Before Sunrise
Am I the only one who thinks this sounds wildly similar to "Before Sunrise"?
shareIt is kinda similar, you're right.
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because isnt that what we need is another Trilogy about Jesse and Celine, just told by someone else.
shareI will take the Before movies over the vapid money-grabbing remakes flooding the box office now any day. To the OP, you're right, this movie is like a crossover between Before Sunrise and Lost in Translation - both movies I love, so that's saying a lot about what I think about this movie. Before We Go was stunning, you absolutely have to see it. And credit to Evans for a great directorial debut.
I would love to read the screenplay, if anyone's got it.
That's the thing about life...nobody gets out alive.
I think the same way. However, I think the dialog and script in "Before Sunrise" is a lot smarter and wittier, the pace more fluid and graceful, the chemistry between the two leads way more engaging, and we get treated to a lot of historic landmarks and charms of Vienna. In this movie, all we see is dirty sidewalks and ugly apartments, both inside and out, LOL.
I am a fan of Chris Evans since the movie "Cellullar" and "The Perfect Score". It's sad to see his good looks masked by unsightly beard. The homeless-person look does not suit him well. Tom Cruise continues to make blockbuster after blockbuster without having to destroy his appearance. I think Chris Evans can do the same thing.
The ending sequence in the train station reminds me of that in Roman Holiday, except that in the latter it was done superbly better. Even though Roman Holiday was made in my grandparents' era, I think it is one of the best romantic movies of all time. Not many times at the end of the movie that I don't really want to leave my seat ... Audrey Hepburn totally stole my heart there.
it's sad to see his good looks masked by unsightly beard. The homeless-person look does not suit him well.
If that's a "homeless person" beard, then what would you call this?:
http://www.imdb.com/media/rm4182241536/nm0287182?ref_=nmmi_mi_all_evt_10
or this, ha:
http://www.imdb.com/media/rm897882368/tt0162222?ref_=ttmi_mi_all_sf_20
Everybody has their own preferences, so I'll cast my vote that I think he actually looks great with facial hair. Evans is naturally kind of pale, so dark (and neatly-groomed) facial hair frames his features more distinctly-like it draws your eye to his mouth and his light eyes contrast more under darker eyebrows; vs. the clean-cut, blondish Steve Rogers look, which I find makes him look a little bland and mannequin-like. In an action hero, we now expect broad shoulders, muscled arms and a chiseled jawline, but for a romantic/dramatic movie the character lives more in the close-up, in the micro-expressions on an actor's face. I don't think I really noticed that he had such a nice face until this movie.
Regarding "Before We Go," as a whole, I think it's an OK attempt at a quietly romantic, slightly funny film (derivative, but most films are) with a somewhat dated script that could have been just a touch more exciting or sexy. Evans has sounded really humble about it and admitted that one of his main concerns was biting off more than he could chew as a first time director, especially when he was obligated to co-star to get enough funding. So he tried this little under-the-radar film as a learning experience, and could maybe make a stronger film if he's not tasked with acting next time. He just needs to pick a more unique script, or write his own, to make a real impression as a director. share
Well, I agree with you: to each his/her own.
Just a bit of fun history regarding facial hairs. The ancient Romans, and possibly the Greeks before them, invented the practice of shaving. The express purpose was to prevent their soldiers from contracting diseases through lice, ticks, fleas and whatever dirt and foodstuff from their last meals that got trapped and nested in their facial hairs. When I see a man with a heavy beard, I immediately make the connection of him lacking personal hygiene, LOL.
As for the clean-cut look of Steve Rogers, that character was supposed to be from the World War II era before he got killed and subsequently resurrected. All US soldiers were required to shave back then for the same reason as the Romans some 2000 years ago.
I think Chris Evans looked very sexy with a clean-cut look in his recent romantic comedy "What Your Number?". I love him in "Cellular", "The Perfect Score", "Fierce People" and "The Loss of a Teardrop Diamond", all with him in dashing, clean-cut looks sporting strong jawlines and firm shapely chin in unobstructed, proud display - not at all bland and mannequin-like as you feared. None of those are action movies, by the way.
I actually enjoyed Before We Go alot better than the Before trilogy (although they both have. Before in their titles). I just wish we could have a sequel to Before We Go now. That would be great
I love Evans's clean cut look, but, I think he actually looked cute with the beard aswell. Beautiful eyes
Before sunrise has been in my watch list for so long and i never seem to do it. If this movie ( which i loved!) Was inspired by that then i think i'll finally give it a go. I hope this also means this could lead to a sequel several years down the line!
shareAbsolutely. The whole time i was watching it i had flashbacks of before sunrise. This was done well, not as good as before sunrise. Same but different.
shareIt's a bit of the same premise for sure, but Before Sunrise is a problematic movie. If you see it as a stand-alone, it's very romantic and hopeful and all. But when you watch the end of the trilogy, you realise that that movie actually has a completely different meaning from what you first thought. You watch the 1st movie, you think: "they're made for each other", "they really opened their heart to one another". 2nd movie is all "fate has brought them together", "they really were meant to be", "omg most romantic relationship ever". But then the hotel room scene in the 3rd movie changes everything. You realise that they didn't actually fall in love with each other but with the image they had of each other, that they had been fooling themselves, they were toxic for one another, cruel towards each other, full of resentment, and that the only reason they stuck together was that they were holding on to this idea of soulmate and wouldn't let go of it, however destructive it was to them. It really destroys the romanticism of the romanticism of the story up until then and makes you see every single scene in a completely different light. Which is devastating when you've been a fan of this couple for years but also very refreshing in terms of the honesty that the third movie dares to step into. Really brilliant.
So in short, I think these are two really different movies all and all. Not that one was better than the other, they were just quite different in terms of the story they're actually telling.
I feel the same way you do about Linklater's "Before" trilogy!!
I have gone so far to say that I wish he'd only made the initial movie, Before Sunrise, and never made the sequels that show us the deterioration in Jessie and Celine's relationship. I would be happy for "Sunrise" to have forever remained a stand-alone. I saw Before Sunrise on it's release in theaters, and I loved it. I found it romantic and charming and the up-in-the-air, will they won't they ending was just the right amount of ambiguity to dream your own outcome.
When the second film came along and showed Celine to have become such an incorrigible shrew in all her opinions, I was completely turned off these characters and their journey. I felt the second film sullied my memories of the first film being so charming. The third film, a total exploration of just how TOXIC a relationship can become even from the most delightful of beginnings, was depressing as hell, because I've been there done that, more than once.
The first movie provided the escapism of only dwelling on magical beginnings. The second and third movie showed us all too vividly how fucked up things can get, something many of us already know from our own lives. That hotel room scene was so similar to the end of my marriage, lol! I hated to watch it.
I know people say a movie cannot "ruin" a previous movie for you if you don't like the sequel. People say well you always have the one movie you like, just keep re-watching that and enjoying it for itself. But in a funny way sequels or further journeys with a set of characters CAN "ruin" what went before, within your feelings about it. Before Sunrise remains one of my favorite movies but these days I have to watch it while doing a mental "Lalalalalalala can't hear you!" about my knowledge of what a sour place the sequels took that relationship to.
Having said that, I disagree that Before Sunrise and Before We go are all that different. I found them very similar and the premise is almost exactly the same. Circumstance cause two people to decide to stick together while walking and talking all night and becoming closer, with ambiguous ending of will they won't they see each other again (what was on the back of the paper, his phone number?)