We're so close and so lonely

Jean 2022-04-19 09:02:43

While watching the movie, I looked at the progress bar and thought: It's really boring... But I still gave it five stars.

I can't understand the hue, I can't understand what the close-up mirrors are trying to create. But the daily life is too real, and the characters' emotions and modeling are in place. Watching the male protagonist talk to his mother, a sense of resonance arises spontaneously. I also came to Japan alone for freedom. I'm avoiding certain responsibilities. When the male protagonist's mother said: I don't understand you, but I love you. I guess my mom thought the same thing. Could not help but wet the eye frame.

Family gives us a lot of love, but also a lot of hurt. The elder brother's inferiority complex, the loneliness left by his younger brother, and the comparison, with an adventurous heart, he had to compromise with reality, and in the end, he had to use more loneliness to protect himself. Everyone in the family is the same and wants to be understood.

I love you, but I just don't understand you. So, only intimacy and loneliness.

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  • Dandre 2022-03-15 09:01:06

    Not as bad as the wind reviews. The Dolan-style sound and picture counterpoint is still pleasing, and the stage-like family drama is also full of details. Dolan is a very humble young man and still has expectations of him.

  • Gillian 2022-03-19 09:01:07

    After the screening, I stayed and told Dolan that I was really lost today. This is probably the most lost day since I came to the United States. But I still went out to watch this movie. Then he gave me a particularly tight hug.

It's Only the End of the World quotes

  • Antoine Knipper: We think silent people are good listeners. But I shut up so people leave me alone.

  • Louis-Jean Knipper: There I was, after 10 years, well, 12, to be precise. So after 12 years of absence and in spite of my fear, I was going to visit them. In life there a number of motivations that are no one's business, that force you to leave without looking back. And there are just as many motivations that force you to return. So after all those years, I decided to retrace my steps. Take the journey... to announce my death. Announce it in person, and try to give the others and myself one last time, the illusion that I am, until its very end, the master of my life. Let's see how that goes.