Under the guise of a murder mystery, Woody Allen's story is still the heart of New York's love. Larry went to find Paul to rescue his kidnapped wife Carol. It should be the most exciting plot. As a result, Larry played by Woody Allen still took the usual trace of insignificance and cowardice, facing Paul holding a gun. It's compelling to talk. Carol, who was rescued, said that we have to call the police quickly, and Larry answered, "Yes, we have to call a glazier." The old man has really carved this kind of humor into his bones.
The male protagonist Larry is a funny and intelligent editor. His wife Carol is a housewife who is good at cooking and is full of love and curiosity about life, because Carol is suspicious of the death of his neighbor Paul’s wife. Persevering in the follow-up investigation, and even being kidnapped, finally revealed the truth about the murder and the emotional debt behind it.
Woody Allen and Diane Keaton, this familiar combination has basically ordered Woody Allen's dishes, middle-class intellectuals and his slightly bumpy love. Oh by the way, and his favorite home stadium, New York.
Larry and Carol are a noisy but still harmonious middle-aged couple. It seems that their hobbies and personalities are different, and their life has long lost their passion and fun. When Carol asked Larry "Do you still like me?" because he envied the harmony and affection of the neighbors, House and his wife, all he got was Larry's slightly perfunctory answer, "Of course." She asked again, "Will we become a pair of comfortable old shoes?" Larry's answer was sly and funny, "It's never been comfortable, so don't worry."
So when Carol was full of curiosity about Mrs. House’s death and wanted to dig into the roots, Larry didn’t care and kept blocking Carol, describing this as the madness of Carol’s early menopause, "You know General Motors will recall the car, right? You do the same. You have to go back to the factory for inspection." When Carol could not stop Carol from sneaking into Paul's house in the middle of the night, "You are forbidden to go. If you are still like this, I won't forbid you to do anything in the future." He also showed his cowardice and tolerance, which is very funny and vivid.
Carol tried to dig out the truth with his own sensibility. Larry had been using his reason to discourage Carol, so Carol hit it off with Ted, their mutual friend who was more interested in this matter, and gradually became enthusiastic about it. Larry's dissuasion was annoying. And Ted, who has just divorced, does regard Carol as his first choice, and Larry also feels a sense of crisis. It seems that the estrangement between the middle-aged couple has begun to become irreparable.
It is very surprising that Woody Allen chose to compromise with love this time. In fact, many of the male protagonists in his movie have the intellectual highness and wisdom, but most of them succumb to love. The stage where he is good at is that the purely literary heroine rejected the surrendered male lead when she matured, but this time Carol didn't. The middle-aged couple unanimously chose restraint in the face of temptation. Larry rejected Marcia's date invitation and chose to save Carol. Carol also declined Ted decently. After Ted walked out of the wine tasting party, I don’t know whether the shaking shot was intentional or unintentional. I can see from it the relationship between Larry and Carol, and even the relationship between the two of them and the relationship between Ted and Ted. Ted's slightly swayed body and the swaying lens also reflect his inner loss and struggle after being rejected. When the camera pulled back to Carol, who was sitting still by the window, he returned to stability, and Carol held the bottom line gently and firmly.
So Larry, who admitted to Maria that he loves Carol very much, began to accompany Carol to continue her investigation, "Are you bored?-It’s more interesting than Wagner’s opera.-Okay, but for me, it’s One of the most exciting adventures I've ever experienced." Larry still resented his integrity as always. "Larry, we still have time to be antiques in the second half of our lives." Carol's faint sentence points out the plain and tacit understanding of the middle-aged couple. They will still complain about each other, will be noisy, like Larry complaining about Carol's weight, like Carol eating Larry's recommendation book to Maria. They still have nothing in common, but they themselves admitted, "We don't have anything in common, that's for sure. Now Nick has grown up too, only we two have big eyes and small eyes."
Love needs to compromise with each other. In fact, although big eyes and small eyes, Larry and Carol are not the opposites. They will go to the theater together. Carol is proficient in cooking, and Larry can cook occasionally. With Xiao Lu's hand, Carol was jealous because Larry recommended the book to Maria but didn't recommend it to her. They were far more fit and loved each other than they seemed. They are not a pair of comfortable old shoes, more like a pair of uncomfortable but well-maintained boots, telling jokes that only the two of them understand, watching the TV, smoked salmon and bagels, and entering the conjoined tombstone together.
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