Dear Claire,
"What" and "If" are two words as non-threatening as words can be. But, put them together, side by side, and they have the power to haunt you for the rest of your life.
What if? What if...? What ... if?
I don't know how your story ended, but if what you felt then is true love, then it's never too late. If it was true then, why it woundn't be true now?
You need only the courage to follow your heart.
I don't know what a love like Juliet's feels like, love to leave the loved ones for, love to cross oceans for, but I'd like to believe if I ever would feel it, that I have the courage to seize it.
And Claire if you didn't, I hope one day that you will.
All my love
Juliet
is a movie with an old-fashioned plot. It's a typical story where you can guess the ending from the beginning. The heroine Sophie finds a letter from 50 years ago and helps the now gray-haired Claire in the letter to find Lorenzo, who was not together because of parental opposition. Claire's grandson Charlie is a realist who despises Sophie's behavior. In the end, madly fall in love with her. So everyone is happy.
The movie tries to convince us that there is love at first sight in this world, and it is true love that will not change for 50 years. It also encourages us to trust our feelings and have the courage to pursue love.
But what is true love?
Instant fireworks? Have to wait after separation? A kiss with just the right temperature? Or a lifetime companion?
Momentary passion always recedes after familiarity. The persistent waiting after separation becomes a kind of self-appreciating beauty. When you kiss another person, you find that in fact, everyone's body temperature is always the same. The first step of your wife becomes your pursuit of youth. A reason to dream.
Can't these be called true love? These are all true loves.
If you tell your story to others in detail, hoping that others will tell you who is the true love you can't miss, the result is usually the same as the decision you made yourself. Because you've already made up your mind who you want to be with. We always give ourselves a pre-judgment, and then when we retell the story, we tend to lean towards the person who thinks we are close to true love. Sometimes we talk, not so that others can give us advice and help us make decisions. Just hope that others will give us some courage, the courage to stick to the decision.
After all, true love is something so illusory and unprovable.
Is Lorenzo really Claire's true love? I guess it's not all about these two people, it's about time. So called timing. If Claire's original husband hadn't died when she got the letter, would she have gone looking for him? If his wife hadn't died when she found Lorenzo, would he accept her again?
So many what if.
So never expect life's definitive answers unless you practice it yourself.
I still believe that there is the right time and the right person between people. No one will be the one of another, it's just the timing that makes you think it's just right. Of course, there are so many opposite people on earth, but he is the only one who appeared at this time. You can also say that this is fate.
Time gives us the possibility of falling in love, but it does not guarantee that we will never be apart.
What keeps us going is love.
Many people think that love at first sight is unreliable, because the two parties who fall in love at first sight do not know each other. They don't see each other's shortcomings, they don't know each other's habits, they don't know where they live, or even if they're single. What they see is part of each other and part of themselves. People always feel that love at first sight is over when you understand all the other's flaws.
Why is there such a prejudice? Could it be that the shortcomings of the other party in the long-term love have become less? Or are long-lasting lovers attracted to each other not because of each other's strengths but their weaknesses?
We tolerate each other's shortcomings because of love, but we will never love each other more because of their shortcomings. It's human nature. So why tell the other person about their shortcomings in the first place instead of covering them up? Why does it seem that it is a confession to let others know the truth? Why is it that those who adorn themselves are hypocrites or lies?
Candor is a positive word among acquaintances and a derogatory word among strangers.
Played so much mess. Just wanted to say, I love this movie. It moved me and made me believe.
In these strange times, we always need stories of one kind or another to encourage us to keep going.
True love is all about timing and belief.
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