Maybe one of your inadvertent decisions could change your life

Adrienne 2022-03-23 09:02:14

After watching the 1998 film "The Two Faces," starring Gwyneth Paltrow recently, you had to sigh that maybe one of your inadvertent decisions could change your life.



The film tells the continuation of the heroine Helen's continuation of two storylines when she catches the subway on her way to work and misses the subway.



(1) Helen missed the subway, and unfortunately she was robbed again and sent to the hospital; when she got home, Jerry (Helen's boyfriend) had just woken up and was taking a shower. Helen tells Jerry that she was fired from the company and that she was robbed. The boyfriend is very guilty because he betrayed Helen. But Helen came home a little later and didn't find out about her boyfriend's infidelity. It was not until Helen became pregnant unexpectedly and was about to go to another company director for an interview that she found out that the director was her boyfriend's old lover. Jerry was at the man's house at the time. When Hai Rui faced her boyfriend and her ex-lover, she collapsed completely, accidentally fell down the stairs and was taken to the hospital.



(2) Helen got on the subway, and the strange man James sitting beside her was very charming, which made her heart beat. Unexpectedly, this man was the man who just checked her earrings in the company elevator. When she comes home exhausted, she unexpectedly finds Jerry lying in bed with his old lover. Helen moved away from this sad place regardless of her boyfriend's explanation.

She then ran into James by chance in a bar. After several contacts, Helen felt that James had a good character and helped her through the trough of her career and love. When she found out that she was pregnant unexpectedly, she decided to compose a love song with James, only to discover the secret behind James. He is a married man. The betrayal of two boyfriends makes Helen no longer believe in love. When James went to Helen to explain that he had been separated from his wife for half a year and was preparing to divorce, and Helen finally put down his guard and prepared to forgive him, Helen unfortunately encountered a car accident and was sent to the hospital.



The two Helens were admitted to the hospital at the same time, and the children in their wombs were miscarried. It's a pity that Helen, who got on the subway early, failed to rescue her and died. Helen, who took the subway at night, survived.



The ending of the film is very clever. Helen, who took the subway at night, met the man who helped her check her earrings in the elevator after she was discharged from the hospital. And that man is James. Maybe some people you meet in your life will meet sooner or later, it's just a matter of time. The two storylines in the movie are interlaced. Helen, who you took the subway for the night before, was not worth it. Because she missed the subway and had another robbery, she was betrayed by her boyfriend until the last moment. And although Helen, who took the subway early, saw her boyfriend's infidelity, she cut off her love and developed a new relationship. It's a pity that in the end, the god of fate sent her to heaven again.



After watching this movie, I have been wandering, and there are some places that I can't understand more deeply. I also disapprove of the ending of the film. But after experiencing the loss of my wallet yesterday, I finally understood. Maybe one of your inadvertent decisions can change your next destiny. You choose to eat out and encounter a thief; if you choose to eat at home, you may not encounter a thief. But the fate of the next arrangement does not know what will be. Whether it is good or bad, good or bad, no one knows. Bankruptcy is an old adage.





The heroine's decision in the film changed her life and death. When we're excited one moment, then bad things happen the next. Life is made up of different comedies and tragedies. The end of comedy will be tragedy, and the end of tragedy may be comedy. The endless cycle of reincarnation takes us to one fork in the road in our lives. When we make decisions, one casual decision of yours may lead you to the next good fork in your life, or it may be a bad one. No one can know whether their decision will be good or bad. But now that a decision has been made, a price must be paid for the decision. When something happens, whether happy or painful, we have to work hard to face it until the last moment of our life!

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Sliding Doors quotes

  • Helen: So who are you on the rebound from?

    James: A girl called Pamela. My whole life pivots around Pam and I breaking up.

    Helen: When was that?

    James: 1973, we were eight. I bloody loved that woman! No warning just up, gone, left me for someone else.

    Helen: Who?

    James: Gary Glitter! Gary Glitter for cryin' out loud! I mean all my friends were being left for Donny Osmond or David Cassidy, I could have come to terms with that given time, but Gary oooooh she wanted to touch him there yeeaah...

  • James: Everything happens for the best. You'll never know if you don't try.