Love experience from The Longest Ride

Burley 2021-12-20 08:01:03

I can only say that the love in this film is very difficult for me to bear fruit in reality. (The love I discussed is mainly the relationship between the cowboy Luke and the heroine Sophia, rather than the love between the old couple Ira and Ruth.) My most insight is when the heroine Sophia rejected her internship in New York. The protagonist Luke had a quarrel in front of his house. It

goes like this: Female: You have to quit (You have to quit)
Male: No. (I can't)
Female: You have to give up. I can't bear to be with the kind of person that I might never see again every time I walk out of the house. (You have to quit. I can't be with someone if every time they walk out that door I don't know if I'm gonna see them again)
Male: That is your choice. (Then that's your choice)
Female: I chose you! I chose you, not New York! Not my internship! For you, I don’t want anything else (I chose you! I chose you over NY! Over my internship! I chose you over everything!)
Male: I didn’t let you change your life, and you can’t expect me to change your life . This is what I do. This line is everything I know. This is my life (I didn't ask you to change your life. You can't expect to change mine. This is what I do. It's all I know. This is my life)
Woman: I thought this was "our" life. I can't just watch you ruin it. (I thought this was our life. I can't watch you ruin it.)

(Then just "break up")

This dialogue sounds cruel, but it is very realistic (but the following plot is not realistic), Especially those things the men said. The female is a typical over-invest type, as can be seen from the sentence I thought this was our life. Wake up, this man didn't talk to you about the future! ! In real life, I personally think that the correct approach is: when your boyfriend does not clearly propose your future vision, and does not discuss marrying you, talk to him calmly about your own plans. If he sticks to his rodeo life, he will move to New York decisively to start his internship. Before I had time to discuss the future with my boyfriend, I would never tell my boss on the phone to give up my internship in New York. If a man really loves you and is willing to be with you, he will experience it at a certain time like a man, and take action, even if you move to New York, he will look for you. If he doesn't love you or loves you deeply, he won't chase you back. And the internship in New York is just a good opportunity for you to start a new life after parting ways with him, so that you will not stop at breaking up with your boyfriend, but can focus on pursuing your dreams in the new city and find the right one. that person. I wondered again, if the situation were reversed, would the male lead give up his new job opportunity? I have seen some interviews with men and asked when there is a job opportunity in a new city and when their girlfriends do not want to or cannot move away, most men choose to pursue new job opportunities and break up with their girlfriends. Compared with men, women choose boyfriends rather than new jobs.

The love in the film also gave me an unreal feeling at the end. First, the hostess works in a local gallery/museum named after Ira and Ruth (a lot of inheritance from the auction), wearing a little black dress and high heels, and feels like being in New York. The male lead came to pick her up wearing a casual T-shirt. The two are unworthy in dressing. This gives me the same feeling as in the previous painting exhibition. The female is talking to the client, while the male is drinking alone. He didn’t even want to communicate with other people in the exhibition, and didn’t want to work hard to understand and integrate into the heroine’s life. Willingness. Their lives are incompatible, so what is the basis for living together in the future? Secondly, I don't know what the heroine does when he manages the inheritance left by the auction. Take care of the farm? I feel that his life will be a lot boring without Rodeo. Will he be satisfied just by taking care of the farm? (Or did he have other work to do I didn't see it?) The superficial and unnutritious conversation after the male lead picks up the female lead into the car makes me speechless, and it is hard to imagine that their love will last.

Man: How are you doing today? How was your day?
Female: Very good. How is the farm? Great. How was ranch?
Male: Very good. Great.

In short, I think this kind of beautiful love (and "Lianlian Notebook") is difficult to meet in reality. Girls should not use the plot in their love, especially the female protagonist, unilaterally abandoning their bright future without discussing the future plan with the male protagonist.

Personal point of view, only for reference. Welcome everyone to discuss with me your feelings about love! (I don’t care if you click "Useless", but I hope you can leave a message to tell me why and your own thoughts)

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Update: I
am very grateful to netizens |think| for their comments! I also added a discussion on the movie theme of "Love requires sacrifice". (See comments below)


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The Longest Ride quotes

  • Young Ruth: I don't know what the future holds but I know there is no future without you.

  • Kate Collins: It's eight seconds. That's all it is. That girl could be the rest of your life.