brynoir

wow i really relate to the both of the characters here, especially in celine. it's like a narrative written out of my mind and soul. the movie even the prequel, is just too good of a screenplay. the plot is minimal, but it's dialogue heavy. and every line will reallt left an impression to you. i liked how this film explores themes like regret, reconciliation, memories, and the fleeting moments of happiness and romance. it showed how life and time can be the villain of our selves. i liked how it emphasizes that love is not something we truly need, but something that we can want and seek. not everything in life is about love and romance and sex, it can also be about our dreams, passion, and just the existence of hoping.  another important theme discussed here is the concept of the life we could have lived. the movie felt so sad and heartbreaking because of this. it's the tragedy of things that never happened, and not of the things that happened. and that is haunting. and i see my self in celine, that reality is sometimes too much for us that we tend to forget the idealism we seek for. you can see in the dialogues how they matured and the experiences that shaped them after that night. i also see my self in jesse, and that fear of settling, and just sticking to it for the sake of the fruit of the love you once had but has fleeted away as time went by. and it's scary because they showed how the reality of jesse's life is being haunted by the fantasy of being with the person he really like.  the scene i liked here the most is of course the guitar scene, it's so powerful and brought tears to my eyes.

the most realistic and unforgiving ending to this trilogy. ***can you love someone while making them feel neglected?*** *** can you love and stay with someone even if sometimes they fail to understand you and your needs?*** *** can you love them and still hurt them at the same time?*** after the credits started rolling, i was stunned. i can't move, i can't speak, i can't think. it punched me so hard right on the face. i didn't know the writers gonna be that serious. Before Midnight is the most painful and mature film in this trilogy. it takes everything from the first two films that made those romantic, and put it to confront the ordinary and real life. the story is so realistic. so fucking realistic that i felt it to my soul and that it felt like a commentary to my life. i mean, it's the reality for most couples in their middle lives. it's not as colorful like the first years of being in love. here in this movie, **love is no longer their escape from the ordinary life. it became part of their ordinary lives**. it FUCKING DESTROYED the romantic idealism and fantasy that the first two films built. couples fight, couples argue, couples say mean things to each other. and that problem was also faced by our favorite characters. and it breaks me that not even the movies can be free from the harsh realities of love and relationships. here in this film, jesse and celine became the german couple on the train. the german couple who became the reason why they talked and met each other. it's so ironic. but it's also beautiful. because it doesn't mean their love has disappeared, the movie argues that real love is much complicated than romantic love stories shows. you don't stop being in love just because you're annoyed. you don't stop caring about someone because you're angry, and you don't stop being attracted to someone because you've been together for years. the film rejects the idea that healthy relationships are supposed to feel romantic all the time. that it's not all sunshine and butterflies. they also became the relationship of jesse and his ex-wife. but what's different here is that they both are not stucked on their own's what-ifs and maybes. they are facing the present without doubts on their pasts. loving means sacrificing. and that's the reality. if there is a way where you can be in love and not sacrificing, take that because it's not something that can easily happen to anyone on anything. here in the movie, it shows that sometimes we need to prioritize something, and in the process we will be sacrificing something. and there's no perfect answer to that, and it's the point of the movie. mature relationships often involve different competing needs and desires. and sometimes, loving someone means sacrificing something. but the question here is **how much should we sacrifice before we begin to feel that we are losing ourselves and each other?** ** ** celine again is the character that represents that dilemma. she is losing her identity, her self, that celine that jesse fell in love with. and she is losing it to being a partner, a mother, and a friend. **what happens to the person that we once were before all of these responsibilities? **and that's one of the most important themes this film discusses. **That love can provide a sense of purpose and fulfillment in life, but it can also lead to the consumption of our individuality.** ** ** the ending is up to anyone to interpret and accept, all the problems that was raised is up to anyone to understand. whether you will like it or not? whether you will agree or not. but that ending for me suggests that love in a long term isn't about the absence of conflict, it's about the ability to return to each other after it, the ability to stay with each other and keep on trying. they are both flawed, but they still choose each other. it's about choosing each other over and over again, despite knowing each other completely and not just this idealized version of each other. and that is harder and more romantic. because not everyone can do that, not everyone loved enough to be like that to each other. as shown through jesse and his ex-wife, and also the reality of millions of people who got divorced in real life. ** ** This movie made me realize that** real love isn't proven by never fighting, never changing, or never hurting each other. It's proven by whether, after all the fantasy has disappeared, two imperfect people can still look at each other and say "let's try again." **

**If society continues pursuing wealth and power without moral limits, there will inevitably be blood ** WHAT DOES THIS FILM DOES NOT HAVE?!! the best acting performances i saw in my life, amazing cinematography, unsettling score, and wonderful screenplay. i was blown away by the acting alone, LIKE, did i make my self clear that the acting in this movie is for the records?? THE ACTING HOLY SHIT. that bowling alley scene scared the shit out of me, what an actor both daniel day-lewis and paul dano are. I am so happy to find out that mr. day-lewis won the oscar for his performance here because i felt every fucking thing from him. what a generational actor holy shit. his acting deserves the highest rating possible. now for my interpretation of the film. it's about greed, capitalism, religion, power, isolation, and the way the pursuit of wealth can destroy a person's capacity to love and be humanely. Daniel Plainview is the personification of capitalism. He sees everything as something that can be bought, sold, exploited, or conquered. land, oil, people, children, relationships, everything has a price and purpose. the oil is not just an oil, it is violence burried beneath. and this oil brings out the worst from the characters. Daniel and Eli are both mirrors of each other. even if they are completely opposite in nature. Daniel represents capitalism, money, greed, physical power. Eli represents religion, faith, spiritual and moral authority. but with the story progressing, PTA revealed that they are more alike than what we see. Both capitalism and religion wanted the same thing. Both want power. Both manipulate people. Both perform for an audience. Both exploit people's weaknesses. Both crave recognition. Both want to dominate others. Both are willing to humiliate people to establish superiority. The film also discusses imperialism and power. the milkshake dialogue explained it. how the oil is being drained and welled is a metaphor for imperialism and capitalism that the government or those who had the resources used to exploit and control those who are less powerful than them. and this greed for power, that is being represented through Daniel, is portrayed in this film as a weapon to drain humanity out of someone. we can see how Daniel loses everything he had, from his son to friends, in exchange of money and glory. Daniel abandoning his son H.W is a sad representation of us people forgetting humanity in our pursuit of something bigger. and that leads to the title of this film. There will be Blood. if we keep on pursuing wealth, power, and be greedy without being grounded morally to humanity, there will be violence, war, and blood.

tangina sarap ma-inlove wtf. this is why i don't watch romance movies, it brings out the worst in me (i became hopeless romantic af even when i really don't seek love)  the lines, the intimacy, the serenity, and the authenticity of this film is amazing. the record booth scene, the fake friend call, and that line "i like to feel his eyes on me when i look away", OH GOD. what a beautiful film, really made me want to love and be loved back. IM GOING THE FUCK TO BED, i can't do this.