The Best of Me - Find Love, Find Your Best Self

Winona 2022-10-17 17:26:27

I saw this simple movie title without reading the trailer or intro and opened it up. The background of the film's opening is that the oil drilling base catches fire. The male protagonist comes on stage, saves his colleagues, and then he is pushed into the deep sea by the sudden explosion. Between life and death, the male protagonist subconsciously brought him back 20 years ago, and in the dream garden, a girl as beautiful as a fairy smiled at him. I thought it was an action blockbuster, but this scene immediately made me realize it was a romance.
From the male protagonist back to the birthplace of his dream, the story begins to be explained in two timelines. Whenever the camera follows what happened to the current male protagonist, the relevant memories begin to be replayed scene by scene. The teenage male protagonist 21 years ago sat idle with his cousin and friend in a coffee shop, his eyes involuntarily expressing his yearning for the teenage female protagonist. And longing, their love started from the door of the cafe. In the current time, the male protagonist is more active in approaching the female protagonist, while when he was a teenager, the female protagonist behaved bravely and boldly pursued the male protagonist. This contrast makes the story very entertaining. As for their stories, it can be succinctly and vulgarly said to be a story of a rich girl falling in love with a poor boy, or it can be said to be a story of a gangster falling in love with a rich girl, but in any case, the disparate backgrounds of the two lovers are usually very different. It's a love story. But this kind of drama will also happen in the real world, and everyone, no matter how incredible and unreasonable it is, it happens so impartially.
Following the plot scene by scene, Zeng hoped in his heart that they could be together again, but if the characters are restored to the real environment, the development of the story will inevitably lead to tragedy. Because the young male protagonist has grown up under the abuse and insults of his father for a long time, his personality must be hurt. Due to the lack of nourishment from love, he can never find self-confidence, even though he is so good. When he met her, he saw a bright future and found his purpose. But his origin, his father has always been his nightmare, chasing him tightly and hurting his loved ones. He also accidentally killed his cousin and friend, and sent away his favorite heroine amid self-blame and inferiority. This plot reminds me of Romeo killing Juliet's cousin, the same scene that laid the tragic end of their love. Of course, our male protagonist and female protagonist are not as stupid as committing suicide together. The author's atmosphere for the whole story is still based on a fresh, warm and relatively optimistic attitude. Instant Destiny sometimes likes to joke, but the firm and gentle Love, or solidly placed on the screen, moved every audience.
For me personally, if I were a young girl, I would probably find this to be a heart-breaking tragedy. But after meeting some people and going through some things, I feel that although the love between Dawson and Amanda can't keep them together, the love is very heavy, it can be seen and touched, It is in the hearts of two people who love each other, and its light cannot be stopped. Even if the male protagonist cannot accompany the female protagonist, he still brings her happiness.
To be able to express these, it must be said that the director's ability to reproduce the novel through film and television editing and the expression of beautiful pictures, as well as the dual time axis narrative method, also allow the audience to understand the ins and outs of the story more quickly. Of course, the most important thing is the quality of the actors, the looks of the male and female protagonists and their acting abilities, which greatly increases the film's attractiveness and potential for attracting money. Although the bridges and routines are similar to many romance films, it still shows its uniqueness, and it will not be so bloody. This simple, pure love is still clearly and perfectly displayed to the audience, and it happens without any reason, no matter what family background and social class he and she are in, even if fate makes them go through the fatal pain , but their love is still tightly tied to two sincere hearts.

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The Best of Me quotes

  • Amanda: This is dangerous, we've had wine, and you somehow have gotten better looking which is so annoying. I mean you couldn't have gotten bald or fat or something? Jesus!

  • Young Amanda: Dawson, What would you risk for me?

    Younger Dawson: Everything.

    Young Amanda: Then let me love you like that. Please.