Sam as in a game he is asked to kiss the prettiest girl in the room and Charlie kisses Sam instead of Mary Elizabeth.
The film also deals with themes of gay relationships. That have to be hidden because of a parents shame in his child. This ends up in a fight.
It also deals with domestic violence issues through Charlie's sister and her boyfriend.
The film is based on struggles and the realities teenagers face of not being good enough and making the wrong decisions because it's what they think they want. Sam questions why she always choses people that hurt her over people that would be nice to her. For example, Charlie. The most famous quote from the movie is in this scene.
"Why do I and everyone I love pick people who treat us like we're nothing?"
"We accept the love we think we deserve."
Charlie later gets flashbacks of his aunt and here it is made known to the viewer that she molested him as he was a child and he blames her death on himself because she was killed in a car accident on her way to Charlies. This induces him to react badly and become self destructive. Meaning he has to be rehabilitated for a while so he doesn't hurt himself.
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