Find the lost beauty

Ashleigh 2022-04-22 07:01:05

From "Before Sunrise" to "Before Sunset", it was 9 years in and out of the show. If "Before Sunrise" is about the most romantic night in my life, "Before Sunset" is about the most regrettable miss and the rarest reunion in my life. Without eachother, Before Sunrise is enchanting; without a car accident, Before Sunset is heartbreaking.

At the end of "Before Sunrise", they meet in six months. We didn't know until 9 years later that they missed it. When 9 years later, Celine appeared in the corner of Shakespeare's bookstore with a faint smile, although the poster had already told me that they had reunited, I was still pleasantly surprised, this was a surprise for Jesse, and I sincerely look forward to their reunion .

Their reunion seems to be still the same romance. In the Shakespeare and Bookstore in Paris, a holy place in the hearts of literary youth, Jesse wrote a book for their story of the year, and Celine followed the sound. Although there are traces of the years on the face, everything seems to be exactly as it was 9 years ago.



As soon as I said hello, I realized that everything had changed. After all, I missed it, and it was 9 years. The two lived without each other for 9 years. They hit it off like old friends, quickly started chatting, arguing whether the world is getting better or worse, laughing at the embarrassment of their ex-boyfriend going to Asia to cultivate Buddhism, envy the simple and cheerful lives of monks and nuns, lamenting that those who love to contribute lack ambition, Thinking about life in a closed environment and so on. A cup of coffee is happy to meet each other, and many things in the nine years have been talked and laughed. It looks very natural and harmonious, but we all know that the night of 9 years ago, the feeling of this kind of friend is still too big compared with that, only shaking his head and regretting.

When we were young, we all believed that we would meet more soul-mates, and didn't cherish them as much. But as we get older, like Celine's nightmares -- dreaming that we're 32, waking up to be 23, and waking up to be 32, we realize there aren't many opportunities for that. . Looking back on myself, I have ruined several fates. I wonder if you have similar memories. Most people who aren't cherished or lucky enough, like Jesse, make do, fall into loveless marriages, become partners in raising children, and "it's better to be alone than to be alone with a partner." For this fate, the film has a very interesting allusion. In "Before Sunrise" and "Before Sunset", he asks Celine if she believes in reincarnation. And Jesse's parents got married because of pregnancy, and then they had a bad relationship, and Jesse never saw them fall in love. Now the same fate has returned to Jesse.



Celine, on the other hand, suffered too much emotional damage. She is a person who is obsessed with details, which can bring her a lot of interest in life, such as falling chestnuts and ants crossing the street, which can make her smile. In the same way, every detail of each relationship is unique and irreplaceable. Therefore, every injury is irreparable and unforgettable, even if these are just mediocre feelings. Her most glorious and intoxicating romance was actually given to that night nine years ago. The reason why she frequently falls into mediocre feelings is not to find the lost beauty. What that night brought her were memories and the biggest knot in her heart, but the reality was that Jesse was married and had children. "Memories are beautiful, if you don't have to face the past."

So, they know where their true love lies, and after the irreparable miss, Jesse wrote a book for Celine and Celine wrote a song for Jesse Song. Such a memory of distant memories, was fortunate enough to let them meet again. But the reunion did not come naturally. At first, the bitterness in their hearts made them disguise themselves. She downplayed his marriage, and he made fun of her love history. The disguise of the two has accumulated too much desire, resentment, jealousy, and longing. When Celine finally took off her disguise, jealousy in her heart also erupted. Celine, who has been injured for many years, needs to vent, and the outlet can only be Jesse, because Jesse is the antidote. Jesse couldn't hold back, and bluntly spoke of the desire that had brought tears to his face. Finally, when Celine reached out lovingly to touch Jesse, the separation and resentment melted away.



After removing the 9-year barrier, they finally don't have to focus on words and music. After chatting in the cafe and the warm breeze of the Seine, they went home together, and Jesse finally returned to her heart home. She played and sang the little waltz for Jesse, and she didn't forget anything. Everything is as good as it was 9 years ago.



Let me sing you a waltz
Out of nowhere, out of my thoughts
Let me sing you a waltz
About this one night stand
You were, for me, that night
Everything I always dreamt of in life
But now you're gone
You are far gone
All the way to your island of rain
It was for you just a one night thing
But you were much more to me, just so you know
I don't care what they say
I know what you meant for me that day
I just want another try, I just want another night
Even if it doesn't seem quite right
You meant for me much more than anyone I've met before
One single night with you, little Jesse, is worth a thousand with anybody
I have no bitterness, my sweet
I'll never forget this one night thing
Even tomorrow in other arms, my heart will stay yours until I die
Let me sing you a waltz
Out of nowhere, out of my blues
Let me sing you a waltz
about this lovely one night
stand

would be worse. Besides, it was just a one-night stand, and Jesse betrayed her family and hurt her children. I have no intention of guessing what happened to them later, and I have no intention to discuss the right and wrong of it. I just want to say that they are lucky enough to have this night and day in their lives. And most of us can only look back from time to time in the whirlpool of life and feel extremely lonely.

The romance of youth is as vibrant as the sunrise 9 years ago, and the real life in the thirties is as twilight as the sunset 9 years later. Fortunately, there is still the afterglow at sunset. Standing on a high place, you can see a more magnificent light and know how to cherish it more.

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  • Sophia 2022-04-23 07:01:31

    I saw this movie a long time ago, and when I saw them in a boat at dusk and said this to Notre Dame, I couldn't believe that Notre Dame would burn down one day. Then, this kind of thing actually happened.

  • Zola 2022-04-23 07:01:31

    3.5. The creative thinking has undergone a major change: the biggest premise for the establishment of the previous work is that the two have never known each other. The one-day journey after the accidental encounter and impulsive acquaintance is sloppy and unknown, with no starting point and no end, so that the large paragraphs of dialogue are sufficient. Evolving from the shackles of the play into a pure and romantic character interaction. The characters of the sequel have inevitable frontiers and fetters, not only the function and development direction of the plot are clarified, but even the content of the dialogue has lost its original aura due to the enhancement of the narrative, not to mention the script is also in the urgency of time synchronization. Sense is the driving force in and out of the play, and the structure of the film is also disciplined. The biggest problem is that the charisma values ​​of the two leading actors have declined, so it is no longer possible to gather the thinking content that scatters wantonly in the context of the situation. It must be supplemented by the resonance of reality. Comparing the same in-car scenes in the two films, "Before Sunrise" is one shot to the end, but "Before Sunset" changes scenes many times; when Linklater needs to use more directing skills to maintain the mobility of a scene At that time, the weakening of the actor's vitality began quietly.

Before Sunset quotes

  • Jesse: Oh, God, why weren't you there, in Vienna?

    Celine: I told you why.

    Jesse: Well, I know why, I just - I wish you would have been. Our lives might have been so much different.

    Celine: You think so?

    Jesse: I actually do.

    Celine: Maybe not. Maybe, we would have hated each other eventually.

    Jesse: Oh what, like we hate each other now?

    Celine: You know, maybe we're - we're only good at brief encounters, walking around in European cities in warm climate.

  • Jesse: Oh, God, why didn't we exchange phone numbers and stuff? Why didn't we do that?

    Celine: Because we were young and stupid.

    Jesse: Do you think we still are?

    Celine: I guess when you're young, you just believe there'll be many people with whom you'll connect with. Later in life, you realize it only happens a few times.

    Jesse: And you can screw it up, you know, misconnect.