In the area of more than 300 square kilometers, more than 40% are waters; perhaps it is the soil made of such water that produces water-like films -
Sleepless In Seattle
kicks off, under the clear blue sky , is full of pure white tombstones and crosses. The mourners were in prayer and silence. Standing together, there are also two rooted figures, one large and one small, like stone sculptures that have been standing still between the heavens and the earth since ancient times. The living beings are sandwiched in the middle of the cemetery, but they are not abrupt at all. I don't know whether it is because the relatives lying below gave them gentle shelter invisibly, or because the body of the survivors is still there, but their hearts have turned ashes.
There was no exposed sadness, no tears, the weather was fine, not even a shred of wind. A quiet movie, a quiet beginning.
Sam, played by Tom Hanks, lost his wife in middle age. After several tortures, he finally decided to leave the sad place with his son and go to Seattle to start anew. With the roar of the plane leaving the port, the opening song of the film also sounded slowly.
The title of the song "As Time Goes By" is probably inspired by "Casablanca". "Woman needs man, man must have his mate", a lyric similar to the classic "Pride and Prejudice" line, seems to address the theme of the film - as many have said, it's a very old-fashioned, " When boy meets girl" story.
The difference is that the "boy" here is no longer young, and the two protagonists have not followed the line of acquaintance and cherishment and then falling in love - except for saying "Hello" to each other in the middle of the film, it was delayed until the last scene. , only really shook hands with each other.
Back in the film, on Christmas Eve, "Little Sam" made a phone call to ask National Radio to help his father find a new wife. Sam also told his story in the air at the request of the anchor. After learning that Sam couldn't sleep peacefully for a year and a half, the streamer gave him the name "Sleeplee in Seattle." Meanwhile, on the East Coast, our other protagonist, Meg Ryan's Annie, hears his true feelings while driving and finds a sympathy in Sam's words.
People say it rains nine months of the year in Seattle, and the sun in winter starts to set at 3pm. And in a city like this, Sam couldn't sleep. There are roughly two types of "no sleep", one is "lonely lamp and rolling shutter", and the other is "do not know what to hold in my arms". Although the reasons for the two are different, they are the same loneliness. Lonely because of longing, because of incompleteness lonely. The reason why I didn't directly use the Chinese title "Sleeplee in Seattle" is that I thought that "Sleeplee in Seattle" represented a person first, a lonely person, and a city in the rain.
Annie gradually developed a strange feeling for Sam, who she had never met. When she used the computer to entrust Sam's information, or listened to the radio late at night, she would hide subconsciously, fearing to be known. She begins to reassess her relationship with her fiancé, Walter, and finally chooses to fly thousands of miles from east to west for an unrelated person.
The two faced each other for the first time, across the street. Annie stared blankly at Sam, who was supposed to be affectionately, suffering the pain of losing his wife, talking and laughing with other women. Unwittingly, Sam saw Annie who was almost hit by a car, got up and walked, but couldn't find it for a while. to speak. "Hello," he said. "Hello," she replied.
Life has a set track, but people are always unwilling, so Annie mustered up the courage to derail and pursue the "Magic" fate that she longed for; but ordinary people are cowardly, and they worked hard to gather courage. If it fails, then I will never try again. A perfect relationship is just something in the book; in reality, it may not be possible to encounter it, and even whether such a thing exists is unknown.
Annie clearly knows that life is life after all, so she decided to stop her crazy thoughts and get married in a down-to-earth manner. Just like when she and Walter were shopping for tableware, since the two couldn't be in the same mind about their preferences, at least they didn't disagree on how many plates they needed in life. Sam also has a girlfriend who is in contact with each other, and his heart is also unable to match, and then he also accommodates each other.
Walter is a face-up character, but at the end, when Annie opens up about Seattle, she says something brilliant: "I don't want to be someone anyone settles for." "I love you, but I also have dignity and can’t be a candidate for screening; or I love you, so I don’t want you to give up on yourself, stop flying, and choose to live on the spot.” In the
end, the two protagonists met, facing each other and themselves. Sincerely, look at each other and smile. Only then did I find that the phrase "Hello" was placed in the middle of the play and it was more appropriate.
Some people say that if the two of them end up in the wrong place, a great movie can be made, not an ordinary romantic comedy. However, courage and perseverance are still things worth admiring after all. The films of the 1990s are very old now; but if you look at American literary and artistic dramas, such as "The Queen Wears Parada", you will find that there are still some things that can resist time. In the later drama, the heroine finally chose to resign, and some people said that she chose love. In fact, how could it be that simple?
Rational and slightly dull plot, lack of ups and downs dream-like dramatic conflict, so that some critics called it Tom Hanks "classic bad movie". However, "When the seven emotions are reached, those who have tasted them can tell the truth, and those who have tasted deeply can't tell them. It's shallow, but it's not deep." The real emotion cannot be "acted"; if you don't believe it, you can try to think about how to perform such as "Last Night" The stars and the wind last night" scene.
What's more, what is as flat as water is just the surface. From the beginning, Sam has set the tone of the film when he talks about death calmly in the cemetery. The cruelty and happiness in life will only pass in the blink of an eye, and normal people know where to go next to be the best for themselves. Depression, unwillingness, loss, depression and other shortcomings cannot be washed away by water, and will also be covered up by it.
I personally feel that the film's strengths and weaknesses have become one. When shooting Annie, the picture is warm and lifelike; when it comes to Sam, it will focus on the ideal thickness. It feels like writing a fairy tale in the tone of life. The boundary between life and fairy tales is unclear, and in the end the former gives way to the latter.
Others questioned the aftermath of the ending. How does a five-minute meeting decide a lifetime? How do you know that standing in front of you is a soul equal to yours? It's a pity that no one knows the answer to the confusion of "if life is just like the first sight". Maybe as long as you meet the right person at the right time, everything else doesn't matter.
At the end of "Besieged City", Fang Hongjian suddenly noticed the old wall clock that was five hours behind, as if he had just woken up from a big dream; the moon thirty years ago in "The Story of the Golden Lock" also indicated the return of the sense of time. If the awareness of time means the awakening of human reason; then on a spring night intoxicated by the spring breeze, such a film may make the viewer dissolve into a half-dream and half-awake. There should be such a movie, which can make people forget time and "should", to wipe their hearts and follow their instincts.
In the film, there are no glaciers, volcanoes, snow peaks, oceans, lakes and virgin forests that are Seattle's signature. There is only water, flowing through the ages, and in the tranquility, it contains incredible. Life may be a mixture of rationality and emotion.
I remembered the words on the poster again:
What if someone you never met,
Someone you never saw,
Someone you never knew,
Was the only someone for you?
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