I have to recommend a good movie to share - [Brother]
Because I'm a fan of Jack Gyllenhaal recently, I bought a magazine with his interviews and flipped through his movie chronology. . Since then, I was surprised to find this film that I immediately collected after reading the introduction.
This film is a remake of a Danish film, so I can't comment on the original version. A nearly all-star cast - Tobey Maguire, Natalie Portman, Jake Gyllenhaal. The director is Jim Sheridan, the Northern Irish director who was nominated for seven Oscars with Daniel Day-Lewis and Emma Thompson's "In the Name of the Father". The director has always been good at capturing the psychology of characters and depicting family relationships. This movie is also absolutely superb, will not be disappointed!
The film tells the story of Sam as a marine, excellent and happy. Has a beautiful wife and 2 lovely daughters. The younger brother Tommy is rebellious, alcoholic, has a criminal record, and is not recognized by his father. However, when he was told that Sam died unexpectedly in the war in Afghanistan, Tommy slowly changed and took on the responsibility of taking care of his brother's family and daughter. At this time, sam was rescued in afghanistan and came back again...
opening the film, you would think that this is just a description of the status struggle between two brothers who have no gun smoke in the family. However, as the story of the film unfolds, you will find that the story is based on a pair of brothers who grew up in a military family background, an older brother (Toby) who has been outstanding in all aspects since childhood, and a deviant younger brother (Jack) who is not favored by his father and is deviant. Through the in-depth story, the ingenious use of the dialogues and details of each character to reveal the irreparable psychological trauma of the war to the soldiers who have experienced the war, and the shadow caused by the war to their families and even the next generation.
Even in times of peace, we rethink the impact of war on us, and think about human nature and the essence of human beings.
The concept of brothers in the film is from small to big~
Between siblings, between colleagues, between famous clans...
In the first half, you will see how Jack's younger brother is rebellious. Slowly, you will pass on some emotions, irritability and irritability to the two sons from the father who returned from the "Vietnam War", and in order to satisfy the harsh father, sam will continue to progress, and finally set foot on the father's road. , become a captain. But Tommy has more and more problems in order to attract his father's attention because of the lack of fatherly love.
Cleverly, the film did not film and explain the incentives for the characters of the two brothers.
But through the description of sam's two daughters, you will slowly open the past of the two brothers.
Opening description: The whole family eats beans, the second daughter said: I hate eating beans. sam said with a gentle smile: hey, honey, I love beans. The eldest daughter said: I also love Pacman Dad~ (desire to arouse fatherly love)
sam was rescued and returned home: the eldest daughter and the second daughter competed for toys, and sam glared at the eldest daughter. The whole family gathers around the second daughter, the centerpiece of her birthday. In order to express her dissatisfaction, the eldest daughter kept making noise with balloons regardless of table manners, and finally provoked Sam to swear at each other. (craving for attention)
Those two details are wonderful! I have to admire the design and arrangement of the screenwriter and director. In this way, we can see that the war will completely change the character of the person, and then the impact on the family and children. I also saw the reason why tommy is so rebellious.
In the second half, through the description of sam who was captured in the war in Afghanistan, you will meet sam played by Toby, a strictly trained soldier who has to use a stick and a stick just to survive and see his family. The hysteria at that moment, the despair under the twitching face at that moment. When he was rescued and returned home, he could only bury his secret in the bottom of his heart. He became suspicious, autistic, manic, indifferent... He even suspected that his younger brother was sleeping with his wife... Gradually, from a person who could strictly control his emotions, his family became unapproachable. Even the daughters are afraid, afraid.
The climax of the film is that Sam, who is out of control, took a crowbar and smashed the kitchen that his brother Tommy helped to paint. After incurring the police, he rushed out of the house with a pistol and attempted suicide. Tommy shouted: Don't kill yourself! You 're my brother, you'er my family~ Finally sam dropped his gun.
No matter what happens, any gaps, we are family.
I think the film has a family concept that encompasses the human family. Originally born from the same root, why is it too anxious to fry each other~
Tommy took it home, and the girlfriend who used to dispel his brother's doubts said: No one can be turned into a killing machine, no one can see another person die in front of his eyes, and he is indifferent... …
The film conveys that the source of human nature is good.
What does the war leave people behind? When standing in the soldier's cemetery, the scene full of tombstones is deeply shocking.
At the end of the film, sam's narration: I don't know who said, only the dead had see the end of war. I've seen the end of war. The question is... Can I live again?
Perhaps this is also the biggest consideration left by the film for people
. Every plot in the film can be seen carefully choreographed by the director, cleverly laying the groundwork for the next plot. Refined, quite refined!
The performance of the actors in the film is also very tense and infectious. When Sam rushed out of the room and raised his gun, the director used a set of long shots, in one go. The emotions of each actor are quite in place. Bring the audience's emotions to the highest level.
It's a truly heartwarming film.
Worth a second look.
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