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Felicia 2022-04-20 09:02:19

I died 60 years ago. I ate opium, and I died... For my daughter's sake.

Samsung ; shots, lines, and narrative style are pretty decent. But there are also great places. The set costumes are good, the scenes are beautiful, the music is beautiful, and this texture makes an otherwise very sad story much gentler. The nostalgic evocation of modern China at the end is too strong.

I haven't read the original, so I don't dare to criticize the plot too much. The breaking point of the acting is very strange, and it is also very strange that it is so real that it resonates to the point of being absent-minded, intermittently. Too slow, too dull, and redundant. 138 minutes in total, I think 120 minutes is more than enough.

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The Joy Luck Club quotes

  • Rose: You're not taking my house, you're not taking my daughter, you're not taking any part of me, because you don't know who I am. I died sixty years ago. I ate opium and I died for my daughter's sake. Now get out of my house!

  • Jing-Mei 'June' Woo: I'm just sorry that you got stuck with such a loser, that I've always been so disappointing.

    Suyuan: What you mean disappoint? Piano?

    Jing-Mei 'June' Woo: Everything: my grades, my job, not getting married, everything you expected of me.

    Suyuan: Not expect anything! Never expect! Only hope! Only hoping best for you. That's not wrong, to hope.

    Jing-Mei 'June' Woo: No? Well, it hurts, because every time you hoped for something I couldn't deliver, it hurt. It hurt me, Mommy. And no matter what you hope for, I'll never be more than what I am. And you never see that, what I really am.