Adapted from epics and medieval legends, the new version of Tristan and Isolde is no longer what it was supposed to be. Some people commented that it is a bit similar to Romeo and Juliet, but because of the different environment, it tells the story of a knight, just like the love triangle between King Arthur, the queen and the first knight Lancelot. A popular epic coat, thus, with more helplessness and responsibility. Romeo and Juliet is a war between two families, but it is a war between two countries, and the male protagonist is a man who wants to be perfect in loyalty, filial piety, and affection. This makes love know that it is a tragedy before it even begins.
The protagonist Tristan lost his parents when he was a child, and the king and uncle King Marco became his closest relative, and when he grew up, he inherited his father's legacy and became an excellent knight. And King Mark also regarded Tristan as the heir to the throne.
In a war, Tristan was seriously injured and drifted by sea in a lonely boat to the enemy country - Ireland. Isolde, daughter of the King of Ireland, rescued and healed Tristan, who was dying by the sea. The two fell in love with each other in the day and night, and they privately booked a lifetime in a hut by the sea. The story develops to this place, to a stage that all love literature must go through - beautiful, but always short-lived.
Due to the hostile relationship between Ireland and England, the two had to part, and Tristan left Ireland. By this time, he didn't know Isolde's real name, he just thought that according to what Isolde said, she was just a part of the palace. maid. This set the stage for the tragic ending that followed.
After Tristan returned to China and heard Ireland's request for reconciliation by a method similar to that of China, he naturally wanted to win a woman back for his benefactor and his relative, King Mark. Moreover, at that time, only the marriage between the two countries could solve the long-term solution. The best way to dispute. But he didn't know that the princess he desperately won back was the woman he loved. The many small plots in the film have caused heart-wrenching tragedies, and the extremely dramatic and conflicting tragedies highlight a tension in the inner relationship of the characters. As a result, various contradictions arose, is it the choice of love with Isolde? Or the father-son relationship with Mark?
Originally, love was just simple mutual liking, but once it was put into the dark and chaotic medieval Ireland and England, everything became no longer simple. In power, war, family affection and kindness, love is just a handful of salt sprinkled on people's wounds. So, when Isolde asked Tristan to take her away, he chose to refuse and chose to be faithful to his country. Maybe, a man with a king's heart will do this, right?
However, he did not expect that his strength could not stop all kinds of tenderness... The wedding night of Isolde and King Mark. When she entered the new house, she passed by Tristan and whispered in his ear "I will treat him as you." For the next hour or so, Reynolds and Georgrey did everything they could to present the romantic love triangle.
Of course, no matter how poignant a story is, it always has a happy ending. At the poetic end of the film, love can only remain in memory because of death. The love drama of "The Heart of the King" seems to be a bit old-fashioned, but it does not hinder his moving magic. And it is even more difficult to impress men and women. In the end, they did not go together when they were young. The man chose the nation, gave up love, and gave up his own life. This is the tragic history of a man who Tristan died for "country and responsibility" in the arms of a beloved woman. His death was removed from all so-called power, status and state. When he died in the arms of his lover, he said: "I don't know if love fears death, but I know that love can transcend everything."
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