Ruined at climax

Providenci 2021-12-21 08:01:27

The whole film has the temperament like Woody Allen: the protagonist's immigrant family background, the explanation of love and marriage. Except that class and politics are not in the periphery of the discussion, it seems to have some market atmosphere. The first half is okay, until the climax.

The whole film was ruined at the climax.

When the final 20 minutes should really tell the truth, I have almost predicted the heroine's decision (even if she is still hesitant)-she will show off to the fiance and fall in love with his brother, on the other hand, her mother reveals The fact that my husband had affair, but I can also predict that my mother decided to stay in the marriage and keep her husband.

With the development of the plot, this situation becomes obvious: the mother chooses to stay in the marriage; the heroine will choose true love.

Then, the fiancé appeared, and he told the heroine that he could not marry her because his mother was getting better, and he thought that if they got married, his mother would die!

This is a very absurd explanation, although it seems to work here, because it seems to mock the heroine's previous decision-to find someone to marry, and ignore her courage to pursue true love. After that, everything went smoothly-the heroine and the fiancé's younger brother finally got married.

But why do I feel less upright? Did the heroine solve the problem proactively? No. Although her fiancé's absurd resignation pushed her from the side, I couldn't see her determination, her courage, or her character. The characterization was discouraged from this moment on.

In fact, the frontal conflict between the heroine is not with her fiancé, nor with the man she really loves, but with her mother. Her mother chose to accept the deception of her husband based on the religious precepts and stay in a marriage that only exists in name. This conflicts with the final choice of the heroine. This should be the highlight.

If you want to write the irony of marriage, it should not be the original film.

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Moonstruck quotes

  • Cosmo Castorini: I have no money.

    Rose: You're as rich as Roosevelt. You're just cheap, Cosmo.

  • Rose: No, I think the house is empty. I can't invite you in because I'm married. Because I know who I am.