WTF, this is FANTASY, okay?

Alexie 2022-03-27 09:01:06

On the surface the first BEFORE SUNRISE is the most dreamy.
The hero and heroine are in their best years, the most beautiful Vienna, they chat, they dance, they play, they flirt.
Bowl.
Such a meeting without any ties and a parting that will never be met again is so romantic.
But it's so real.
There are some people you will never meet in your life.
There is no more beauty.
Because this is life. Just like the real experience of the director himself.

In comparison, the second part is a lot more fake. For example, the male protagonist becomes a writer.
The heroine and the hero meet again.
In the end, the male protagonist ignored the family and the female protagonist and almost "elope" this kind of thing.

And the real fake and the most FANTASY should be this one.
For example, they actually got married.
For example, the male protagonist gave up everything in the United States for the female protagonist and settled in Europe regardless of his son.
For example, the female protagonist has grown like this, but the male protagonist has always been so loyal.
For example, the male protagonist has a career that does not need to worry about the workplace at all - a writer.
For example, the male protagonist's American ex-wife is such an unbearable person. Obviously she is also a victim and the heroine is the mistress, okay?
Sorry, REAL LIFE does not have such a perfect male protagonist.
If there is something, it is to deceive the little girl.
This is the real FANTASY.

The first, almost perfect romance. For a moment but true.
Part 2, blank and suspenseful ending. No kissing, no sex, so far.
In the third part, too many directors are merciful, but life is far more than that.

I have to say that the change in the state of the heroine of the third part is amazing. She is no longer SHINY, and her figure is not as good as before.
If all this has nothing to do with appearance, at least I think the heroine seems to be SUCK UP by life.
There is less spiritual energy in the eyes, less PASSION, less gentleness, and less wisdom.
If the heroine in the second film is on the verge of despair, then the heroine in this movie doesn't even have the strength to despair.
The rest of her was numbness.
It's hard to imagine that the first CELINE and the third one are the same person. Like two people. I can only say.
By contrast, I prefer the change in that mom in my teenage years—that's more of an American woman.
Interestingly enough, the director did spend 12 years telling the story of the boy, the movie where Dad was absent most of the time.


From the time we leave our parents' house until we have kids. That's the only time your life is completely your own. In

this sense, only the first one is really a masterpiece.
Everything else is YY.

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Extended Reading
  • Marcus 2022-03-29 09:01:02

    God made! Perfect! Not one of the best trilogy in 18 years. The two chatterboxes chatted for more than an hour every nine years, and the male lead's beard + the female lead's wrinkles gave the lines an incomparable polish. If you don't love crowd killers, you must see a model for couples and couples; music, light and Greek stones are perfectly integrated with the sea. PS The longest span of nude scenes in recent years~

  • Sydney 2022-03-30 09:01:04

    The trilogy explores the love and wrestling between men and women from different stages, and the eternal conflict between the sexes. One is better than the other, more sincere and frank. Probably a mentality issue, I like this one the most, especially the ending.

Before Midnight quotes

  • Celine: Now I know why Sylvia Plath put her head in a toaster!

    Jesse: It was an oven.

  • Jesse: If you want love, then this is it. This is real life. It's not perfect but it's real.