The restless summer of London

Christa 2022-11-01 05:32:48

I just watched "Guess the Train" and "Blue Valentine's Day" this month, and stumbled upon this film with two protagonists. In the summer of 2007, my daughter and I spent a month in the UK. And this film happened to be shot in the spring of 2007. I still remember that on the last day of London, Heathrow Airport, due to the terrorist attack, the airport has strengthened the inspection, which caused our entry time to be delayed. The tax rebate entrusted by a friend was also forced to be cancelled. When we just settled in Shanghai, my husband called from Glasgow and said that a burning car rushed into Glasgow Airport that day and the airport was forced to close. Later news reports said that the suspect was a terrorist in the Middle East.
The film has been decently criticized by everyone. It is true that it is difficult to give her a clear position after watching this film. Because the screenwriter spliced ​​too many different types of paragraphs together, there was no good transition and convergence. The video looks a bit messy. Some narratives were supposed to be more complete and in-depth, but the director called them stuck, which brought my interest to an abrupt end, just kill my half-cocked desire. an identity crisis? study of guilt and grief? conspiracy thriller? It may be because the director and starring actors of the show are both mothers. The maternal love in the film is indeed impressive. When Michelle was awake in the conversation with the suspect’s mother and son, he rushed to the apartment to look for the child in the playground, which really touched me.
Ivan may not be a supporting role material, the anticipation before watching the film was shattered at the beginning of the film.
Regarding Mr. Rabbit, my daughter had a pillow baby before she was three years old. She sniffed her every day and didn't sleep without a pillow until she was totally unrecognizable. She said that there was a kind of milk on it, which smelled good. That summer, we hugged our one-year-old daughter and smelled her pillow. The baby was walking around the wheels of the train, subway, and bus in England and Scotland. If this film is interesting, it is that she reminds me of my days in the UK.

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  • Young Mother: I've heard it said that grief is like an animal to some. With a life of its own and we are at its mercy. I don't know about that. Grief is the stillness of the world the moment my boy left it. It's that quiet rain that never stops falling. They say that grief transforms us. I know it's transforming me, but into what?

  • [first lines]

    The Boy: 5, 4, 3, 2, 1, Go...

    The Boy: Mummy you blinked, I won.

    Young Mother: Yes you did. Now in you get. Tomorrow we're going to the sea-side.

    Young Mother: [narration - boy running on the beach] So, if I'm going to show you my life, better start here. My boy, in Camber Sands. Why this and why now? I'll come back to that.

    The Boy: Mummy!

    Young Mother: [narration] A force of nature was what the midwife called him when he came howling into this world four years ago. And he hasn't stopped since.

    The Boy: Mummy!

    Young Mother: [narration] Me and him spend a lot of time together on account his Dad is a right miserable bugger. To be fair, he wasn't always miserable. Or maybe he was and I just didn't see it. I wouldn't be the first one in my family to have her knickers charmed off her by some fellow in the Army. Any way, for better or worse, I got my boy and he got me.

    The Boy: [dangling a sand worm] Mummy! Mummy!

    Young Mother: [narration] I remember my Mum took me to Camber Sands once. The one day she was sober. It was drizzling then too. "Gets you out of the house, don't it?", she said.

    Young Mother: [narration - on train] And that quiet rain fell all the way home.

    Young Mother: [narration - London street] My gran told me that Adolf Hitler did us a favour when he bombed London. His incendiary bombs made the hole in Barnett Grove that they built our tower blocks in. And London burned with incredible noise and fury. It was on account of Adolf, she said, that we get a nice view with the Georgian Gems on the other side of the street, where the bomb missed.

    The Boy: Mummy. I'm running, I'm running really far. Come on, catch me!

    Young Mother: [calling to him] Careful. If you think I can't see you in there, you're mad.

    Young Mother: [narration] We bought our flat off the Council. Smells of chip fat. But Lenny says it will be a good investment one day, because it's within a stone's throw of the city. Third generation of tower block dwellers, we are. If you're interested just type in Chav, Pikey or Ned, and you'll find us in council estates all over London. Favourite food: Chicken Kiev, favourite TV programme: Top Gear, Religion? Arsenal Football Club.