Love is actually illogical, even if it is just some nonsensical words, people feel that the person in front of them is special, so they are attracted. The way of crossing is probably unique to that era, but it resonates with me. The reason is probably because I am also a fan of fantasy. Although it seems unrealistic to go back to the past through imagination, this feeling is like walking under the blue tile and gray wall wearing the Ming Dynasty. To imitate or imagine the appearance of the ancient people you know will feel like you are really in that era; it is also like when Florentino and Fermina exchanged love letters when reading "Love in the Time of Cholera". In front of them, two young people can be seen carefully testing, and then expressing their intentions to each other. This feeling has been recalled many times, but I don't know the best words to express it.
At the beginning of the film, Elise gave Richard's pocket watch, and the phrase come back to me; the camera flashed a few seconds after the Grand Hotel and Richard later checked in, Arthur asked Richard if they had met before; and then the model made by Elise was opened and hidden 's music box turned out to be Richard's favorite song... These details suggest that Richard's time journey has been successful.
However, can going back to the past change anything? Richard was finally pulled back to reality by a coin belonging to his era, leaving 1912, which explains why Elise has changed so much since that night at the Grand Hotel. Richard's return to the past didn't change anything, but it was as if his travels in time and space contributed to the changes in history. This reminds me of Arrival and another short film by Ted Chiang, The Merchant and the Alchemist's Gate. In "Arrival", the heroine learns the language of aliens and has the ability to predict the future, but does not change the status quo, but goes with the flow; "The Gate of the Merchant and the Alchemist" also conveys the past and the future Can not change.
So, if we can really go back to the past and predict the future, can we change anything? I may prefer to believe that fate cannot be changed. If the four-dimensional space is shuttled at any point in time, then when we look at a certain segment of life, it is like turning over a certain page in a book. It should be written and fixed. If anything can change, it's our choices now. But think about another option for some things we often think about, such as myself, sometimes after racking my brains and unable to come up with a good idea, I will doubt that I should not learn dance art, but then I think, if I go back to the third year of high school , At that time, with that kind of personality, I would still choose the art exam, and I would still fill in this major. So for the self at that time, the result of the present is also inevitable. Whenever I think of this, I will have the motivation to persevere.
Since he believes in the immutability of the past and the future, he is willing to fight against it. It's not that I think there can be any miracle to change my destiny, but I think that everyone's choice at the moment, although it may not be the most correct and rational in hindsight, it must be the most correct or the most enjoyable at that time. So enjoy every moment in your life, happy or not. Maybe this is real life
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