I watched this movie twice last night, and it touched me a lot. I thought I should write something today.
A young first love, a six-hour marriage, a failed first night.
Two young people who fell in love at first sight, experienced an embarrassing and failed first night, parted ways, and this is what the film is all about.
Disagreements that never go away
The differences between the two have appeared continuously since the beginning of the film, one side is Elvis's rock music, the other side is Mozart's quartet; the other side is Edward's (referred to as E) hormonal impulse, and the other is Florence (referred to as F) wants to go Admiring the beauty of the sea; rushing to take off her skirt while trying to feel his love; while clumsily pretending to be very experienced in sex, while making no secret of her ignorance of sexual knowledge. On the one hand, there is anger that turns into anger, and on the other hand, there is constant compromise and love.
different growth environments
E is a country boy with a mentally handicapped mother and two younger sisters who, in his opinion, are ignorant and ignorant of life, a primary school principal father, and no one cares about his grades at UCL (University of London) except his father. He lacks a sense of security in his heart, expects recognition and acceptance from others, is eager to get rid of his own family, has low self-esteem, has a single standard for evaluating people, looks forward to change but has no way to start, so he can only choose to pretend. After marriage, when he found that his wife was frigid, he didn't look for the reason, but just complained and accused. He represents a class of people in the society who are confident but lack confidence, courage but lack wisdom, polite but overwhelmed, in other words, inferior, ignorant, and lacking in family upbringing.
F comes from a superior middle-class family, and behaves well-behaved and sensible in the face of a strong patriarchy, while her mother lacks assertiveness and cannot communicate well with the heroine, manifested in her choice of the other half and lack of sexual knowledge , the resistance to patriarchy, the pursuit of romantic and unrealistic love, and being independent and thoughtful in the male lead family. But when getting along with the male protagonist, he showed inferiority, self-blame, and resistance to the male protagonist's commanding words. Even in the face of a psychiatrist, he did not dare to admit his unhappiness and was unwilling to admit that there was a problem in this relationship.
the end of the story
On the beach, Florence boldly told Edward, "I mean when I say yes to something even if I don't really want to." The heroine has completed the transformation. She dared to say no to patriarchy and dare to admit her feelings. The male protagonist became irritable, inferior, and even insulted the female protagonist. It hints at the end of the story, the heroine married a cellist and became a famous composer, and the hero returned to his own class and became an owner of a record store, leaning on the sofa at night, smoking a cigarette , telling his story in the tone of a friend.
I hope we are more rational and more real when it comes to love, so that we don't get hurt badly
Love is simple when young. It is difficult for a young man to control his love and face the reality.
Love is a luxury, and marriage is even more "expensive". Controlling our excess emotions and trying to get rid of the influence of our original family is what we should do. As one celebrity said "We should step into love, instead of falling into love."
No one deseves the pain in love. (The part about sex, everyone's understanding is different, I will not say more)
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