bookstore

April 2022-04-05 09:01:07

Her love at first sight husband left her during World War II, and Florence lives alone in a small town. When the loneliness was unbearable, she would sit by the sea with a book until the sun went down. Mr. Browndig, who was deeply in love with marriage, hid in his own manor, Holt House, in a small town after he broke up, letting the town residents arrange his wife's whereabouts, and immersed himself in reading blindly. Many people will think that the story of "The Bookstore" goes like this: Sitting on the beach reading interesting and meaningful books, the idea of ​​opening a bookstore arises spontaneously in Florence's mind. After the opening of the bookstore, Florence has a connection with Mr. Browndish, who is claustrophobic after a failed marriage. Using the book as a medium, the fire of love is rekindled in the hearts of the lonely man and the widow, and the two happy people work together during the day. The only bookstore in the town for many years, they returned to the Holt House together in the evening. The Holt House, which had been silent for a long time, was full of laughter and laughter ever since.

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  • Maxwell 2022-04-23 07:05:58

    It has the charm of British movies, and the important things happen in the details. I watched it for Bill Nighy, and I wasn't disappointed at all, especially in the afternoon tea scene between the old man and Florence, those subtle movements, words, and pauses were absolutely incredible. Patricia Clarkson also has a few very good scenes, and Emily Mortimer does a good job in awkward scenes too haha. In terms of plot, the second half is completely unexpected, but it makes people hope that this movie will fall into a cliché, so that I can feel more at ease. In addition: the celebrity party in the Gamart estate, the old money pretending to be spring breeze is actually extremely rude, and the greasiness of speculators who only spend their time on people who are in their favor, very real; "Hurricane Jamaica" 》I borrowed it from the library in the past few years, and it has been a shadow for children since then, but I am very good at being weird like Christine; I have always agreed with the very American principle of "don't work with asshole", But now I feel that the precepts of guarding against villains are more important in Chinese wisdom.

  • Trycia 2022-04-02 09:01:18

    I thought it was a warm story about a seaside town where no one was reading books, but I didn't expect it to be so heart-wrenching. The widow is full of hope to open a bookstore for her deceased husband, but it has become the target of public criticism. Although the movie shows the British tone and sense of ritual incisively and vividly, it still cannot hide the ugly faces of the town residents. "Civilized people" put down their so-called tone and tore their mask; the widow threw prejudice and objection into the trash can with the fishbone, and shouted at the perpetrator, but in the end, they couldn't fight the aggressive vicious woman. The first sold "Fahrenheit 451" formed a clever intertext with the burning old house bookstore at the end of the film - whether it is a book or a movie, the book has become a stick in the throat. But fortunately, the ending gave a touch of warmth, and also gave the "book" an explanation, "you will not be alone if you are accompanied by a book."

The Bookshop quotes

  • Florence Green: You mustn't think I don't want to consider you for the job, its just that you don't really look old enough - or strong enough.

    Christine: That happens after first glance. You look old; but, you don't look strong. Its all the same anyway. We're all available.

  • Edmund Brundish: That harpy. What she wants is an: arts center. Now, I ask you, what the hell does this damn village need with an arts center? And how could art have a center? But, she's got it into her head that it does.