Synopsis
Everything's better with maturity.
We meet Jesse and Celine nine years on in Greece. Almost two decades have passed since their first meeting on that train bound for Vienna.
2013 Directed by Richard Linklater
We meet Jesse and Celine nine years on in Greece. Almost two decades have passed since their first meeting on that train bound for Vienna.
Richard Linklater Sara Woodhatch Athina Rachel Tsangari Vincent Palmo Jr. Christos V. Konstantakopoulos
Abans del capvespre, Enne keskööd, Перед опівніччю, Antes del anochecer, Før Midnatt, Пре поноћи, Преди полунощ, Před půlnocí, Πριν τα Μεσάνυχτα, Antes de la medianoche, پیش از نیمهشب, Rakkautta ennen keskiyötä, Avant minuit tout est possible, לפני חצות, Prije ponoći, Mielőtt éjfélt üt az óra, ビフォア・ミッドナイト, შუაღამემდე, 비포 미드나잇, Pirms Pusnakts, Przed północą, Antes da Meia-Noite, Înainte de miezul nopții, Перед полуночью, Geceyarısından Önce, Перед північчю, Trước Lúc Nửa Đêm, 爱在午夜降临前, 情約半生, 愛在午夜希臘時
friend: can you pass the salad
celine: oh you know what men always do when you talk about salad? they get horny. i'll tell you the difference between men and women, women are lettuce and men are celery. listen i watched this documentary on a serial killer who asked for a salad for his last meal. jesse would've ordered a burger king. i have an american husband. god did you read his book? it's so embarrassing listen if you read that you know everything. except we did NOT do it in the park. complete bullshit. listen i feel so old now... jesse do i look old? how old are we now? i feel like i always wanted to be older and now i feel too old. jesse if you could change one thing about me what would it be? don't answer that
jesse: i don't know if im alive
friend: the salad
“the first film is about what could be, the second is about what should have been; before midnight is about what it is.” — ethan hawke <33
"If you want true love, then this is it."
I love being depressed and wanting to die!
me starting the before trilogy: 😃
me finishing the before trilogy: I was born with glass bones and paper skin. Every morning I break my legs and every night I break my arms. At night, I lie awake in agony until my heart attacks put me to sleep.
"i don't think i love you anymore"
i am far too young and immature to have my idealistic perception of love distorted by reality like this... so thanks, richard linklater
I hate this film. I know I’m sorry I’m going against the grain but I have so many issues with Before Midnight. I know this isn't going to be a popular review but hey-ho I’m gonna try and get down my thoughts. This is probably just going to be a big unorganised rant so be warned.
Firstly I found there was a massive change in the personalities of both characters, but notably Celine. Jesse has become a manipulative, passive aggressive ass-hole who mocks Celine's feminism and Celine has become completely irrational, unsympathetic and overemotional. I mean I'm not saying their characters can't change over the years, I would be surprised if their characters didn't change at all after 19 years,…
i would like to thank richard linklater, ethan hawke and julie delpy, for not only killing my heart and my cynical and unromantic self slowly and methodically within the span of two movies and then finishing me off in my own damn country in the presence of my favorite feta cheese but for also creating one of the best trilogies of the entire fucking time!