Netflix released the sequel to "The Kissing Booth" and if you thought the first movie was cheesy, corny and unrealistic, then brace yourself because the sequel is just as bad.
After the first movie, we see that Elle and Noah end up together and live happily ever after...that is until they realize that Noah is going to Harvard for college and is moving to the other side of the country.
How he got into Harvard, I will never understand, but that's besides the point.
The whole film is based on Elle and Noah trying to make their long distance relationship work. This is where we start to have some problems in their relationships that are huge red flags for any healthy couple.
First off, once Noah leaves for Harvard, Elle decides she wants to be mature and give him his space. Okay, space can be good, I agree with that. BUT giving Noah space included not texting him or responding to his messages for a while. When she did text him she responded with a couple words and said things like "Take care." Strange, right?
In a relationship, you shouldn't feel like you're bothering the other person or that you can't speak to them when you want. Especially if you're trying to make a long distance relationship work, communication is the key factor here and Elle totally ignored that. She thought she was doing the right thing, but ignoring your partner is not the right move. Why would you want to distance yourself emotionally from your significant other when you're already physically distanced?
Since Elle decided to go MIA in her relationship, Noah figured he had to come up with a way that he could get in contact with her. So what did he think was the best plan? He thought the best idea would be to call her at high school, pretend to be Elle's dad and said he needed to talk to her. Obsessive much? I know Elle was in the wrong for being a poor girlfriend who didn't communicate, but Noah didn't have to go and become some obsessive guy. Well, I guess we should have seen this coming since in the first movie Noah goes around to all the guys at the school telling them to stay away from Elle because that's normal to do when you like someone right...hell no?
Here's another red flag with their relationship. When Elle visited Noah at school, she went out to dinner with him and his friends. Noah seemed to have made acquaintance with a female at school named Chloe. When Chloe arrives at the scene, Noah and all of his friends greet Chloe. You know who didn't get introduced? Elle. Noah just stared at Chloe the whole time and forgot to introduce the girl he is apparently in love with. If that was my boyfriend, words would have been exchanged because that was not right.
Speaking of Chloe, she claims to just be a friend of Noah's but she sure likes to get close to boundary lines a lot in the movie. Chloe says out loud that Noah "does as he is told so I keep him around." That doesn't sound like a friend to me, more of a person she likes to have fun with and use as a boy toy. Disgusting. She knew very well that Noah had a girlfriend considering the fact that she made that comment TO Elle in front of Noah and his other friends.
Chloe and Noah even have some borderline flirty text messages to each other. Elle saw a text from Chloe saying "You should let me make it up to you" and Noah responded with 'Think I got something in mind." It's just stuff that no girl with a boyfriend would feel comfortable with. Yes, guys can have friends that are girls, but when you are in a relationship, you don't get to say and do whatever you want, that is if you actually care about your partner.
Noah tells Elle that he and Chloe are just friends and nothing more. Except one night he forgot he was supposed to call his girlfriend and instead went out to a concert with Chloe. Then he lied about it and told Elle he was hanging out with the guys. Mhmm, sure Noah. If she is just a friend and it is no big deal, then you wouldn't lie to your girlfriend about her.
No wonder Elle thought Noah was cheating on her.
Elle isn't all in the clear either. She started to develop feelings for the new kid at school, Marco. She took it to the next level and even kissed the guy in front of a large audience, where even Noah was there to witness the event. As soon as she kissed him, Noah should have left her. If your girlfriend kisses another guy while you're dating, that is CHEATING and you don't try to "make things work". Cheating is the end of a relationship. It's as simple as that.
They didn't even break up in the end and he forgave her. It wasn't a mistake to Elle. She had feelings for someone else and kissed him. The fact that she even had feelings for another guy means she wasn't happy or content in her relationship with Noah. So, Noah shouldn't be so forgiving.
Elle didn't value the relationship enough to respect her boyfriend and Noah wasn't mature enough to tell his girlfriend the truth about his friend. This relationship will not last and Marco seems more right for Elle, but she ended up hurting him and choosing Noah in the end.
I am Team Marco all the way. I guess we'll just have to wait until 2021 to see if Elle and Noah remain together or maybe she'll end up with Marco.