Director Woody Allen, Cate Blanchett and Sally Hawkins, two absolute heavyweight actresses, co-starred in "Blue Jasmine", making it a long time since the hairy monster who takes care of the baby and the customs business and manages all the time Just have a chance to see it. As a 100% straight girl, every time she sees Kate, she can't resist her dazzling, elegant and indescribable light. No matter what role she plays, even the hypocritical gold-loving and neurotic Jasmine in this film, the little heart of the hairy monster is thumping and beating non-stop.
At the beginning of the movie, Jasmine is already down and out. The liar husband committed suicide in prison. His family property was wiped out. Usually when we see this, we all look forward to seeing an inspirational story of a down-and-out lady who finds a way to regain her radiance. The old man Woody Allen is not. The elderly are generally divided into two categories, one is getting older and the other is getting younger. Woody Allen is undoubtedly the latter. He is like an urchin who goes against the world in everything. The funny thing is that the world doesn't take it seriously, and they like it tightly. So Jasmine's fluffy phoenix is not as good as a chicken. She was sexually harassed by a dentist, and mocked by her sister's boyfriend. She finally found Dwight, a high-class society. Abandoning her, she completely collapsed and wandered the streets in despair.
Through the continuous flashbacks in the film, we gradually understand the reason for the story. It turns out that Jasmine is not ignorant. She knows her husband's illegal deeds, and her husband Hal's final collapse was entirely caused by her. The torture of jealousy and resentment made her take revenge at all costs, but she herself did not have the ability to live independently. We would think that she took the blame for herself, but her unwillingness to give in to the status quo, her unwillingness to give in to the status quo, and her crazy persistence and perseverance, are also the marks of her being an independent individual that distinguishes her from others, at least it deeply touched me. The story itself is simple and old-fashioned. There are similar plots in "A Streetcar Named Desire", in "The First Half of My Life", and even in "I Love You" by Yuan Yongyi in 1998. To the sudden change, the good days are gone, the question of how women face and change.
A 79-year-old man will definitely not give a silly and sweet answer, will not let the heroine regain her past glory, or even give her a happy ending to become a queen with her own efforts. Because there are so many miracles in life itself, Jasmine is an orphan, from an ordinary family, she has always been dependent on her husband to live a life of high society, she is beautiful and tasteful, advocates material things, and depends on others. When a golden bachelor, with ecstasy in her eyes, I knew she was done, she hadn't learned to learn from her previous failure and seek her own strength.
Blue Jasmine is doomed to wither, but what about her sister Ginger? The old man did not let her go. Originally thought she was a kind and peaceful ordinary woman, but she fell down extremely fast. At a social dance, she quickly separated from her current worker boyfriend, Chili, and hung out with the sound engineer Al, thinking that she could break away from the poor life and enter the upper class. What's even more ironic is that after finding out that Al has a family, she quickly turned back to get back with Qi Li, and immediately put all the blame on her sister, and laughed at Jasmine together with her boyfriend. This gorgeous turn made all the audience stunned, and I seemed to see the old man showing a mocking smile.
Sally Hawkins expresses the mentality of the petty citizen sister vividly. It is hard to imagine that she is the sympathetic, kind and fearless fairy-like character in "The Shape of Water". She has master-level acting skills. She has low self-esteem and lacks judgment. She also yearns for a better life and a man. She even knows how to use marriage to quickly get rid of Chili and quickly turn back when she finds hopeless. However, she is unwilling to improve herself, so she cannot jump out of the situation. The scene where she watches TV, drinks beer and plays cards with her boyfriend and a group of alcoholics is very harmonious. Despite being a supporting role, Sally still plays her role perfectly. It is difficult to create an extremely mediocre character. In fact, she is more tragic than Jasmine.
When young people make movies, they will definitely care about other people's evaluations and reactions. Older people like Woody Allen are not going to cater to audiences. He was too lazy to wrap it up with warmth and art, and directly revealed the essence of life that he saw and knew. That's the beauty of watching old man movies. If there is no courage and wisdom for self-subversion, no matter if the environment changes, people will always make the same choice again and again, and the change of fate is not so simple. In fact, life is a choice again and again. If you choose to rely on others, you will have to take the risk that the building will collapse one day. If you choose to give up on yourself, then you will live in the middle and lower classes all your life. If you choose to stick to your own maverick, then you may lack secular opportunities and partners. If you choose to work hard and study hard, you may miss many beautiful scenery and wonderful life. It's okay to make choices, but to face the results without complaining.
The old man smiled maliciously. There is no such thing as the best of both worlds in life. The story of adults is nothing more than self-reliance and self-reliance. Whenever life is unbelievably beautiful, you don’t need to work hard on your own, and you have flowers, love, wine, and a mansion. You should be alarm bells in your heart, and keep asking yourself if you can live a good life when all this is gone. Finally, let me give Kate a compliment, I have never seen an actress who can look and act so well at the same time that Molly, a mean and vain woman, can't be bored.
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