The first part:
"The film tells the story of the heroine Katie Morosky (Barbra Streisand) and the hero Harbel Gardner (Robert Redford) from acquaintance to acquaintance. A love story that broke up
due to differences in their personalities and political stances." Because of this generalization in the synopsis, many film critics classified it as "a rare Hollywood movie with political overtones". Indeed, just like guns and roses, the combination of politics and love is very attractive, which makes the film basically break away from the petty nature of ordinary romantic movies. Even if the hero and heroine quarrel, the debate is "whether the United States should support Spain's anti-war" ", "How to evaluate President Roosevelt", "McChy Doctrine", etc., killed a lot of couples who quarreled because they couldn't eat together, couldn't let go of their ex, and couldn't afford a wedding room. No matter what the male and female protagonists say, there is quite a feeling of "how people spend their lives in a grand context".
But I have always believed that any grand theme has its simplest explanation. Just like the marriage system is to ensure the inheritance of property of the children (one is the inheritance of genes), it is essentially the product of the privatization of human property, and it can be traced back to the human survival instinct. And this movie is also the same. The biggest regret of the movie-Kitty and Hubbell finally separated. The real reason is not the difference in political position, but the difference in outlook on life. The outlook on life is the fundamental reason why the two cannot stay together. This is also reflected in many places in the film, which is one of the reasons why I recommend this film very much. A good film will lay out a lot of clues long before the ending is revealed, and a bad film will always suddenly come to a point of nowhere. The conclusion of cause and effect, and then excitedly say to you: "Surprise!".
When they first met in the film, Kitty was angry at Hubbell's friend's political joke, after which Hubbell advised her "you should laugh it off"; Kitty wanted to speak out at the party, but was always covered by Hubbell; Kitty was pregnant with When she was pregnant, she also went to Washington to protest for the Hollywood screenwriters who were being monitored by the government, but Hubbell believed that "when the times change, there will still be people who will hire these screenwriters, and they will make movies together, play tennis together, and play wife swap games together. What about going to jail?"
These two conversations well reflect the difference in their outlook on life:
Political ideas are just one kind of outlook on life. Even if it wasn't in the 1970s, when people were generally discussing politics, there were still economic policies, job choices, and life philosophies, etc., so the fate of the two, although regrettable, was inevitable.
The second part:
"Katie, a left-wing girl with a stubborn and strong personality, serves as the chairman of the youth political party alliance at school; and Hubbell, who advocates prudent protection, is a well-known talent in sports and writing at the school. It is inevitable that the two will come together naturally. Parting ways."
TV and screen-based film and television dramas have a media-like agenda setting function, which can selectively draw people's attention to some things and ignore others. Therefore, the biggest difference between literature and art is that the former can beautify many things, while in real life, the beauty is torn apart for others to see.
Towards the end of the episode, after years of mixed sweetness and bickering, while Kitty is pregnant with his child, Hubbell cheats on his friend's wife, Caroline. It can be seen in the final scene of the reunion that Kitty raises the children alone in the later years, and Hubbell never even visits. I believe that many people who were moved to tears by this love are also the ones who scolded the scumbag for cheating during pregnancy and the weak wife who deserved it on Weibo. But at this moment, even I felt very moved, looking at Hubbell's handsome and slightly vicissitudes face, while Kitty looked at him so throbbing, it was almost impossible to accuse them.
It can be seen that people's hearts change the rules at will, and our judgments of right and wrong can hardly stand scrutiny. Or there is another reason that in those stories on Weibo, we only saw the ending of the dog's blood, but did not see the sweetness of the hero and heroine in the past, but in the film and television drama, we accompanied the hero and heroine all the way, I have witnessed them from acquaintance to falling in love to quarrel and separation, so I know that the sweetness is true, the sadness is also true, and it is true that they cannot even be together. When the time comes, is it to doubt that the love in the past may have been an illusion, or to accuse the other party of breaking his promise? Perhaps there is only one sentence that can make people sober: "People change, but they don't change back."
Part three:
"Many years later, Hubbell reunites with Katie on the street, and the old feelings can't help but come back to my mind."
Years later, Kitty, who was promoting the prohibition of atomic bombs on the street, met Hubbell holding a gentle and silent girl. It was still the same as in front of the restaurant near the school and later in front of her house. They stood on both sides of the road, but she always ran fast. To him, stroke the bangs on his forehead, but this time he is no longer alone, so she smiled and said: "Hubbell, your girl is lovely". Kitty in the 1970s already understood that they couldn't be together anymore, but thankfully she didn't say "I'll change" anymore.
After many years, Carrie in Sex and the City met Mr.Big on the street holding his noble and elegant wife. She wanted to greet him gracefully, but suddenly she said: "Hubbell, your girl is lovely". Big looked at her in astonishment, if he understood, he would know what kind of emotion was behind it, but he didn't understand. Just like the life of many people, the past years and affection are all handed over to a person who does not understand the true meaning of it. But Carrie in the 1990s already knew better than Kitty: "Maybe the problem is that he didn't tame me, maybe some women are meant to be steered. Maybe they need to run free until they find a partner who is sexually the same."
In fact, I think this kind of story may be staged on the streets every day. When we hurried past, we saw the men and women standing on the side of the street with normal expressions, but saying some ordinary words, but passing by like the wind, It's all past feelings. Today, 18 years after Sex and the City has been broadcast, we are still encountering or hearing stories like Kitty and Carrie, but we should know better than them: everything is inevitable, so there is no regret, but we should thank ourselves, for the way we were.
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