What are memories?

Ebony 2022-04-20 09:01:28

I watched blue valentine last night until two o'clock and woke up at 6:30 this morning.

Some fragments still come to mind. I don't think very clearly. After reading the economics manuscript, I fell back asleep.

After returning to sleep, things became simpler.

Regarding love, after getting along with each other for a long time, I am a little tired and have constant conflicts. I can easily say what is at work in the state of breaking up and leaving. Okay.

What, let each other betray or be loyal to the oath that was never parted at that time.

I don't think it's a conscious awareness of the commitment itself. Putting aside the economic and material factors (that kind of feeling is very pure, if you have me, you will give it, if you don’t have me, you will leave, but it is simple, no need to analyze), you can put yourself in the shoes and think about if you are just sticking to your promise? There has been a view before that commitment is only meaningful for the moment, that is the highest sublimation of instant love, and subsequent behavior has nothing to do with commitment, and love has nothing to do with commitment. We can easily meet a better one in that state and walk away with another promise. Under the action of hormones, the possibility of rational judgment failing is too great, and all kinds of moral worldliness can find their habitat. So, let's go, what's the point?

The film blue valentine (since the positioning is a film review, it is natural to mention the film), constantly switching between memory and reality, gave me the answer.

It is memory that works. In that emotional state, memory is a healing agent. Relying on the bits and pieces of the past, I can have a basic forecast for the future. If it is good, then stick to it, otherwise, let go.

Therefore, the so-called different pace is actually how much everyone has forgotten about the memory, that is, all the foundations that forged this relationship. What happens in the present, on the way to becoming the past, is recognized by our brains. The memories are so beautiful, and by recursion, we can tide over the difficulties and not get better in the future. However, if someone no longer thinks about the past, then there is basically no drama. Because she/he is denying the past, denying love, denying each other, and just want to leave early.

At this time, the memory has become a fetter for another person, he/she can't bear it, can't forget it, can't leave it, so he/she hesitates and feels helpless and sad. He began to fall in love alone, and fall in love with the past.

And memories are worthless.

Back to blue valentine, the two of them will end up together, I believe. Because of hesitation, that kind of hesitation is too reluctant to pass!

About camera light and shadow: The tone of photography was set so that I thought it was shot in the UK at first. It is softer and less conflicting with edges and corners. In fact, life itself is like this, it has its own color, and drama is not something everyone can experience. . Years later, it's kind of non-dramatic and rather sluggish to each other. Photography is well drawn.

I used a lot of close-up lenses, which is great, and the state enters relatively quickly. The switch between memory and reality is a bit too natural, for example, the first switch made me stay for a long time.

Ryan Gosling was great, he held up the whole show.

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Extended Reading
  • Josie 2022-04-24 07:01:04

    But I don't think the heroine likes the hero that much, but he just appeared when she needed it, and she settled down with less. If she wasn't pregnant, maybe the hero would eventually become the heroine like everyone else. ex. Marriage will only magnify your loss, add communication problems (or do not want to communicate hard because of lack of love), and make the heroine look down on this childish, not so motivated man even more.

  • Ubaldo 2022-03-24 09:01:31

    A two-line narrative before marriage and after marriage, each branch is piled up with trivial small fragments, such a complex but not chaotic contrast editing is paired with the never-bright cool-toned images. The facts of the show are shown to people, and the ending of the film is quite meaningful. No matter how gorgeous the love is, it is only fireworks, and it is fleeting; the performances of the two leading actors are really wonderful. There is nothing to say, and the changes before and after Gosling's marriage are impressive.

Blue Valentine quotes

  • Jerry: Did you graduate from high school, Dean?

    Dean: Well, sir, no I didn't. I didn't. But, you know, I didn't feel like there was a place for me there, to be honest. I didn't think high school was all that it was cracked up to be.

  • Dean: You know I'm not good enough for you.

    Cindy: Stop it.

    Dean: It's true. Baby, it's true.

    Cindy: No, it's not.

    Dean: It is true. But here's the thing...

    Cindy: Don't. You're hurting my feelings. Don't say that.

    Dean: But nobody is, you know? So as long as that's the case, I want the job.