One is a music documentary, so I won't mention it.
Another one, "Long Distance Love", formerly known as "Going The Distance". Starring, Drew Barrymore, Justin Long. According to the above information, it should be a Hollywood fast-food romance film, with "Sleepless in Seattle", "Fate Day" Destined to have a similar smell.
Because of this a priori presumption and the literal meaning of the name, the plot is basically unsurprising. And what I want to say is that, as an authentic pseudo-literary youth with depth and connotation who once advertised not to watch fast food films, this time I was moved by this mediocre film.
The story is very ordinary from the beginning, ordinary quarrels and breakups, ordinary encounters, ordinary falling in love, the details of getting along next, sweetness, the pain of separation, worries, doubts, suspicions, all kinds of things. In this way, this story is not romantic at all, there are no surreal lovers, there are no twists and turns, and there are no twists and turns, and some are just ordinary long-distance love with a little joke.
It's actually easier than we think to meet a like-minded person in this world, and there's no need to overemphasize the role of chance. No matter how romantic or dramatic the beginning, getting along after falling in love always looks more boring, trivial, and even a little harder, especially when you can't see each other often. Calling is too weak, talking about missing, talking about love, and lack of confidence in the face of distance, maybe ten sentences of "I love you" can't match one sentence. Today, a male colleague invited me to watch a movie. The suspicion and hatred were strong. What's worse is that when you are in trouble, it may be better if you are always alone. You can tell yourself that you can only rely on yourself and you must rely on yourself. But now, you have a partner, you love each other, and naturally you have the rights and obligations to share and share with each other, this is one of the contracts of love, so when you feel difficult and helpless, the distant lover can't help You, don't you feel more lonely and desolate? People always prefer to believe bad things, especially things that make them look more pathetic.
Apart from loneliness and suspicion, sex is also a big issue. As a healthy youth, of course, also have healthy sexual needs. But what do you do when you are thousands of miles apart? After the male lead and female lead separated, a certain phone sex seemed to start and go well, but when the climax was approaching, there was an unfortunate disagreement on the imaginary sex location, and the raging lust was extinguished immediately. Train or plane, what does it matter? Oh no, my dear, if you haven't experienced it, you probably won't understand that even the difference between white sesame and black sesame between couples, especially couples in different places, may lead to a nuclear war. Because, I can't touch you, feel you, it's very frustrating, even if I can call, I can video. In fact, any kind of communication can be understood as a reminder of the distance between us. Even just sitting face to face can communicate more than video calls. This is a rather magical aspect of romantic relationships, perhaps related to our ancient instincts. So long distance lovers always have more torment and more sensitive nerves because darling, I'm here and you're there.
So, what impresses me about this film is its simplicity—truth, every detail, the sweetness of getting along, the ecstasy of meeting, the disappointment of breaking up, the torment of missing, the pain of suspicion, all of which are related to each other. It really happens between people who are in love. The hostess threw her phone against the wall after an unpleasant phone call and yelled Fuck!!! Fuck the distance!!! I totally understand that. I've been there, I'm aware of the pain and cost. And when the two are obsessed with each other, I think most couples can also resonate. These moments are too expensive for a long separation.
Even though the movie didn't get a good score, I'd still like to say that for me, for the moment I'm watching it, it's a really good movie. For echoing the great theme of love, for its authenticity and resonance.
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