This "Modern Love" is perfect for soothing a weary heart in a quiet night after a busy day, it is said to be healing but the storyline is realistic, it is said to be realistic but the material is inspired by the emotions of the New York Times In the column, the director found a delicate balance between the unreal and the real, injecting a romantic color into people's dull life and giving a placebo to the bad mood. If you just want to sit on the sofa and watch a unit story collection with a fresh and romantic tone that does not hurt your brain, "Modern Love" is undoubtedly the best choice.
Episode 1: All I ever see are your eyes
Maggie, who holds a Ph.D., lives alone in a high-end apartment in New York. She and the apartment's concierge, Guzmin, have a "father-daughter" friendship that transcends their age. Maggie is always frustrated in love, and the men she dates are unreliable, and before she broke up with each other, the keen Guzmin told Maggie that "he is not for you". Guzmin was born into a politically sensitive family. He was never married. As a concierge, he watched the busy days and nights of the bustling city every day. His rich and mysterious life experience and the special profession of concierge made him look like a wise man hidden in the city. With his eyes like a sniper rifle, he can always see through the surface and see people's hearts, but he can't take the place of Maggie to experience it. A young girl always needs to grow up by herself.
After failing love affairs and having an unexpected child, Maggie finally settles into the New York metropolis, finds a great job and has a really suitable boyfriend. Five years later, the mature Maggie brought her new boyfriend back to see Guzmin, and asked Guzmin to help "identify" whether the man was suitable. "He passed," Guzmin said neatly with just a glance at him. Just as Maggie was puzzled, Guzmin explained, "I never looked at those men, Maggie, I looked in your eyes". Yes, if Maggie is truly happy, the confidence in her eyes cannot be deceived. She does not have the anxiety and lack of confidence that she used to worry about the other party not answering the phone, but is peaceful and happy, then this man must be correct.
The touching thing about the love between Maggie and Guzmin is that it is not love or kinship in the popular sense, but a love that is full of companionship over the years. These two people have a relationship of mutual achievement - Maggie needs a father-like guide when she is alone in New York, and needs hugs and enlightenment when she is frustrated; Guzman's special background prevents him from becoming a father. Opportunity, never married , With no children, he found an opportunity in Maggie to give warmth and love as a father.
Episode 2: Memories of an Ex
In an interview with a female reporter, Josh, the CEO of the dating website, talked about his sad past. It turned out that he fell in love with the girl Emma at first sight at a recruitment site and launched a crazy pursuit offensive. The two fell in love smoothly. When Emma proposed, Emma's high school first love appeared, and the two broke up. Although Josh quickly fills his life with hard work and meeting new girlfriends, a chance encounter with Emma on the street makes him realize that he has never let go of Emma.
The opposite female reporter also had a sad story. When she was young, the female reporter met a young man who was studying Shakespeare’s literature in Paris. The two hit it off and talked very much. They agreed to see you next time. Unfortunately, the young man got Lost the book with the contact information and address, and the two missed it. The lost book-"Anna Karenina" also became a pain point in the young man's life, and he never read it again. Book. 17 years later, the two met again at a new book signing in London by a female journalist. By this time, they had already formed a family and had children, and it was obviously impossible to continue their relationship. Men learn to be considerate and accompany their wives after returning home. On the contrary, female reporters filed for divorce from their husbands after returning home. Obviously, she could no longer endure a marriage without love.
At the end of the story, the female reporter published Josh's past, and Josh was able to get back together with Emma, which was very satisfactory. This episode is about the past, about the ex, and each of us has a past and regrets, experiences that make us cherish more, or feel less satisfied with the present — the contrast between the female reporter and her old lover. How to look at the past memories is often the key to how to deal with the present. If you beautify the past, you will often fail to face the present and be immersed in the memories. If you treat the past as an experience, you will often pity the person in front of you and cherish your current lover more. How to look at the past is related to the degree of regret and the emotions at that time, Josh and the female reporter are obviously consistent romanticism in the aspect of nostalgia.
Episode 3: If it's true, I can't bear the pain
Anne Hathaway plays a beautiful woman with bipolar disorder, who is sometimes fiery, humorous, and will chat up the man she likes in the vegetable section of the supermarket early in the morning; sometimes she is depressed and unable to move in bed , absenteeism and letting go of the date pigeon. Such extreme emotions made Annie unable to maintain a normal relationship, and her absence from work for many days also made her need to constantly change jobs. All along, Annie has shown people with a cheerful, lively, bright and moving side, and she has never mentioned to others the days when she collapsed and cried in a messy room. The real me, can you accept it? At the end of the story, Annie's date who had been waiting for a long time left the unanswered door. Fortunately, Annie's colleague chose to turn down the meeting to accompany Annie after learning about Annie's situation. Anne realizes that it is acceptable to be true to herself. After returning home, Annie called her former friends and ex-boyfriends to explain the past and tell them the truest self.
I thought it was a love story about acceptance and inclusion, but it turned out that it was actually a story of self-reconciliation. "Accept the real me, no matter who I am" - this sentence corresponds to Anne's heart, accepting the most real self, to love the real self, whether it is enthusiastic and cheerful during the day, wishing to dance la la land on the street It is the self who is depressed and unable to extricate himself in the dark night. Only by accepting the imperfect self can one show the true face and obtain real social relationships.
The story of this episode touched me the most, even though I am not bipolar, I am also a very emotional person, very similar to Annie. In the eyes of the people around me, I am generous, decent and energetic, but in fact, the balcony on the fourth floor and the plush toys by the pillow have witnessed countless moments of my collapse. Fortunately, like Annie, I rely on people who truly care about me. The encouragement of the people who learn to love and accept yourself in the midst of constant frustration and constant healing.
Episode 6: This is not love, all I need is fatherly love
Perhaps every woman who lacks fatherly love in the process of growing up will always fall in love with an older and reliable man like "uncle" when she grows up.
Mandy, who lost his father at a young age, was full of envy at his friend's 21st birthday party - the friend's father eloquently praised his daughter, and his words were filled with pride for his daughter. This was something Mandy had never felt before, and she fell in love with her boss: a man more than 30 years her senior, with silvery white hair, a saggy face, listening to classical music, having a stomach problem, Exuding the smell of an old man... so what, he is mature and attractive, Mandy approached him like a vine with claws and claws irresistibly, but the ambiguous relationship between the two finally broke down at the moment when the old boss leaned over to kiss Mandy—— Mandy wanted a "father" friendship, not such an affront. Mandy was furious and scolded him loudly for how he could kiss a girl 40 years younger. The old boss was not to be outdone, retorting that the ambiguous relationship between the two was already a couple, so Mandy should not be naive.
The thorny truth is put in front of Mandy. His father has long since passed away. This man who looks like a father cannot be his own father. Such care and consideration are not family affection, but the affection between men and women with purpose. The collapse of her father's image made Mandy begin to reflect on her emotions. She realized that she could no longer ask for fatherly love from her old boss, nor could she fall in love with an elderly person who was a generation older than her. In this somewhat deformed relationship, Mandy has grown a lot, filling the missing fatherly love on the one hand, and learning the difference between the desire for fatherly love and love on the other hand. Unfortunately, the old boss was undoubtedly hurt. He fell in love with this young girl who was not familiar with the world, but the other party only regarded him as a father. Although he has been through the vicissitudes of life, in love, the love of the old is the same as that of the young. Full of helplessness and frustration. Although Mandy strongly denied it, at the end of the story, before her old boss left, she still shouted "Wait". Is this love or a dislocated Electra complex? A thousand readers will have a thousand Hamlets.
Episode 7: She alone is the whole world
To be precise, this story is not about love, but about how to respect individual choices in modern society. The heroine, Carla, is a modern nomad, like Fern in Zhao Ting's film Nowhere. The difference is that Carla is more rebellious and maverick. She consciously gave up all social relations, abandoned the house and car, and wandered around with only a luggage bag and a big dog. Under the new crown epidemic, everyone is in danger, and people are more and more aware of the importance of stability and security, but Carla runs the opposite way. Her story is refreshing. She is deviant and dismissive of comfort and safety, as if the once brave and independent western pioneers The person—she inherited a part of the American spirit. In contrast, the gay couple with a stable life and a decent income, their middle-class life is undoubtedly superior and stable, but with the arrival of Kara, their hypocrisy and sophistication also collapsed.
The pregnant Carla could not give the child a stable growth environment, so she promised to raise the child with the gay couple Andy and Tobin. Unlike other adopters, she did not care about Andy and Tobin's work, income, All the external conditions such as the house, what she fancy is that the two truly love each other. So, Carla, who had eight weeks left to give birth, stopped wandering and moved into the couple's home. Carla, who was sloppy and unrestrained, brought a lot of trouble to the two of them. The dirty room, the smell of curry, and even Carla's randomness Bringing friends back... These all shattered Tobin's delicate and orderly life. Two people with different life concepts finally erupted and quarreled loudly in one night. Carla rebuked Tobin's delicate hypocrisy and selfish lifestyle, Tobin Satire Kara is out of touch with society and can't even feed her children.
Sartre believes that other people are hell, and there is no real communication and understanding between people, which is perfectly explained in Tobin and Cara. Fortunately, the twists and turns have turned. With the birth of the child, the joy of the arrival of the new life made the two temporarily let go of the rift and reach a respectful reconciliation. One side is a maverick modern nomad, the other side is a delicate and stable middle class. The two extreme opposites allude to two different life concepts. The prophecy of the Tower of Babel has come true at this moment, but the common emotion of mankind is still connected. With the two of them, the arrival of new life, the unanimous love for human cubs makes their world accommodate each other.
People cannot be simply defined. Just like Carla and Tobin, they embody the differences of human beings and the consistency of human nature. Trying to learn to accept and recognize, understand and empathize may be a place where humans are more advanced than animals. It is also the place where people can communicate and accommodate.
summary
"Modern Love" is a very outstanding unit drama in recent years, and it can be used to heal our lives interrupted by the new crown and our frustrated hearts. Eight episodes and eight short stories, here I only recorded a few stories that impressed me and moved me. It is better to watch the episodes if I like them. I have to say that the eternal topic of love is really enduring, and it can still easily win the competition with the current hot science fiction, novelty, blood and other themes. In fact, modern love is not modern, and the story it tells is even a bit old-fashioned without the delicate shell. It is modern, perhaps because the background is placed in the New York metropolis, and its core is the fetters between people. , old love that can't be put down, tolerance and acceptance, lost art are such long-standing topics, but often these small and subtle emotions can heal people the most.
If you have to say what is modern love, I think what this show wants to express is that there are many forms of love in modern society, and the love in modern society is not the kind of Romeo and Juliet that are vigorous and dead, but It's a little defensive, a little playful, a little regretful, a little bit quarrelsome, a little fragile, a little tough... such an all-encompassing love. The love here is not only love, but also friendship that brings companionship and support. It is also self-love that must be learned through tolerance. Love is the homework of many people’s lives, and these stories can’t be told in a lifetime.
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