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06-29-2007, 12:43 PM
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Re: DVD Discussion: Before Sunrise
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It's hard to separate this from its sequel, Before Sunset, and I tend to gravitate towards the latter for the simple reason I can better relate to the wistful, somewhat jaded yet still hopeful realism that the two leads bring to the story as opposed to the sheer romanticism of youth that the first one so expertly captures. They're both little miracles of film making and are my two favorite romance movies ever. [/ QUOTE ] Agree 100% and although Before Sunrise is a wonderful film I think the sense of regret that permeates the sequel makes it even more powerful. I also think it's a crime that neither Delpy or Hawke were nominated for their acting in Before Sunset. 2 of the most believably natural performances I've seen. 
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06-29-2007, 07:15 PM
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Re: DVD Discussion: Before Sunrise
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[ QUOTE ] It's hard to separate this from its sequel, Before Sunset, and I tend to gravitate towards the latter for the simple reason I can better relate to the wistful, somewhat jaded yet still hopeful realism that the two leads bring to the story as opposed to the sheer romanticism of youth that the first one so expertly captures. They're both little miracles of film making and are my two favorite romance movies ever. [/ QUOTE ] Agree 100% and although Before Sunrise is a wonderful film I think the sense of regret that permeates the sequel makes it even more powerful. I also think it's a crime that neither Delpy or Hawke were nominated for their acting in Before Sunset. 2 of the most believably natural performances I've seen. [/ QUOTE ] Strangely enough, they both WERE nominated for Oscars for this film - for their screenplay (along with Linklater).
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06-23-2007, 07:17 PM
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Re: DVD Discussion: Before Sunrise
Okay I finally got a chance to see this one. I liked it. I liked it a lot.
The characters where great and the performances just about perfect. I agree with Dominic about the idea of just 2 people talking can be very powerful when it works and here it really worked well. I felt the script was just about perfectly written. I really liked the scene at the end that just went around showing for a few seconds all the places they spent their time together. I expect I will be watching the sequel in short order.
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06-29-2007, 07:01 AM
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Re: DVD Discussion: Before Sunrise
Before Sunset
What a beautiful film. Again, the two leads really make a terrific impression, and their time together is magical and thoroughly engaging. This film seems more realistic than the first. Stuff in the first like the poetry writer and the fortune teller seems like partly-forced devices to steer the conversation (and don't get me wrong, this is a very minor quibble), whilst the second seemed completely natural start to end. It's also a deeply tragic film. It's always a little sad to compare youthful hope and optimism with older, wiser but less sure older versions of a person (watch "42 Up" to see what I mean), but it's way deeper than that. I still remain unsure whether he actually turned up (I think he probably did, but I was convinced at the end of the first one he'd be the one not to show up, cos he didn't realise what he had in Celine), but he seemed to have attempted to move on past Celine in a way she couldn't. She was just lost, period. He didn't succeed in moving past her though. The scene in the car was the most affecting to me, and I can't recall two actors in a realistic scene having such a strong effect on me, and being so powerful. Their first time together seems to have been, in some respects, the ruin of them. They both met someone they deeply connected to, and it seems thereafter they could not get past it - I think some of us have had this (I know I have), to have really loved someone and lost them, and been haunted by the ghost of love lost for months and years and feeling lost, maybe hurting for being discarded so thoroughly and casually... And I'm sure many men (and women) feel like they're 'running a small kindergarden with someone they once dated' too, life sometimes works out like that. But they continue that way because of the deep and profound love for their children, and believe that they are doing what is best for their kids, like Jesse says. I was saddened when she suddenly mentioned she'd read he was married with a child - up till that point I thought the sky was the limit for them, but after I knew if they were to be together, people would get hurt. And if they weren't together, they'd never be happy. I think I'll probably not watch this movie for a long time - it saddened me deep down. Even with that GREAT ending. Ah, I'm rambling, and probably have more to say, but I'll let others speak first.
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08-24-2007, 02:51 PM
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Re: DVD Discussion: Before Sunrise
Came in late to this thread.
Reading it makes me want to rewatch both flicks. Maybe Sunset will hit me differently the 2nd time around. As far as Sunrise, there are those times where you're out with someone and everything just seems to fall into place for a while. They're few and far between, but they do happen. Time flies then when it's over you look back and realize you seemed to go everywhere with that person. Those neverending nights/days. Seems like you live a weeks worth in a day. Which is why everything in Sunrise, though maybe contrived with the palm reader and poet, is still plausible. It's a good reminder of what a great feeling it is to be in that situation. b
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