2005-06-06 05:06:20
来自: ellajma
Before Sunset / 爱在日落黄昏时的评论 None
I watched “Before Sunrise” first, then “Before Sunset”. I loved “before sunset”, the sequel made nine years later, better. It’s probably because of my age, I found more relevance to the second movie. “Before sunrise” is story of 20 somethings. You have luxury of time, and believing, as the second movie puts it: you stupidly think there would be a lot of opportunities like this, but, the truth is, there are not many.
“Before Sunrise” was about a long night Jesse and Celine spent in Vienna. I felt the setting, the background, Vienna was very important. As these two young people wonder around the streets, backgrounded by magnificent buildings, sculptures, all of those made their story more romantic. It was like our first love, the smell, the river, the music and all those details are part of our first kiss memories. They talked, they walked, and they were interrupted by some interesting characters in this European city: German actors, one of them would play a walking cow; a old woman/palm reader; a starving poet who offered to write a poem for them with any word they pick, they picked “milkshake”, and exchanged most beautiful poem for the money; a belly dancer; a nice bar tender who loaned Jesse a bottle of red wine while Celine stole two glasses from the bar…
“Before Sunset” was 80 minutes talking between Jesse and Celine. Even though the story took place in Paris, I felt the city, the background was of much less importance any more. They now in their 30s, nine years after their one-night journey, this time they only have less than two hours before Jesse’s flight back home. Jessa wanted to spend every minute with her, there was no more interventions from the city (maybe nine years later there are no more on-street poets any more too …). The conversation carried the show, and it did so wonderfully. It was fun for audience to observe how age changed them, and unchanged them at the same time. Celine was radiant, she was more doing what she wanted to do; Jesse was more eaten by life, more scared by the loss of love. I loved the sense of no time left, the sense of rushing between Jesse and Celine, also, the pretending, the anger, and revelations along the way. They may not remain together if they did meet at their promised time and place in “before sunrise”, but they did not. They aged separately, but carried the one-night memory with them. In that, they shaped each other’s lives during the nine years even though they were not together. Maybe that, the sense of loss, transcended everything. So, it was only nature now, nine years later, for them to revisit the other possibility if they stayed together…
I realized 30 something might and is one of most beautiful years in ones life. Spend them wisely.
P.S. this is not a good movie for everyone, some might hate it or find it boring.
Before Sunset / 爱在日落黄昏时的评论 None
I watched “Before Sunrise” first, then “Before Sunset”. I loved “before sunset”, the sequel made nine years later, better. It’s probably because of my age, I found more relevance to the second movie. “Before sunrise” is story of 20 somethings. You have luxury of time, and believing, as the second movie puts it: you stupidly think there would be a lot of opportunities like this, but, the truth is, there are not many.
“Before Sunrise” was about a long night Jesse and Celine spent in Vienna. I felt the setting, the background, Vienna was very important. As these two young people wonder around the streets, backgrounded by magnificent buildings, sculptures, all of those made their story more romantic. It was like our first love, the smell, the river, the music and all those details are part of our first kiss memories. They talked, they walked, and they were interrupted by some interesting characters in this European city: German actors, one of them would play a walking cow; a old woman/palm reader; a starving poet who offered to write a poem for them with any word they pick, they picked “milkshake”, and exchanged most beautiful poem for the money; a belly dancer; a nice bar tender who loaned Jesse a bottle of red wine while Celine stole two glasses from the bar…
“Before Sunset” was 80 minutes talking between Jesse and Celine. Even though the story took place in Paris, I felt the city, the background was of much less importance any more. They now in their 30s, nine years after their one-night journey, this time they only have less than two hours before Jesse’s flight back home. Jessa wanted to spend every minute with her, there was no more interventions from the city (maybe nine years later there are no more on-street poets any more too …). The conversation carried the show, and it did so wonderfully. It was fun for audience to observe how age changed them, and unchanged them at the same time. Celine was radiant, she was more doing what she wanted to do; Jesse was more eaten by life, more scared by the loss of love. I loved the sense of no time left, the sense of rushing between Jesse and Celine, also, the pretending, the anger, and revelations along the way. They may not remain together if they did meet at their promised time and place in “before sunrise”, but they did not. They aged separately, but carried the one-night memory with them. In that, they shaped each other’s lives during the nine years even though they were not together. Maybe that, the sense of loss, transcended everything. So, it was only nature now, nine years later, for them to revisit the other possibility if they stayed together…
I realized 30 something might and is one of most beautiful years in ones life. Spend them wisely.
P.S. this is not a good movie for everyone, some might hate it or find it boring.
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2005-06-09 14:44:34 sos
爱在日落余晖时，这个意境真好。2005-06-11 13:59:25 Jean
Interesting. Your words makes me want to see "Before Sunset" now. :) Always thought it is some kind of rerun of "Before Sunrise".2005-06-13 15:03:49 ellajma
Some did find the movie pretentious since it was all talking, and somehow self-centered.It was a rerun, still very romantic, but in a different way. Plus, Julie Deply is much more beautiful at her 30s and the acting was wonderful.
2005-07-22 12:02:33 ellajma
My theory: every woman need fall in love twice in her life. Once in her 20s where she knows nothing but fearless, once in her 30s when she finally knows who she is and who she wants to be with.Only those really fortunate would find the two men are the same person.
2006-05-12 20:56:42 xili325
d'accord!It is the first love that make one know which kind of person she/he wants to be with, which makes the first time we fall in love always a failure. But if without the torture we can not know what is true love.
I wathched "Before sunset" first and prefer it. Maybe because it likes reality more.
2006-05-29 12:51:45 蔡鸟
the same reason as yours,I like Before Sunrise,becouse of my age.I guess these two movies tell everything about love,from them you just recollect what you thought when you were 20 ,and you may have know what you would think at your 30s when you are still 20.
2006-07-17 15:57:28 金色十月
I love your writing,fluent,elegant and has insights.I watched the film yesterday,and was genuinely moved. I watched it again and again.Their talking is so amazing, it reminds you of your own experience in love and life.And I'm totally obsessed by this charming woman.
Romance can happen in real life,no?
2007-06-01 12:01:59 Aii
Romance can happen in real life,no?It's up to what you think of romance.
I haven't seen those film,but after read your wirting,i really want to see them.
2007-06-17 14:49:04 Golden bough
To be frank, I cried all over their ninty minutes'talking.It's crazy,ha? But I just can not hold back my tears.Truth love is almost a miracle for a girl in her 27,just like me.
Sometimes I almost thought I were watching my own life.
2007-08-21 13:15:52 Jean
just watched the movie. FINALY. :)While watching the movie, i kept on thinking, good conversationalist is hard to come by, good conversation is an art form. What a good script.
not bad.
2007-09-13 13:26:21 liang128900
Well the sunset is better than the sunrise, in my thinking. When the movie was on I could not help finding that so many familiar experiences and the state of mind ever existed in my life. Lives are full of miracals only if you can seize them and treasure them.2008-03-14 21:25:02 lynn
I saw the sunrise on my class.when it was over ,we all cannot come to our thoughts.It is much too simple to understand. my teacher ask us to writer the end of the movie in our mind before she let us see the the sunset. I also expect to meet such a boy and a rematic love.But just one night is enough and life should be reality. As a matter of fact,i want the love in "Sleepless In Seattle", "like a magic and like coming home."2009-06-01 20:52:32 yuanzi
"Before Sunrise" is more like a fairy tale, but "Before Sunset" steps into our life and voices out what hidden in the depth of our heart and soul.> 我来回应