I hope life is really bright

Lolita 2022-11-14 18:05:52

This is a movie about twilight love, maybe it is still too far from my life, however, its gloomy and vicissitudes of life atmosphere, introverted and profound feeling, like a cup of warm coffee in winter, slowly, a little bit infiltrate the soul.

I have seen a similar theme "The Notebook" before. In contrast, "The Willow" is a purer literary film, and the former is actually just a literary shell wrapped with a business core. Therefore, from the viewing point of view, it seems that "The Willow" is slightly inferior. Its slow narrative and bland plot may be unbearable for many people in the current business society. However, only in this way can the subtleties of emotion be presented delicately.


Although the film makes us feel the deep feelings of the old couple who have been together for 44 years at the beginning, and this did make Fiona hesitate when she knew that she had Parkinson's disease, but in the end she bravely chose to leave her lover , to live in a treatment center. This allows me to see the other side of her independence and independence, who is elegant and noble. Or maybe she wanted to preserve her last dignity before she was completely lost.


Whether she was lost or not, at home or in a treatment center, Grant respected her choice from start to finish. Even in the treatment center, she, who was already unconscious, fell in love with another patient in the chaotic world. In order to make her happy, he endured the great pain of losing his beloved woman, and coordinated with the other's family. Send that same chaotic third party back to her side. The depth and breadth of this love is like the snow field that appears again and again in the film. It is silent, but it always surrounds and stretches.


In fact, the film's presentation of feelings is undoubtedly cruel - the person you love is right in front of you, but she is already like a stranger. Maybe she will never know your dedication, your pain, and your despair. Who knows, the lost sick or the awake healthy, which is happier?


Maybe the director couldn't bear to express this cruelty to the extreme, so the end of the film, just like the title, appeared a little brighter. But how long can this bright light last? Maybe everyone will be pessimistic about this. Just like the ending of "The Notebook" in which the old couple finally slept together in the wake of love and left, no one can deny that it was just an ideal fantasy that was too beautiful.


Life is such despair. but--
We have to have a theme, something to think about, something to say, something to hold on to, something to love
in the midst of dawn and darkness .

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Away from Her quotes

  • Fiona: I think I may be beginning to disappear.

  • Grant Anderson: I never wanted to be away from her.