The fall of genius

Nathaniel 2022-12-12 19:56:00

I thought it was a typical American dream inspirational movie, how a heroine goes from ordinary to champion. Unexpectedly, the world has already changed. Now the mainstream is mourning culture. The life of an American despised figure skater, Pine Nut.

The portrayal of the heroine is too sincere, not American at all. Rogue mother, domestic violence husband, bitch teammates, power coach, sand sculpture brother, all kinds of hype, all kinds of reality shows, live broadcasts, books, and interviews are all given to her. A skating version of Shameless would also work. The reason why this movie is so well received is that the current mainstream insight is: I am lost, my life is so lost. I can't do anything about fate.

Yes, the point of view has changed from "holding the voice of fate" to "fate trampling on my feet", after all, it is the era of Heisei waste. I feel that the director wants to shoot the anti-American dream, and to go deeper, it is the American version of "The Life of the Disgusted Pine nuts", which criticizes the American police, the American media, and the general public represented by the rabble. This is also a kind of political correctness, isn't it? In the United States, scolding the government is the same as saying "nothing less", isn't it? That's why I don't think it's a great movie. Because the point of view is too ordinary, the angle is very chicken thief. The hearts of Americans are too simple to capture the sorrows and sorrows of the Orientals, and our inner drama is deeper than the sea. Our depression, our melancholy, our humiliation and burden, this kind of culture caused by thousands of years, only the Orientals (China, Japan and South Korea) can interpret it well.

Looking at the prototype, you can see that she is a typical low-level American with no education, uneducated parents, early marriage, domestic violence, alcoholism, drugs, and swearing. She was born with a red neck. Originally, her destination was the waiter, a bunch of children and a bunch of bills. Unfortunately, fate made her a talented figure skater. She is someone who can be on the top of the mountain. People who have been favored by talent know that they are geniuses, so how can they be reconciled. But in fact success is a simple word that requires self-discipline, self-esteem and self-love. It's something she absolutely can't have. This kind of subject matter, the effect of the final film is already very good.

The mother played by Alison Janet is the most dazzling character in the whole film, surpassing the heroine and far exceeding the heroine. But it's just a little too awesome. How can you be so awesome and love your children so much, why don't you just kill your son-in-law? Chinese parents who protect their calf will never let their hard-bred athlete daughter marry an uneducated poor boy!

If Tonya is an art, not a sports person, at least there will be many fans who admire and reminisce. But she is a sports person. The sports industry is destined to have only positive energy. Whoever makes the damn exercise will emit positive energy dopamine. Why do athletes need positive energy? It's too stupid to end up being a boxer.

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I, Tonya quotes

  • Tonya Harding: [to camera, immediately after firing a gun at Jeff] This is bullshit. I never did this!

  • LaVona Golden: I made you a champion, knowing you'd hate me for it. That's the sacrifice a mother makes! I wish I'd had a mother like me instead of nice. Nice gets you shit! I didn't like my mother either, so what? I fucking gave you a gift!

    Tonya Harding: You cursed me.