Although the overwhelming amount of nostalgic themes in this movie may irritate me, I have to admit that I was rather amazed by everything Wang did to make it feel like a real period piece on HD Movies Soap2Day. As a kind of time capsule for the decade, Richard Linklater's Boyhood is the only other movie that comes to mind that depicts the 2000s quite as well as this one does. Being so prevalent throughout, I can understand how this aspect of the movie would annoy some viewers, but I felt it really put the audience in the summer of 2008 and came across rather realistically. Developing your passions, trying to be cool, and falling in love are all appropriate.
