Before Sunset review-A moment or a lifetime

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A moment, or a lifetime?

Foreword: Life is never perfect, but there are definitely wonderful moments and happiness. At least it’s true in this film. For me, it’s already a perfect dream. Everything could be foreseen, yet every single detail is out of expectation. It’s true that we all suffer from the pains that we can never run away from; and we are not able to escape from the contradiction between reality and love. However, passion and despair grow stronger along with each other. If there is this heartbeat and heartbreak in your life that you find impossible to escape from, then I am so jealous of you.
I read a review on the homepage yesterday, and I don’t like it at all. The author believed this is a tragedy, which made me bound to say something now, and I have to speak out now. This is not criticism, since there is no right and wrong. It’s just a matter of individuals’ attitudes toward life.

She says: After indulging in such an intoxicating love affair, one would become hollow inside, like a wandering spirit and a walking dead body.

But I believe that an impressive love affair won’t make you hollow, it completely converts you into a different person. The eye contact, the intimacy between two people in love, and spiritual communication, and meeting and knowing each other with the integration in body and mind, no matter how long they last, they are to become part of your memory long enough. And I do believe that if they are profound enough, they’d last for as long as a lifetime.

So, during the nine years they were apart, there were a lot going on in both their lives, but they are still passionate about life and longing for love. The world was a mess, and Celine didn’t believe it’s getting any better. But she got inspired by a cat every single day, and was able to see life from a different perspective. Jessie got married without muddleheadedly and had been trapped in a bland swirl and couldn’t get out. But when he saw his daughter, he was willing to give anything it takes. When they faced each other again, there were more grudges lying between them, so many that they had to cover it up by denying the night they spent together. But finally, Celine abreacted her indignation, so powerful yet at the same time so vulnerable. Jessie looked at her powerlessly, telling her about his dreams; Celine stretched out her hand attempting to touch him, just like the morning nine years ago. The sparkles, yes I saw sparkles again. Nine years later, they still melted away in their embraces.

She says: why did they choose to start it knowing it would end up in pain?

Painful. Yes, it’s the essence of life.
Prices. Yes, no pains, no gains.

But so what? Is there anyone who was happy once hasn’t tasted the heartfelt pains? To live, you cannot always run away from pains.

What I’m trying to say is that if we run away, we wouldn’t be able to love again. For me, if there is no love, there is no happiness. If you chose not re-climb the mountain just because you fell from the hillside, you would miss out the fun on the trip and the pleasure when reaching the top.

What we should do is ascend, get down, and ascend again.

Perfection is illusionary, just like Jessie’s life. There was a powerless dream hidden there, where he couldn’t seize the one he loved.

Perfection implies the loss of driving forces and passions. How can it be perfect when you’ve lost something? Reality has said it out loud, that they are all illusionary, don’t buy it. It’s just the integration of what happened.

Maybe they would part again, with the beautiful memories about each other and go back to their life track; maybe, they would stay together without giving a damn to the consequences and then life would become plain for them and may ultimately part again, or maybe something else would happen to them.

Anyway, if there is such a person in my life, such a person in the world, with whom I can share secrecy, and if there has been some romantic affair between us, and every countenance of him is so real, then I’d give up anything for it, no matter what it takes. Besides, fuck perfection.