Every time he raises the corner of his mouth, he can light up the whole world

Mckenna 2021-12-27 08:01:31


My favorite state of watching movies is that I don’t know anything about movies. I always feel that the feeling after reading this way is pure, original and true. Before watching MOMMY tonight, this hope has long been broken. First of all, she was in Cannes last year and she was in love with the world, and all the comments were on my screen every day. Secondly, she has a huge gimmick, that is, the director is a genius and beautiful young man, and she was only 25 years old after filming this fifth work. In the end, just last week, the girls who worked together shuddered when they mentioned this film, as if they wanted to talk but stopped. I threatened her with all kinds of eyes and asked her to shut up. In the end, she held back for a long time and said, okay, I only want to say one thing, and that is that there is a scene in this movie that will surprise you.

Even as a spoiler, I am not angry. Her ADHD-like trailer did not limit my perception at all, and all these impressions did not affect my love for this movie in the slightest. Of course I fell in love with her. I found her. It was like picking up an uncut jade on the beach with fresh air after the rain, faintly glowing in the thin sunlight breaking through the clouds, looking at the different colors. It has uneven edges and corners that can't be ignored; it's wet, but it's dyed warmly; you don't want to chisel and develop. She is just a treasure you got on this day. You will be content to put her together with the smell of rain and the roar of the waves, and finally put her back in place.


According to IMDB data, Dolan's feat of changing the frame in this film is unprecedented. However, what surprised me was not this feat itself, but the sense of existence and original ecology displayed behind the director's choice. Dolan made this film twenty-four or five. His way of presentation, the music used in the key plots, the changes in the tones of the photography... everything is happily announcing his own experience and vision, without reservation or cover up. Neither pretending to be high-level nor pretending to be clever words. All modifiers themselves are frank. With the right rhythm and charming editing, even the lack of strength and softness are not regrettable and annoying.

With hope, people tear open the world before them. Everything in the world can come in, including hallucinations. When the situation turned abruptly, they returned to the surrounding area in the camera, holding the small beam of flames in their hearts, and continued to struggle. At the end of the film, the world in the boy's sight came to an abrupt end, and the frame never opened again, but the hope continued, together with the smile on the corner of the boy's mouth. I like this ending so much, it's natural and unpretentious.


Like my favorite movie [Elephant], what is constantly dangling before my eyes is a touch of bright yellow and a kiss in the film. Needless to say, the kiss, like the one in the elephant, was put directly into the poster; and bright yellow is the only color that appears in my mind every time I recall the scene where the boy brought back food from the supermarket for the first time.

Almost all my tears were scattered on the small road between Dian and Kara. Steve was sliding on a skateboard and Steve was sliding on a cart. Di An's bag broke, and Di An stood there. Kara hesitated, Kara blinked and smiled. Three people rode out in the wild, and three of them traveled last. The big raindrops fell, bravery, love and struggle splashed on the corner of our eyes, and then flowed down.


And music! Ah, the music is just as appropriate. Dolan, born in 1989, will definitely put Dido in the 2014 movie. Will definitely catch Celine Dion singing French again. I will definitely find a perfect ludovico einaudi to show his softest imagination.


In short, I lost the purest and original state of watching movies at the beginning, but I still got more than I thought. This video is playing a field, fully recording Duolan's present moment. She belongs to him born in 1989, to Anne Duvalle, to his beloved general Antoine. This boy, this humanoid storm. Every time the corner of his mouth rises, it can light up the whole world.

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Mommy quotes

  • Steve Després: Remember what dad used to say: "Grab the future by the balls. Fuck the past in the ass".

  • Steve Després: Maybe, one day, you won't love me anymore. It's true. It happens.

    Diane 'Die' Després: Me... I'll always be there for you. You're my priority.

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