95 minutes, old age

Hannah 2022-03-20 09:01:38

"The sad past is mixed with the only joy left in this life.
Eternal running still has to face the empty tomorrow."
——Li Zhi's "Winter in Luozhuang"

has the same plot as the Korean version of "Untouchable Lovers". Nou Reeves and Sandra Bullock aren't that young anymore. Although their faces are still beautiful, there is nothing to hide the traces of the years. The first time I saw them was ten years ago. In the summer of that year, I watched "Speed ​​of Life and Death" for the first time. In the summer of that year, I also watched "Four Hundred Years", Keanu Reeves has always been the love of his heart, and that summer, I just graduated from junior high school. Ten years of time, if you refuse to admit it, but the movies and people that accompany you can tell you how quickly the years can pass.

I love the warm endings that American films usually give us, though I have a lot of smug preference for the sadness of European art films. Here, love is not the focus, but that magical node in time and space is the axis of the whole story. If someone can give me hints in the future, can I avoid many detours in the past ten years? If there is really a wrong moment in time and space, should we wait patiently for the moment when the miracle comes? If the agreement can span time, is the oath still credible? If the tears when ALEX danced with KATE really came from the heart, should we only love strangers? If life could be rewritten, would we still remember our original wishes? If movies are always so good, shouldn't we forget the world's troubles for a while?

In the silence of the garden
Moss arizing on the wind
And the beast is pondering love love love
'Till the rusty nail grow dim

I can't seem to make you mine
Through the long and lonely night
And I try so hard, darling
But the crowd pulled you away
Through the rhythm and the rain
And the ivy coiled around my hand

So I lingered with the people
In the silent August glade
But the rain has brought the night
And the night has brought the rain

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  • Jakayla 2022-03-25 09:01:08

    Don't like it at all, the Hollywood folks have lost all the crystal clear beauty that this story should have. Sometimes the delicateness and beauty that are unique to Koreans are really not something that everyone can do. I still recommend watching the Korean version of Untouchable Lovers.

  • Laurence 2022-04-24 07:01:05

    The Korean version is better.

The Lake House quotes

  • [from trailer]

    Kate: It's not meant to be.

    Alex: No, don't say that. Something must've happened.

  • Kate: One man I can never meet. Him, I would like to give my whole heart to.