You are not married yet

Jerald 2022-01-12 08:01:14

The beginning of the movie is very interesting. Marty works in a butcher's shop. Those old ladies and customers who walk by will ask Marty if she is looking for a girlfriend. She asks her mother to ask the introducer to meet Marty, and everyone leaves a word before leaving. "You're embarrassed if you are not married yet!" Marty is also very distressed. He also wants to get married, but there is no way. He knows that he is not married when he is 34 and it is indeed a joke in the eyes of others. His mother is also urging marriage, he faces this reality, no matter what kind of woman, he has no share.
The ending is also very interesting, according to the beginning. After he figured it out, he went to call the hostess. His friend Follow Qu looked at him with a reluctant and incomprehensible expression. He a little angrily said to his friend, "You are not married yet, so embarrassed!" Then he closed the door. Open friends. The expression in the eyes, the expression, and the tone were very similar to the old ladies before, contemptuous and mocking, and also a little more proud.

This is Marty's change. It is love that gives him confidence and the courage to change, to get rid of the boring single life, and to leave the shackles of single friends and mothers. You find a girlfriend, you like her, what's up with other people?
And why did my mother and friends react so much when they found out that Marty had someone they liked? Why did they say that the woman was not good? Why did they persuade Marty not to look for her?
If Marty has been unable to find a girlfriend before, it is because he is fat, unsightly, and not decent at work, because his own conditions are not good enough, and if he fails this time, it is not his problem, but his The compromise of a stable life in the past, the reliance on stable friendships and mothers, and the fear of an uncertain life in the future. Just like Marty said to Clara, "When you really face it, in fact, it’s not what you imagined. We are just afraid of being independent. I think if you can be independent, this is progress. When you say you When you say that your father needs you, you actually need your father. When you go home, your parents are there. You can be a girl for the rest of your life. People like you and me will eventually grow up."
What he said, "We are just afraid of being independent." All of them are in fact like this. The mother was afraid of being alone, that Marty would marry a daughter-in-law and forget her mother, and that she would be abandoned by her son like her sister. She didn’t believe that even if her sister took over and knew their mother-in-law’s conflicts, she still believed that Marty and the girl he liked, but when Marty’s words corresponded to her younger sister’s expectations, her mother became scared, and she showed that she was right. The girl doesn't like it, and doesn't agree with the son and the girl together. This kind of psychology is also the psychology of the younger sister, and it is also the same as all mother-in-laws. Someone who snatches a son from him must protect what he has and not let him lose it. This is also one of the reasons for the problem of mother-in-law and daughter-in-law. And friends are also afraid of independence, afraid that Marty will never play with them again after getting married. They have a sense of difference, and they are also afraid of change. Even if they want to get married, they are still obsessed with this boring life.
Can't be independent, can't be alone, so I want to keep Marty.

Fortunately, Marty finally woke up, and after some inner struggle, he chose to step out of his comfort zone, choose the life he wanted, be independent and free, and start a new life.
Marty called Clara. Poor Clara waited by the phone, crying silently. Is she sad and disappointed that Marty did not call for fear that she would no longer be loved by others.
They are in love, and I believe they will have a happy ending.

Although the theme of this film is the feelings and marital status of an ordinary person, the image of each person in the film is actually unique and reflects some problems. The conflicts between parents and children, the conflicts between mother-in-law and daughter-in-law, the relationship between friends, the various problems of both parties in marriage, the individual's independent and free choice, the pursuit of love and free choice. This is also something that a person will encounter in his life. Whether it was more than 50 years ago or now, it resonates well.

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  • Jaunita 2022-03-25 09:01:15

    Very bland. Get married!

  • Einar 2022-03-23 09:02:48

    This movie alone shows that the gap between China and the United States, whether economic or ideological, is not just as simple as decades! The more movies I watch, the more I feel that the gold content of the best picture Oscar is really low, but the actor's performance is really good!

Marty quotes

  • Marty Pilletti: All my brothers and brothers-in-laws tell me what a good-hearted guy I am. You don't get to be good-hearted by accident. You get kicked around long enough, you become a professor of pain.

  • Marty Pilletti: Ma, sooner or later, there comes a point in a man's life when he's gotta face some facts. And one fact I gotta face is that, whatever it is that women like, I ain't got it.