I watched it twice in a row. After watching the first time, the feeling is: This is not a good film. Maybe it's because I watched a lot of spy movies. Therefore, subjectively, this special agent film should also have good-looking special effects and actions. At the same time, he also subjectively believes that an agent film should be compact. So at that time I disliked this film and felt that it was too slow to make up, and the plot was loose and incomprehensible. Such subjectivity makes me forget one of the characteristics of the film itself, that is, it has its cultural value.
I realized it when I watched it the second time. This is not a commercial film that only pursues sensory stimulation (maybe film special effects have developed rapidly in recent years, and our generation has watched too many commercial blockbusters, and may not think this film has any sensory stimulation). The director still wants to convey something through such a story. As for what this point is, then the benevolent sees the benevolent and the wise sees the wisdom.
Nikita may be a poor man. Although there is no description at the beginning of the film, a woman who becomes a gangster should be an unloved person, a killer, cannot be with the loved one, etc., all seem to be talking about her tragedy.
However, I think Nikita is a lucky man. God gave her a chance to live anew. A prisoner who killed a policeman was put to death. Fortunately, she was saved from death. There is also a chance to be trained. Some people may say that being selected as a murder tool is not a lucky thing. However, please don't forget the causality of things. If not for such training. She will not become the Nikita who we all hope she will be happy later in the story. So she was lucky. She ended a period of confusion, boring, decadence and indulgence of little gangsters. She began to study and began to look like a woman. So she was lucky to meet the man who taught him to laugh.
Nikita is also a happy person. Two men love her. All the scenes in the film where she and her lover Michael are together are so enviable. Mike's love for her is what every woman yearns for. There is also a love, from the instructor Bob. Bob loves tolerably, but loves deeply, regardless of whether this love can be called love. When he heard her birthday, his eyelids drooped, and after she got up and left, he looked thoughtful, knowing that he cared about her. When he watched her bite the taekwondo coach's ear and danced, he smiled knowingly, this smile came from the heart, he also petted her. He remembered her birthday, he gave her a cake, and he lingered outside her door for a long time after arguing with her. He played the role of her uncle, telling that when he made up but fit the childhood of the naughty and cute Nikita in his memories, the love in that expression seemed to overflow. Both men love her deeply, and both are willing to let her be free for love. I am really happy. Regardless of whether she is with the man she loves and loves her at the end of the film, it is a kind of happiness to have loved and been loved. No one stipulates that a woman's happiness is to meet someone, and then get married and join hands for the rest of her life. I believe that she will meet someone who loves her and start a life she wants. The two men and the love in the memory, when I think about it, I feel a little sad, but it's more happiness.
Nikita in the film is a child. There is such a scene of shopping in the supermarket, a woman buys what she buys, her eyes are full of children's curiosity about the unknown world. Seeing the appearance of "Uncle Bob" running over made me want to pet this girl too. Even when he was crying, he was like a child seeking forgiveness. So in my opinion, the story of the film less than 2 hours is like a small part of the memories of an old man who has experienced the vicissitudes of life.
On the Internet, I read some film reviews about this film. One netizen commented on this film-Luc Besson's "Fallen Flower" is such a good movie that can stand the test of time. Although I still don't think this is a good movie, because the plot is not strong enough, it's kind of storytelling for the sake of storytelling. But I still agree with the statement that it can stand the test of time. There are too many films about the agents. The ones I watched before are straightforward and can only be used for entertainment. Those films tell a story about agents, and then add some good-looking action scenes and some eye-catching ones. trick. Few films about secret agents still have its connotations.
I saw such an analysis on the Internet: Nikita's boyfriend's love means the recognition of her by the society. The instructor’s love for her means the government’s recognition of her; at the end of the film, Nikita’s departure means Nikita’s resistance to this “identification trap” again: she has the right to be herself! Such a profound connotation, I certainly can't come to it. But I really feel that this man's analysis is correct. The last sentence, "She has the right to be herself", also enlightened me as an epigram. It can be seen that what the director himself wants to tell is not a sad story. The director is also active. This can also be seen from the tone of the entire film. When the movie started the robbery, the light was blue and dark, used to set off the tense atmosphere at the time, suggesting that a tragedy was about to happen, the rest of the time, the color of the movie was very bright. Because I'm just a movie lover, I won't analyze how the director uses and handles tonal light. I only feel that such clean and bright colors make me like it very much, it is very comfortable, and it also makes me very positive and bright.
Therefore, I cannot see the deep connotation, but I am infected by the bright light and have a positive thinking. After watching "Nikita" twice, I feel that what the film tells me is that painful experiences are nothing, and I have to face them positively. Tomorrow, it is never too late to start a new life, but there must be love in the new life, and love is the only way to be happy. I regard this story in the film as a temper before Nikita's spiritual growth. She has grown to a certain level, so she knows the choice, so she chooses to leave and start a new life. The story in the film is only a small part of her life, and is the beginning of her next colorful life. And each of us will do the same on the road of growth. It's just that this experience may not be as vigorous as she came. So since she has the courage to start a good life again, what reason do we have to give up this long decades of life easily compared to Nikita who only faced small setbacks?
Maybe this is the difference between the director and the audience. Luc Besson tried to explain his outlook on life in the film-everyone has the right to be himself. And the audience, more just to get revelation, just like me. In addition to the plot and special effects of a film, whether it is successful or not, I think whether it can inspire, inspire, and inspire the audience is more important. As a cultural industry, film not only makes money, but also conveys cultural connotations. This is its value, cultural value, and even the meaning of film existence. And Maggie Q's "Naked Agents", Sophie Marceau's "Super Female Agents", a large number of agents including Angelina Jolie and action movies of similar agents have never given me such encouragement, I just I just like those beautiful and exciting fighting actions. Their value to me is only in entertainment. So this movie of 20 years ago, "Nikita", is a movie with a certain value that can stand the test of time, and it makes me think.
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