Can you hear me now?

Eileen 2022-04-19 09:02:47

Bill Nighy's Lawrence is as nervous as Woody Allen, and both are willing to use words to distract them. (This is not like Bill in reality) The difference is the language ability of the two. In Woody's films, there's always chunks of his monologue, or he's rambled on to another guy and that guy can't stand it.
And Bill's Lawrence is clumsy at all times, even when he's seated as assistant to the Chancellor of the Exchequer.

The first half of this movie is very good. It's almost all clumsy but ingenious language entanglement between Lawrence and Gina. The topics they talk about are enough to prove that the writers have original ideas.
But soon, the movie went from a British romantic light comedy to a righteous drama about politics and poverty, and the love between Lawrence and Gina became more nebulous. The screenwriter gets weaker as he goes to the back. When the famous quote from Nelson Mandela came out at the end of the credits, I was stunned.
"Sometimes it falls upon a generation to be great. You can be that great generation."

Anyway, the song used at the beginning and end of the credits is very nice. I've heard it before and forgot the name of the song. I suspect Carpenters.
Who knows, please tell me.

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  • Dominic 2022-04-23 07:04:16

    Kelly Macdonald's pronunciation is so cute.

  • Citlalli 2022-04-20 09:02:25

    You are willing to explore because you have nothing left. Love is really the biggest joke of the creator, it has so many different feelings, some even dare not give a good night kiss. Grandpa Bill's acting as a serious and nervous person is also superb. The heroine is Ivan's little girlfriend in Trainspotting. His acting skills are weak but his temperament is precise.

The Girl in the Café quotes

  • Lawrence: You're not fat... it's a well-established scientific fact that zips shrink in Iceland.

  • Gina: I do now know four things about Reykjavik - Bjork comes from here...

    Lawrence: Spassky played Fisher here...

    Gina: Zips shrink here and it is possible in Reykjavik to have a night of something quite close to love.