The so-called love...

Sheridan 2021-10-13 13:05:51

Dandan recommended me to watch "Lianlian Notebook", and she said she cried moved. I have seen this movie in some movie rankings before, and the rating is always high. The critics call it a story about pure love. Maybe it’s because I’m too optimistic about the movie, or after reading a lot of comments in advance, I already know the storyline and even every detail well, so when I watch the whole movie, I don’t have the feeling I can imagine, or even a little tired. So it's best to wait for the end of the drama soon. In all fairness, this is indeed a pure love movie, no matter romantic encounters, lingering experiences, class barriers, war separations, persistent waiting, brave pursuits, perfect endings...all the elements of perfect love are all Including it, this is also the love and ending that all people in the world yearn for. However, behind this so-called perfect love, I feel more scheming, betrayal, depravity, ignorance... Noah wanted to date Ellie, but after being rejected, he climbed onto the Ferris wheel and hung in front of Ellie. And threatened that if you don't date, just jump off. The kind-hearted Ellie could only say she was willing against her will in front of this riffraff-like means. In the days that followed, the two fell in love and had many romantic experiences, such as lying on the road watching the traffic lights, playing at the beach, reading poetry, playing the piano, dancing... These little tricks without spending money made Ellie even more obsessed. Noah. In the meantime, Ellie's parents invited Noah to the party. Noah told her work situation very honestly and said that although the salary is very low, the expenses are small and he can save money. At the end of summer, Ellie is about to leave. At this time, Noah's embarrassment is revealed. Ellie asks him to go to Paris with him, but Noah said, what can he do after going, he is just a lumberjack. Yes, he is just a lumberjack, even for love, he does not want to take off his identity as a lumberjack and create the life he wants. He just wanted Ellie to be a lumberjack woman all her life and spend her life curled up in that cabin. After Ellie left, Noah wrote to Ellie every day, even if there was no reply, 365 letters for a whole year. I have to admit that Noah really loves Ai Li and is very persistent, but persistent is not enough. Noah joined the army, and after witnessing the death of his friend, he retired and went home unscathed. In order to fulfill Noah's promise to Ally, his father sold the habitat and let Noah buy the old villa. Noah meticulously repaired the villa, nostalgic for that emotion, and looked forward to when the repair of the villa was completed, Ally would return to him. This may be a kind of perseverance, but the courage to climb the Ferris wheel was gone, only the fantasy of love numbs oneself. The villa was renovated, but Noah began to do nothing again, thinking whether to burn the villa, and then advertised to sell it. villa. In this way, Noah lived a long life, drinking and indulgence all day long, looking for military prostitutes to fill her emptiness, knowing that she had feelings for herself, but did not give promises. The wedding was just around the corner, and Ellie saw Noah’s house sale advertisement in the newspaper, and her old mood rushed to her heart. Despite her unmarried husband, she still went to see Noah. After several contacts, love rekindled, and Noah took advantage of the momentum to get Ellie. Allie's mother discovered all this and took Ellie to the mine where her first lover was working, and watched the hard-working first lover, showing up to say, reality and romance, which is more important, and left to Ellie's choice. When Ellie hesitated, Noah urged her not to care about what others want, but what you want. In this way, Ellie abandoned her fiancé and parents, returned to Noah, and the happy love continued. Noah's feelings for Ellie are really sincere, but it's full of selfishness and narrow-mindedness. There is no hard work and struggle, and some are just looking forward to Ai Ai, not thinking about making progress. Perhaps the long wait can be called attachment, but this attachment is just a negative fantasy. In contrast, although Long didn't make many appearances, every scene was in sharp contrast with Noah. Also as a soldier, the rich son of Long was seriously injured on the battlefield, but Noah was able to retreat. It was also on a date with Ellie. Noah threatened with self-harm, but Long was seriously injured to invite Ellie and patiently waited until he recovered to fulfill his wish. Long is funny and humorous, dancing gracefully, for Ai Li, watching the traffic lights is a romantic that looks inferior. Long from a wealthy family still strives to do business and create wealth, but Noah, a lumberjack, is unwilling to lose his identity. The only thing he did was to renovate the old villa as promised, but the money for buying the villa came from his father selling it. When she meets again with Ellie, Noah tempts and encourages her to make a choice. Long finds out about his fiancée and Noah, but still repays tolerance and gives her freedom. Whoever has the deepest feelings for Ally is not to be said.

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  • Young Noah: It's not about following your heart and it's not about keeping your promises. It's about security.

    Young Allie: What's that supposed to mean?

    Young Noah: [yelling] Money. He's got a lot of money!

    Young Allie: You smug bastard. I hate you for saying that.

    Young Noah: You're bored Allie. You're bored and you know it. You wouldn't be here if there wasn't something missing.

    Young Allie: You arrogant son of a bitch.

    Young Noah: Would you just stay with me?

    Young Allie: Stay with you? What for? Look at us, we're already fightin'

    Young Noah: Well that's what we do, we fight... You tell me when I am being an arrogant son of a bitch and I tell you when you are a pain in the ass. Which you are, 99% of the time. I'm not afraid to hurt your feelings. You have like a 2 second rebound rate, then you're back doing the next pain-in-the-ass thing.

    Young Allie: So what?

    Young Noah: So it's not gonna be easy. It's gonna be really hard. We're gonna have to work at this every day, but I want to do that because I want you. I want all of you, for ever, you and me, every day. Will you do something for me, please? Just picture your life for me? 30 years from now, 40 years from now? What's it look like? If it's with him, go. Go! I lost you once, I think I can do it again. If I thought that's what you really wanted. But don't you take the easy way out.

    Young Allie: What easy way? There is no easy way, no matter what I do, somebody gets hurt.

    Young Noah: Would you stop thinking about what everyone wants? Stop thinking about what I want, what he wants, what your parents want. What do YOU want? What do you WANT?

    Young Allie: It's not that simple.

    Young Noah: What... do... you... want? God damn it what do you want?

    Young Allie: I have to go now.

  • Young Noah: If you're a bird I'm a bird.