Do you believe it or not?

Tyra 2022-04-20 09:02:03

Although the story takes place in Europe, the worldview is entirely American.
A comedian may have a serious or even depressive life outside of a role, and a magician may not love outside of acting. They know all kinds of ways, that there are no "miracles", only human tricks. Stanley is good at changing people and thinks he is rational. He sticks to his comfort zone and is a complete skeptic. His knowledge of the world is empirical, he believes that real skills can create magic, but he does not believe that magic and miracles really exist.
The girl Sophie is a goddess, with French short hair and short sleeves. The last name is Baker, and it quickly reminds me of Jordan Baker, a golfer from The Great Gatsby. They are equally lively, sensitive, and well-informed; they are equally jumpy, duplicitous material girls. What's so profound about her? Use "fortune-telling" to help second-generation rich with bad taste make business decisions? Helping a rich widow "psychic" her cheating husband? An ordinary girl who loves to eat and play, blinks her eyes, and is serious.
Stanley's suspicion of her is three steps forward, and Sophie's counterattack is also powerful -
1) Magic is just a show, Stanley is a magician, and when he first heard about Sophie's supernatural powers, he didn't even care. He said: In magic, nothing is real, it's just playing old tricks. And Sophie proved she knew more than he thought.
2) Everyone came to tell Stanley that Sophie was amazing, Stanley said: There is no sixth sense at all, humans only have five senses. It's not so much a sixth sense or a coincidence. Sophie said: "Even if you can replicate my miracle moment with a magic show, you can't prove me cheating.
3) Magic always shows up, Stanley says, and the more I watch her, the more shocked I get. Stanley prayed "almost" to God in his aunt's hospital, then realized Sophie's deception and came back saying: You're just using my optimism to trick me into believing my own hallucinations. Sophie thinks this is not only harmless, but helps him.
When the plot turns into a mystery drama, there is still something to watch. I feel that the suspense is suspenseful, and it is not boring to watch a magician's amateur detective business. But when two people actually fall in love vaguely, they fall into the unsophisticated love routine. It's too far-fetched to bicker and flirt, but it's just too beautiful to drive far away, and it's the icing on the cake for a summer pastime.
When Stanley dismantled Sophie, he said: I cannot forgive you, only god can forgive you.
Sophie: But you said there is no god?
Precisely my point. Stanley said.
Paper tigers are to tender girls, but the joker Woody is best at using dialogues Depicting the dynamics of the two parties, the color and cleverness make people feel refreshed.
There are all kinds of things, when he said Love, is the ultimate magic, I think he was just praising summer in due course.
But it's also transient...
don't expect, just get lost.

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Magic in the Moonlight quotes

  • Stanley: The comparison makes me laugh! Olivia is a person of accomplishment and charm. Sophie's a street finagler who makes her way living off one bit of hokum to the next.

    Aunt Vanessa: Well, I don't see how you can compare the two.

    Stanley: Well, don't put ideas into my head!

    Aunt Vanessa: Well, far be it from me!

    Stanley: Of course, she does come from dire circumstances. I mean, it's very easy to be judgmental about people who are born into circumstances less fortunate than one's own.

    Aunt Vanessa: Well, life is harsh. One must do what one must to survive.

    Stanley: Well put. And people do sometimes make the wrong choices, which they regret, even though no serious harm was done.

    Aunt Vanessa: Which of us has not made some blunders in life?

    Stanley: And there is a rather appealing quality about Sophie. Despite her disgusting behaviour.

    Aunt Vanessa: Yes, her smile is rather winning. Of course, it depends how much value you put on the purely physical.

    Stanley: Well, no, I... I, for one, esteem the higher virtues.

    Aunt Vanessa: Hmm... Beauty of the soul...

    Stanley: Although her eyes are rather pleasant to look into. And that she can be amusing, under the right circumstances.

    Aunt Vanessa: Oh, but Olivia is an educated, cultivated woman. One that befits a man of your artistic genius.

    Stanley: Yes, now, my genius must be factored in. On paper, there's really no reason to prefer Sophie to Olivia.

    Aunt Vanessa: Well, I would say the opposite.

    Stanley: ...And so your, your suggestion that I, I be honest with Olivia and tell her that as irrational as it seems, I've fallen in love with, with Sophie - that's a preposterous notion.

    Aunt Vanessa: It's lunacy.

    Stanley: ...Yet I can't help feeling that...

    Aunt Vanessa: ...That you love Sophie. Yes, I understand. You're puzzled and bewildered; because your foolish logic tells you that you should love Olivia.

    Stanley: Foolish logic?

    Aunt Vanessa: And yet, how little that logic means when placed next to Sophie's smile...

    Stanley: What are you saying?

    Aunt Vanessa: ...That the world may or may not be without purpose, but it's not totally without some kind of magic.

    Stanley: ...I have irrational positive feelings for Sophie Baker. It's like witnessing a trick I can't figure out.

  • Aunt Vanessa: Which of us has not made some blunders in life?