Growing strength and vulnerability in adversity

Domenick 2022-04-22 07:01:18

I watched two films called "Bone" in a row, and they were both led by the post-90s new generation of actresses. Saoirse Ronan showed the pure fantasy and love of life of a 14-year-old young girl, while Jennifer Lawrence showed The perseverance, strength and fragility of a 17-year-old girl who grew up in adversity are vividly interpreted.

I remember watching this niche film because the hit blockbuster "The Hunger Games" also starred Jennifer. When I saw "Winter's Bone", I immediately understood why the director chose such an actor. She doesn't have a beautiful appearance and a slender and proud figure, but has a firm and calm look and a look of independence that is rare in girls. The slightly plump figure also reveals a mature temperament. Such a "young and mature" girl, Only then can we take on the heavy burden of the family, only then can we embark on the "Hunger Games" arena to fight, and only then can we become the patron saint of younger brothers and sisters.

Jennifer Lawrence is in a class of her own, an example of a dizzying array of young actresses who don't need the promise of youthful beauty.

Returning to the film itself, the bleakness of winter has always been the main tone of the film, and the narrative style and the emotions of the characters have not had much ups and downs. Facing the indifference of relatives and the cruelty of drug dealers, the persistence and bravery of the girl finally changed. Here comes a ray of hope for life.

In addition to constantly admiring Rui's strength, I also saw her fragility, crying out to her stupid mother for an impossible help in the woods, grabbing her father's stiff hand from the icy water and feeling being sawed by a chainsaw She trembled, no matter how she was the pillar of the sky in front of her younger siblings, she was only a 17-year-old girl after all, who did not commit any fault, but had to bear completely disproportionate suffering and responsibility.

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Winter's Bone quotes

  • Gail: [after asking her husband to let her use his truck] He said no.

    Ree: Did you tell him I'd spring for gas?

    Gail: I told him. He still won't.

    Ree: Why not?

    Gail: He never says why not to me, Ree, he just says no.

    Ree: Man, it's so sad to hear you say he won't let you do somethin' and then you *don't* do it.

    Gail: It's different once you're married.

    Ree: It really must be. 'Cause you ain't never used to eat no shit.

  • Ree: He might be hangin' around with Little Arthur and them. You think?

    Teardrop: You don't wanna go around Little Arthur's askin' them people about anything they ain't offered to talk about. That's a real good way to end up et by hogs... or wishin' you was.