乘著光影去旅行

新的農曆年之初先去看The Holiday ，當然是因為被卡司所吸引，兩個個性迥然相異、身處遙遠國度的女生，因為同時失戀、計劃交換房屋度假故事似乎頗為逗趣。倒是沒有想到當時另外一部music and lyrics，總覺得休葛蘭的電動馬達太搞笑了。

The Holiday 描述失戀男女很可愛的地方，有天真無邪的小孩（激發母性必備？）、很可惡的迷戀對象（不用說，如果少了這一角，故事怎會有趣）、非常迷人的交往對象（不管是ONS還是認真交往承諾）。在一個陌生地方，你會想找到真正的自己，於是開始大膽地對別人釋放友善，甚至是產生很多之前不曾有過的想法。去探望獨居老人社區、學習迷人的電影史，去瞭解電影配樂師的工作、聽到妙語如珠的笑話，甚至是瞭解單親爸爸帶小孩的辛苦談，充滿一些些童趣的可愛，雖然很芭樂老套的劇情，非常適合天氣微涼時候，嗑著點心看的輕鬆小品。

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.

music and lyrics是今天剛租來看的電影，輕鬆自在的配樂，還有充滿芭樂感性的歌詞，詼諧逗趣的對白，讓更芭樂更老掉牙的電影增添點情趣。很簡單的故事內容、簡單的人物關係，一切看似都很簡單。編劇沒有任何大道理，本來愛情就是這樣，有很奇妙的開始、微妙的眼神交換與交談，彷彿愛情來的不費吹灰之力，信手拈來；即使有所誤解，在休葛蘭深情款款唱歌下，豈有不為之傾倒之道理？

Alex: Lyrics are important. They're just not as important as melody.
Sophie : I really don't think you get it.
Alex: Oh. You look angry. Click your pen.
Sophie: A melody is like seeing someone for the first time. The physical attraction. Sex.
Alex: I so get that.
Sophie: But then, as you get to know the person, that's the lyrics. Their story. who they are underneath. It's the combination of the two that makes it magic.

很有意思的一段對白，人所先感受的往往都是melody，真正感動內心的卻是Lyrics。你會先聽melody抑或先看Lyrics？人與人相處就是如此妙不可言。先看過表象後，受吸引後，漸漸地去瞭解本質，再慢慢地去迷戀、憎惡，最後會在某個時點下了一個短暫的結論。

『這個世界就是這樣，有些人相處了一輩子，你還是覺得像是陌生人。可是有些人才第一次見面，你已經覺得彷彿是認識一輩子的朋友，彼此是熟悉得不能再熟悉的靈魂。對的朋友不用多餘的解釋，不需要多餘的溝通，你們就是能夠心領神會那些在別人看起來無法理解的事情或者感覺，一切是那麼自然而然。』突然覺得這真是一個絕妙的註腳。