Ripley is a master at imitating, with his voice, handwriting, and demeanor at his fingertips. It’s just that you can only satisfy your material desires for a while, and finally replace them with the way to satisfy your inner desires. Abandoning the preconceived notions of the movie, Ripley is supposed to be a dangerous, repulsive character, but the chemistry works wonders here: Matt's Moe doesn't seem like a step-by-step materialistic digger, but always shows obvious unease, making the audience feel uncomfortable. From time to time, I sweat for him, hoping to find a way to remedy his unsophisticated cover-up. But as the first part of the trilogy, Ripley's actions are somewhat subconscious, and the serial killing is just to make a panic (it's a pity that blood is used as the price). After figuring this out, Matt's cuteness comes naturally and is convincing.
There are two characters in the film that have to be said, one is Dick and the other is Pete, and Ripley had the most intense chemical reaction in their interactions with the two.
Jude Ruo's Dick is naturally reminiscent of his role in "Wilde", casual, casual, and poisonous. When you meet him, who can not afford a chemical reaction. Gwyneth's evaluation of him is completely the right solution to see through Dick. Warmth and freezing coexist in Dick. The good news is that he is a person who only has these two emotions, the difficulty is that he does not know when and how to treat you; and Raymont is not a saint, and of course he quickly falls into Dick's charm (although he is. unintentionally). In the end, Raymont, who had been thinking about getting close to Dick, was also in a hurry, so he fell in love in a panic, and hated in a panic. Regarding Ripley's love for Dick, on the train, Ripley's shot of looking sideways at Dick is relatively novel. In the reflection, the two seemed to have their lips interlaced. For Ripley, it was a beautiful test, but for Dick, it was a love affair. Blame you for being too beautiful! Dick's poisonous temperament is to make people who would have been prudent to do some frivolous things, so Ripley took it for granted to weave a bright future. It's a pity that Dick bluntly tore Ripley's splendid pictures, making the original beautiful fabrics become the raw materials for Ripley's cocoon, and the more he pulled it, the tighter it became!
If Dick was arrogant and hard to discipline, Pete was gentle, polite, sensitive and considerate, giving a sense of security, as if nearing perfection. It's a pity, it's a pity, he is not without fireworks, he will be curious, he will be jealous, and this is undoubtedly fatal to Ripley. The film clearly conveys such a message: Ripley always loses his defense ability unconsciously in front of Pete, and he will tell Pete uncontrollably that he is not a good person, he has a dark side, and he hides a lot of mysteries ( In this way, Pitt's curiosity and suspicion are definitely fueled by Ripley). Although the secret has not been revealed, the "genius" Ripley has a premonition that one day he will give the "key" of his heart to Pete. What will happen then? Let the person who loves him with all his heart be disappointed. Pete's death is so sad not only because he was a kind and gentle person, but also because he was the only one who could allow Ripley to dissect himself. It seems like a contradictory proposition that Pete was killed for putting too much trust in Ripley. After all, Ripley is still a man who loves himself more than others and trusts himself more than others. Sometimes I boldly assume that Pete may not exist, he represents the last bit of Ripley's humanity, he occasionally appears, trying to lead Ripley out of the abyss, but he is still killed by Ripley himself. Pitt's death is unbearable to look at, but fortunately, the director also handled it in the same way. The only time of the three murders is the presentation of a lost scene, which makes people feel even more lonely and sad.
At the end of the film, Ripley's decision to kill Pitt instead of Blanchett cannot be said to be ill-considered. Ripley has too many big secrets, and Dick has many "uncovered" secrets. Who is more dangerous to choose? Ripley chose the latter, perhaps because he wanted to squeeze into the upper class, and the subconscious instead was still at work. The voluntary relinquishment of self-identity shows Ripley's preference for fame over profit. That status gives people the privilege to do whatever they want, and through this privilege, one can gain pleasure above society and morality.
The film based on the novel has quite a few eye-popping coincidences, and when there are too many coincidences in the film, there are certain obvious intentions. At this point, the plot has become clear, but the storyteller has exposed his blunt wishful thinking, even with the emotional trap that leads the audience to inaccurate. Finally, as a person who is not very good at chemistry, I have to give a kind question: Tom Ripley+Dickie Greenleaf==The Talented Mr. Ripley (with all beings headed by Peter Smith-Kingsley as the catalyst), it should be a Balance the equation!
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