Another kind of relief

Bernardo 2022-03-22 09:02:06

I still remember the first time I watched the French version of L'appartement. It was a long time ago in CCTV-6's "A Date with a Good Movie", the charming monica, the rude poet vicen, and the baby face who made a stumbling block from it. Since then, it has been entangled in the love that is patchy without a period. Back and forth over and over again.

Because of being obsessed with Josh Hartnett for a while, and looking up to Diane's elegance from beginning to end, Wicker Park has become a long-awaited film. But the initial browsing found that it was actually just a remake from the French version. That was a failure, that disappointment—it was absolutely impossible to make it more torturous than the French version, so it was put on hold for the time being.

It is not until I watch the movie today that I find another kind of relief - the expectation of non-literary art, the hope of pure life. When Coldplay chanted "let's go back to the start", Lisa and Matthew experienced tossing and kneeling and hugging each other, the so-called lovers finally got married, Hollywood provides you with the happiness of walking all over the place without looking for scraps of iron. with comfort.

But as a remake and revision, loopholes are naturally indispensable. Most notably, in the French version, Lisa's fiancé, Daniel, plays a somewhat decisive and consistent role throughout the development of the plot. However, since the American version of the ending does not have the plot of Lisa dying in Daniel's twisted passion, Daniel's existence seems to have only a relatively insufficient rationality and coherence.

PS Josh looks like a priest in a black trench coat in the opening..."Why be a photographer" monologue is very loving: Things don't have to be extraodinary to be beautiful. The ordinary could be just as beautiful.

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Extended Reading
  • Kaleigh 2021-12-23 08:01:27

    "How did you know that I didn't fall in love with you long ago? Now that I meet you again, I don't want to lose again. Maybe the first time I saw you, I felt the same way when you met Lisa, do you remember? Love makes people do silly things, irrational, and even dreaming of what I would do. I did it all, and I couldn’t stop it. I didn’t intend to apologize for what I did. From this point on, I won’t feel guilty for a lifetime. Now what you see is the real me..."

  • Ellis 2022-04-23 07:02:45

    interesting interesting soundtrack is very nice

Wicker Park quotes

  • [the phone rings and Luke hopes that Matthew can fix things with Alex over the phone]

    Luke: I hope, for our friendship, this is who I want it to be. Want to see how cool I am? Three rings.

    [Luke answers the phone]

    Luke: Hello? Hey, how's it goin'? Oh, I'm so sorry. Did you get my message-ges. No, I lent my car to my buddy Matt, and he was a little late coming home. No, sure. He's right here. Hold on a sec. She wants to talk to you.

    [hands over the phone to Matthew]

    Luke: Fix it. You have to fix it.

    Matthew: [Luke hovers near the phone to listen in] Hello?

    Alex: [Alex on the other end of the phone] He's full of shit, isn't he?

    Matthew: Yeah, he's full of shit, all right.

    Alex: Yeah, I knew it.

    Matthew: He didn't lend me his car. I took it. I stole his keys.

    Luke: [whispers] That's good.

    Alex: Why would you do that?

    Matthew: Because I'm a selfish idiot. And I had this whole thing going on that... I don't wanna bore you with it.

    Alex: Please, I insist.

    Matthew: Okay. Well, um... I was looking for somebody. A woman. I wasn't thinking. Got a little desperate.

    Alex: Oh, I'm sorry.

    Matthew: No. I should be apologizing to you. And I am apologizing to you. I'm very sorry that I ruined your evening.

    Alex: Did you find her?

    Matthew: I think so. Yeah. I found where she lives.

    Alex: Well, you should go back, and you should look for her.

    Matthew: I think I will. Thanks.

    Luke: [whispers] Okay, you're boring now. Give me the phone.

    Matthew: Okay, Alex. I gotta go.

    Alex: Nice to talk to you.

    Matthew: Nice to talk to you, too. Bye - bye.

    Matthew: [looks at Luke handing him the phone] She's nice, man.

    Luke: [smiles] Thanks.

  • [the theatre director coaches Alex that she's not giving any love in her performance]

    Alex: [Alex gives her line] Whoe'er I woo myself would be his wife.

    Theater Director: [the theater director interrupts her] Alex, what's going on?

    Alex: What do you mean?

    Theater Director: Well, I'm sitting in the audience and I'm getting nothing. I figured maybe I'm missing something, so I come, I take a closer look. But you know what? I'm still not buying it.

    [screams at her]

    Theater Director: What the hell is a matter with you today? Look, the line,

    [quotes]

    Theater Director: whoe'er I woo, myself would be his wife, defines your character. You're in love with this guy, and he is asking you to help him get another woman! You're upset, you're confused, it's tearing you up inside! We gotta see the love, but we've also gotta see the agony. You have been in love before, haven't you?

    Alex: Yes. Sure.

    Theater Director: Oh, good. Well, please. Share us a little something, huh?