Finally finished watching the movie, I crawled into bed and replayed it in my head. It begins with Oliver's confession: What can you say about a twenty-five-year-old girl who died? That shewas beautiful and brilliant? That she loved Mozart and Bach, the Beatles, andme? The first confrontation between the two was in the library, and the conversation was very exciting. From this conversation, I knew that Jenny was a vicious tongue, and she never saved face when she spoke. Even after they got better, Jenny still spoke so sharply and ruthlessly. Oliver was dissatisfied with the word game, he wanted to go further with her, so he advised her: See, I think you're scared. You put up a big glass wall to keep from getting hurt. But it also keeps you from getting touched. It's a risk, isn'tit, Jenny? At least I had the guts to admit what I felt. Someday you're gonna have to come up with the courage to admit you care. I think it was the beginning of their heart-to-heart bond.
The stereotype of the movie is that Oliver is a rich boy and Jenny is the daughter of a baker. There must be many twists and turns; but there are also surprises in the stereotype. At this time, the plot could have developed in the direction of Cinderella becoming a white swan, but in reality, The last part of playing ice hockey already hinted at the feud between Prince Charming and his father. To what extent is the feud? He calls his father the son of bitch in private! Because of his stubborn belief that his father was dictatorial and authoritarian, he was unwilling to rely on his father, which also led to difficulties after their marriage. Fortunately, Jenny doesn't value his money! There is also a cliché. Later, Jenny was diagnosed with a terminal illness. Because the treatment required a lot of money, Oliver had to speak to his father for the first time after marriage. Jenny on the sickbed was strong and optimistic, and asked Oliver to promise to remarry in the future. In fact, Jenny's biggest hope was for Oliver to reconcile with his father. When the father found out the real purpose of the son's loan, it was extremely painful. Although he did not directly point out whether the father and son had reconciled, the son repeated Jenny's sentence: Love means never having to say you're sorry. It leaves room for the reader's imagination.
The plot of the movie is really simple, especially for those who have watched countless TV series, those plots are so cliché that they can't be more cliché. The good news is that this is an American film from 1970. Everyone must know what China was doing at the time, so it is very likely that these now-called clichés originated here. I don't need to mention the theme song, I'm talking about the two main characters, especially Jenny.
Oliver's courage to break with his father is commendable, because he is a son of a rich family, and is now known as the second generation of rich in China. They have been pampered since they were young and have a great dependence on their families, but Oliver, who was born in Harvard, is rebellious and does not live up to the education of his independent personality in the university. to marry Jenny. With his own efforts, he won a scholarship and became a listed lawyer after graduation, and life began to improve. So we can define him like this, this is a promising rich second generation. But would Oliver have come this far if he hadn't met Jenny? Jenny is a smart girl, but she speaks viciously, calling Oliver's roommate's original words: Probably hard to get. It's just hard to get it! So how did Oliver come to grips with it? As for this, I'm not well versed in love affairs, so I'm just guessing, I think it's - let's quote a paragraph, that's when they talked about marriage:
——What about our marriage? ——Who
said anything about marriage ?
——I'm saying it, now.
——You want to marry me?
——Yeah. ——Why
?
——Because.
——That's a good reason.
She pretended to ask why, Oliver had nothing to say , she knew it. Yes, this kind of thing, how can you say why! So how did Oliver come to grips with it? This is also a stupid question! Love happens anyway, and then comes marriage.
They also had conflicts after the marriage. Oliver's father was on his 60th birthday, and Jenny wanted him to attend, but he was stubborn. When Jenny got on the phone, he didn't even say hello. This made Jenny very incomprehensible. She didn't want Oliver to fall into hatred for his father, because people can't live in hatred all their lives. When Jenny insisted on saying hello to his father, Oliver rushed over hysterically, made the phone in her hand, and Jenny ran away. Next, to the accompaniment of the theme song, Oliver searched for her all day, from day to night, to every corner of Harvard, and when he came home empty-handed, Jenny was waiting for him on the front steps of the house ——I was still guessing what Jenny would say, but what she said was completely unexpected to me, and at the same time I was moved, she said, I forgot my key. Oliver apologized blindly: Jenny, I'm sorry. Jenny cried and said: Don't, Love means never having to say you're sorry.
I know that I have made a mistake of repeating the same sentence twice, but it is not too much to say such a classic sentence several times: love doesn't matter who is sorry for whom - there is no need to say sorry between lovers - love is not to say sorry. I have thought about several translations and present them to you here, and I hope you will have a good experience - sorry, I repeated it three times in disguise!
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