After reading a little comparison between the 96 version and the 04 version

Marcelina 2021-12-23 08:01:27

In the past, everyone used to say "the most important thing is the process." After watching these two movies, the old and new movies, the result is more important than the process.

The result seems to be the final word for whether the previous circling, confusion and many other factors make sense. The result also determines the different details of the same plot, the different direction of the story, and the different emotional tendencies of the two films.

The reversal of the 96 version's ending, even the reversal itself, is surprising enough. The 04 version's ending happens to be a supplement to it, showing us what the end of another road is, and another road that seems better. There is no good or bad, but the latter lacks a bit of flavor.

What is the smell? It is not the guilt, entanglement, anxiety and tolerance of the saboteur, but the free and easy of the saboteur. If you have already lost your mind, you can let it go even if happiness seems to be in front of you. When you can't let it go, it's often not love, it's just obsession.

Changes in the types of male and female protagonists have also led to changes in the temperament of the film. The predecessor of the modern city is the suspenseful tension and poetic romance about love itself. The story is outside the main line, and actually contains five loves. There are main and secondary, multiple perspectives, and the complicated process is reflected in the fragmented time powder box.

The 04 version of the male protagonist "turns out the chaos anyway", lifts the fog and breaks the obstacles, making love outside the main line appear pale and fragile in front of the main line, and a rose blooms in the world. The intricateness of the 96th edition is not only the plot, but the emotional lines are also intertwined in every way, and the desire to discern and fascinate is just like the taste of love itself.

Could it be that in the old age that we believe is stable and beautiful, single-minded, love turned out to be tangled and helplessly returned to the mortal world, and in the modern society that we believe is lack of patience and constant emotion, love is the end of the yearning, so contradictory NS?

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Wicker Park quotes

  • [Matthew visits Luke at the shoe store to talk to him about the mysterious blonde Lisa]

    Matthew: Hey. I gotta talk to you.

    Luke: So, who is she?

    Matthew: You wouldn't believe me.

    Luke: I betcha I do. I probably even know her. What's her name?

    Matthew: That's the thing.

    Luke: You don't even know her name? Oh, man.

    Matthew: I know that she's a dancer.

    Luke: You mean, like a stripper?

    Matthew: No, shithead. Like a real dancer.

    Luke: Oh, God. I love a dancer's body. Ooh.

    Matthew: But her face is like... Her eyes... And her skin is just... She just makes me all...

    [Matthew taps his stomach smiling]

    Luke: What is wha and duh? She just makes you more inarticulate than usual. You are obsessed, which I don't understand. I mean, I don't know how you decide on just one. I mean, my customer over there... She's got great legs. Ellie. All right? There is something hot about Ellie. The blonde at the window. I mean, come on.

    [Luke points to the blonde Lisa outside the store window not knowing it's the same girl Matthew was just talking about, Matthew freezes and his eyes grow big]

    Luke: What are you doing? Matty, are you all right?

  • [Matthew meets Lisa for the first time and attempts to try a shoe fitting for her]

    Matthew: [Matthew clears his throat] Could I help you with anything?

    Lisa: Yes. Those shoes in the window. The black ones with the red sole. I'd like to try them on, please.

    Matthew: The blacks and reds. Okay. Well, I'll just go in the back and get them for you. That's where we keep them, in the back, so... I'll be right back.

    Luke: Uh, Matty. Maybe you'd like to ask the lady what size shoe she wears.

    Matthew: Right.

    Lisa: 8 1/2.

    Matthew: Like Fellini.

    Lisa: Right.

    Matthew: I mean his movie, not his shoe size. I don't know his shoe size, obviously.

    [Matthew blushes as she stares at him]

    Matthew: 8 1/2.

    Matthew: [Matthew rushes into the back of the shoe store] Shit.

    Luke: What was that?

    Matthew: Fellini! What the hell was I thinking.

    Luke: I have no idea. But you were right about one thing. God, she is beautiful. And you, my man, are an idiot. All right, look. Here's the thing, all right? You've obviously blown it, she obviously hates you. So you stay right here and let the man take a shot.

    Matthew: Shut up. Give me the shoes.

    Luke: All right. Go. Just remember... you're not funny.

    Matthew: [Matthew gathers himself in deep breaths and walks back to Lisa] Here we go. Black and red.

    [Matthew nervously slides one shoe onto Lisa's foot as she smiles down at him, then she looks at herself in the mirror]

    Matthew: What do you think?

    Lisa: They're too big.