By Karen - 03 August 2021
In the last scene, when Clive stepped forward and wanted to close the last window, what came to mind was the scene of studying in Cambridge a few years ago. He never left to go with him, so he waved goodbye. At this moment, the eyes revealed more than melancholy, because since then there has been a permanent absence in his heart.
On the other hand, the opening film also made me enjoy it. Perhaps you can say that it explains Maurice's family background and even explains the cause of such a Maurice. From the perspective of the whole film, even if it intends to contrast or echo the latter, I still feel that the opening of the film is so irrelevant. The first half of the movie is fresh and timeless but restrained, while the second half seems to be sticky and tense but makes people happy.
After the movie ended, my thoughts stayed in the young and beautiful time in the first half, watching these proud and energetic young people shuttle through the old campus. The breath of friendship in the whole body, or the love that never starts but goes deep, makes similar souls unable to control themselves.
Both of them were half asleep and half awake, but after all, Clive was more proactive. After meeting, they are in a guiding position for the relationship between the two. You see that he is playing the piano leisurely, but Maurice is so excited that he can't help himself. When he plays by himself, the rush of the piano clearly has the tension of eroticism. Clive always appeared in Maurice's room on his own initiative, often speaking in a casual tone. Once he got serious, he would be a wilde-style startling language. These all have fatal appeal to Maurice.
Indeed, Clive is dangerous. Here, I have to say that the young Hugh Grant made Clive's charming and unruly, shy smile, evasive eyes, and eagerness to refuse, with a subtle interpretation.
In many stories, it can be noticed that a brief separation is the most effective catalyst for feelings. During the second vacation, both of them tasted the feeling of missing. It was not enough to touch or hug each other unconsciously during the reunion, so Clive vomited, but Maurice was confused for a while. At night, Maurice walked in through the window and sent a kiss in response to Clive, and then hurriedly left. You just think of a smile in your heart. At this point, I can guess that after this, it will be Maurice who loves more courageously and violently.
When the two played in the suburbs, Clive refused from time to time, or defended Plato's love, and later, after Risley was arrested, Clive's remorse and behavioral separation rose suddenly, and then he married his wife and embarked on official career. It seems reasonable to ask these questions repeatedly, and others have to sigh. And Maurice was still slowly getting to know herself, hesitantly not knowing whether to sleep or wake up.
But in the face of the freshness and exquisiteness of the English countryside, how can I not believe that the love between two handsome young people can only stop here.
After marriage, Clive grew his beard and put away some unruly. His smile was no longer shy, he was already a more charming gentleman. Still loving Maurice restrainedly, longing for one of the few meetings each year, but also enduring the separation of spirit and flesh. I don't feel resentful against him, just regret, especially regret. Clive at this time always reminds me of Jack in "Brokeback Mountain". His image after marriage is very similar to Clive at this time. Not to mention the beard and smile, even the tone of deliberately expressing superiority. In the same way, maybe Jake deliberately referred to his predecessor Hugh Grant when he played Jack.
I never thought that there would be such a waiter Alec, who knew exactly what he wanted, and bravely fell in love with the master's friend. In his entangled and miserable night, he entered through the window, lingering all night. Even if this is just a lingering one night, it is crucial to Maurice's true self-knowledge, not to mention this is the prologue of the love between the two people.
Clive is not a villain, and Maurice is not a saint. The likability and success of Alec's role depends largely on the actor.
Recalling the countryside, on the green grass, Clive once said to Maurice, "If you leave me, I will spend the rest of my life half asleep." But he took the initiative to leave him and waited to know that he would be lost forever. I can't even half asleep and half awake. When half asleep and half awake is the chaos and blankness of human beings, pretending to fall asleep or falling asleep may mean that a lot can be avoided, but a lot has been lost in the end. After waking up, you have to face it, face the truest self, face the real life, yes, this is the meaning of life. And they finally have their own choices, some people go to sleep and some people wake up.
