Closer to home, "Already Tomorrow In Hong Kong" was originally only watched on a plane, and finally screened on the big screen for a limited number of shows. The film was shot in 2014, starring Korean-American actress Jamie Chung and fiance Bryan Greenberg, directed by Taiwanese-American Emily Ting. If you like "Half a Day", "Sunset in Paris" and "Half a Life", the entire "Before" series, or the Korean independent director Hong Sang-soo's mode of talking and acting, you won't hate it. this movie. On a business trip, Ruby met Josh on the street corner for their first night. The reason why the film was only broadcast on planes at first is obviously to promote Hong Kong's tourism industry, and the film is like a tourist guide. Wheel, go to Lan Kwai Fong, Chungking Mansions, SOHO in Hong Kong, and see the Victoria Harbour, isn't it Hong Kong in the eyes of tourists? As a Hong Konger, I see how friendly it is. In some angles, I still shoot from the perspective of tourists, but it is not a big deal to receive the effect of promoting tourism. In the movie, you can also see the daily life of foreigners living in Hong Kong. how. For "foreign" Hong Kong people, the perspective of mainstream Hong Kong movies still ignores their existence intentionally or unintentionally, and the positioning of this film is relatively middle-class and intellectual, and the main audience is tourists who are interested in Hong Kong and English person.
In recent years, Hong Kong men have complained that Hong Kong women love "sausages", and the heroine who plays Hong Kong people thinks that Hong Kong is vulgar to a certain extent. For example, she complains that Hong Kong's corn chips and burritos are not authentic enough. The heroine from Los Angeles has been thinking about it all the time. Although she is Asian in appearance, three generations have lived in the United States for a long time and have been integrated into the local area. Except for a job opportunity, Hong Kong has nothing special to her. And she had only Americanism in her heart. And the male protagonist Josh lived in Hong Kong for ten years, adapted to life in Hong Kong, and slowly told the female protagonist the differences here, so that she began to like it here. The film is about cultural differences and concepts, and through the dialogue between two people, it brings out the differences in thinking between the East and the West, men and women. Although the content of their conversations is about their daily business and private life, they can feel the difference in their values just by looking at them. The time and space of the movie are only two days of experience. On the first day, the hero meets the heroine as a matter of course, and the second day is the reunion.
Is there any pure friendship between a man and a woman? The two couples in "Fate Saying Goodbye" were disturbed in love. The man took the initiative to hook up with the girl, and unconsciously caused her to misunderstand. The relationship was originally a game of "Beauty meets a fan". . The two strangers slowly let go of the diaphragm through understanding. What's more strange is that you have been honest with each other as soon as you know each other, aren't you afraid that the other party is a bad person? Let go of the suspicion through temptation, but we met for a drink at the first meeting, and then we tried to see if there is any following? Perhaps as long as a man and a woman are alone, they must directly or indirectly recognize the relationship of "lover", but they prefer to have the next step. When there are lovers in the real world, they are embarrassed to openly say that they have lovers, but in the face of the relationship in front of them, they embrace each other and have feelings for each other. Ambiguous to come. Ambiguity is indeed a sweet moment, but no matter what, it must return to reality. However, the reality is disappointing and disillusioned. The fact that a man has a girlfriend makes the woman in front of her at a loss, and she is so stupid that she is disappointed by a man she has just met for a while. She is probably jealous. A good-looking, slightly learned lady suddenly became a big fool in the universe. Picking up is easy, but maintaining it is hard. Now, of course, Ruby's heart was going up and down. I advise girls not to trust people too easily.
In addition, the description of foreign men in the movie is a normal financial person working in Central. There is indeed such a group of people in Hong Kong. The foreigners have their own circles and bar culture, and the male protagonist is the Prince Charming in many people's hearts. But he pursued to be a writer, and he was glad that this "new relationship" gave him the meaning of finding a new job and developing a different life. It is precisely because of this new job that Zhengyin feels impatient, but he is recognized and encouraged by Ruby. The two of them are very different in some points, but they may also be closer in pursuit of romanticism and freedom. The film also vaguely mentions the values of Josh's positive girlfriend, Sam, who is a typical pursuit-type Chinese girl, and her family does not allow her daughter to date foreigners. In the opening and closing, extending to their common points, everyone is American and it is easier to communicate, and everyone is watching "Seinfeld". They seem to find the same thing in a foreign land among each other, and the sameness in these differences connects them. Another point of view is that this movie is not just about love, but with a cultural shock.
Going back to love, what this couple does seems to be normal, not just talking, drinking, eating, talking about their work and ideals, and complaining about the incomprehension of their boyfriends and girlfriends. On the second meeting, that is, on the day of the reunion, even though they were unhappy with the first time, they still enjoyed the second "cheating". Even if the woman was a little bit reluctant, but according to the law of attraction, they always Conversing involuntarily, even though he was wary, he quickly let go. Although they tried very hard to suppress their lust and did not do anything deviant, but at the end of the day, they enjoyed the pleasure of cheating. Already Tomorrow, not only is the difference between the United States and Hong Kong separated by more than half of the world, but also the attitude towards love. Right time, right person. Is there really platonic love in this world? The love between the male and female protagonists seems to be very pure, but behind them are deceiving the other half and trying to tell themselves that they are right. An open-ended ending brings intellectual and emotional trade-offs, leaving the audience in the driver's seat. Is mental infidelity different from physical infidelity? Which one is more noble? There are too many fantasies in the love world of modern men and women, and self-made imaginary enemies are the same for men and women. In the end, the heroine also learns that the hero's blow can be used to retaliate against the hero. Happy times go by very fast, but the same hookup experience is once, and naturally there is a second time. As long as one sentence is unhappy, there are countless opportunities to make excuses for themselves. At all, the male and female protagonists are not "good people". How many people in the game of fate of strangers can meet once, reunite twice, and get married three times like the hero and heroine of the "Before" series.
Fortunately, the same script of "Goodbye by Fate" was not shot by Hong Kong people. If it is a Hong Kong-owned film, this seemingly pure but somewhat immoral plot will completely turn into an immoral story. It may become a story in which the hero and heroine will go to the Clock Hotel to find pleasure as soon as they meet. In a city, the love story of two foreign devils goes round and round, but in reality a relationship between husband and wife has been achieved. In the reality of film and reality, it turns out that this is a real unfinished relationship.
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