The way of eating, the way of life.

Clifford 2022-04-22 07:01:46

After watching this movie, it seems that there is a lingering fragrance from the last bowl of soup on my lips.
It's as if you have finished a feast from beginning to end, in which the sour, sweet, bitter, spicy, and five flavors are mixed, which is unforgettable.
I haven't watched this kind of story movie for a long time. After watching this movie, I felt that the reason why Ang Lee is Ang Lee is not because of his high halo and talent, but because he experiences life with his heart and realizes what life brings. The most natural and simple emotion.
I don't know what to say about this movie, but every detail of it touched me deeply, and it should be appreciated with respect.
Just the beginning of the movie is worth watching again and again.
Everyone can be an artist.
The beginning of the movie is the cooking process of Lao Zhu preparing a dinner for his daughters, which is beautiful and neat. As a foodie, I watched it repeatedly N times, and I was hooked.
I like food-related movies, mostly because of the feeling of a little woman when I like someone. Washing hands and making soup for Yiren, enjoying the slowness of the kitchen alone, all the ingredients and methods, all the joy of doing whatever you want.
The rhythm of the story is like chicken soup simmered on a fire, naturally and smoothly exuding the most authentic breath of life.
At the beginning of the story, I felt that the three daughters of Lao Zhu's family were more worried than the other, and couldn't help worrying about Lao Zhu who was alone.
I thought he would fall into all kinds of predicaments like all single fathers, but Li An's brilliance is all contained in this tepid insipidity. Flowing clouds and water.
The youngest daughter fell in love with her colleague’s ex-boyfriend without knowing it; the second daughter is an uncompromising golden-collar worker who has always maintained a lover relationship with her ex-boyfriend, always thinking of escaping from the house as soon as possible; He looked at the man squarely, but his fate was changed because of a group of little boys' pranks. . . . . .
The stories of the daughters continued, and Lao Zhu kept hearing the latest life information announced by the daughters at the dinner table.
Lao Zhu, who has lost his sense of taste, has become eccentric, and he is always hesitant to speak at the dinner table. After drinking some wine, he finally expressed his bitterness: "Eating and drinking, men and women, people's big desires. It's hard not to think about it. I've been busy all my life, just for this... Thinking about it makes people angry, who has tasted the good taste?
" , everyone is suppressing, everyone is restraining, for this family.
In the end, what Lao Zhu said was really deep to the core.
"Actually, a family lives under one roof, and they can still live their own lives, but the scruples that arise from their hearts are what makes a home a home."
All balances are broken in an instant.
The younger daughter let go of her scruples and became pregnant with her boyfriend out of wedlock, and was the first to move out.
The second daughter failed to invest but got a career promotion. She was quite ambiguous with the company colleague but suspected that this person was the first love of the eldest sister. In the end, although she learned of a misunderstanding, she could only return to her friendship.
As for the eldest daughter, fooled by a group of children's love letters, she finally broke the old-fashioned way, dressed herself with flaming red lips, and finally boldly pursued her love.
When everyone thought that this feast ended with a sweet fragrance, at the last family dinner, Lao Zhu announced a message that caused an earthquake in the whole family.
With the neighbor's aunt's daughter, the eldest daughter's classmate, together.
I have to say that Ang Lee is really good.
A film that should have been short for parents was turned into a feast like a full-fledged Manchu and Han banquet by him.
All the things he wants to express, discuss, and question, are all in such a tight way, and they are explained in the most simple way, which is really too delicate.
He is really a chef, using the camera lens to let every viewer experience the ups and downs in the movie.
Every sentence Lao Zhu said was real and refined.
Yes, life is not like cooking, you have to prepare all the ingredients before you put them in the pot.
People go to eat a dish, don't they just because they can appreciate their own taste?
The sideline of the story is also touching. Aunt Liang's seemingly failed marriage and tutoring made every word she said hit the essence of marriage.
Marriage is inherently a karma, and children are destined to owe injustice in their previous lives.
In the film, each character has his own interpretation of the concept of family.
It really is a perfect movie, and it feels impeccable for someone like me who is obsessed with details.
When Lao Zhu was preparing for the final dinner party, he couldn't bear to start with his usual method of killing fish.
The eldest daughter was such a conservative Christian before she fell in love, but at the moment of change, she permed her hair and put on a long red dress. She sat in the back seat of her boyfriend's motorcycle, and the wind lifted her skirt to reveal her snow-white thighs. .
After hearing the news of her ex-boyfriend's marriage, the second daughter was disgusted by her ambiguous "friendship".
The little daughter fell asleep contentedly and happily beside the child.
Aunt Liang went from being confident that she was the "newcomer" to her reaction after the shocking explosion.
All the trivial details, in Li An's hands, seem to turn a stone into gold.
So this is life.
With the soul of time, home has the meaning of home.
At the end of the story, Lao Zhu finally tasted the soup, and the camera freezes here.
I think that is the taste of happiness.
After all the blandness and ups and downs, life is like cooking, and in the end, it may just be a bowl of soup.
But no one but the cook knows what a long and rich process it has gone through before it becomes a light and nourishing soup.
Only those who cook can understand the thousands of flavors contained in that soup.

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Eat Drink Man Woman quotes

  • Old Wen: Old Chu, do'nt get upset. Girls eventually leave home. It was bound to happen.

    Chu: I'm not upset. I hope they all move out, so I can have a quiet life.

    Old Wen: Quiet life? I know you. What you want, you can't get. What you don't want, you can't get rid of. You're as repressed as a turtle. That old maid of yours, Jia-Jen, will stick to you for life unless you marry her off!

    Chu: Marry who? Since she lost her asshole college boyfriend she's never looked at another man. You know that.

    Old Wen: And now she has the perfect boyfriend: Jesus Christ.

    Chu: Don't make fun of her religion! How is it that for 30 years I have put up this kind of talk from you?

    Old Wen: The truth is, you should be thankful someone's around to tell the truth.

  • Chu: I don't understand any of them, and I don't want to know. Let them grow up and leave. It's like cooking. Your appetite's gone when the dish is done.

    Old Wen: That's not the worst thing. At least people like your cooking.

    Chu: Honestly, Id' have to give that up if it hadn't been for you lately. My sense of taste is getting worse and worse. My food is only as good as the expression on your face.

    Old Wen: Don't be silly. You rely on your feelings when you cook, not your taste buds. Like that Western deaf composer, called Bee...

    Chu: Beethoven.

    Old Wen: That's right, Beethoven. Good sound is not in the ear, good taste is not in the mouth...and good sex...

    [laughs]

    Old Wen: God knows where!

    Chu: You're drunk!