And the long-awaited end point of Elle, Noah and Lee's journey has arrived. the long The Kissing Booth 3, launched last Wednesday, 11th, at Netflix. the romantic comedy teen, as with the sequels to To All the Boys I've Loved Before, the second and third feature were shot at the same time. It is noticed that the evolution of the narrative and that, counting on the script, has evolved little and the production alone is not sustainable. The feature has little story to tell, the cast headed by Joey King, Jacob Elordi and Joel Courtney it has a bad tune, the performances are below expectations and the third chapter of a narrative that had everything to be amazing, ended up becoming another little program that doesn't demand much from the viewer.
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Like the previous ones, the third chapter is without salt, full of subplots, it's long and due to the various situations imposed by the script, the production has to run to try to close everything, besides that there's no story to develop. Something that was already expected, as much of the plot is developed in the first film and is based on the work written by Beth Reekles. Although the film doesn't dare so much, the ending is surprising, as it perfectly summarizes what the production took almost two hours to convey: self-knowledge and maturity for the protagonist who, unfortunately, spent the three films trying to be the perfect friend and girlfriend for people. who didn't deserve her.
Well, in the narrative Elle (Joey King) goes to college and has to make a very difficult decision: moving across the country with her boyfriend. Noah (Jacob Elordi) or keep the promise you made to your best friend Lee (Joel Courtney) to study with him. And the problem is here, again, she has to work her heart out not to hurt either of them, as they aren't strong enough to support her. And everything snowballs from here. Since the first feature in the franchise, she has always been willing to do her best for her friend's happiness, however, when she gets involved with Noah, her best friend Lee's brother, she finds herself between a rock and a hard place, having to share the attention between the two and not disappoint anyone and this extends from the first to the third feature. However, she never thought about what she wanted and the bomb is now bursting.
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Following Elle's journey is like sitting on grease. Like this? Because the narrative from the beginning was poorly developed and the script manages to cram in a lot of things to solve all of a sudden and that tires the viewer. In addition to the central plot, Noah and Lee's parents are selling the beach house; Elle and Lee decide to complete a to-do list to enjoy their last summer before college; March (Taylor Zakhar Perez) returns to Elle's life, which reignites a rivalry with Noah; Elle's father starts dating among other subplots that wouldn't fit here. Once again, the script is written by Vince Marcello and Jay Arnold and they manage to get lost in the multiple situations they created and the result are scenes that look very similar to those clips of romantic songs a la Taylor Swift or Demi Lovato. And the poetic license here goes from one reverie to another. It doesn't enter my capitalist head that the protagonist needs to work overtime to save money for college, but she gets money to jump with a parachute... you understand, right?!
Lee's childish level is super sharp. There are several scenes in which he runs away like a 5-year-old boy, acting as if he were a spoiled and boring boy. And this is repeated several times, they fight, make up, fight, make up… it's a chipped back and forth. And worst of all, it's all about jealousy. That's right! Jealousy reigns in this film. Whether it's his dad's new girlfriend, Lee's new friend, Noah's friendship with Chloe (Maisie Richardson-Sellers), or Marco… these people don't grow, do they?!
Something interesting that the film does in fits and starts is to portray the maturation of Elle, Noah and Lee, who made mistakes and grew in their personal journeys. We see that Elle has tried to be both Lee's best friend and Noah's best girlfriend, but it's impossible to do both satisfactorily without leaving one or the other disappointed or pot-faced. And after a big confusion, she stops, takes a breath and that's when we see the question arise... who is Elle? She needs to take charge of her own life, to allow herself to know herself better and follow her own path, free from the shackles of the toxic relationships she developed with Noah and Lee.
“I think love alone is not always enough. Maybe not. Sometimes it's not the right time.”
We realize that the protagonist's relationship with both her friend and her boyfriend is toxic and, in a way, there is a lot of fear about the future. After all, they grew up together and the fear of not knowing how they will go on generates a lot of frustration. However, if the friendship is true, nothing would be shaken. But this is part of everyone's personal growth, youth is like that and the turn to adulthood is complicated and doesn't happen overnight. In a forced and played way, the feature exposes Elle's skills with games that were not even mentioned in the previous features and she discovers this out of nowhere.
In addition to the script is poorly developed, the performances have not evolved and not even King with his charisma managed to dribble the existing flaws in the long, The big boy Elordi was the award-winning of the franchise, without expression, lack of excitement... it's as if the boy's soul had been taken away of his body. He's flat… his potential has been left out of every feature and it seems like he's only there because he has a cute face. Even with all the flaws and the predictable and cliché situations, the film delivered a good ending that, unlike the book, will make a lot of people reflect.
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