"Happy birthday, Simon."

Lupe 2022-04-19 09:02:43

Every time I watch a movie, I have a lot of things I want to say. I pick a little bit like this and jot it down, as an explanation for myself. There are a few things I want to say about Wei Tong's father. At first, I really hated him. The face-loving old man in the traditional family thought his face was bigger than everything else. Simon gave him a blood pressure monitor, and he misunderstood what they meant. In that absurd farce, I thought I said something that touched my daughter-in-law, and showed a little pride. And the act of slamming the door because he was unhappy, all these make me think that he is a very boring person. But when I take a walk with my son, I get that feeling again, he's just a normal dad. Not some former army division commander, nor that old master who wants to save face. He seems to be a little bit more cute after throwing away all social status and titles. In fact, my feeling may not be wrong. When did it start to change? Later, he suddenly praised Simon's gift and took the initiative to use it; it was he who started going for a walk with Simon and asked him to do rehabilitation training for him. I thought he accidentally heard Weitong's confession to his mother outside in the ward, but I didn't expect that he could understand English and everything happened earlier. I started to like this father. He said, "Simon, happy birthday, you are my other son." Later, Weiwei also said, Simon, would you like to be another father of the child? The meaning of "the other" is self-evident for same-sex couples, and I think it moved me, and even had a sore nose at that moment. And my favorite thing is that he didn't show the slightest bit of incomprehension about it. He just accepted his son's sexuality so calmly that he didn't feel sick or sick. In the end, Gao Ma still wanted her son to "change over", and expressed such wishes with her nominal daughter-in-law. In contrast, my father's actions, I can't describe that feeling. It's not admiration or thanks for understanding, it may be a blessing, a blessing for Wei Tong's luck. "Thank you for taking care of Wei Tong." The father's greatest blessing to his son is his affirmation and gratitude to his lover. The happiness and happiness of the son is more important than the continuation of the incense of the Gao family. I don't have any deep insights, I just like the high father at that moment, more admirable than all his majestic looks. Regarding homosexual sex and traditional thinking here, I just want to praise Ang Lee for being very powerful. This is something that China will have to face for many, many years in the future, with wives, surrogacy, and even a little bit of legal possibility. and countless countless elders who think these are mental illnesses, Wrong, what to do when you think you need to change. This is not something that can be accomplished in ten or twenty years. Sad and helpless. A long way to go. Always have some understanding. Just write nonsense.

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  • Braden 2022-03-21 09:03:01

    85/100 Chinese contemporary master directors have paid little attention to the life of the people in modern cities. We actually yearn for more "wedding banquet"-style urban stories to appear on the big screen. The "Wedding Banquet" narrated by Ang Lee's simplicity is becoming a source of more and more pain for some people in the mainland society more than 20 years later. How can we pursue happiness under this blue sky and save the lost back of that old age ?

  • Brady 2022-03-20 09:02:37

    Seeing room number 1069, my glass heart broke...

The Wedding Banquet quotes

  • Justice of the Peace: Okay, now you: "I, Wee-Wee..."

    Wei-Wei: Wee-Wee.

    Justice of the Peace: "... take you, Wai Tung..."

    Wei-Wei: Wee-Wee.

    Justice of the Peace: Okay. "To be my wedded husband... to have and to hold..."

    Wei-Wei: Holding to have, husband, mine...

    Justice of the Peace: "... for better, for worse, for richer, for poorer..."

    Wei-Wei: Better and richer, no poorer.

    Justice of the Peace: "... in sickness and in health, till death do us part."

    Wei-Wei: Till sickness and death.

    Justice of the Peace: Groovy. Rings.

  • Mrs. Gao: [about Wei-Wei] What do you think?

    Mr. Gao: She'll make a lot of babies.