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Are you a person who believes in destiny? Is there love in this world that is destined for you?
Today I want to introduce you to a drama film directed by Mark Weber and starring Joseph Gordon Levitt and Zoe Danschel. The heroine does not believe in the existence of a destined "true love", but the male protagonist is a boy who regards her as a true destiny. This film tells the story of the 500-day period between them.
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I have a play in my head, make up your brain as my true destiny
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Tom is a young man full of expectations and fantasies about love, he grew up deeply influenced by British pop mourning and movies, firmly believe in fate, sincerely waiting for the true destiny that can bring him happiness.
Tom works for a greeting card company and is responsible for matching each card with touching or funny words. He didn't like his current job, because he actually studied architecture, but he didn't find a suitable job, so he came here.
Summer is a beautiful girl, because she witnessed the misfortune of her parents' marriage at an early age, she has no illusions about love, and she never believes in the existence of true love. From an early age, Summer did as he pleased, and took the pleasure of time as the true meaning. She could easily pick it up and put it down, seemingly unconcerned about anything. For example, she can click without hesitation and cut off one of her beloved long hairs.
Tom fell in love with the beautiful new girl at the company meeting, but because he had heard all kinds of rumors from his colleagues about how cold she was, he thought that he must be hopeless and did not take any action.
Until one day, Tom met this legendary "pretentious pretty girl" in the elevator. Summer heard the familiar sound of music coming from Tom's headphones and offered to talk to him. Tom was hit by the goddess's sudden "pick-up" and couldn't help but have more different feelings for her.
Gradually, Tom found that they had a lot of similarities: liked the same painter, liked to watch the same TV series, and so on. He was obsessed with digging into the commonalities between the two, and the more he felt that the two of them were full of tacit understanding, it was almost as fate, and he was more and more fascinated by her.
Tom firmly believes that there must be a story when he and Summer are so compatible, and at the same time, like a teenager who has just opened his heart, he constantly speculates about Summer's every word and every action, and suffers from gain and loss.
Once, when Tom deliberately played a song they shared after work, trying to get Summer's attention, Summer did not stop as he expected, but went straight past him. Tom made a lot of hints of these, which he thought were already obvious, and fantasized that Summer, who was in tune with himself, would be able to read these obscure "signals". But most of the time, Summer's reaction disappointed him.
The friend suggested that Tom could express his heart directly and take the initiative to ask Shamo to come out. Finally, at a company party, Tom, with the help of friends, had a great opportunity to sit down with her and have a good chat. When it comes to the topic of love, Summer expresses her opinion bluntly: I don't want to be anyone's girlfriend, I want to be alone. The so-called love is just people's fantasy.
After listening to the contrary view of love between the true goddess in his mind and himself, Tom did not look depressed, but showed a meaningful smile. He thought it was just because Summer hadn't met the "right person" yet, and that she was her "right person."
A few days later, Tom and Summer met in the company's photo studio, and Summer suddenly offered to give Tom a kiss, then turned and walked out, leaving tom stunned but distracted.
Maybe it was just a kiss that didn't have a special meaning for the casual Summer, but Tom didn't ask what the action represented. He just felt that the relationship between them had begun.
Tom didn't realize that there was no real understanding between him and Summer. From the small things that seemed to him to show that they were full of tacit understanding, Tom decided that she was the true destiny he was waiting for. And Summer's view of love, which was far from him, was ignored by him, as if this difference did not exist at all.
This is the first problem that two people have to face when they are close to each other. We are attracted to each other, but what kind of interpretation of this attraction is interpreted by two people. Different upbringings, personality backgrounds, and value systems may lead us to interpret this attraction very differently. A kiss may be a lifetime commitment or it may just be a kiss. The question is, in the beginning, do you dare to make everything clear?
<h1>Are we friends or lovers? </h1>
One day, Tom and Summer were holding hands and wandering around the Furniture City. They shuttled between all kinds of exquisite and beautiful furniture, paying no attention to the side eyes of others, like two children playing the role of male and female masters in each displayed room.
The two of them were tired of playing, and both collapsed on the large bed for display. Summer seriously tells Tom that he doesn't want a stable relationship. At this moment, Tom ignored the real needs of his heart and said without hesitation that he could accept it.
That same night, Tom finally got his wish and embraced the beautiful woman in his arms. In the midst of the earburns, Tom let go of Summer at a critical moment, ran into the bathroom and looked in the mirror to remind herself solemnly: she only wanted a casual relationship, which was good, no problem.
The days seem to be coated in sugar, and they become sweeter and sweeter. Two people holding hands and walking around the CD shop, chatting in the park, watching movies together, doing stupid things that seem strange to others, laughing at each other, and making love in the bathroom. Like every ordinary couple, they enjoy the romantic moments of love, except, of course, that they are not lovers.
On a date, Tom takes Summer to his favorite park, where he can see a lot of buildings. As Tom gushes about the architectural style of each building, Summer feels a passion and love for architecture. With Summer's encouragement, Tom began drawing architectural drawings on her arms. They sat on benches, facing the city, the afterglow of the setting sun sprinkled on the two young men, quiet and beautiful.
In Tom's view, the turning point in his relationship with Summer was the first time she took him back to her home. He felt that it was the closest he had come to her, who had always been somewhat mysterious and distant.
That night's Summer was not the same as on weekdays. They entangled intimately in bed, doing nothing but listening to her nagging about her dreams, exposing their inner vulnerability to him for the first time. Tom clearly sensed that some of the barriers separating the two were collapsing, and that was undoubtedly a good sign.
However, in the face of Shamo, who had exposed himself for the first time, Tom neither took the opportunity to speak up, nor did he respond too much to her words, but just listened without a word. Rather than understanding what these words meant, or deepening his understanding of Summer, Tom seemed to be more concerned about Summer's mention of the fact that he had never talked to anyone about them. What occupied Tom's mind was the complacentity of his exclusive enjoyment of these things, not her own thoughts.
When they party with friends, they inquire about Tom and Summer's current relationship out of curiosity, and Tom just pretends to be indifferent, saying that "labeling" a relationship is childish.
Although Tom can pretend not to care in front of his friends, he can't avoid the same question in his heart. He couldn't resist going to his sister Rachel for help, asking her to tell him what to do. The sister saw at a glance that Tom was just running away for fear of disillusionment, and pointed this out bluntly.
With the encouragement of his sister, Tom plucked up the courage to confirm to Summer what kind of relationship they had, but Summer asked: Who cares, I am happy, aren't you happy?
Tom listened, did not continue to ask questions, and certainly did not tell Summer that he wanted a legitimate love. Shamo, who didn't seem to take it seriously, flirted with him as usual, and he was lost in Shamo's smile, but he didn't notice that the smile he had squeezed out was a little stiff.
Once, Tom got into a fight with a man trying to talk to Summer in a bar. As everyone knows, he was actually poked in the pain by a sentence from that person.
Summer's reaction to the incident once again surprised Tom. She wasn't touched or guilty, and Tom's actions only made her feel like he had transgressed. An angry Tom couldn't stand Summer's words, and after some argument, he yelled "But I think we're a couple" and rushed out the door.
Realizing that she may have done something wrong, Summer took the initiative to go to Tom's house to ask for peace, but in the face of Tom's uneasiness, she still made it clear that she could not make any commitments. In this way, an opportunity that was suitable for communication ended in a lingering kiss and a love affair.
For a long time when the two of them are together, Tom forgets because of sweetness that their needs are very different, and forgets that they are not actually lovers. The two people seem to be really a pair of tacit partners. Unfortunately, no matter how beautiful the bubble is, it is destined to be short-lived. Soon, the sugar coating that enveloped the ambiguous relationship began to melt, and Summer became more and more absent-minded, and It seemed that no matter what He did, it would be difficult to pull Summer's smile.
Finally, one day, Summer proposed to break up with Tom without any preparation. While it's not so much about breaking up, it's better to say that she's just trying to abort the nameless relationship.
In fact, it is not difficult to find that although Tom and Summer are in the same relationship, their understanding and expectations of this relationship are very different. No matter how much Tom tries to ignore these differences, they don't really go away.
In real life, two people from mutual attraction to relationship, often do not develop synchronously. Both parties will speculate about the other's position on themselves and the relationship. There are always moments when one partner feels pain when the other person disappoints them. Sometimes I want to be close to you, but you want to escape, sometimes you want to keep me, but I want to leave. In the early stages of intimate relationship development, facing and communicating these vague inconsistencies is crucial to whether the relationship can enter a stage of more commitment.
<h1>To get out of the illusion, you must stop deceiving yourself</h1>
Tom couldn't accept Summer's sudden departure in his opinion, and his whole being was like a deflated leather ball. Deeply affected by the loss of love, he is muddy and depressed every day, with no intention of working and no heart to live.
He tried to let go of Summer, but in despair found that his life was already full of traces left by Summer, and no matter what he did, he would think of her uncontrollably. Tom couldn't figure out why the two people who were destined to be separated were separated.
So Tom began another form of self-deception—he began to say that he hated Summer, that he hated her hair, laughter, lips, birthmarks, the places he had once been most infatuated with.
The friends couldn't bear to see Tom so decadent anymore, so they arranged a blind date for him. Immersed in the emotions of lost love, Tom naturally did not have the mood to date other girls. So, this blind date turned into Tom a few glasses of wine, gushing and telling the girl how ruthless Shamo was and how painful he was.
Before Tom could finish spitting out the bitter water, the girl discovered the crux of the story, and she couldn't help but ask Tom a few questions. When the answer was given in the affirmative, Tom was finally dumbfounded. The things he had deliberately avoided facing were obvious in the eyes of others. Summer explained his needs from the beginning, but Tom was reluctant to stop deceiving himself.
And the cunning fate, but let the delayed Tom and the long-departed Summer meet again, on the way to their mutual friend's wedding.
Like an old friend he hadn't seen in a long time, Summer naturally invited Tom to the carriage for a cup of coffee. In order to hide the surging emotions in his heart, Tom can only choose to pretend to be calm. Summer was still beautiful, and Tom still couldn't take his eyes off her.
At the wedding, they sat side by side, chatting about the common memories of the past, funny, warm, sweet. Before the wedding, they even danced together. Everything is so beautiful that it is unreal, the person in front of you seems to have not changed in the slightest, and the fact of separation does not seem to exist.
To Tom's surprise and delight, Summer invited herself to a party at her house a week later. Tom could hardly contain his excitement, and his mind began to imagine the future of the two of them again, and he decided that Summer's invitation implied something he wanted.
On the day of the party, Tom wore a suit and shoes, carried gifts, and returned to Summer's apartment, which had not been set footed in a long time, with great anticipation. Before he even saw it, he had already sketched in his mind how he and Summer had rebuilt their old friendship at the party, and it was difficult to hide his laughter along the way.
Unfortunately, Tom's fantasies were once again shattered by reality. In reality, there was no warm greeting from Shamo as he expected, no kisses from no one around, no broken mirrors, and some were just as polite and thoughtful as every guest present.
But, the real heartbreaking scene of the whole night was when he saw the shiny engagement ring on Summer's finger—his true destiny, about to become someone else's bride.
At a regular meeting of the company after that, Tom, who had been suppressed for a long time, seemed to have suddenly found an outlet, made a big fuss in the surprised eyes of his colleagues, and vented what seemed to be said to them, but was actually to himself, and Tom voluntarily quit his job.
Frustrated, Tom goes to talk to his sister Rachel again, and her seemingly simple but straightforward remarks that point to the problem seem to wake Up Tom. He tried to take off the filters called "true love" and "destiny", and carefully recalled the various things between the two of them.
This time, Tom thought more about the various arguments between them other than sweetness. He finally realized that Summer's departure was never sudden, and many contradictions had already existed, but he chose not to face up to the whole picture of the story.
The last time they met was in the small park where they used to date. At this time, Summer has become someone else's wife, and Tom has basically stepped out of the shadow of lost love, and has regained his architectural dreams, spending every day in a fulfilling drawing and interview.
But Tom couldn't help but ask his most puzzling question: Why would Summer, who didn't even want to start a stable relationship, suddenly enter into marriage with someone else?
Summer looked at Tom with a smile and told him the story of her encounter with her husband, which she called: destiny. Shamo, who had previously scoffed at the so-called fate and true love, actually began to believe in fate. Under Tom's unbelievable gaze, Summer finished telling her story.
Only then did Tom sadly discover that he might never have truly understood the person he had once loved, nor had he ever understood her whims.
At the end of the film, Tom meets another girl with a sweet smile named Thoen at the interview place. Her smile is very impressive. Without much hesitation, Tom decided to ask her out for a cup of coffee. Summer to autumn, a new story, perhaps from here to start the curtain.
Just like Tom to Summer, sometimes we may not be obsessed with the real person in front of us, but the way we fantasize about each other. Always entangled in the "fate" setting, we are difficult to see, or unwilling to see the person in front of us.
During their time together, it was not without opportunities to really get close to each other. Unfortunately, When Shamo rarely opened his heart, Tom did not give a sincere response, but just blindly indulged in his inner world. Similarly, Summer did not think about how courageous and infuriating to tom every time he mentioned their relationship, either formally or casually.
Perhaps, Tom never understood why Summer resisted a stable relationship. Summer, on the other hand, may not understand how much harm her instability and casualness can do to Tom, because they have never had sincere communication.
Even if two people want something completely different, a relationship is doomed not to last, and the needs of the true face to themselves can be clearly expressed, which can reduce a lot of unnecessary harm.
But fortunately, we can still get something other than love from love. Before Tom met Summer, his overly meek personality made him afraid to pursue his dreams, and he could only be content with the status quo. Summer's vigor and unbridledness inspired him to pursue his dreams of architecture. On the other hand, perhaps it was Tom's persistence that invisibly gave Summer the courage to believe in true love.
Probably, each of us has more or less traces of the person we once loved. Every love, whether it is the end of no disease or the cultivation of positive results, has become a part of itself. It is also because of this that we do not feel that we have lost everything at the end of the relationship.
Finally, the most interesting point of the film is probably that Tom, who once believed in the true destiny of the goddess, realized in this relationship that fate does not exist, and timing and coincidence are the key. But after meeting her husband and flashing marriage, Summer seriously told Tom, "You are right, the destined true love is indeed a thing."
Sometimes I think that each of us's perception of the world is ultimately subjective. The conclusions we draw, which are certain and unquestionable, can only be summed up from our own experience and experience. Whenever I think of it this way, I feel that our view of the world is ultimately shaped by a grand contingency.
Is the destined true love a persistent self-deception, or does it actually exist, but we have not yet met the "right person"? What do you think? Leave a message to discuss with us Oh ~