Can you hear me now?

Eileen 2022-04-19 09:02:47

Bill Nighy's Lawrence is as nervous as Woody Allen, and both are willing to use words to distract them. (This is not like Bill in reality) The difference is the language ability of the two. In Woody's films, there's always chunks of his monologue, or he's rambled on to another guy and that guy can't stand it.
And Bill's Lawrence is clumsy at all times, even when he's seated as assistant to the Chancellor of the Exchequer.

The first half of this movie is very good. It's almost all clumsy but ingenious language entanglement between Lawrence and Gina. The topics they talk about are enough to prove that the writers have original ideas.
But soon, the movie went from a British romantic light comedy to a righteous drama about politics and poverty, and the love between Lawrence and Gina became more nebulous. The screenwriter gets weaker as he goes to the back. When the famous quote from Nelson Mandela came out at the end of the credits, I was stunned.
"Sometimes it falls upon a generation to be great. You can be that great generation."

Anyway, the song used at the beginning and end of the credits is very nice. I've heard it before and forgot the name of the song. I suspect Carpenters.
Who knows, please tell me.

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  • Jose 2022-03-16 09:01:08

    The hostess is very familiar, just can't remember.

  • Kacie 2022-04-21 09:03:20

    Richard Curtis' dialogue is my tea, but monologues and idealism are not. There are at least two similarities between this film and Notting Hill: the identities and backgrounds of the male and female protagonists are very different, and the male protagonist is obviously cute but always self-deprecating and looks pitiful. In addition to the above two similarities between this film and Love Actually, there are also: the head of the British government must be just and uncompromising in diplomacy.

The Girl in the Café quotes

  • Gina: Aren't you going to kiss me good night?

  • [Lawrence and Gina are discussing shopping at Marks and Spencer]

    Lawrence: I'm told it's the place for dating. I'm told people go there to shop, and they get casually talking about, you know, Spaghetti a la Carbonara and suddenly love flowers by the counter for people with under five items.