Phantom Thread: Love that can't be mended

Antonette 2022-04-20 09:01:41

Because an actor wants to see a movie. At the beginning, I wanted to know how much a person devoted himself to, because a character chose to give up the profession he loves, and fixed his acting career here. After watching it, he realized how much he paid for an experiential actor.

I have always thought that acting is an interesting profession, and I can experience a different life, but two people have changed my outlook, one is my brother Leslie Cheung, an actor I am very in awe of, and the other is Lewis, they made me understand how bad actors are It's easy, because too much time is trapped in characters and forgetting about who you are in life. Lewis' exit I think is a good thing for him to give more time to life. For an experiential actor, he is well-deserved and excellent. On the screen, he has handed over many excellent works. He has devoted himself to his career to the point of madness. The agent and family are worried about this. Now He's willing to slow down and live a good life.

This movie is not the type that I often watch. I think it is a bit difficult, but it is not that this movie is not good, it is just that I watched it very depressed, and it gave me too much impact. I think the acting skills of the two leading actors are very good. Generally, love dramas are interpreted through strong dramatic conflicts, but this one does not. It is not easy to support only the acting skills of the two actors. A good interpretation is not pleasing.

Reynolds played by Lewis is really an unpleasant character, as harsh as the heroine said, like a spoiled child, and a little ego, but when he focuses on his own career, it is another way, so focused. Fascinating, such a paradox, Lewis plays it to the core.

As for the heroine, what I like the most is the scene in her eyes. She looks at him with inescapable admiration and nostalgia. It can be said that she loves very much, but her love is full of jealousy and possessiveness. It's terrible to keep my lover by my side and give him poisonous mushrooms. This kind of love gives me a chill down my spine. Neither of the two in the movie are willing to accommodate each other, and they don't take the time to get to know each other, so there are frictions everywhere in life. I think this movie wants to tell the people who watch it: marriage and love love alone is not enough, and it needs to be more tolerant of each other to maintain it for a long time.

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Phantom Thread quotes

  • Reynolds Woodcock: You look beautiful. Really. Very beautiful. You're making me extremely hungry.

  • Reynolds Woodcock: Maybe one day you'll change your taste, Alma.

    Alma: Maybe not.

    Reynolds Woodcock: Maybe you have no taste.

    Alma: Maybe I like my own taste.

    Reynolds Woodcock: Yes. Just enough to get you into trouble.

    Alma: Perhaps I'm looking for trouble.

    Reynolds Woodcock: Stop!