It's not a comedy - why not get together sooner

Saul 2022-03-23 09:01:49

I went to the cinema today to watch "One Day". The deserted cinema looks even more sad. This is not a comedy. The whole movie is of normal length, but it looks very short because the whole movie is connected by very short clips. The biggest feeling after watching it is: why didn't the two get together sooner. Life is short, regret is long.
emma and dex met after the school graduation orgy, the two went to emma's house, emma was too nervous, after she was ready, only to find that dex was ready to go. The embarrassed two people agreed to be friends in the future, so they simply slept in each other for the night. The beginning is very bland, but what I didn't expect is that the whole film is narrated in such a bland to indifferent tone.
In the years that followed, the two would call or meet each other, and the most impressive thing was to travel. Emma told dex about her crash on him. After doing many crazy things and crazy things, they still kept it together. Pure friendship. But the pressure of reality drove them away. Emma worked as a waiter in the restaurant, then became a teacher, and dex became the host of the show. Emma has low self-esteem and her life has never improved. She has been estranged from colleagues who do not love her but have always liked her for several years. However, dex felt more and more empty in his flashy life. The death of his mother and the cold relationship with his father made him constantly turn to emma for help. But when Emma saw Dex again for three years, she suddenly found that Dex had lost her way and was no longer him. Emma had a big fight with Dex in the restaurant, and then left angrily. Before leaving, she turned around. Gave dex a heartbroken hug 'dex, i love, i just don't like you anymore.'
dex went through ups and downs after breaking up with emma, got fired from tv show, didn't get along with his girlfriend who didn't suit him, and then got married . At his friend's wedding, he finally met emma again. At this time, emma had broken up with his colleague, and when he broke up, his colleague finally found out that emma has always loved dex. It was originally a surprise meeting, but the news that Dex was going to get married made Emma burst into tears. She forced a smile in Dex's arms but still burst into tears.
The two finally got together a few years later. Dex's wife cheated and then divorced. He found Emma but found that Emma already had a boyfriend, but Emma ran to Dex after hesitation, and the two kissed affectionately.
The happy time between emma and dex is very short. Although there are still many sweet scenes such as getting married and having children, emma soon lost her life in a car accident. The film explained Emma's death in just a few sets of shots, without crying and rushing to the ground. After that, dex was in so much pain and tears and self-exile, and was finally woken up by his father and woke up from his grief. At the end of the film, dex and the child walked on the mountain where emma and emma had been in the past, recalling their first meeting, those smiles, those kisses, and that goodbye.
The ending of the film is great. The beginning echoes the back of the film, but it cannot change the tone of sadness. The two people who have finally been together are still separated by yin and yang. Several times in the middle, I was smeared with tears without feeling it myself. At first, I was wondering why the film took so long to tell the story of the two people's ambiguous years. After watching it, I woke up, and that's how their story was even more sad. emma has been in love with dex for almost 20 years, but suddenly died after finally being together. I really can't describe the regret. If they had been together earlier, for example, after the first meeting, or in that pool, or in In any year of meeting, everything will be different.
But this is life, if it is too late to grasp, it will be lost forever.

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One Day quotes

  • Emma: I'll only be a minute. No playing with yourself while I'm gone.

  • Emma: Welcome to the graveyard of ambition.