Nicole's Choice

Etha 2022-04-21 09:01:26

In the process of watching the movie, I thought Nicole was very arrogant. When she complained that the apartment was not designed by me, and there was no furniture I liked, I would laugh. You are a big man, don't worry about anything Yes, I didn't think I was too lazy to give too much advice when I was laying out the house. But when I saw Charlie yelling at her that I was just a tool for you to escape to New York, I gave up a lot to not lose you, and in the end, Nico was nominated for an Emmy and Charlie chose to go to Los Angeles After teaching for a while, I suddenly realized that Charlie is inseparable from Nicole, and Charlie is the one who has always been nourished by Nicole.

My own emotional experience tells me that there really is energy absorption between two people. When you meet someone for the first time and fall in love with someone, you can clearly feel the awakening of the energy deep in your heart. After being together, you are elated and full of energy every day. Your body seems to have endless energy, and you feel that everything is going smoothly. , I really feel that my vitality is severely damaged. When I break up, I feel that the energy in my body seems to be extinguished, I don't even have the mood to eat, and other things are not going well. On the contrary, when you are with someone you don’t love so much, you feel flat, and sometimes you can clearly feel that the other person is getting more energetic every day, as if you have sucked away the energy that belongs to you. . Even if two people appreciate each other, the relationship is still not balanced. You can always feel this stage and the next stage. Sometimes you are consuming him and he is consuming you.

Nicole should be a person who has energy, can activate the energy of others, and also needs the energy of others to nourish. At first she was in Los Angeles, the movie road was smooth, and she was about to get married, but she just felt lifeless inside, as if she was dying. When she came to New York and met Charlie by chance, she felt that she was alive again and was irrigated. The energies of the two people collided with each other, fully burned, and soon formed a family. But then I guess Charlie's taking more energy from Nicole, Nicole being in his plays, listening to him, giving him ideas, Charlie is getting better and better, but Nicole feels like she's getting better and better. Withered and withered, she was on the verge of drowning, hoping to go back to LA and regain her life, but Charlie certainly wouldn't understand, because he was flourishing, he felt that everything was fine, and there was no need to make changes, as a In this state, he will not understand Nicole's feelings. He will only think that she is selfish and unreasonable. When the psychiatrist asked them to read the letter, Charlie was frank, but Nicole didn't even have the courage and confidence. . When Nicole came back to LA, she took on a new show, moved to a new house, had a new life, and she came back to life, but what about Charlie, of course, he spent a lot of money in the divorce with Nicole The energy and funding of creation, but it is obvious to the naked eye that his state has languished. Finally, when Charlie said he accepted a teaching position in LA, I guess his directing career must not have been as smooth as before. Of course, he came to teach in LA to spend more time with his children, but with Charlie's character, if he is in New York If the director's career is in full swing, I don't think he will make this decision resolutely. On the other hand, Nicole was even nominated for an Emmy Director Award. Her energy was completely activated in herself. The part that nourished Charlie in the past has now been used to irrigate herself. She is in high spirits. The one waiting for her at home Boyfriend, to put it in a nasty way, she has absorbed energy now, and she is also full of satisfying her love life outside of work. In the end, she generously gave Charlie an extra night to spend with the children, and squatted down in the middle of the road to tie Charlie's shoelaces, and then left without looking back, busy with her own life, while Charlie was in a complicated mood and slowly Taking the child away, the camera leaves a long tree-lined road, and on both sides of the road is the world of two people. I really liked the ending so much, it was real and meaningful. I am very grateful that the movie did not let them go on any road to reconciliation. At least for now, it is really impossible. If Nicole has feelings for Charlie in her heart, how can she return to the world where she has no life?

It is like this between people, there is a flow of energy. This is especially true of couples who get along day and night. When you feel that you have completely lost your strength, lost hope, and become not yourself in your married life, you might as well think about whether you should change your way of life to activate yourself, the tree will die, and the flower will live. Or, there is a problem with the relationship with the other half, and you can see that he/she is alive and young, then he/she has gained new energy, no matter if the energy comes from people, work or hobbies. , the possibility of you cutting off their connection is very small, because the feeling of gaining energy is really good. When a person starts to grow, you don’t want to go back to a pool of stagnant water. The better way at this time is to find a way. Can provide him with energy, or you simply find new energy to nourish yourself. Of course, if a person can always spontaneously provide enough energy for himself, and no longer depend on others or be easily influenced by others, then this kind of person can live well no matter what, may you and I be like this People who nourish themselves can also nourish others.

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  • Nora Fanshaw: People don't accept mothers who drink too much wine and yell at their child and call him an asshole. I get it. I do it too. We can accept an imperfect dad. Let's face it, the idea of a good father was only invented like 30 years ago. Before that, fathers were expected to be silent and absent and unreliable and selfish, and can all say we want them to be different. But on some basic level, we accept them. We love them for their fallibilities, but people absolutely don't accept those same failings in mothers. We don't accept it structurally and we don't accept it spiritually. Because the basis of our Judeo-Christian whatever is Mary, Mother of Jesus, and she's perfect. She's a virgin who gives birth, unwaveringly supports her child and holds his dead body when he's gone. And the dad isn't there. He didn't even do the fucking. God is in heaven. God is the father and God didn't show up. So, you have to be perfect, and Charlie can be a fuck up and it doesn't matter. You will always be held to a different, higher standard. And it's fucked up, but that's the way it is.

  • Bert Spitz: You know what this is like? This is like that joke about the woman at the hairdresser, she's going to Rome. You know this?

    Charlie: I don't.

    Bert Spitz: This woman is at her hairdresser, and she says, "I'm going to Rome on Holiday." And he says, "Oh, really? What airline are you taking?" She says, "Alitalia." He says, "Alitalia? Are you crazy? That's the worst - that's terrible. Don't take that. Where you gonna stay?" She says, "I'm gonna stay at the Hassler." "The Hassler? What, are you kidding? They're renovating the Hassler. You'll hear hammering all night long. You won't sleep. What are you gonna see?" She says, "I think I'm gonna try to go the Vatican." "The Vatican? You'll be standing in line all day long. You'll never get to see anything."

    Charlie: I'm sorry, Bert, am I paying for this joke?