After reading a little comparison between the 96 version and the 04 version

Marcelina 2021-12-23 08:01:27

In the past, everyone used to say "the most important thing is the process." After watching these two movies, the old and new movies, the result is more important than the process.

The result seems to be the final word for whether the previous circling, confusion and many other factors make sense. The result also determines the different details of the same plot, the different direction of the story, and the different emotional tendencies of the two films.

The reversal of the 96 version's ending, even the reversal itself, is surprising enough. The 04 version's ending happens to be a supplement to it, showing us what the end of another road is, and another road that seems better. There is no good or bad, but the latter lacks a bit of flavor.

What is the smell? It is not the guilt, entanglement, anxiety and tolerance of the saboteur, but the free and easy of the saboteur. If you have already lost your mind, you can let it go even if happiness seems to be in front of you. When you can't let it go, it's often not love, it's just obsession.

Changes in the types of male and female protagonists have also led to changes in the temperament of the film. The predecessor of the modern city is the suspenseful tension and poetic romance about love itself. The story is outside the main line, and actually contains five loves. There are main and secondary, multiple perspectives, and the complicated process is reflected in the fragmented time powder box.

The 04 version of the male protagonist "turns out the chaos anyway", lifts the fog and breaks the obstacles, making love outside the main line appear pale and fragile in front of the main line, and a rose blooms in the world. The intricateness of the 96th edition is not only the plot, but the emotional lines are also intertwined in every way, and the desire to discern and fascinate is just like the taste of love itself.

Could it be that in the old age that we believe is stable and beautiful, single-minded, love turned out to be tangled and helplessly returned to the mortal world, and in the modern society that we believe is lack of patience and constant emotion, love is the end of the yearning, so contradictory NS?

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

    I really like this kind of film that relies on memories and piece together to reveal the complete story. The performance of several protagonists is wonderful! I personally like this version better than the French original~

  • Annie 2021-12-23 08:01:27

    Except for the end, everything else is wonderful. If Josh misses his girlfriend at the end, it will be more real. There is also a bad coldplay song.

Wicker Park quotes

  • Alex: Love makes you do crazy things, insane things, things in a million years you never thought you'd see yourself do. There you are doing it... can't help it.

  • [Matthew discusses with Luke about what he should do with his fiancée Rebecca and the girl of his dreams Lisa]

    Matthew: You're right. This doesn't make any sense. One minute I'm here looking at rings, and the next I'm here, doing this.

    Luke: Whoa. Whoa, looking at rings? I didn't realize you were that serious.

    Matthew: Apparently, I'm not.

    Luke: See, that is how the universe works. The minute you make a decision, you decide on anything, along comes temptation.

    Matthew: What would you do?

    Luke: [laughs] Keep them both and hope they didn't find out about each other.

    Matthew: [laughs] That's perfect. Asshole! I have to find out why she left.

    Luke: She got scared. Everyone gets scared.

    Matthew: No, not Lisa. She wouldn't have left without an explanation. Without some sort of letter or a call or something. She's not like that. I mean, something must've happened, and whatever it was...

    Luke: Screwed you up big time.

    Matthew: [pause] I know she loved me.