The gradual progress of the film relies on Sophie's hypnosis of Stanley, and the biggest suspense stems from the gradual swing of the audience's psychology. Woody Allen is smart, the audience may not be easy to lie, but the audience will follow Stanley to believe-this is a wonderful feeling. When Stanley finally woke up from the big dream, the audience was also smashed by their own "different thoughts" and discovered the hidden "Sophie" in the peaceful world. Stanley and Sophie, one rationality, one sensibility, one materialism and one idealism, are two distinct worldviews, but they seem to coexist in everyone's heart, but one is dominant and the other is recessive-people rarely admit this. But Woody Allen led the audience to follow Stanley to identify. For example, after Stanley was convinced that there were souls and superpowers in the world, he suddenly felt relieved-the world has become better. The departed relatives still exist, and there is a mysterious power. He rejoices to defect to another belief, like returning to the innocent time of childhood. This belief is pathetic and ridiculous. But don't laugh at anyone, there is a kind of misty warmth and relaxation in "belief", no longer worry about the world, let tomorrow come casually. This kind of "belief", like a kind of existence that never breaks out and never completely extinguishes the fire, is the pain of human beings when they are fragile, and it is also the most obsessed salvation in times of pain. The film does not contain any investment barriers, and the atmosphere is not too cold. It can even be understood as an Anglo-American "hybrid" comedy. It is good to think deeply or to smile slightly.
Magic in the Moonlight evaluation action
2022-01-05 08:01
Extended Reading
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Stanley: The comparison makes me laugh! Olivia is a person of accomplishment and charm. Sophie's a street finagler who makes her way living off one bit of hokum to the next.
Aunt Vanessa: Well, I don't see how you can compare the two.
Stanley: Well, don't put ideas into my head!
Aunt Vanessa: Well, far be it from me!
Stanley: Of course, she does come from dire circumstances. I mean, it's very easy to be judgmental about people who are born into circumstances less fortunate than one's own.
Aunt Vanessa: Well, life is harsh. One must do what one must to survive.
Stanley: Well put. And people do sometimes make the wrong choices, which they regret, even though no serious harm was done.
Aunt Vanessa: Which of us has not made some blunders in life?
Stanley: And there is a rather appealing quality about Sophie. Despite her disgusting behaviour.
Aunt Vanessa: Yes, her smile is rather winning. Of course, it depends how much value you put on the purely physical.
Stanley: Well, no, I... I, for one, esteem the higher virtues.
Aunt Vanessa: Hmm... Beauty of the soul...
Stanley: Although her eyes are rather pleasant to look into. And that she can be amusing, under the right circumstances.
Aunt Vanessa: Oh, but Olivia is an educated, cultivated woman. One that befits a man of your artistic genius.
Stanley: Yes, now, my genius must be factored in. On paper, there's really no reason to prefer Sophie to Olivia.
Aunt Vanessa: Well, I would say the opposite.
Stanley: ...And so your, your suggestion that I, I be honest with Olivia and tell her that as irrational as it seems, I've fallen in love with, with Sophie - that's a preposterous notion.
Aunt Vanessa: It's lunacy.
Stanley: ...Yet I can't help feeling that...
Aunt Vanessa: ...That you love Sophie. Yes, I understand. You're puzzled and bewildered; because your foolish logic tells you that you should love Olivia.
Stanley: Foolish logic?
Aunt Vanessa: And yet, how little that logic means when placed next to Sophie's smile...
Stanley: What are you saying?
Aunt Vanessa: ...That the world may or may not be without purpose, but it's not totally without some kind of magic.
Stanley: ...I have irrational positive feelings for Sophie Baker. It's like witnessing a trick I can't figure out.
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Aunt Vanessa: Which of us has not made some blunders in life?