When you start to look at life-the broken flower

Jermain 2021-12-12 08:01:12

Since 2004, at the beginning of each year, a middle-aged man dangled in front of his eyes. From Lost In Translation to Sideways to Broken Flowers, Bill Murray and Paul Giamatti appeared alternately. But I am content to start every year in this quiet, superficial and emotionally charged movie, just like Bill Murray's expression-full of feeling but not overflowing, just right saturation.

Don Johnston, who wears sportswear and sweatpants all day, really can’t see that he used to be a romantic figure like Don Juan. His hair was gray and his belly protruded, but when he visited the 4 lovers of the year as arranged by his neighbors , From the reaction of those women still revealed affirmation of his former style. They were confused at first, set for three seconds, shocked, and then the expression said: "Oh, Don! Oh... How come..." Don replied with an awkward smile that disturbed their peaceful life.

The cause of all is a pink letter of unknown origin. A certain Don’s girlfriend 20 years ago wrote to tell him that they have a son, and this son is embarking on a journey to find his father. At this time Don’s current girlfriend Sherry couldn't bear that he still refused to get married and settled and decided to leave him.

A middle-aged man who has left alone, an inexplicable letter, a neighbor who is eager to detective and reasoning, Don embarks on a journey to find the "suspect" with a puzzled heart, this is not a suspense drama, although you will hold I was in the same mood as Don and wanted to know who the mysterious woman was, but this time I only asked questions without answering.

The Broken Flower is not about telling the story, the plot is just the lock that penetrates the emotions, and the subtle tentacles brewing in the details are the key points. When this middle-class half-old man starts to leave his so-called home where the bedroom can be ignored , His life really started; when Don just changed women one after another, he never thought of how his and their lives would intersect; when some connections came suddenly, this Men began to remember the past about those women and themselves. The so-called pink letter is just an introduction, which brings out a focus on life. The so-called "correction" of the suspect’s evidence is just a detail that was too easy to be overlooked in the life of the past. The change from insensitivity of life to sensitivity to everything.

The question that runs through is not who the person is, but, "Do you remember, what did you miss?" When starting to embark on the process of finding the answer, what I grabbed are only fragments and scattered clues. .

It is not so much a broken flower as it is a fragment of a flower, a broken but beautiful fragment. We always say "life is incomplete if there is no such thing," in fact, life is inherently incomplete.

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  • Joanie 2021-12-12 08:01:12

    It was a slightly teasing and ironic fan. You really know love when you are old. But if something is already broken, it will reunite from time to time, and the love will flow darkly, and tears will flow in the eyes. It will no longer be complete. Like a follow-up to "A Letter from a Strange Woman". I really like this story, but I always feel that something is missing. So it's not enough to watch it again.

  • General 2022-03-26 09:01:06

    When I watched it, I felt that it was in the same tone as the Stranger from the Soul, and sure enough~ I really can't understand some emotions if I'm not in that age group.

Broken Flowers quotes

  • Girl on Bus: I can't believe my Mom won't let me wear a bikini.

    Girl on Bus: I can't believe your Mom let you come on this trip!

    Girl on Bus: Oh, she doesn't know. Well, I mean, she knows, but, she thinks that I'm with your family. He-he-he. No, she wouldn't have let me come and you would have been totally mad at me.

    Girl on Bus: What if she calls my Mom?

    Girl on Bus: She's not going to call her. She thinks she's here. See, its perfect!

    Girl on Bus: Wait-wait-wait. What?

    Girl on Bus: Don't even worry about it. Don't even worry about it.

    Girl on Bus: Wait, do I need to call my Mom? 'Cause my Mom will totally lie for you.

    Girl on Bus: No. I really want to go to the party tonight. I really want to meet some cute guys.

    Girl on Bus: That guy is SO cute that is sitting behind me. Can you see him.

    Girl on Bus: Oh my gosh! He's really cute.

    Girl on Bus: He looks like a supermodel

    Girl on Bus: Oh my God! No, he looks like the Calvin Klein model, that's like on the side of the bus.

    Girl on Bus: Oh my gosh, he looks so cool. Ally will take us to get something to eat before we go. I'm starving.

    Girl on Bus: Oh she better.

    Girl on Bus: I'm starving.

    Girl on Bus: That's why you need the mix-and-match when you we get fat you got a good dinner. We're such heffers.

    Girl on Bus: Are you serious? Its disgusting. We're so fat.

    Girl on Bus: Donut girl!

  • Don Johnston: [teasing] So how's the sweetest grape on the vine?