loveless

Elton 2022-03-26 09:01:14

The film is a bit bland, but fortunately it's only 95 minutes, which is just right. They may all feel that the husband is selfish and hypocritical, and the wife thinks very carefully. Although I don't have an ex-boyfriend, I still find it understandable. Love and marriage are two different things, and even the same person feels completely different. Whether it's missing a past lover or missing the love itself, it's normal. Also, love is relative in linear time, you can always have the next favorite, or you can choose one and ignore the others. Do not think that true love is a lock with a key.

It is often said that nostalgia for the good past is dissatisfaction with reality. For this film, the male protagonist's addiction to his ex-girlfriend is indeed distressing, but in the final analysis, it is dissatisfaction with the life of the husband and wife. No children (loneliness), retired at home (boring), weak legs (frail). Looking back on the feat of climbing the snow-capped mountains when I was young, it is really a martyr's twilight years. Or if you married your ex-girlfriend back then, and the two walked around in a smart way, what would life be like? The male protagonist has fallen into a morbid state, but he also understands that the reality in retrospect can only be like this. Start all over again from that day. Isn't what he said sincere? The wife feels that she is just the 2nd best choice. But don't everyone have a so-called favorite before they settle down? Your weight in the eyes of others will always change at any time, so don't despair because of it, as if the meaning of life has just been erased.

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  • Kate Mercer: You used to love your birdwatching.

    Geoff Mercer: I did, yes.

    Kate Mercer: It's funny how you forget the things in life that make you happy.

  • Geoff Mercer: Lena, this is wonderful. Thank you.

    Lena: Not bad for an old fascist, huh?