I just finished watching it yesterday, let me know what you think

Alexandro 2022-09-09 23:53:01

Participated in the 17th Shanghai International Film Festival
----I felt like watching "Rewrite".
It was almost the end of the month, the money bag was almost bottomed out, and I still squeezed 50 yuan from the gap between my teeth. I sat in the cinema and watched my participation The only film in the festival this year, Hugh Grant's new work "Rewrite".
Ordinary light comedy, but I was moved very much. I poked a lot of points in the center, and I couldn't help but write something.

Hugh played a frustrated Hollywood screenwriter who went to Binghamton University to teach writing for a living. When I first went, I didn't quite get used to it, and I still continued my sloppy style when I was in Hollywood -- being ambiguous with female students, selecting students based on their appearance, joking with words, suspending classes without authorization, and so on. But he was gradually moved and "influenced" by the simple people around him, and I was also moved by these people.
A single mother with two daughters, while working two jobs, she is still studying in BU, just for her dream - to become a screenwriter. She is called "optimistic machine" by the male protagonist. The male protagonist thinks that she has been brainwashed by the American dream, that she can realize her dream as long as she works hard. Facts have proved that the male protagonist is cowardly, giving up on himself and not daring to work hard, because he is afraid of not getting the results he wants. The single mother's writing level has indeed greatly improved during the course of the course. Perhaps her script will not be taken out for filming, but she must have gained great happiness in the process of self-improvement and self-cultivation.
Single golden retriever owner. This middle-aged man felt that if he could make Shakespeare's plays at his fingertips, he would be very respected, but the years told him that this would only make people hate it. At the end, the director You Love made him catch the woman he had always liked, a rigid woman who negotiated contracts, but whenever he read Shakespeare's classics, she couldn't take a deep breath and smiled. You will always find someone who likes you, and what others think you hate is the most beautiful scenery in her eyes.
Retired Head of the Navy Department. The head of the department is a retired navy, a very tasteful old man. His wife gave birth to four daughters for him, so in this family where Yin is prosperous and Yang is declining, he is also more and more emotional. The owner of the golden retriever loves to time him: whenever he mentions his family, the director will burst into tears within 30 seconds. Near the end of the scene, the male protagonist went to the director's house to find him. He was watching "Food, Pray, Love" with his family. He laughed at their so-called "movie night" once a week, and laughed at them for preparing icing desserts. I hate it. They made it so sweet and didn't allow him to eat it, because they were afraid that his cholesterol would be higher than that of making him fat-free popcorn alone. Having said this, the old tough guy burst into tears again. I think this character is my favorite. Although he seems to be strong, he is a person who knows how to be grateful and contented. Such a person will know how to cherish. For example, I certainly hope that even if my future husband doesn’t like a certain movie, he will accompany me to watch it with my children, and that it feels good just to be with me, instead of feeling hard because the movie is not my favorite.
The little nerd in the class. He has the talent to be a screenwriter, and the script was picked up by Hollywood in his sophomore year. The male protagonist accompanied him in the middle of the conversation with Hollywood investors, and decided to let him face all this alone. He told the little nerd, "I was sitting in that position many years ago, and I didn't know what the future world would be like. Soon you will be surrounded by a lot of beauties, and you will make a lot of money at once, but you must not lose yourself, you must know what you want." The boy shouted when the male protagonist mentioned beauties, "I don't want those beauties, I only need xx (I forgot what his goddess is called". This passage is hasty and old-fashioned, but it still touched me deeply---- I am only 24 years old, and my friends are roughly 23, 24 years old, who knows what the future will look like? Who knows what we will encounter next? Just, in a few years or ten years, do you still remember the original intention of your efforts?
In addition to this inspirational feeling, I have another feeling: people, don't be greedy. I used to fantasize very harshly about my other half, he and I must match each other perfectly, just like gears. But after watching this movie, I was relieved: love still exists, even if there is no very consistent interest and hobbies, and there is no intersection in the field at all, it will not affect the harmony of life and your sense of happiness. I often worry about gains and losses, and feel that I can't help my IT boyfriend, because I don't know programming at all and have no contact with him; he likes to play games and I have no interest at all. But now that I think about it, so what? If he has difficulty studying or working, I can make him a cup of coffee and squeeze his shoulders; he can play games with friends or play games at home for an hour or two, and I understand and do not interfere; I am watching Wong Kar Wai , when watching Quentin or listening to rock, he doesn't have to be involved. The so-called spiritual world fit is not as high as I imagined before, this does not require two people to have the same knowledge category, "fit, that is, when you two are together, you don't need to do anything to feel that everything makes you very happy. It's comfortable." This is what my boyfriend said to me. It seems that it is happier if you think simple.

Thank you to the festival for this movie.

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The Rewrite quotes

  • Keith Michaels: Dr. Lerner, you must have an opinion on this?

    Dr. Lerner: Hah! I have a wife and four daughters; I have no opinions.

  • Andrea Stein-Rosen: I don't think I go that deep. That's what everybody keeps telling me, anyways

    Keith Michaels: Well, let's prove everybody wrong.