From the very beginning of the film, I could smell the style of director Todd Haynes, which is so distinct and personal.
[Retro, Simplicity, Restraint] are words that have been said over and over again by the audience. Indeed, there are still great similarities with the picture style of his previous work "Far From Heaven", even after more than 10 years. The film seems to be shot in the last century, and the quality of the picture really pulls you to the United States decades ago. In that elegant, petty, and sentimental place, people's clothes and retro cars exuded a more distinctive beauty in that era.
I don't need to say much about the beauty of the picture, and I don't want to repeat the director's casting. Cate Blanchett's domineering and elegant queen image, Rooney Mara's clear and pure bunny breath, this combination has made countless fans crazy, nosebleed, and amazed...
Since I haven't read the original book, I believe Carol is also a mysterious but mysterious person in the original book. Charismatic women, people are so obsessed. CB is of course beautiful, with her dazzling blonde hair and elegant posture, all fans praised the queen's eyes and she would become bent at a glance, not to mention the only one sentence in the play: "I love you." Yes Who can refuse?
CB did it, a middle-aged lady with a retro style, she is really good at this kind of role.
But in terms of performance, I think it's just her normal performance. Admittedly, she has played too many lady or queen roles. Clearly her blue jasmine is better than Carol's.
I was impressed by two points: 1. When Carol learned that she was being eavesdropped, she raised her gun and became angry. Her emotions burst out all of a sudden, and her eyes were full of anger, sadness, helplessness but viciousness. She really did. I can't wait to kill that eavesdropper.
2. At the end, Carol discusses child custody with her ex-husband, and she explains that she does not regret what happened to her and Therese. When she spoke to her husband and hoped that he would be happy, her voice was not just trembling. Carol could not even speak clearly, and she could clearly feel that her emotions were on the verge of collapse. She regrets it because of the harm the divorce has done to the children. Said to her husband that he could give up custody, "We are not ugly people." In the end, he almost choked with tears. There are hardly many tears in the whole movie. Mara does cry, but it is not a big cry, a cry out of control, but a forbearance and restraint.
Although it is said that CB Oti is very stable, but from the heart, this role is more topical, and I don't think CB's performance is a big breakthrough for the actor himself. After winning the award for the second time, you really have to admit that she is still such a beautiful performance, but she has fallen into a circle and has not come out. You can argue with me, at least I think so.
As for Mara, almost everyone is complimenting her, and she is no less than the queen. Like the performance of running water, she gave me the impression of a rebellious and weird girl before, but in the center of the film, her thoughts are simple, her eyes are clear like water, and her actions are sometimes tense and you have to love.
She is brave. She is going to travel with Carol, who she has met soon. Her boyfriend scolded her: "You don't even know her." Teres didn't answer directly. Boyfriend said, "You're just having a crush on her for a while." She said no, she just liked being with Carol, someone who could really talk to her. She may not have a clear idea of her emotional tendencies.
When Terris and Carol first met for dinner, they asked her, "Would you like to marry your boyfriend?" She said, "I don't know, I don't even know what to eat for lunch." On the one hand, in Carol I was nervous in front of me, not knowing what to order. On the other hand, she really didn't understand, she was confused in the first half. As she said herself, she doesn't say no, she says yes to many things, and she doesn't know what she wants. It also matches the character of this young girl and her confusion
Carol described Teres as a strange girl , flung out of space
In the crowd, this girl looks so different, she moves steadily, she doesn't speak much, her eyes make you unable to know her thoughts, she seems to be thinking a lot, and As if thinking of nothing. When she met Carol, her eyes rekindled. Although Mara played Terris, she was shy, restrained, and even a little confused, and even the female executive in the mall was quite dissatisfied with her attitude, and probably thought she was a weirdo in her heart. But with Carol, this girl really shines, everything about her is so beautiful, her shyness, her nervousness, her unreasonable remorse, she feels selfish, and she caused what happened to Carol The problem is distressing. She cried on the train, her tears reflected in the glass.
There is one more detail: she found out that Carol was carrying a gun, she didn't know why, she thought carefully about what Carol was afraid of, and felt that she could even help her. Her tentative tone, demeanor, and looking out the window, seemed to have thought a lot in her heart in just a few seconds.
She also took the initiative to ask Carol to live in the presidential double room. On the bed, she took off her clothes calmly, and it was also seen that she had no hesitation and gave herself to the other party completely.
Before watching the movie, I thought it was simply Terris' infatuation with Carol. After the movie, I felt that I could not tell who fell in love first, and I felt that no one could answer this question.
[Did Teres fall in love at the first sight of Carroll, or did Carroll plan to get a "straight daughter"? 】
From the conversation between Carol and her close friend, we finally know Carol's identity. She is indeed the wife of a rich man, but at the same time she and her close friend have lesbian tendencies, and they both thought about "breaking the bend" A fancy girl. Of course they were not wrong. The film doesn't have an obvious sexuality label, it's about love between women.
So is the encounter between Carol and Triss intentional, to strike up a conversation with Triss? Intentionally leave gloves behind? But these don't need much language. Carol is confident, she even believes that this girl can come to her, travel with her, and even kiss her, and this is why the title is [Carol], the girl is obsessed with her, and the story is because of Carol rise up
And I want to say why the story doesn't start because of [Tris]? Carol is also obsessed with Triss, and even plans everything for her in the future. That's why I think Terris is the first heroine.
Terris grows from a girl to a woman.
The last scene of the film is also the first scene. It was obvious that Terris's makeup, hair and clothes had become very different. She was no longer a girl with a hat and hair tie, she had become an elegant woman. (The image is slightly like Hepburn) Even Carroll said: "You seem to have grown up suddenly." After experiencing these, it is difficult for a person not to grow up.
Her photography skills are also growing, and audiences can see her love of photography in the film, and Carroll gifted her a beautiful camera. She is also keen on photographing her lover, who is in the eye of the beholder. In the black and white photos of Carol, her demeanor was captured by Teres. Every photo was so beautiful that her friend in the film also said, "You should open a photography exhibition." " magazine, I have to say that Carol helped her a lot.
There is a scene where Carroll sees Teres, who has not been seen for a long time, in the car. She is wearing a red dress, and she is no longer afraid and shy when walking. She walks calmly and confidently. When she finally met Carol, she had become a lot calmer, but she still couldn't hide the turbulence in her heart. Carol touched her shoulder, she closed her eyes, and after she left, her panting, turning around to find, and washing her face with water were all sober. As can be seen.
The Last Gaze: The audience relishes the talk, and all are tickled.
It seems that Teres is also hesitant for a short time, and finally she chooses to seek. At this time, the expression on Rooney Mara's face was very small and almost unchanged. I watched it several times before I realized that the change was really subtle, from a little hesitation to a sigh of relief when she found her lover (obviously there is this action) , to walking slowly (time seems to stop). The camera moved with Terres' eyes, and the expression was a little obsessed. After observing for a long time, I found that the corners of the expression's mouth rose slightly, and the amplitude was very small.
And Carroll is a big "victory" smile. And I already realized that the movie can end here, and as I expected, the movie really stopped abruptly after Carroll's smile, leaving people with more reverie.
Back to the title Beautiful, but not perfect. The love between two beautiful women is pure and beautiful. The director's shooting is also beautiful, but I can't say that a movie with a beautiful style is perfect. It always makes people feel that there is something missing, the characters are also there, the emotional main line is also there, the role of the supporting roles is also here, and the photography and soundtrack are superb and impeccable.
It may not be an exaggeration to say that everyone's expectations were too high before. The lines of "The Future will be Indefinite"; "Like is presumptuous, but love is restraint" Both heroines have restraint, and Tres' restraint goes without saying , Even the slightly flamboyant Carol restrained herself for her daughter. It always feels that the sex scene is a bit abrupt, so Carol must guarantee that Teres feels to her to that extent? The general tone of the director's shooting is also restraint, slow narration, and pursuit of artistic conception. Although infinite beauty is born from it, it cannot guarantee that it suits every audience's preferences.
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