Hot search was again dominated by two familiar names:
Yang Mi & Wei Daxun.
Not for the first time:
But this time, Sir was worried about the big power.
On December 22 last year, Yang Mi announced his divorce.
Even for ordinary people, after experiencing a failed marriage, it is difficult for anyone to easily put it down.
Not to mention the stars exposed to the public eye.
fortunately.
An awards season hit came at the right time.
Sir sincerely hopes that everyone who has been traumatized, or is about to enter into marriage.
Look at it --
Marriage Story
Marriage Story
Director of autobiographical films.
Noah Baumbach, 8 years of marriage to the end, made this film.
Two middle-aged people divorced, what's so good to see?
The truth is --
Countless people wept and applauded it.
The director chose two actors with unique textures.
Female protagonist, Scarlett Johansson; male protagonist, Adam Dreifer.
One is the Black Widow in the Avengers, and the other is the Cairo in Star Wars.
But don't forget, the two have made a name for themselves in literary films.
△ "Lost in Tokyo", "Patterson"
As soon as "Married Life" came out, the two were estimated to win many awards at the end of the year awards season.
Word of mouth has exploded completely.
Douban, 10,000 people rated 8.8;
Rotten Tomatoes, 266 film critics hit 96% freshness;
Nominated for the Venice Film Festival Main Competition, Nominated for the Golden Globes, Nominated for the Toronto Film Festival, Nominated for the American Critics' Choice Award...
The American Film Institute (AFI), Empire Magazine, Time Magazine...
Listed in the annual top ten.
cause?
It's not just the story of two middle-aged people divorcing.
It is also the story of every person trapped in marriage and love, their own.
Love is dead?
What is divorce?
In the eyes of ordinary people, quarrels, tearing, and dividing money.
No more, a fight.
But looking at the poster of "Marriage Story", the tone is particularly warm, and there is no imaginary chicken feather that the marriage should have.
A family of three, laughing and making trouble, too sweet.
even.
If you only watch the first 5 minutes of the movie, you will think that this is a pure love story.
The male and female protagonists confess to each other and like each other's details.
In a letter from husband Charlie (Adam Dreifer) to his wife Nicole (Scarlett Johansson), he lists his wife's cuteness one by one:
She will support me;
She will listen patiently to others;
She is very good at giving gifts and playing with children.
On the other side, Nicole's dog food is also delicious enough:
He loves cleanliness very much, and I have to rely on him to get things organized;
He likes to turn off the lights casually, energy conservationists;
He loves being a dad, and he loves everything you're supposed to hate, like throwing a tantrum at your kids, like waking up in the middle of the night.
Romantic, nice.
But it became a thing of the past.
This is the task that the marriage counselor let them complete before they divorced.
This is the unique temperament of Marriage Story.
Faced with divorce, it didn't amplify sadness, hysteria.
But it's like a "knife in clear water"——
Emotional, delicate and gentle;
Stinging, sharp and precise.
On the surface, you are humble and gentlemanly, but you look closely at the pictures in the movie:
Half-point shot.
One person on one side, full of negative gas.
Or with a bit of divergent perspective.
The strong sense of oppression that enters a desperate situation is suffocating.
Too many pictures suggest that their appearance is out of place.
And when two adults walk out of marriage, what is the biggest enemy?
Not money, not children, not families.
The above, through perfect communication and procedures, can be solved.
A shot reflects the director's delicacy.
The two sat in front of the marriage counselor, on the verge of breaking up.
But, you see their sitting posture.
same.
The upturned Erlang leg is still the same leg.
Habit is the most difficult obstacle to cross.
The man who has been with him for ten years.
Familiar and natural.
Married life is the same little thing day after day.
Charlie didn't complain too much either.
Pack up the panties and socks that his wife threw on the ground, a set of actions are flowing, especially comfortable.
Closing the cupboard door by the hand has become Charlie's daily habit.
As a result, Nicole has been married for ten years, and she still won't close the door casually.
When I returned to my mother's house, the cabinet door should not be closed, or not closed.
It was up to my mother to push the cabinet door shut.
Such small details can be seen everywhere.
The husband handed her the can, and Nicole subconsciously reached out to open it.
The head is not lifted either.
Just make a look at the last one.
You can understand what the other person wants to do.
Are they in love?
Loved.
From these details, it can be seen that they have loved, run into, accustomed, and adapted.
Even when there was a quarrel, it was still the title that blurted out—
"Baby".
However, the marriage that should be divorced still has to be divorced.
Or the little things day after day.
Charlie couldn't remember what Nicole's hair color was when she first met her.
I can't even remember the length.
After the drama won the award, Charlie only perfunctorily accepted Nicole's praise.
When he stared into his wife's eager and stopped looking, he was powerless.
Don't know what to say.
Leaving only one sentence, "I'm hungry," I turned around and couldn't wait to find the refrigerator.
The last straw that crushed the camel.
bagatelle.
Charlie, who had been with him for so many years, couldn't remember Nicole's phone number.
He really couldn't see me
He didn't take me for it
Something independent of him
The husband's thoughtfulness only exists in daily life like eating and sleeping.
But he couldn't enter Nicole's spiritual world.
One can't change it, one can't get it.
In the face of love consumed daily, both of them are helpless.
It was so uncomfortable.
Love, slowly wasted by time, lovers, gradually faded in life.
Separation is difficult to reverse.
The discussion of love has also been reduced to futility.
but.
In the love of middle-aged people, there is less of the "must you" when they were young.
But one more copy, "Hello."
Love, live elsewhere
There are many movies that talk about the midlife marital crisis.
"Revolutionary Road" depicts the cruel and bloody struggle of two adults after the love fades.
"Blue Valentine's Day", two people in love, trapped in a marriage at a loss.
Eager for a chance to improve, but screwed up again and again.
The sweetness of "Marriage Story" lies in the fact that there is no reluctance of dog blood in the movie, and there is no compromise, and the changed couple is reconciled.
It's like a parting love letter for an ex.
When they sit in the law firm, begging for their children's belonging and visiting time.
One second it was still a sword, but the next second she ordered a takeaway, and Nicole still remembered what her husband liked to eat and what the taste was.
When Charlie said a funny sentence, the two people would still look at each other and laugh.
Which is divorce?
It was a flirt!
When Nicole went to talk to her "ex-husband-to-be" alone, Charlie would still insert the straw of the juice and hand it to her.
For a moment, it looked like a couple who had been married for many years.
The next moment, it was a fair and open half.
"You can cut me out of the picture."
Do they still love each other?
Love.
In a way that people in love can't understand.
The last love given to each other is to give each other the last line of tolerance when meeting the lawyer.
I hope we continue to be friends
I don't think she did it on purpose
They are all protecting and caring for each other.
In the film, the director arranged two closing plots.
Once intense, once gentle.
For the first time, the common negative air slammed the door.
Scenes that countless partners have experienced.
The second time, it made Sir almost cry.
The two were ready to go to court the night before ruling on divorce.
Sudden accidents.
The door to Nicole's apartment doesn't close, and Charlie brings his son to help her fix it.
Before leaving, two people pushed the door and looked at each other.
Small affection, small tenderness, instantly exploded.
A resurgence of old feelings? Coming?
No.
The last scene is the embodiment of reality -
The door closed inexorably.
The point is, this door was pushed by the two of them together.
Isn't that the parable of their marriage—
The two set out for love together, but unconsciously walked out of love together.
Not giving up is not giving up.
But the door, indeed, is going to close.
No matter how much warmth there is, it can only be used for parting.
And in this process, there is one thing that is often ignored by the parties.
- Time.
Divorce, we often question each other, is love, is the third party, is the outside world.
But everyone ignores a fact.
Time is sneaking in.
Sharp blade and time
In the movie, two images are particularly prominent.
knife.
Charlie always played with the knife that Nicole had given him.
When the observer arrived at his house, he also deliberately explained the use of the knife.
This knife is sometimes a fucking trick to scare the kids.
Didn't expect that.
This demonstration -
But he really cut himself.
An action that exposed his behavior in marriage.
Threats.
For a long time, in order to achieve his career, he constantly forced Nicole to give up.
He wanted to be a theater director, and she was going to give up the opportunity to be a TV actress.
He wanted to develop in New York, and she was going to give up the hollywood opportunity.
Who is strong and who is weak, a knife will understand.
A year after the divorce, Nicole was nominated for an Emmy Award.
Even if Charlie is blessed, he still can't escape the tone of the ego—
"She's a good actress."
But Nicole was nominated for a director.
The second image, time.
A year ago, Charlie was in a panic, afraid that his son would be snatched away.
The old man, the lawyer, said a word of comfort:
Time is on your side
Time.
Why time?
A love affair may only take two seconds to begin.
The announcement is over, and it is only a few seconds after the name is signed.
However, to see through the love thing, it takes a year, ten years, or even longer.
Time can expose a person's weakness.
When Charlie struggled to make Henry recognize words.
That word, which was also taught to him by his lawyer old man:
“time”。
Baby, wait and see, one day you'll be enlightened
A year after her divorce, Nicole found her recognized career and future.
Charlie was in the family photo wall, but could not find a picture of himself.
On Halloween this year, everyone, including their own son, was dressed as a Beatle.
And I can only be a ghost draped in sheets.
Invisible, non-existent, unimportant.
Time is cruel.
It takes away everything in front of your eyes.
But it carries all the beauty of the past.
A year later, Charlie saw a letter Nicole had written in front of her marriage counselor.
The last sentence goes like this:
I will never stop loving him
Although it doesn't make sense anymore
He still couldn't stop crying.
Two images, metaphorically, are the marriage itself—
The sharp blade makes people feel pain, but it also makes people feel alive.
Time makes people forget, but it can soothe everything and return to calm.
There is a comment on Rotten Tomatoes that Sir strongly agrees with:
It's a triumph, a mixture of pleasure and pain.
Cut so deeply that it left a scar.
It hurts, but it's happy.
In Sir's view, "Marriage Story" is an excellent "premarital education".
It does not exaggerate the poignancy of love, nor does it spare the softest touch of human feelings.
The white depiction of marriage is always sincere:
True love, reciprocation of real pain.
What kind of "story" is marriage?
It's the story you wrote yourself, and it's the story you and he or she wrote together.
The pen is in your hands.
Just know:
The story may end.
At that time, it will take a part of you.
Also leave a memory that belongs only to you.
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