Vanessa O.

Nacar

July 30, 2015

BSEd 2 C

Rating:

Crazy Little Thing Called Love

Reflection:
The ordinary 14 years old girl Nam is unattractive or in simple terms ugly.
But shes always been secretly in love with an older guy in grade 10 called Chon, the
most popular student in high-school. Hes hot, perfect and generous, and thats
what makes girls go crazy about him, including Nam too. But she doesnt give up
easily. She tries to do everything to make her get noticed by the boy she loves, in
the hope of him turning around to look at her just one more time.
The first 15 minutes of the movie was the introduction of the characters
and the situation the characters were in. The story is centred on an average, plainlooking and dark-skinned girl named Nam who is secretly in love with an older Grade
10 guy named Shone. Shone, a new student, a rumoured troublemaker and a
photography enthusiast, easily becomes a popular student in school because of his
good looks and soccer-playing skills.
The plot was very simple but its simplicity caught my attention. Its not hard
not to see myself in Nam. For once in my life, during high school, I was like her.The
movie was like a real life adaptation of the Ugly Duckling. Nam was well aware that
she has slim chances of being noticed by Shone because of her physical looks, but
does not give up easily. With the help of her close girl friends, Nam tries
everything to make herself more beautiful and outstanding in school, hoping that
Shone will like her someday. Nams transformation each year was a refreshing
scene youll look forward to in the movie. In every change in her look, youll wonder
if by this time Shone will finally see her efforts and hope that hell reciprocate her
feelings.

Another character that indirectly helped Nam in her transformation from an

ugly dark-skinned girl into a glowing lovely growing up lass was her domineering but
comical teacher Inn (Sudarat Budtporm). She was one hell of a comedian. I was
laughing so hard every time she has a scene from the movie. Shes like Pokwang.
Her acting and funny antics were effortless! I can say that she was one of the
characters that will sustain your interest in the movie.
Aside from the comical part of the movie, its tear-jerky scenes are really
worth your tears. The most painful part for me was when Nam finally had the
courage to reveal her true feelings for Shone. However, upon seeing a note in
Shones shirt that Shone and Pin, a girl from Shones class who once defended her
from bullies, are in a relationship, she gets heartbroken and sweepingly wished
Shone

and

Pin

the

best.

She

even

fell

in

the

swimming

pool! Baifren

Pimchanok acting for this scene was awesome. She was able to portray the right
emotion needed for the scene. Youll feel sorry for her and share her pain, and at
the same time makes you remember the first time your heart was broken.
Mario Maurers acting on the other hand, was very consistent. You wouldnt
notice that hes hiding something from his cool faade. Midway in the movie, I even
thought that Nam should just give it up because I think Shone would never like her.
There was no hint whatsoever that he likes Nam too. So the twist in the story was
a revelation for me. When the POV shifted to Shones, it was unveiled that Shone
likes Nam since she was an M.1 student. That was unexpected! Of course, I knew
that it would have a happy ending since this is romance but I never thought Shone
has feelings for her too even when Nam was still not pretty is the beauty of first
love.
Do you still can remember the time when you begin to feel attracted to
someone and fall in love with him? The period in which you will do things to attract
the attention of people you like? From doing things like cheesy love all the things
that he likes to try to figure all this different from your personality during this
show. Love is a strange force. In some people, love can give a bad influence. But
fortunately, in many others, love them to be a figure that is better for their loved
ones.

The story of Crazy Little Thing Called Love is simple and tends cheesy. Just
simple and cheesy it with anyone experiences when they are experiencing love for
the first time. With a very familiar storyline, the movie clearly is not the main
advantage is the screenwriting department. Even so, the script of which was
written by two of the film's director, Putthiphong Promsakha na Sakon Nakhon and
Wasin Pokpong, not at all bad considering they managed to combine the simple and
familiar story with a lot of comedy elements reflected dialogues fresh throughout
the film, and, of course, a love story that can touch anyone who ever fell in love.
Pretty sweet huh?
I fell in love with the story. Watching the movie is like riding a train back to
memory lane. It made me remember my own craziness in high school. The beauty of
first love, friendship and dreams. It was a refreshing movie from what I usually
watch here in the Philippines. I just wish we can do something like thisvery light
but very meaningful.
Lastly, I was not contented with the ending. Yes, its a happy ending but
after all theyve went through, I was like, that was it?! The ending was okay but it
was very brief. It left too many questions. Its as if the director and the writer
just wanted to end the movie and raise the curtains so they made them meet on a
television show. I was happy that they met again and their feelings were finally
revealed and in national television but again it was not enough. Theres the nine
years gap of what happened with their lives and the explanation of the black book.
Maybe it was probably even better if they included a little teaser at the end
showing what happened after their television appearance. Well, at least thered be
a sequel for the movie so might as well stop bitching about the ending now.