Love is not a happy experience

Wellington 2022-02-07 15:00:24

Let's talk about the disadvantages first. The beginning is a little confusing, and the viewers are puzzled by Margot's restless state, and the source of the twisted state of getting along with her husband is also slightly inexplicable, making it difficult to find any clues. I even started to speculate whether the relationship was strained because of a miscarriage or something. I don't know if it's because of the lack of relevant experience, I can't empathize with it.

The movie itself has a lot of scenes that I particularly like:
Scene 1: The two eyes entangle in the tavern and Daniel worships Margot's body with words. The beauty of stealing is that you know what you shouldn't do, but you just can't stand it. Advance and retreat, test, tease, seduce. The people who eat melons will be drunk in Daniel's eyes and voice.
Fragment 2: The fragment of Margot and Daniel swimming together in the pool, the irresistible attraction and tacit movement, underwater is so incredible. Even for such a brief moment, compared to having no conversation with my husband on the anniversary, I can meet someone who resonates with me, so I can't resist this temptation.
Fragment 3: Daniel dragged Margo and her husband to celebrate the anniversary with a human-powered bicycle. Just imagining how the three people present spent this time with completely different moods and thoughts made him feel indescribably distressed.
Fragment 4: Margot is so comfortable and enjoying on the dark music light turntable, and just as Daniel is about to make a move, the music stops abruptly and the sky brightens, and they return to pale reality, just like their love situation. Because it is in the dark, you can temporarily forget all constraints and do whatever you want. But how can there be eternal freedom without bondage?
Fragment 5: At the end of the film, the camera shakes and turns, the satisfaction of desire, the scorching heat of love, the sexual attempt to regain the passion, the desertedness after the passion fades, the silent companionship, which echoes the old black woman in the public bathroom. The truth: The new always becomes the old.
There are also two small plots: one is that Margot and her husband express their love by expressing their love by saying terrifying love words to each other. There is a sweet way in the lover’s world, and even after breaking up, this tacit understanding will not disappear; the other is that the husband Every time I secretly poured a spoonful of cold water on Margo when she was taking a bath, it reminded people of the sacrifices that existed silently but never said. Cry a lot.


A lover who is in the midst of a fiery love is sending the message that I love you with all his heart, without words at all. But the passion fades, only to deceive oneself through repeated powerless declarations. Have a lifetime of love? After all, the dopamine that was once blazingly burned can't last long. Losing dopamine, does love disappear, or can it be transformed into another kind of existence and continue to maintain? How can such a presence be enough to resist the sweet temptations of new passions?
Different people have different needs at different times, and even the degree of need is different. You can imagine how hard it is to meet people who can meet each other's needs for a lifetime. I admire loyalty, but I also acknowledge the fragility of human nature. Some people can resist temptation with a sense of responsibility, but for those who do not stick to it, facing the same helplessness, why criticize each other?
If you really want to find a way out, it is better to always remember that you are only a lonely individual from birth to death, no one has a rib, and no one can survive without anyone. Enjoy and cherish the time that we can accompany each other, maybe we can move forward with inertia, maybe we have to say goodbye when the time comes.

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  • Aurelia 2022-03-15 09:01:11

    I watched a movie that made every fine line in my heart feel good, and every second was in my heart. We come from loneliness and we will return to loneliness. No amount of physical or emotional intimacy can change that. So, don't look for the exit, there is no exit. Don't be depressed, what problems can be solved by depression. so let's take this waltz and live until death do me apart from this world.

  • Adolphus 2022-03-17 09:01:09

    Be your own partner~

Take This Waltz quotes

  • Lou: At least I have my testicles.

  • Geraldine: You think everything can be worked out if you just make the right move? That must be thrilling... Life has a gap in it. It just does. You don't go crazy trying to fill it like some lunatic.