If everything goes away

Kiana 2022-09-29 10:29:49

Yesterday, I accidentally discovered that "Norwegian Wood" has been put on the big screen, and even found a high-definition version online in an unknown forum. He shivered excitedly and opened it, his thoughts were like a torrent. Although I didn’t bragly say like many Murakami fans that I’ve read “Norwegian Wood” 47 times and so on, and so on, it’s a little thing that is worth considering. years. At that time, I was 16 years old, a few words are omitted here...

Speaking of my best girlfriend in high school, she excitedly asked me how I was doing, I said that the Internet was too slow last night, and I haven't Before I could see Midoriko, neither Watanabe nor Naoko looked like they imagined. I remember graduating from high school, she gave me a copy of "Nor" that was not translated by Mr. Lin Shaohua. Later, when I was a graduate student, I went to the triptych and found the hardcover version, with a crescent white cover and a preface written by Mr. Lin Shaohua. , and later gave the hardcover to Fatty, and what remained at hand was the nostalgic unofficial version of the slanted "To Ding Xiaoxie, I wish you happiness" that my girlfriend wrote on the front page. I can't say how much we liked this novel in high school, but at least it allowed us to see the bold, intense, introverted and emotional culture of Japanese teenagers, so that it deeply affected my values ​​and worldview. "Like a long, calm river flowing slowly through the blood of your life", I remember that there would be a budding young writer commenting on Murakami's words, I only remember how much I hoped that Watanabe and Midori would be together. I like that girl with short hair, and my favorite is the scene where Watanabe goes to the hospital to see Midoriko's dad and eats cucumbers with her dad. The crunchy sound of chewing cucumbers turned into a hymn of life in my imagination, beautiful, tender and expressive. At that moment, I felt that the top of Watanabe-kun's head was shining with a charming light, and even the eccentric Midori father suddenly became cute and vivid. After so many years, I still stubbornly think this is my favorite part. I always feel that this is a very special and loving scene, not even the first kiss between Midori and Watanabe on the balcony, and even the warm picture of Reiko listening to Naoko and Watanabe in the sanatorium talking about the Norwegian forest. . Maybe, I'm not that kind of petty bourgeois, little literary young woman at all, just a pure girl who loves life.

Originally, I wanted to come back after get off work and watch the movie carefully, then write a movie review seriously, and then recall my terrible youth. It's a pity that Japanese movies full of Vietnamese flavor can only be said to be a hasty fast food for fans of "Norway" who are full of expectations. The director's name is Chen Yingying, who is said to be Vietnamese. The pictures are beautiful, and the songs are amazing, but I always feel that something is missing. What is missing? It's impossible to vomit quickly when it's stuck in the chest. I know every character in this movie, every character's fate, and what's going to happen to them and them. Those scenes were rehearsed thousands of times in my simple mind when I was young, and it was full of sacredness. Maybe it's just because of this that I always feel like I can't find identity. So, I have no way to write a movie review, no way to judge the movie itself. If everything goes away, I have no choice. I can only write such words and chat with emotions. This is my tribute to Uncle Murakami!

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  • Katrine 2022-04-22 07:01:59

    A lot of my favorite places were not made into the movie, such as the well, and Watanabe's roommate who watched the canal masturbate every day doing morning exercises, and Midori didn't mention the bear rolling on the clover grass, And the death of Midori's father, and the homosexuality who took care of Naoko... a lot~ But at least some things that I didn't understand in the book are now understood, such as Naoko's cause and cause of death. It always feels a little bit different.

  • Silas 2022-04-18 09:01:20

    The green child is not that green child at all. Kenichi Matsuyama looks less like Watanabe the further he goes to the back. Naoko cried hard, but unfortunately the plot was blurred, which made people feel indifferent to her helplessness. Sure enough, literature and film are two different things. Chen Yingxiong didn't do his homework. There is a problem with the tone and atmosphere of the whole film, and it has become a repressed bitterness scene. My least favorite is the soundtrack, which distorts the beauty of photography. Only the green grass that grows wildly in the mountains is so beautiful.

Norwegian Wood quotes

  • Storm Trooper: Mind if I give you a piece of advice?

    Toru Watanabe: Sure.

    Storm Trooper: Don't feel sorry for yourself. Only degenerates feel sorry for themselves.

  • Toru Watanabe: Nothing can heal the loss of a beloved. No truth, no sincerity, no strength, no kindness can heal that sorrow. All we can do is live through the sorrow and learn something from it. But whatever we learn will be of no help in facing the next sorrow that comes along.