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Relationship (and love) is all about timing, right?
well, "Definitely, Maybe".
William Hayes is our almost generic 38 year old male: he has a good job in the big apple, a preteen daughter, and divorce papers delivered to his desk in the morning. As the movie begins, Will is fighting his way through the traffic of New York to pick up his daughter from school, while refusing to let the divorce ruin his mood. As he discovers that sex-ed class is given at school that day, he is bombarded by questions from his little girl on their way home. Now that she understands how sex works, the ultimate question arises,"How did you and mom get together? and (subsequently) fall apart?". After a mild protest, Will agrees to tell her the whole story from the very beginning. To add a bit of fun and twist, he decides to change the names of the main characters and challenges his daughter to figure out exactly who becomes her mother at the end.
Then he begins the process of recounting his relationship with women, all the way from the start, when he comes right out of college.
Wait.
Men talking about relationships..hmm.. didn't I just see something like this not too long ago?..
Although both movies concern men about relatively the same age (college grads), "500 days of Summer" (500), in comparison, is a 'high school' account of the theme, while "Definitely, Maybe" (DM) is clearly more adult.
This supposedly mature appearance is the direct result of two things: striping away the aesthetics and building a gallery of interesting characters.
Gone are the architect preferred muted colours and pastel pencil sketches, the carefully sequenced time lines, the parallel frames of the washed out old home video of happy days in summer, the well arranged 'wishful thinking scenario' shown together with 'sad truth', and the ever so often cultural references. Granted, these elements are what made me watch '500' over and over again because it is pleasing to the eye from the view of a cinematographer. It's all about execution and technique, i.e. the packaging. Taking these things away you realize that you don't actually "know" anybody in '500'. You don't quite understand the attractions between the main characters but you don't question, since you are too busy admiring how they are shown on the screen.
"Definitely, Maybe" on the other hand, wants to answer precisely the same question: how does attraction work (and fail)? And as we know, it is never a one man (person)'s story. We are presented with three potential mothers, the conventional, pretty but somewhat boring on the surface 'Emily', the beautiful, smart and funny 'April', and the gorgeous, dangerous, sexy and equally witty 'Summer'. Will himself is a young democrat with a high political and career aspiration (read: to be elected president), while riding high on the campaign fever that led to Clinton's ascend to the White House. In the process of him finding out which one of the three 'fits' him best, we get to meet his 'arms-for-oil' roommate, his amazingly many (>2) and amazingly pretty (well above the average of an engineering school) female co-workers, his nervous, coffee demanding lineman, and the bright eyed, cool headed ten year old daughter. And let's not forget the utterly charming and cynical Professor Roth. These supporting characters are not complicated in their own right. But the sketches they form add layers and dimensions to the story. It is as much about Will's romantic endeavours as his painful yet comic process of finding his place in the real world. By comparison, the characters in 500 appeared pale, if not somewhat one-dimensional. They are products of someone's sketchbook and inherently lack the breathing, laughing abilities of real people.
On top of that, Adam Brooks is clearly a better writer for comedy. The dialogues and situations are fluid and well structured. The jokes, especially the political ones! are very funny. And often unexpected, we are also greeted by cerebral and amusing one liners. In fact, believe it or not, "500" actually copied a joke directly from DM! No wonder I thought a grown woman screaming 'penis' sounded corny. It's not nearly as funny as that coming out of the mouth of a 10 year old..
As a result, I enjoyed the movie very much although it is on a well investigated topic without the pretty packaging. The story and characters, along with the right casting and acting held it up. They actually made me overlook the soundtrack during the movie, which turns out to be just as nice but a bit less "cute" than that from "500"...
well, "Definitely, Maybe".
William Hayes is our almost generic 38 year old male: he has a good job in the big apple, a preteen daughter, and divorce papers delivered to his desk in the morning. As the movie begins, Will is fighting his way through the traffic of New York to pick up his daughter from school, while refusing to let the divorce ruin his mood. As he discovers that sex-ed class is given at school that day, he is bombarded by questions from his little girl on their way home. Now that she understands how sex works, the ultimate question arises,"How did you and mom get together? and (subsequently) fall apart?". After a mild protest, Will agrees to tell her the whole story from the very beginning. To add a bit of fun and twist, he decides to change the names of the main characters and challenges his daughter to figure out exactly who becomes her mother at the end.
Then he begins the process of recounting his relationship with women, all the way from the start, when he comes right out of college.
Wait.
Men talking about relationships..hmm.. didn't I just see something like this not too long ago?..
Although both movies concern men about relatively the same age (college grads), "500 days of Summer" (500), in comparison, is a 'high school' account of the theme, while "Definitely, Maybe" (DM) is clearly more adult.
This supposedly mature appearance is the direct result of two things: striping away the aesthetics and building a gallery of interesting characters.
Gone are the architect preferred muted colours and pastel pencil sketches, the carefully sequenced time lines, the parallel frames of the washed out old home video of happy days in summer, the well arranged 'wishful thinking scenario' shown together with 'sad truth', and the ever so often cultural references. Granted, these elements are what made me watch '500' over and over again because it is pleasing to the eye from the view of a cinematographer. It's all about execution and technique, i.e. the packaging. Taking these things away you realize that you don't actually "know" anybody in '500'. You don't quite understand the attractions between the main characters but you don't question, since you are too busy admiring how they are shown on the screen.
"Definitely, Maybe" on the other hand, wants to answer precisely the same question: how does attraction work (and fail)? And as we know, it is never a one man (person)'s story. We are presented with three potential mothers, the conventional, pretty but somewhat boring on the surface 'Emily', the beautiful, smart and funny 'April', and the gorgeous, dangerous, sexy and equally witty 'Summer'. Will himself is a young democrat with a high political and career aspiration (read: to be elected president), while riding high on the campaign fever that led to Clinton's ascend to the White House. In the process of him finding out which one of the three 'fits' him best, we get to meet his 'arms-for-oil' roommate, his amazingly many (>2) and amazingly pretty (well above the average of an engineering school) female co-workers, his nervous, coffee demanding lineman, and the bright eyed, cool headed ten year old daughter. And let's not forget the utterly charming and cynical Professor Roth. These supporting characters are not complicated in their own right. But the sketches they form add layers and dimensions to the story. It is as much about Will's romantic endeavours as his painful yet comic process of finding his place in the real world. By comparison, the characters in 500 appeared pale, if not somewhat one-dimensional. They are products of someone's sketchbook and inherently lack the breathing, laughing abilities of real people.
On top of that, Adam Brooks is clearly a better writer for comedy. The dialogues and situations are fluid and well structured. The jokes, especially the political ones! are very funny. And often unexpected, we are also greeted by cerebral and amusing one liners. In fact, believe it or not, "500" actually copied a joke directly from DM! No wonder I thought a grown woman screaming 'penis' sounded corny. It's not nearly as funny as that coming out of the mouth of a 10 year old..
As a result, I enjoyed the movie very much although it is on a well investigated topic without the pretty packaging. The story and characters, along with the right casting and acting held it up. They actually made me overlook the soundtrack during the movie, which turns out to be just as nice but a bit less "cute" than that from "500"...
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- 回复 UWB
- In a way.. yeah. but I'd like to think there is something in life that can be controlled, regardless of timing. Or is there?..
death, maybe.
- 回复 夏凉
- 关系（爱）是所有关于时间，对不对？
同时，“当然，也许”。
威廉海耶斯是我们几乎通用的38岁男：他在大苹果，一个preteen女儿的工作，并发表了他在办公桌上午离婚。正如电影开始，将是争取通过纽约的交通途中，他从学校接女儿，同时拒绝让离婚毁了他的心情。当他发现色情类是由于教育署在学校那一天，他是从他家的路上的小女孩的问题轰炸。现在，她明白了性行为的作品，最终的问题时，“你和妈妈是怎么走到一起呢，（后来）崩溃？”。温和的抗议后，将同意从一开始就告诉她的整个故事。要添加一点乐趣和扭曲，他决定改变的主要特征和挑战他的女儿的名字，以弄清究竟谁成为她的母亲在最后。
然后，他开始了他的叙述与妇女的关系，所有的从一开始，当他从大学权利的进程。
等待。
男子对关系..嗯..说我没有看到这样的事情只是不久前？..
虽然这两个男人对电影的关注相对同年龄（大学毕业生），“500天的夏天”（500）相比，是一个'高中'帐户的主题，而“绝对，也许”（DM）是清楚更多的成人。
所谓成熟的外观，这是两件事情的直接结果是：条纹距离的美感，建设了许多有趣的人物画廊。
飘的建筑师首选柔和淡雅的色彩和铅笔速写，精心测序的时间线，洗出的夏季幸福的日子老家视频并行帧，妥善安排'一厢情愿的情况'显示与'一起伤心真理，和以往任何时候都经常引用的文化。诚然，这些元素是什么让我看500次'一遍又一遍，因为它是从一个可喜摄影师以眼睛。这是关于执行和技术，即包装。采取这些东西离你意识到你实际上并不“知道”500次'任何人。你不明白的主角之间的吸引力，但是你没有问题，因为你太忙欣赏它们是如何在屏幕上显示。
“当然，也许”另一方面，要准确地回答同样的问题：如何吸引工作（失败）？正如我们所知，它从来都不是一个人（人）的故事。我们正在与三个潜在的母亲，传统，漂亮，但是有些在表面上'埃米莉'无聊主办，美丽，聪明和有趣的'四月'，和华丽的，危险的，性感和同样诙谐的夏季'。将自己是一个有高度的政治和职业抱负（阅读：年轻的民主党人当选总统），而骑运动发烧导致克林顿登上白宫高。在他发现的过程，当中的三个'一个符合'他最好的，我们能见到他'武器换石油'的室友，他的许多惊人（> 2）和惊人的漂亮（远远高于平均的一个工程学校）女同事，他的神经，咖啡要求前锋，而明亮的眼睛，冷静10岁的女儿。而且我们不要忘记，完全迷人的罗斯教授和愤世嫉俗。这些配角并不复杂在他们自己的权利。但他们的草图的形式增加层次和层面的故事。这是因为他对漫画的痛苦还发现，在现实世界中的地位的过程中会浪漫的努力了。相比之下，在500个字符出现面色苍白，如果不是有点一维的。他们是一个人的速写本产品和缺乏内在的呼吸，笑的真实人物的能力。
除此之外，亚当布鲁克斯显然是一个更好的喜剧作家。这些对话和情况是不固定的，结构合理。笑话，尤其是政治因素！非常有趣。而且往往出人意料，我们也迎来了一个有趣的大脑和衬里。事实上，不管你信不信，“500”其实是一个笑话，直接复制从马克！难怪我觉得一个成年女子尖叫着'阴茎'听起来陈词滥调。这不是因为这几乎是滑稽走出了一个10年的嘴老..
因此，我很喜欢这部电影非常好，虽然它是在调查的题目是没有漂亮的包装。这个故事和人物，以及正确的铸造和行动举行了它。他们实际上使我忽视了在电影配乐，这原来是不错，但只是作为一个少一点“可爱”比，从“500”...
- 回复 袜贩
- 看看能否再翻译回去：
Relationship (love) is all about time, right?
At the same time, "Of course, maybe."
William Hayes is almost universal, 38-year-old: he of the Big Apple, a preteen daughter, and delivered to his desk the morning of divorce. As the movie started, will be fighting his way through New York traffic, he was his daughter from school, also refused to let the divorce ruin his mood. When he found obscene because the Education Department in the school that day, he was on the way home from his little girl's question bombing. Now she works to understand the behavior, the ultimate question, "how come you and mom are together it, (then) collapse?." After a mild protest, would agree from the outset to tell her the whole story. To add a little fun and twisted, he decided to change the main characteristics and challenges of his daughter's name to find out what became of her mother, who is in the final.
He then began his narrative with the relationship between women, all from the beginning, when he from the University of the process right.
Wait.
Man .. ah .. on the relationship that I do not see something like this just recently? ..
Although the two men concerned about the film's relatively the same age (university graduates), "500 days of summer" (500) compared to a 'high' account of the theme, "absolutely, maybe" (DM) is clearly more adults.
The so-called mature appearance, which is a direct result of two things are: striped beauty from building a number of interesting characters gallery.
Gone are the architects preferred soft pastel colors and pencil sketches, careful sequencing of the time line, washing out the happy days of summer home video parallel frame, proper arrangements' wishful case 'display' with the sad truth, and ever often quoted culture. Indeed, these elements are what I look 500 times' over and over again, because it is a welcome from the photographer to the eye. This is on the implementation and technical, that packaging. To take these things away you realize you do not actually "know" 500 times' no one. You do not understand the attraction between the protagonists, but you do not, because you are too busy to appreciate how the screen.
"Of course, maybe" on the other hand, to accurately answer the same question: how to attract the work of (failed)? As we know, it has never been a person (person) story. We are working with three potential mothers, traditional, beautiful, but some on the surface, 'Emily' boring organized, beautiful, smart and interesting 'April', and gorgeous, dangerous, sexy and witty as the summer '. Itself is a high degree of political and career aspirations (read: young Democrats elected president), while riding on board the Clinton White House campaign led to high fever. In the process he discovered, among the three 'one line' of his best, we can see him 'arms for oil' roommate, many of his amazing (> 2) and the amazing beautiful (much higher than average of an engineering school) female colleagues, his nerves, coffee demands forward, and bright eyes, calm 10-year-old daughter. And let's not forget, completely charming Professor Luo Si and cynical. The supporting roles are not complex in their own right. However, in the form of the draft plan to increase their levels and dimensions of the story. This is because the pain of his cartoons also found in the real world, the status of the process will romantic efforts. In contrast, in 500 characters appear pale, if not a little one-dimensional. They are products of a person's sketch book and the lack of internal respiration, the capacity of real people laugh.
In addition, Adam Brooks is clearly a better comedy writer. The dialogue and the situation is not fixed, a reasonable structure. Joke, especially the political ones! Very interesting. And often unexpected, we also welcome an interesting brain and lining. In fact, believe it or not, "500" is actually a joke, a direct copy from Mark! No wonder I think that a grown woman screaming 'penis' sounds cliche. This is not because it is almost funny out of the mouth of a 10-year old ..
So, I really like this movie very good, although it is the subject of the investigation is not pretty packaging. The story and characters, and the right cast and the action it was held. They actually made me overlook the movie soundtrack, which turned out good, but only as a less "cute" than from the "500" ...