? A big motivation for watching this movie is curiosity, curious about yourself in the eyes of others. A friend recommended this film and said that it was suitable for me. I wondered what kind of film was suitable for me in the eyes of others. When I was a child, I used two mirrors to look at the hairpin behind my head, and found that the image I got after two reflections was somewhat different from what I saw in the mirror every day. After thinking about it, I finally realized that the left and right faces of a person are not completely symmetrical. What you see in the mirror is reflected. The image obtained after being reflected twice by the two mirrors may be what others see without reflection. So I am confused, which one is the real me? Maybe what other people see and what they see in the mirror is just a part of it. So I wondered what other people think of me. Everyone cares about what others think of them, the only difference is the degree. Saying that they don't care at all, most of them want to hide their fear of criticism, or they have become immortals. Even as brave as Vianne in the film, she was once subject to outside public opinion.
In fact, I heard about this film a long time ago, but when I saw the name, I always felt that it was a romantic film like "Love in Paris", and I was not interested. After reading it, I found that it is not very related to love, but more like a fable of thought. If I really like it, it seems that my friend has seen my essence clearly in a certain way.
The Origins of Mind Reading
The Four Famous Catchers released last year felt pretty good, at least not as bad as rumored. In addition to liking the effect of the swallows following the filming of the film, what I like most is the ruthless mind-reading technique and mind control. Being able to read people's hearts at a glance without relying on them is naturally a stunt against the sky, but like Wei Ann in "Chocolate", she uses psychological projection tests to infer people's preferences, and it can be regarded as a strong martial arts. But I feel that "Chocolate" not only tells the story of the success of mind reading, but also reveals the theoretical basis of mind reading, that is, the difference between people's hearts. If people’s minds are uniform, they like to praise God, they like to wear black shoes, they like to abide by the fasting rules, they like to wear yellow, green, and blue, they like to read quotations, and they like to be irradiated by the main body, then what kind of mind-reading skills are needed? But human hearts are just different: some people like pepper chocolate, some like plain dark chocolate, some like chocolate chips, and some like chocolate syrup. Wei'an's turntable is not so much a tool for reading minds as a magic plate that guides people's free expression; chocolate is not so much a food to satisfy people's desires as a key to inspire people's free thinking.
In the past, when I taught foreign students, I often felt that their thinking was too active. Why don't Chinese students do this? Probably because our exam papers always have standard answers. I am very curious why the film chooses France in 1959, why not Germany in 1936-1945, why not East Germany in 1949-1990, why not the kingdom of heaven in 1956-1976, or the time can be extended to the present. Of course, there is no need for a one-to-one correspondence between fables. When watching the film, I felt that if you don't go to church, you can't live in a small town. It's like you can't take the imperial examination if you don't read Confucius and Mencius, and you can't take the college entrance examination if you don't study horse hair. Confucius and Mencius are not bad, but if it is only Confucius and Mencius, it may not be good. Every time I see Earl Reynolds, I always think of the patrolmen in "Hugo". Except for their similar appearances, their behaviors are also very similar, and even the ending is the same. Foreigners are still quite idealistic, imagining that a few pieces of chocolate can make the superior automatically give up the scepter that binds everything. It's a fairy tale, but it's always good to have good intentions.
Leave the choice to Ben
Zhenwo Jiusi I don't understand that the English title is only "chocolate", why does the Chinese translation have to add "love, love"? Wo Jiusi didn't understand where the translator saw "love, love"? Even if the translator interprets the film like this, it is understandable that thousands of people understand it. Wo Jiusi does not understand why he must impose his personal interpretation on the translation result? At least in my opinion, this movie is mainly about restoring the truth and restoring the right of choice. Wo Jiusi didn't understand, could Mr. Yan Fu's "Faithfulness and Elegance" also be banned?
Although I have read Joanne Harris' original and other works, I doubt that this person is also a chocoholic. For some unknown reason, the chocolate madness that has tormented me for more than 20 years has finally disappeared since last year. Fortunately, this symptom disappeared before watching this movie, otherwise I would have eaten up a box of chocolates and a bucket of water by now. When I saw the beautiful chocolate shop in the movie, I suddenly had the desire to open such a shop. But thinking about it, I am more suitable for the antique shop in "Anna Madeleine", otherwise it is very likely to become fat or lose the essence. The best chocolate in memory is a Belgian brand with a pleasing shape and a long aftertaste. Almost eaten a box at a time, sin. Chocolate is good, but not everything. Kangaroo Pando doesn't like it, doesn't even want to try it. Gypsy Rox begins to use his theory to force Pando to try, but the clever little girl Anuk immediately fights back with an earthworm. Being able to "do not do to others what you would not want to do to others" is certainly a sage, but being able to do "do not do to others what you want to do to others" is even more valuable. One man's food may be another man's poison. Please don't impose your own good on others, even in the name of being a parent and thinking of others. Please allow kangaroos not to try chocolate, please allow some people to go to church and some not to go to church, please allow some people to read Confucius and Mencius, some people to read Lao Zhuang, some people to read Fa and Mo. Leave the right to choose to everyone, every life, every inanimate life.
Weirdly perfect
for Juliette Binoche and Johnny Depp. In Ou's mind, both of them have a unique artistic eccentricity. Fortunately, although this movie is a fable, the story is quite strong. In addition, Binoche is older and fatter, so he is less weird and looks quite warm. Depp is also more normal than in other films, and while he's artistic when "not normal," I still prefer normal. Probably, people like to be independent when they are young, but when they are old, they always want to drown out the crowd.
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