Love
is the greatest feeling any of us will ever feel. When we find that one that
completes us, life’s trial and tribulations seem no match for it. Those in what
they consider the perfect relationship understand that love is just part of the
equation. Most relationships break down because of a lack of communication, if
you can just talk your problems out, you are half-way to solving them. Now I
know you are asking ‘am I reading a review for a movie or did I stumble on an
advice column?’ Well for the benefit of
mankind, I will not be giving any more relationship advice, but I will tell you
about a great love story.
In 1994
Richard Linklater released a little film called “Before Sunrise”. The story was
simple, Jesse (Ethan Hawke) meets a girl named Celine (Julie Delpy) on a train
and the sparks fly. You can’t help but feel the instant connection from the
first moment they meet. They walked around Vienna all night; talking and
getting know one another where every minute feels like life, and not a movie.
Nothing they talk about feels like it was written, but just normal conversation
between two people, trying to get to know one another.
Ten years later, the story picks up in “Before Sunset”.
Jesse has become a writer and comes to Paris on a book tour. Celine just
happens to live in Paris and seeks out Jesse to catch up with him on his life,
and to reminisce on that day ten years ago in Vienna. The story stays the same,
it’s just about two people who seem to fall in love and getting to know one
another again. *SPOILERS* By this time Jesse is now married and had a son, but
his heart has always been with Celine.
In the latest chapter “Before Midnight” We find Jesse and
Celine married, with twin daughters. Though they have never married they are
together, and on holiday in Greece for the summer. Once again, they are dealing
with life and love and show that anything is possible.
Sometimes the hardest thing to talk about is something
you enjoy so much. It is so easy to vent about everything you hate about
someone or something, but when it comes to praise, words can be lost. That is
where I am at with these movies, I enjoyed them so much, I find coming up with
the right words difficult. I think the best compliment I can give all three
films, is that I never felt like I was watching a movie. The whole time I felt
like I was just watching two people getting to know one another, like I was
part of a “Twilight Zone”-esque group observing them for some study on
relationships. And that’s part of the
reason I watch so many movies. To be
transported by a film, and to feel something at the same time can be an
incredible experience.
This is a movie you can watch alone, or with your
significant other, and either way enjoy it all the same. This is the kind of
love we all want to find, and like this unique yet average couple you are
watching on screen, you will fall in love with all three of these films again
and again.
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