This time, just call it love.

Wellington 2022-01-15 08:03:09

I have to say that after suffering from the tragic endings of "Brokeback Mountain" and "CMBYN", a sweet and touching movie like "The Kingdom of God" really makes people believe in love again. However, maybe because the stories are placed on the pasture, there is also a somewhat more gentle way to give "Brokeback Mountain" a feeling of HE. In recent years, LGBT movies have freed themselves from the shackles of "equal rights" and "freedom from secular eyes" due to the openness of policies and ideas, and began to focus more and more on the perspective of "love" itself. But even if the filming nowadays has put the general direction on the emotional ontology, same-sex movies are still mostly tragedies. The story told in "The Kingdom of God" cannot be said to be so good, but it is actually just a story of two people meeting, falling in love, separating, growing up and finally returning to each other. The subject matter is not novel. But what makes people praiseworthy is that it gives a new definition to movies that describe same-sex love: Why can't same-sex love come to the end? The director wanted to let the two men go together after experiencing so much, telling the audience that same-sex love can have a happy ending like all love in the world. But of course, this ending setting is also based on today's more open and tolerant social environment. With such a social environment, love between the same sex naturally does not have to be heartbroken and broken like in "Brokeback Mountain" or "Morris". After watching the dreamless first love in "CMBYN" or the vigorous equal rights struggle in "120 Strikes Per Minute", maybe the audience would also like to see the simple sweet love like "The Kingdom of God", There is no need to go through the eyes of family resistance or worldly fetters, just watch the two male protagonists sweetly show their affection, tell you that love is not so hard, love can be very beautiful and cute, while it is still hovering in place , Go after it. Although the plot cannot be said to be very brilliant, it has to be said that the character creation is very successful. In particular, the setting of Gheorghe is so much that people want to fall in love. After all, who wouldn't want a lover who would put the fur of a dead lamb on other lambs and convince the ewe that he did not leave? Who wouldn't be tempted by an Eastern European man who licked your wounds when you were injured? Such complete kindness and simplicity domesticated John, who was originally ignorant, made him responsible and responsible, and also melted my heart in front of the screen. As a subjective perspective, John slowly grew up, from a boy who didn't want to be restrained, with the help of helpers, to a big man who was willing to bear the burden of the family. What impressed me also was John’s father, cursing, In my heart, I only hope that my son can grow up. Finally John missed it and was about to find Gheorghe, when his father asked, "Does this make you happy?" The smile after his father asked, "Will this make you happy?" The smile was so complicated that it was moving. Envy of such a family is just as envy of Elio's growth environment. This movie stopped the car in time at all the corners that might make the audience's mood suddenly turn down and the plot moved towards tragedy, and finally ushered in the reunion and staying together. The longing finally had results, and the tears were inconceivable excitement. The kiss of relief at the end makes me unforgettable. At the end of the film, the scenes of farm work with a sense of time, maybe they are imagining their future life on the farm? gorgeous. I watched the whole process with a smile. Well, love, shouldn't it be like this, show off love from time to time, everyone enjoys it, how good. In this day and age, audiences need tragedy to make their feelings rich, so there is Brokeback Mountain. But when many people began to be pessimistic or even suspicious of love, the audience also needed a movie about the beauty to regain their confidence in obtaining true love, so "The Kingdom of God" was created. Maybe the story it describes is really simple and simple, but it tells us that there is no script in life, and there is no brilliant shooting technique in the movie, and there are not so many twists and turns of the bizarre drama. If When you meet love, try at least this time, just say it is love.

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God's Own Country quotes

  • Gheorghe Ionescu: My country is dead. You can't throw a rock in most towns without hitting an old lady crying for her children who have gone.

  • Johnny Saxby: So your Romanian, gypsy, pikey

    Gheorghe Ionescu: Don't call me that