The Power of Love
A Review By Ben Hunter
5 Out Of 5 Stars
May 24, 2013
“GET TO THE POINT BEN!”
The essence of the trio of films is definitely captured
here with the trio of talent that made it. This film makes you appreciate
fighting for sharing your life with the one you love. Something we all can appreciate.
It’s been almost 20 years, both cinematically and
realistically, since that fateful day when Jesse approached Celine on the train, bound for Vienna. They met,
romantically and intrinsically intertwined in a figurative dance in that initial
human emotion when you meet someone you’re interested in. Fate separated and reunited them
together again and they followed what felt like inevitable to the both of them,
even with current relationships (we all knew what was coming when we last left
the two). So alas, it’s been 9
years together, beautiful twin girls are among us, Jesse’s in a custody battle
over his son, but Celine & Jesse are together! They’re on vacation in Greece for the summer with their new
family and we see now how that inevitable has guided their lives thus far.
This is where everything begins in this new chapter of the
story, and boy do we get intrigued with its unveiling! Writer/director Richard Linklater along
with fellow writers/lead actors Ethan Hawke & Julie Delpy have REALLY put
their all into the writing and making of this story. The delicate idiosyncrasies they perfectly captured of the
couple and how they would act as a couple that’s been together for almost a
decade now and have known each other for an additional decade prior. This is definitely a film that will
grow on me and those of my generation who appreciate a well-told story. For the capturing of the true dynamic
of a relationship well off in the midst of things and not in the innocent
beginning stage when everything is absolutely perfect, is something one can
appreciate to experience and be aware of from time to time. My parents would probably be much more
appreciative of this film than I as they could relate much more with the
scenarios of emotion and the happenings that take place between a couple that’s
been together for a long period of time.
This is why I love my parents so much who’ve endured not 9, or almost
20, but over 30 years together.
This is why a movie like this is much appreciated by anyone who can
realize the beauty of enduring and fighting for a relationship you love and want
to work. A movie I will love to
watch from time to time and grow with!
Julie ... Julie Julie Julie … oh how I love thee! You are just the complete package one
could ask for in a woman. You are
beautiful, both in the stereotypical way that we as humans rate one another, as
well as with your charisma, your cultural upbringing with the dynamics of your
loving family, your intelligence, and your talent! Not to mention your to die for French accent! Even if you do get things wrong (your
last film with Chris Rock, 2012’s 2 Days In New York), you still keep us interested in all that you do
because of who you are! It really
shows in this film just how amazing you are. Your chemistry with Ethan Hawke is SPOT ON! This is a dialogue driven film, meaning
it’s basically like theater. It’s
a movie with very little scene changes, and the heart & soul or the “meat”
of the film are just actors in a room talking. Yet we are entranced with each scene, each conversation, and with each
shift in tone, mood, and dialect. With each moment we want more (in the good way), just like in
our first encounter with the two of you (1995’s Before Sunrise, the better of the trio in my opinion). Just like in Sunrise, I get a sense of how well the chemistry was
captured then in this film now.
There are some scenes that give the feeling of the first one and make us
the audience feel like we’re starting to experience the dance all over again! A perfect place to end the story, or to
pick up again in a decade to see where things lay … or in 50 years if they can
still put up with each other by then!
If you’re an adult, go see this film, end of
conversation.
Before Midnight
Drama, 108 Minutes, R
Written by: Richard Linklater, Ethan Hawke, &
Julie Delpy
Directed by: Richard Linklater
Cast: Ethan Hawke & Julie Delpy
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