Watching this movie is for Reese Witherspoon. In the years when I was addicted to Hollywood movies, she went from an overnight success to winning an Oscar, and she was one of the brightest stars in Hollywood. In my impression, whether it is "Legally Blonde", "Sweet Home Alabama" or "Walk the Line", she is always a delicate woman from head to toe. And "Wild", as the name implies, look at the protagonist, Reese Witherspoon, blond Barbie into the wilderness? This contrast immediately gave birth to the desire to see it.
However, I don't know that time shapes people. The film was released in 2014, and it has been nine years since Walk the Line. Reese Witherspoon, 38, is definitely not the same as Reese Witherspoon, 29. What's more, even in her younger "American Sweetheart" era, she wasn't a dainty, soft-bodied idiot. Off-screen, she is a top student at Stanford University. In the play, she is a pretty lady who is engaged in elite professions such as lawyer and designer. In her, blond hair is not synonymous with big breasts and brainless.
She washes away her splendor in "Wild," with a slightly pale face. Invariably, the small body is still full of great energy. In the first half of the story, I was really worried that a mountaineering bag of that height would push her down (ps, with such a heavy bag on her body, the heroine could walk with a straight waist, because the details were not in place or because the American women were really strong. ?) In terms of acting, the role earned her multiple Best Actress nominations. But in my opinion, there are no surprises. As if from the beginning, her acting skills were like that, not mediocre, but not top-notch either. She is very smart and knows how to use her strengths to maximize the value of her talents in the middle and upper reaches.
This is an over-the-top film. It's okay to use experiences in the wilderness to contrast and metaphorize life experiences. It's a pity that it's too routine in terms of performance. It seems that when rap freestyle, every rhyme is pre-guessed by the opponent. The heroine's life, I don't want to, nor have the qualifications to evaluate. Everyone's growth experience and living environment are different, and the depth of perception, tolerance and digestion of pain are also different. Sometimes, the little things that A thinks are not worth mentioning, B may have been heartbroken. Or maybe Ding has exhausted his efforts to take a small step that C thinks can be done overnight. In any case, the heroine chose to walk into the wilderness, which is much braver than me sitting in a troubled city forever.
Finally, be sure to mention El Condor Pasa, which runs throughout the film. This song, like the young Reese Witherspoon, is one of my indelible memories of my youth. Although not as familiar as Simon&Garfunkel's other two famous songs "Sound of Silence" and "Scarborough Fair", El Condor Pasa, The Eagle Flying, is my favorite. This piece, adapted from a Peruvian folk song, has a high artistic conception and has the power to cleanse the mind. In the movie, this is a tune that my mother often hummed when the heroine was young. When she walked into the wilderness, she always sang this song to cheer herself up. The album "Bridge over Troubled Water" to which this song belongs came out in 1970, when the heroine's mother was young. Half a century has passed, time has passed, and classics are timeless.
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