2006.06.06 Before Sunrise

再放一篇英文電影心得，這部電影比較深刻，不再是好萊塢商業電影了。但是我寫得還是很淺，反正也沒有人會看，充個板面自己也高興。

 

Review on “Before Sunrise”

 

     BEFORE SUNRISE is a romantic, two-character movie featuring Julie Delpy and Ethan Hawke. Their personal characteristics were so strong that even made me lost their names in the movie. They play two people in their twenties who met on a European train. With some simple start-up conversations, they fell into the joy of talking and sharing experiences with each other. Ethan convinced her to get off the train with him for he has 24 hours to kill before a flight home. The two spent the time walking around in the peaceful and inspiring city of Vienna and talking about almost everything. Just when they were deeply in love with each other, the sun light of a new day shone. They bid farewell in a rational-adult way and left this romance unended but profound.
     The movie is so unusual and special that its audience feedbacks on web are way different and apart like the two poles of the earth. Some people say that it’s a totally boring flick. They complained that the movie is lack of energy, not directed and shot carefully, and lack of music to emphasize the chemistry. These criticisms are not groundless or irrational, and they do reveal the true weakness of the movie. The walking and talking pace can really make people doze off. However, there are also some people who love this movie very much. They love the movie because the story is so unique, the acting is spectacular, and the dialogues are reflecting. There is no “misunderstandings” where they break up; they talk about some serious topics that stimulate deep thought; the little body language between the two simply remind people of how they felt when at the age and falling in love. To those who love the movie, the above mentioned outstand this movie beyond all other typical Hollywood romantic comedies. But why a movie can be adored by some people but be repelled by others? Perhaps it’s because that since this movie is not a typical one, it requires a lot of thinking to understand and to realize that it is not dull at all. People who walk in to the theater preparing to have an exciting or thrilling night may definitely be disappointed and hate this movie. It’s not that people who think are superior to those who seek for excitements; and it’s not that rich-and-meaningful movies are superior to simple action movies; it’s just that we take movie in different ways, some already had enough thinking outside the theater so they watch movies for entertainment, while others like to make every moment in their life meaningful.
     As to me, I had a little trouble getting into the movie at first but started to like it on my second time watching it. I found that some of their dialogues were extremely familiar especially when they argue about arguments between lovers and how men and women think differently. My girlfriend and I had the same arguments before and we couldn’t come to a conclusion either. Watching them and pondering on their words remind me of all the sweet and bitter little things of my own. Maybe a few years later when I watch this movie again, I will be touched by other dialogues, such as the philosophy they shared, witch I’m not at the age to understand for now.