From Screen Rant : “ The Kissing Booth 3: What Needs To Happen To Properly End The Trilogy ”

The Kissing Booth 3 wraps up Netflix's trilogy of teenage rom-com. Here's everything that needs to happen in the threequel for a satisfying ending.

Netflix is ending another rom-com trilogy through The Kissing Booth 3, here's what needs to happen in the film to properly wrap up the franchise. The original The Kissing Booth movie debuted on the streaming service in 2018. Due to its popularity, its sequel, The Kissing Booth 2 rolled out two years later. Now, it's set to cap off its overall storytelling with its final installment, The Kissing Booth 3.

Based on the novels of the same name written by Beth Reekles, The Kissing Booth franchise revolves around high school late bloomer Elle (Joey King) as she gets in an unexpected romantic relationship with Noah Flynn (Jacob Elordi), the Los Angeles Country Day High School's senior bad boy. That in itself should be enough to dissuade Elle from pursuing her crush, but to further complicate matters, she and Noah had to keep their romance a secret from her best friend and his brother, Lee (Joel Courtney). Once the initial premise was resolved, The Kissing Booth 2 provided new hurdles for Elle as she learned how to navigate a long-distance affair as Noah started college at Harvard. She found solace in the year’s new student transfer, Marco (Taylor Zakhar Perez). In the end, Elle realized that she was still in love with Noah, and the pair decided to stay together.

The Kissing Booth 3 comes with a string of fresh issues for Elle. Most importantly, she needs to decide where she goes to college — Harvard so she can be with Noah, or U.C. Berkeley as per her and Lee's long-standing deal. Expectedly, this will be the central issue in the threequel. But as it's also set to wrap up the whole trilogy, there are several other plot points that it needs to address to provide a satisfying conclusion to its story.

The Kissing Booth 3 Needs To Reveal Where Elle Will Go To College

First and foremost, The Kissing Booth 3 needs to reveal where Elle will go to college. It appears that this is a no-brainer, but based on the promos for the film thus far, a significant portion of it will be set during the summer on the heels of Elle and Lee's graduation. This means that the threequel can easily cover that whole period and not fully resolve the cliffhanger ending of The Kissing Booth 2. Depending on the pacing of the movie, it could very well play this particular plotline out; opting for the characters to focus on their various project over the break and saving the resolution until its very end. But, that shouldn't be the case. The Kissing Booth 3 needs to show how Elle's choice, wherever she ends up going, will affect her relationships and most importantly, her personal future.

The Kissing Booth 3 Needs To Fully Resolve Elle & Lee's List

While The Kissing Booth movies never really dwelled on Elle and Lee's rules, a couple of them played into the films' respective storylines. In The Kissing Booth, Rule #9 which states that relatives of your best friend are off-limits was broken when Elle started dating Noah. Subsequently, The Kissing Booth 2 introduced Rule #19 which says that both need to go to the same school — something that might also be defied in The Kissing Booth 3 if Elle decides to go to Harvard. As adorable as these guidelines are, the fact that they're getting more difficult to uphold means that they need to be at least revisited. For example, Rule #19 could effectively contradict Rule #18 which mandates that they need to be happy with each other's successes. If Elle can thrive and be happy in Harvard not just to be close to Noah, then it's something that Lee should support, even if that means them not going to U.C. Berkeley as initially planned. Reconsidering the list could signal this major transition in their lives as they become college students.

The Kissing Booth 3 Needs To Give Marco His Own Story

Introduced in The Kissing Booth 2, Marco was a worthy romantic interest option for Elle, so much so that there has been an argument that she's better off with him than her actual boyfriend. For what it's worth, Marco stuck by her as she struggled to navigate her and Noah's new set-up and while Lee was busy with Rachel (Meganne Young). At the end of The Kissing Booth 2, Elle and Noah made up, and while it appeared as if Marco was totally out of the picture, his lingering look on her implied that he might not be ready to fully give up just yet. But, instead of sending Marco to continue pursuing Elle knowing full well that they won't be together, it's better if The Kissing Booth 3 just gives him his own story and perhaps, his own love interest.

The Kissing Booth 3 Needs To Show Elle Growing Up

In terms of The Kissing Booth franchise's overall story, this is arguably the most important goal for The Kissing Booth 3 — show that Elle has made progress in terms of maturity. As a coming-of-age story, the films tackle quintessential teen narratives such as navigating school, friendship, and romantic relationships. But if there's one thing that The Kissing Booth 2 made clear, it's that Elle is still very much immature in both her perspective and ways. Much of the issues that she dealt with in the sequel could've been resolved just by having proper conversations with both Noah and Lee. A prime example of this was her suddenly cutting her Harvard visit short simply because she found another woman's earring in her boyfriend's room instead of actually asking him about it. There's also the issue of where she'll go for college; both Harvard and Berkeley are choices that other people want for her. It's unclear if she personally even want to go to either of them if Noah and Flynn are out of the picture. With that, The Kissing Booth 3 needs to give Elle her agency; let her decide what she truly wants for herself. Only then will The Kissing Booth franchise be able to call itself a true coming-of-age narrative.

From CinemaBlend : What The Super 8 Cast Is Doing Now

In 2011, between J.J. Abrams' commitments to The Final Frontier and A Galaxy Far, Far Away, the blockbuster writer-director-producer traveled back in time, all the way to 1979, to the fictional town of Lillian, Ohio, to tell his most personal story in Super 8, a heavily Spielbergian coming-of-age monster thriller with pre-fame performances from Joel Courtney and Elle Fanning, while also featuring the dependable acting talents of Kyle Chandler, Noah Emmerich, and Richard T. Jones. However you feel about this standalone effort (in my view, it's arguably Abrams' finest film), the nostalgic genre-fuser was a comfortable commercial and critical hit for the franchise-driven filmmaker, and it's hard to believe that a decade has passed since it premiered in theaters. If you love the Super 8 cast and want to know what they're doing next, we're here to help!

Joel Courtney (Joe Lamb)

As Joe Lamb, our mournful child protagonist caught in a local alien plot, Joel Courtney made his acting debut in J.J. Abrams' Super 8. Most notably, Courtney plays Lee Flynn in Netflix's The Kissing Booth and The Kissing Booth 2. His other movie credits include Assimilate, F the Prom, Don't Let Me Go, Sins of Our Youth, Tom Sawyer & Huckleberry Finn, Dear Eleanor, Spare Time Killers, Mercy, and The River Thief. Additionally, on television, Courtney starred in The CW's short-lived series, The Messengers. The young actor also appeared in The Haunting Hour: The Series, Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., and APB.

Most recently, Joel Courtney was seen in The Empty Man. Next, he'll appear in Pursuedand Players. Additionally, Courtney reprises his role as Lee Flynn in The Kissing Booth 3.

Watch The Kissing Booth 3 only on Netflix August 11.

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From Screen Rant : The Kissing Booth 3: Why Elle Shouldn't Go To Harvard Or Berkeley

In The Kissing Booth 2, Elle gets accepted to Harvard and Berkeley and has a choice to make. But here's why neither school is the best fit for her.

The Kissing Booth 3 is expected to address the big cliffhanger at the end of The Kissing Booth 2 about Elle's (Joey King) college decision, but Elle shouldn’t go to Harvard University or to the University of California-Berkeley. Following the release of the first film and its sequel, the teen rom-com movie series on Netflix will wrap up this summer upon the release of The Kissing Booth 3 in August. While it might make sense given the nature of the genre for Elle to go to Harvard to be with her boyfriend Noah (Jacob Elordi) instead of going to Berkeley, the film's final installment should go a different route with her storyline.

Following the events of The Kissing Booth, where Elle and Noah become an item after a fundraiser, the sequel saw the couple experiencing some problems with their long-distance relationship. Elle and new student Marco (Taylor Zakhar Perez) also started to develop a mutual attraction after training for a dance competition together. Not only that, but Elle got caught in the middle of some tension between her childhood pal - and Noah's brother - Lee (Joel Courtney) and his girlfriend Rachel (Meganne Young). Things smoothed over by the time Elle, Lee and Rachel graduated, but the movie introduced a big question at the end as to where Elle will go to college. It's clear that she doesn't know what to do, and that's why neither option seems like the right choice.

The right choice is for Elle to not go to Harvard or Berkley because she needs to make her own decision about her future. With Noah off at Harvard in Kissing Booth 2 and urging her to apply and be closer to him, it seems like Elle didn't really make the decision to apply on her own. She and Noah had some reconciliation in The Kissing Booth 2, but the problems with their relationship, like lack of communication and trust, aren't so easily solved. If Elle goes to Harvard, those issues will be at the forefront of their relationship, and Elle will be without the company of her family and her best friend. It's a big move to make for an unstable relationship.

But it's not the right decision for Elle to go to Berkeley in The Kissing Booth 3 either. When Elle and Lee were kids, one of the rules they determined for their friendship pact was that they would go to the same college one day. Lee was obviously happy to go forward with this and ended up getting accepted to Berkeley. Originally, Elle had the same idea, but only because she hadn't really considered any other options. Elle also knew that her mom had met Lee's mom at Berkeley and they became best friends, so it's a meaningful place for their families. If she decided to go to Berkeley, she would be forsaking her relationship with Noah since it's unlikely that the pair could endure more long-distance. This might be best for Elle, but her choice to attend Berkeley shouldn't just come from a childhood decision, especially since she and Lee already broke some of the other rules from their pact.

Ultimately, Elle should choose a different college in The Kissing Booth 3. Her decisions throughout the series are frequently made based on what other people will think. This happens with Lee and Noah in particular, who both have a strong influence on those decisions. It's time for Elle to be proactive and do what's best for herself, especially when her future is at stake. Although it might be a little late in the game for her to apply to a different school, it wouldn't be impossible. This choice would make for a more unpredictable ending to The Kissing Booth 3 and create some better character development for Elle as the series comes to an end.