There are many slots, but it’s still a good story

Brett 2022-03-21 09:01:22

"A man able to travel in time" is finally an unconventional setting, but it is rare to have a different feeling when shooting. Different from the sad fate in "Butterfly Effect" and the silent warmth in "Time Traveler's Wife", this story is lively but not frivolous, warm but deep in connotation.

But in fact, I don’t think it’s good enough to give this movie a score:
(Remind, there are a lot of spoilers below)

I don’t think the heroine is pretty, -1
is a good heroine, that’s the kind of heroine that you don’t seem to be at first glance. Beautiful, I look at it, but I feel more beautiful in my heart. +1

Seeing that the male protagonist resolutely travels back to save for the cause of his friend, so I missed the female protagonist, and I feel that she is going to fall into the stereotype again, -1
can You see

that the male protagonist travels back for the female protagonist , stubbornly grabbing love, and feels that it is also a bit interesting, +1 you think the male and female protagonist is sweet and sweet from now on, I will go, really rejected the first love of the male protagonist at the beginning Appeared again, -1
Well, the two protagonists' active attacks ended in embarrassment, which suppressed the restless little flames in the male protagonist's heart. I couldn't help but smile +1,

but as expected, first love I took the initiative to hook up with the male protagonist, -1; moreover, do you hook up with the male protagonist? You are at the door of the man’s house, as if you can go to the spring night for a moment. -1
Oh, sorry, this is a warm inspirational movie, not an erotic movie, this is the warm little touch. Think about it, in reality, which man can pass the hurdle of first love so easily? Isn't it realistic? +1

Okay, I know that the male protagonist will seduce you, but you ran back and proposed to the female protagonist right now. What do you mean? This is the logic of the gods and horses? -1
However, if you look back, you can actually understand it again. The so-called true love, most of the time, at that moment, you suddenly understand what you care about most in your heart, and you would rather abandon some others than what you can't let go of. +1

……

So, in general, the story is that every time I want to say something good, I suddenly feel a sudden change, incorrigible, and then turn back from restraint when I always think that it has fallen into the cliché again. So it feels very difficult to score.

But it must be admitted that this story really hit my tears in the end, and finally decided that it was a good story. However, given that the current score is higher than I expected, it is Samsung.

It must also be said that I personally feel that the translation of the title of the mainland version is not as good as the Hong Kong version or the Taiwan version. Of course, the original English text is closer to the core of the story, About Time. This is a story that gives people thinking about the connotation and meaning of time, rather than a purely love story.
A literary film that borrows the shell of science fiction, so there is no need to entangle the problem of space-time logic.

PS: It turns out that this is the second time the heroine Rachel has fallen in love with someone who can travel through time. Isn’t it a familiarity? Although if it weren't for watching the cast later, I didn't recognize her as the original heroine of "Time Traveler's Wife". Because I have always remembered that the heroine of "Time Traveler's Wife" is so beautiful...
PS2: The hero is so familiar. After looking through the information for a long time, I found out that he had acted in the second season of "Black Mirror".

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Extended Reading
  • Nakia 2022-03-24 09:01:23

    I actually think that every so-called bug in this film has to exist for a certain purpose, and superpowers are only tools used to convey the theme, not the theme itself, so there is no need to pursue it seriously. Love comedy has scenery, music (really great), smiles, tears, and a little more touch and hope for life, not to mention such a crazy wedding and such a cute male protagonist!

  • Alessia 2022-03-23 09:01:23

    I went to a small theater far away to watch the last show under the heavy snowstorm, laughing and crying with the people all over the room. This is my 2013 movie of the year. The soundtrack is great, and the montage of the subway scene reminds me of John Lewis' commercial. The last time my father and son ran on the beach, I was crying stupidly.

About Time quotes

  • Harry: [showing him his new room] Here you go. Try not to make too much noise, particularly when having sex.

    Tim: No chance of that.

    Harry: Christ, two losers in one house.

    [pointing at a picture]

    Harry: That is my daughter. Have sex with her if you like. Apparently everyone else has.

  • Dad: Later on, I may tell you about Tim's many failings as a man and as a table tennis player. But, important first to say the one big thing, I've only loved 3 men in my life. My dad was a frosty bugger so that only leaves dear Uncle Desmond. B.B. King, obviously. And this young man here.