Realists gain life, dreamers lose love

Haley 2022-03-19 09:01:03

The film begins and ends with Natalie Portman walking through the crowd. Four years ago, she walked the streets of London as a stranger, her tousled short red hair set off a perfectly smooth forehead. Jude law met her in the crowd, stared at her, witnessed her being in a car accident, and rushed over to check her injuries without hesitation. She lay on the ground and turned her head slightly, opened her eyes, gave him a sweet and slightly provocative smile, and said: Hello, stranger.
Four years later, when she returned to New York, her long light hair was loose, and she still had a certain dazzling beauty. She walked among the crowd with a sad expression on her face. The men around looked sideways. Maybe there will be another encounter. Maybe not.

The strange thing is that the beauty of this girl only flashes in an instant. This beauty is also present in the photograph taken of her by the female photographer played by Julia Roberts, who turns her head and stubbornly weeps in a close-up of her face with the distinct texture of black and white photographs. She saw her own image at the film festival and said: "People are happy for these beautifully photographed sadness.
It's a fatally sad stripper with a mix of innocence and maturity. She said at the beginning: When I don't love anymore, I leave.

People can't resist the temptation. In the movie, the female photographer, the doctor, the unsuccessful writer, and the girl who used to be a stripper are all entangled. Among them, the only one who really has a clear grasp of his feelings is this girl. When she learned of Jude law's betrayal, she shouted angrily: I also had moments when I felt tempted but resisted ruthlessly, and I really hope you have such moments too.
The doctor is an unmistakable animal man, but his rude reality has won him back his photographer wife. She came to him to sign the divorce certificate, and he said, "Okay, but I have one condition, that I have sex with you in the end."
The obituary reporter and writer played by Jude law has the eyes of a lover, so gentle and helpless. He may have been a good lover, but his weakness betrayed him. He lost his lover of three years because he couldn't control his cheating feelings - he loved the photographer because she didn't need him; he lost the photographer because he couldn't stand the last sleep deal; he got the girl back , but finally lost it again - just because he babbled on and pressed her if she had slept with the doctor. This fragile person is frustrated by his own lack of magnanimity. Even if the four people in the story are not happy in the end, he is still the worst one.

If there is one lesson to be drawn from all the stories, it should be: First, resist the temptation of strangers. Second, if the resistance is unsuccessful, be honest. Third, if something happens to your partner, learn not to get to the bottom of it.
Terrible moral teaching, but actually very practical.

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Extended Reading
  • Kelvin 2022-03-24 09:01:29

    Kind of like a multi-act play

  • Kennedy 2022-04-23 07:01:30

    The phrase "I CANT TAKE MY MINE OFF U-" that stretches for several miles - I saw it a few years ago, and opened it when the new movie came down yesterday- -~~~~~~

Closer quotes

  • Alice: What's your work?

    Dan: I'm sort of... journalist.

    Alice: What sort?

    Dan: I write obituaries.

  • Alice: Who was your last boyfriend?

    Anna: My husband.

    Alice: Was he English?

    Anna: Very.