The protagonist Miles we saw in the opening scene was obviously in an extreme predicament. The car was parked in the wrong place, and he was woken up in his sleep. He found that he had slept and would be late for a friend's party. The screenwriter lets us see a middle-aged man in trouble. At the same time, through the actions of some characters, let us see the basic characteristics of this person. Under such embarrassing circumstances, Miles still read a book while going to the toilet, and insisted on buying a copy of the New York Times, which shows that he is a man who pays great attention to the cultural quality of life.
For a screenwriter, the display of characters and history is gradually laid out in the story, rather than an all-in-one brainstorming, but while introducing necessary information, the plot moves forward. Let's take a look See how the writers do it.
At a friend's house, we know the purpose of the protagonist, which is to accompany our old friend Jack on a trip. We see Jack's fiancee and know that he is a man who is about to enter the palace of marriage. This will be his last free time. . Friends are very active to let Miles taste the cake and ask him which taste is better. It can be seen that Miles is recognized as having good taste buds. This will be especially important later in your wine tasting career. In addition, everyone talked about another issue of Miles, that is, whether his novel is going to be published, which obviously constitutes an important suspense of the film. Miles avoided the question, apparently not so confident in his novels.
Jack and Miles get into the car and embark on the journey, and the story begins. This is a wine tasting tour, and Miles is obviously an absolute connoisseur of wine. But Jack didn't, he just opened the wine and drank it, which annoyed Miles. Such a simple action vividly reflects the difference in the personalities of the two people. Jack is passionate and fun-loving, while Miles is sensitive and takes quality of life seriously. The attitude towards wine also determines the different attitude towards Aventure in the future journey. Then they talked about Miles' book, which is a foreshadowing, Jack seems to care about Miles's work, but Miles uses a very simple black humor to test that Jack hasn't read it at all. In this book, he is clearly ignorant of the question of endings. A tone is set here, and no one really cares what Miles actually wrote. All that matters is whether his book will be published, whether he will become a best-selling author. This tone makes the subsequent appearance of Maya, who is the only one who has read his work carefully and has an opinion on the ending. In the end, although Miles' book was not published, he had his first reader, and this understanding provided a solid foundation for the establishment of the relationship between the two.
The opening sequence of the film ends when the two go to Miles' mother's house. The setting of this scene has two very clear goals, explaining the history of the two protagonists. So Myers' mother is actually a very important developmental role. She recognized Jack as a movie star at a glance, which obviously got Jack very excited. But we find out in hindsight that he was an out-of-date movie star, known only to people of Miles' age, while younger people, like Maya, didn't remember her at all. This setting also provides sufficient psychological motivation for the character of Jack. He is also a career embarrassed person who is eager to receive attention from the opposite sex, which also provides suitable logic for his subsequent actions. And in this paragraph, we know a very important message: Miles has never been able to get out of the shadow of his previous marriage. He saw the photo of his ex-wife upstairs, and his reluctance to part proves that he cannot forget this marriage. And the most classic line is when someone persuaded Miles to find a new partner, Miles replied: I just got divorced. A quote from my old friend Jack: It's been two years. Fully explained the problem. In later episodes, this woman named Wendy only shows up at the end, but her role is irreplaceable and directly determines Miles' motives. In fact, it was precisely because at the turning point of the first act that Miles knew that Wendy was married, and that he began to slowly accept Maya's entry from the bottom of his heart.
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