Nothing can always be there

Herta 2022-02-16 08:02:50

If you die and
your soul is watching the one you love silently, but you can never enter his or her life anymore,
what do you do?
Do you hope that your lover will never forget you and spend your whole life in commemorating your love;
or do you hope that he will let go of the past and love others again?

When we are still alive,
most people may answer:
Let the lover start again, because I want him to be happy.
But I believe that if there is such a day, the
choice will not be so easy and sure.
The choice of love is always difficult and painful.
It's like Nirvana.

Peter is such an affectionate and unfortunate soul. Before he was alive, he was a brave, responsible, and individual firefighter. He died in a fire to save a good friend. He became a soul that ordinary people could not see and hear, and was brought back to the world by a beautiful angel, watching the lives of people, especially his beloved girlfriend, Dorinda. The angel said that Peter should guide Dorinda out of grief and plunge into the arms of someone destined to replace him. But this is too difficult, too difficult for anyone. Peter couldn't let go of his love, and wandered around Dolinda all day, witnessing how she found new love, and how indulged in nostalgia and sadness. And we have witnessed Peter's jealousy, loneliness, conflicts, and broken heart. In the end, Peter helped Dorinda complete the mission and escape from danger in another fire, and also completed his farewell to his former lover, to the unknown afterlife.

"Always" was filmed in 1989 and is the only romance film in Steven Spielberg's directorial career. Although the response was mediocre, it is still a moving work with laughter and tears. It is actually better than many sensational films in Hollywood in recent years. Perhaps because Spielberg has been positioned as the director of commercial entertainment blockbusters before "Schindler's List", the Indiana Jones series of the same year was the focus of public attention, and it is not surprising that such love sketches were left out. In fact, even romance films still continue Spielberg's fantasy color, as well as the delicacy and sensitivity shown in classics such as "ET". In Peter's love experience, we can get a glimpse of the director himself.

The film is also the last work of Audrey Hepburn, in which she plays the angel in white. The beautiful woman has passed away, as if a glimpse of it, let people miss it for a long time.

Nothing can always be there.

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Extended Reading
  • Zelda 2022-03-26 09:01:11

    Four or five years ago, because it was Hepburn's last movie, I downloaded it and regretted it after watching it. It's better not to watch it all the time. Too, mediocre, mediocre, too, the emotional handling is shallow and naive, and there should be a relief and deep affection for the blind.

  • Marcellus 2022-03-26 09:01:11

    Lots of flaws, but still high marks. There's Angel Hepburn who showed up for less than five minutes (the last screen appearance), "smoke gets into your eyes" (completely suited to firefighters), and two good male leads (where did the younger one go) , the heroine is different from the one in "Piano Lesson", which is earlier than the "Ghost Love" that most people will definitely associate with

Always quotes

  • Dorinda Durston: [upon opening a gift to discover it's an evening gown] Girl clothes!

  • Dorinda Durston: [after a tirade as to how she fears for his life every day] I love you, Pete... but I'm not enjoying it.