The history is incomplete and the emotion is not in place.

Rodolfo 2022-04-20 09:01:40

The short review limit of 150 words makes me very embarrassed. I just want to write about 200 words.

Leonardo's characters in recent years have been grumpy masters, and the audience is seriously fatigued. It is estimated that the time when the tenderness of youth is restored is the time of Oscar's favor.

The plot is a little slow and dull, and the beginning is particularly easy to play. The Oedipus plot does a good job of it. And camaraderie feels a little awkward. However, the sparks and crackles when the two loved each other and the hurt little eyes when they expressed their hearts to each other, oh hello, touched my heart. But the rotten girl must express her dissatisfaction with the ending of this good-ki friendly colleague. And the female secretary has neglected a lot since she realized the process of becoming stubborn. Perhaps history is really a dry wood and fire, and she can foresee that the other party is the destination of her work at the beginning of her life. Well, I don't understand the style.

In addition, the biggest deduction point is the disfigured old-age makeup. How can our second male be so romantic, suave, handsome, and handsome, how can he be as unrecognizable as he is when he is old? ! Especially when viewed from the side, the skin will fall off immediately.

It must be considered a failure for a film that aims to be Oscar-nominated in the end. Although I have never complimented the taste of the college. In my opinion, Xiao Lizi's performance is not amazing but there is no mistake, then it is a defeat to the screenwriter. I can only hope that the No.1 in my mind can make persistent efforts next year.

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Extended Reading
  • Jasmin 2022-04-24 07:01:06

    Xiao Li can really act, but it's not good to keep thinking about winning awards. . . Lao Lin. . don't say

  • Candace 2021-11-30 08:01:26

    The characters are full-the appearance is tough and the heart is maddening. Other characters except mother and comrade lover have become a foil. The failure of the old makeup directly spoils the performance and may be able to play with the golden plum; the story is weak-the branches and leaves lack focus. Two-line time and space to expand the causal relationship, but the story structure is fragmented, only a few parallel montages (elevator, horse racing) are still good-looking, and the film length will be better if it expands.

J. Edgar quotes

  • [J. Edgar Hoover and Clyde Tolson discuss over dinner about the first time they ever met]

    Clyde Tolson: Edgar... you can lie to everyone else, the whole world, for you own sake... and for the sake of the bureau, but you cannot lie to me.

    J. Edgar Hoover: I should've never given you your job, Clyde. You know that? You weren't even qualified. You remember the day you came in for your interview.

    Clyde Tolson: I do.

    J. Edgar Hoover: You walked into my office and you fixed my window, you picked up my handkerchief. You handed it to me. You remember why I was sweating, Clyde?

    Clyde Tolson: It's because you were exercising.

    J. Edgar Hoover: No, I was... I was sweating because I... I knew at that very moment...

    [Clyde hands Hoover his handkerchief from the dinner table]

    J. Edgar Hoover: ... I knew at that very moment that I... I needed you. And I've never needed anyone else in my entire life. Not like that. So I began to perspire.

    Clyde Tolson: I know.

    Clyde Tolson: [Edgar grabs for his stomach and gasps] Edgar, are you all right?

    J. Edgar Hoover: Yes, yes it's - it's just indigestion, Clyde. Let's go to dinner tomorrow night, shall we? Our old corner booth.

    Clyde Tolson: Perhaps if I feel better.

    J. Edgar Hoover: Yes. And you must - you must. We have a great many things to discuss. And now I can't trust anyone else at the bureau right now. I can only depend on you.

    Clyde Tolson: [Edgar walks up to Clyde and holds onto his hand, kissing is forehead] Thank you, Edgar.

    J. Edgar Hoover: [Edgar leaves the handkerchief in Clyde's hand] Good night, Clyde.

    Clyde Tolson: Good night, Edgar.

    [Edgar walks off and Clyde holds Edgar's handkerchief to his cheek]

  • [J. Edgar Hoover arrives home to go to bed]

    J. Edgar Hoover: [narrating] The very essence of our democracy is rooted in a belief in the worth of the individual. That life has meaning that transcends any man-made system, that love is the greatest force on earth... far more enduring than hatred or the unnatural divisions of mankind.