Love and other disasters gives us an angle to think about love, maybe not quite right, but the point of view expressed in the film can provide a little reference for those who are struggling in the sea of love. Jacks, a fashion magazine assistant who loves to match people, has fallen into the post-love stage of having sex with her ex-boyfriend James. Sex is only a means of comforting others. She can only reveal her sincerity to gay men who can't have love with her. But after a mistake, I re-acquainted myself and began to know others. Homosexual prospective screenwriter Peter fell into the true love of his inner fantasy, but found that what true love needs may not be a momentary feeling, but a process of understanding slowly, and rejecting people for thousands of miles at the beginning is not the right way. The avant-garde poet Tallular, who can write nauseating poems, is entangled in extramarital affairs and phone lovers, only to find out that he is lying to himself, and finally becomes a pair with James, who hates him from beginning to end. Infatuated gay artist Finlay still can't forget her boyfriend who has passed away for 10 years. The handsome and talented Argentine photographer Paolo, entangled in true love and misunderstanding, finally reveals his straight identity at the moment before marriage, but because of this, he can't get married, which seems absurd, but it is very reasonable.
Love in movies often has too many assumptions and too many lies. Is true love really just a word packaged by the film, publishing and other industries to confuse people, is there everlasting love? Jacks in the movie is a good girl who is very assertive and caring about others. She is active and enthusiastic to help her friends match objects, and always provides help when friends need it, even if it is only the strength of one ear, even in order not to hurt. The ex-boyfriend is too deep and continues their post-relationship in an exaggerated way (though the result is that it doesn't feel like breaking up with her at all). All along, she has been unable to truly fall in love with straight people, she is only willing to believe that gay male friends, maybe gay men can analyze the problem from a more objective and considerate point of view, and will not want to control her. But life is always changing. When she met someone who was trustworthy and dedicated, she finally realized her own problems and tried to change her rules to pursue what she loved. As she said, she didn't know whether this person was the only one in this life or whether she was irreplaceable, but she chose to give each other a chance. True love is a process, not a Hollywood blockbuster ending with a climax.
You can believe in love at first sight, but that kind of love contains more fantasy than reality. What is true love? Maybe everyone has different opinions, and those who have experienced it may not be able to tell clearly. True love may be the moment when a dream shines into reality, a certain feeling suddenly obtained, and it is difficult to distinguish the real from the fake. The truth about love may also contain some kind of falsehood. Love is like fashion, it changes rapidly, no one can predict what will happen in the next second, and no one can really interpret it.
Let’s also talk about the details of the film. The director is very good at foreshadowing and speaking with the camera. The comedy effect is also thought-provoking. One second everyone mentioned David Williams' auction, and many rich women scrambled to bid high to attract the auctioneer's attention. The next second, Tallular made a high price in the charity auction, arousing the audience (although the auctioneer was a Don't know guy), Peter's fantasy is not only in his head, but in front of the audience many times, the reality of those fantasies stunned me at first, Jacks and Paolo's discussion of the relationship between fashion and reality makes the People feel that they are talking about fashion, but also about life and love. Not to mention pure visual enjoyment. Although it is a romantic comedy, it is not the same as Hollywood's light-hearted romantic comedy. The director's thoughts on the story are more profound. It is a recommended movie.
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