Of course, time can't go back, but movies can. Reunion itself is a word full of expectations. Is it a stranger or a continuation of the frontier?
The Notebook is adapted from Nicholas Sparks's novel of the same name, which stayed on the best seller list in The New York Times for one year.
The film was adapted by mark johnson, the producer of the Oscar-winning film Rain Man, and Lynn Harris, the director of new line film production. In the romantic atmosphere of the original work, mark johnson and Lynn Harris restored the essence of the original work to the maximum extent with fluent film language. Douban's evaluation of 8.5 points is the best footnote for film quality.
Love always seems to happen in summer, bright and hot, crazy in dripping sweat, making memories so dazzling.
Ellie went on vacation to a seaside town in South Carolina, where she met Noah. They are like the magnetic poles of the north and south poles, firmly attracting each other.
Young people's love is always so hot and unreserved. They began to miss each other in the early morning of dawn, swimming and boating in the bright sunshine, riding bicycles, eating ice cream and laughing together. Under the starry sky, they kissed and kissed, and the entangled bodies turned into blazing flames, melting and gestating each other.
The first half of the film is the same as when most couples are in love. If this is the case, it is destined to be a classic.
Summer is very short, and the time for love is even shorter. Ellie's holiday flew by like lightning, and two young couples fell in love madly, and finally ushered in the moment of separation.
The feeling of enduring separation is like steel forged by fire, which is the strongest. From this separation, some contradictions between Eleanor and Noah cannot be ignored.
Ellie's family is extraordinary, and Noah is just an ordinary carpenter.
The gap in background is the first contradiction.
In fact, the family contradiction has already appeared after Ali went home that night.
When Noah dressed in plain clothes appeared in front of the magnificent mansion, when he was only a carpenter, he faced Ali's parents with noble and elegant manners. When he felt inferior, he accepted the invisible contempt of the upper class, which had already been shown. This class contradiction existed from the moment Noah decided to pursue Ellie.
Ellie's mother wanted Ellie to know the pain caused by poverty, so she took her to see the construction site, with luxurious cars on one side and sweaty workers rolling in the soil on the other. The road separated by it is like the dividing line between heaven and hell, and the sharp contrast is even chilling.
Ellie returned to her hometown. For the first time, she actually distanced herself from Noah.
Time and distance are the second contradiction.
In physics, space and time exist at the same time, but in feeling, it is space that produces time.
Ellie and Noah, who were inseparable, suddenly discovered the meaning of time when they couldn't see each other and had a clear sense of space.
During the period of love, time and space are only appendages of existence, which are invisible and intangible. However, after separation, space-time seems to grow spikes and be pierced from time to time. As time goes on, anxious thoughts are slowly forgotten in pain.
The main reason why long-distance love is difficult to persist is that you can't meet. Even if you can make video calls, you can't eliminate the real concerns brought by meeting, which can't be saved by advanced technology.
Time and space are enough to destroy a pair of lovers.
The third and main contradiction between Ellie and Noah is to face the collapse of love itself.
Everything develops along a parabola, and there is no immortal dynasty in history.
From harmony to describing strangers, it is the ultimate destination of many couples.
Ellie's family is rich, and her parents naturally don't allow Ellie's marriage to be casual, so Hammond appeared. This tall and handsome rich second generation naturally appeared in Ellie's life.
As can be seen in the film, Ellie has never forgotten Noah, but because of distance, time and various reasons, Ellie has never refused Hammond's kindness to herself. This is not betrayal. When faced with too much uncertainty, it is a good choice to choose the one that is beneficial to you.
Ellie and Noah haven't forgotten each other, but it can't be ignored that this relationship is really falling apart. The superposition of these three contradictions is almost enough to kill any love.
But just then, Noah reappeared in front of Ellie.
Here, I borrow a passage from the original author.
"I think the idea of reunion is enough to answer everyone's questions about' if'. Everyone has a first love. Looking back on the youthful love, it is inevitable to make assumptions, and this story is rooted here. In most cases, the person you remember will be completely different, but sometimes they are the person you remember, and you will realize that this is exactly what you have been looking for. Many people think that adolescent love is not true, but it is true. "
Their reunion is like ink painting. When there was no ink, a new brush suddenly appeared.
Noah drew a white house with this brush. They went back to the past, back to that carefree hot summer. They laugh wildly, kiss and have crazy sex.
They finally went back. Romance lies not in the sparkling happiness in summer, but in persistence.
This is also the real theme of the film.
As long as we care about each other, as long as we stick to each other, things will get better one day.