My Tiny Universe

中文翻譯片名是《戀愛沒有假期》，雖然我實在不知道這個譯名的邏輯是什麼，大概是說，即使是過節都有可能談到戀愛之類的意思。相較之下，片頭引用莎士比亞的話給這部戲更好的註腳：Journeys end in lovers meeting.

故事在兩個女生剛剛各自結束很爛的感情之後，交換房子，也在某種層面交換了生活，因此認識另一個城市的人，也在另一個城市找到自己...的愛情，在兩個星期的假期中。

也許是因為聖誕節加上愛情的元素，整部電影透著一種溫暖又冰鎮的感覺，就算在螢幕上從頭到尾放著紅紅綠綠的邊框也不突兀 (掛上鈴鐺、檞寄生亦可)，節慶的感覺就是那麼明顯。有浪漫的橋段，也有感人的片段。總之就是很 Holiday 的一部電影。

我喜歡 Gramham (Jude Law) 突然愛上一個人的傻勁，也喜歡 Iris (Kate Winslet) 苦戀前男友的盲目，Miles (Jack Black) 面對愛情的自卑，Amanda (Cameron Diaz)  對異國新戀情的不安。既然是節日愛情喜劇，當然整部劇中充滿粉紅色氣流，可是看到劇裡 Iris 嚐盡愛情的苦的有感而發，我竟然對著螢幕流下心有戚戚焉的眼淚。。。

Miles:

Why am I attracted to a person I konw isn't good?

Iris:

I happen to know the answer of this.

Because you're hoping you're wrong.

And every time she does something

that tells you she's no good, you ignore it.

And every time she comes through

and surprises you,

she wins you over,

and you lose that argument with yourself,

that she's not for you.

Iris:

I understand feeling as small and

as insignificant as humanly possible.

And how it can actually ache in places

you didn't know you had inside you.

And it doesn't matter

how many new haircuts you get,

or gyms you join,

or how many glasses of chardonnay

you drink with your girlfriends...

you still go to bed every night

going over every detail

and wonder what you did wrong

or how you could have misunderstood.

And how in the hell for that brief moment

you could think that you were that happy.

And sometimes you can even convince yourself

that he'll see the light and show up at your door.

And after all that, however long all that may be,

you'll go somewhere new.

And you'll meet people

who make you feel worthwhile again.

And little pieces of your soul

will finally come back.

And all that fuzzy stuff,

those years of your life that you wasted,

that will eventually begin to fade.

If you've been there, you would knew it....

還有，Jude Law 真是意外的收穫，在這部片裡面，實在是太太太美味了...

節慶電影還有另一種魔力，讓一直期待夏天到來的我，突然很希望聖誕節的來臨。。。