About "The Wedding Banquet"

Cleora 2022-03-21 09:03:01

The film from 1993 seems very old now.
Ang Lee, who was 13 years ago, seems a little jerky now, especially in terms of editing. It doesn't have the neatness of "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon", nor the smooth flow of "Brokeback Mountain".
But for details and conflicts, Ang Lee's style has never changed.
It's just getting more and more "ruthless".
The Wedding Banquet is, after all, a comedy. Wei Tong, Simon, and Wei Wei form a family together, and it is the best ending for Wei Tong's parents to leave safely.
So happy, so lively.
If everyone can understand such feelings like Wei Tong's father, what will the ending of "Brokeback Mountain" be?
Thinking of this, I can't help but want to cry.
Brokeback Mountain has become my inner demon.
How could I forget such a feeling.
"There was a friendship that gradually turned into a secret; there was a place we could never go back to; there were lies we had to maintain; and those past events were unforgettable at this moment..."
Remember those words: Ennis doesn't love women, and he Don't love men, he loves only Jack. In fact, Jack is like this, Wei Tong is like this, Simon is like this, Mio is like this, Juliet is like this, everyone is like this.
Loving someone is just loving someone, male or female, it's just an identity.

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  • Krista 2022-03-19 09:01:08

    Ang Lee is always good at showing the minutiae of Chinese culture in the context of Western culture. The Chinese wedding banquet, which was enlarged into a comedy form, satirized the suppression of sex in Chinese culture... and China's most traditional family and family concepts were further deepened in this false marriage. Forbearance of emotions and family conflicts are finally resolved in love and understanding. Accepting everything and moving forward, this is finally a wedding banquet.

  • Hillard 2022-03-23 09:03:04

    In terms of theme, it just happened to form a contrast with the later "Diet Men and Women": "Actually, a family lives under one roof, and they can still live their own lives, but this kind of scruples arising from the heart is the reason why a family The meaning of being home." "The Wedding Banquet" chose not to mention it, maintaining an original family structure that seemed to be satisfied by everyone; while "Diet Men and Women" no longer compromised, breaking the original structure, but still retaining family affection .

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.