Whether it's life or a scumbag, why don't you kick when you can kick it hard?

I don't understand why this film was nominated for Best Picture at the Oscars. The reason why a movie is a movie is that it has the unique language of the movie, the photography, editing, and mise-en-scene, which are not found in the stage drama, and none of these in "Fences". If it weren't for the wonderful performances of the actors and the superb lines, I might not be able to watch it at all. It's like sitting in front of the screen and watching a drama, but even if it's a drama, there must be a camera to guide the audience's attention. , to explore important action details and express what the director wants to express. In my opinion, this isn't a "movie" at all, so what's the best?

This film reminds me of Quentin's "The Hateful Eight," which is both a theatrical film but a world apart. The same set of scenes, fixed characters, a single story, but Quentin worked on the language of the film. He uses the camera to guide the audience to pay attention to different details, promotes the direction and rhythm of the plot through editing, and shows the relationship and conflict of characters through various scenes. Don't underestimate these techniques, which is why Fences feels loud and boring. "Fences" is not bad-looking, it's good-looking because the lines are interesting, this is the credit of the original stage script, the actor's acting skills are not to be said, this is the credit of the actors, and the director just filmed it all with a camera! It's like eating an unauthentic western meal. You finally know what western food is like, but you don't expect to eat it again, because there is nothing worth remembering.

When I first saw the title of the film "Fences", I thought it was about old-fashioned racial discrimination, but at the beginning I thought it was a warm story of a small person. I saw half of it and found that it was a scumbag. It was not until the end that I realized that it was my family who tolerated and forgave the scumbag. The bloody story of men rushing full of "love"! Please forgive me for not accepting such values. We can celebrate love, but we must not abuse it. Loving someone does not mean that we can sacrifice ourselves, nor does it mean that we have to endure everything. The reason why love is noble is that we both treat each other sincerely. . But if you think my love has become cheap, then please get out of my life! Some people say that life is complicated, don't be so naive, but when it comes to love, I want to keep this naivety. I know that life is not easy, but because it is not easy, I should keep such a reason to work hard for it. If one day love becomes such a blind tolerance, into such a loss of self, then what is worth living for?

Film is an art and a culture. The scary thing about it is that it subtly transmits its values ​​and changes the world. It's hard to imagine what the values ​​of this movie will become if it develops without restraint, and how many people will live a life of forbearance. I always feel that life is too short to do what you want to do and love the people you want to love. Whenever someone is raped, cheated on, and cry to the heart but dare not summon the courage to resist, you will always feel distressed and angry for him. It is so difficult to encourage a person to pursue their own happiness, so why let such a story of losing oneself keep them in the abyss of tragic life.

To sum up with Gao Xiaosong's words, you will always be defeated by life, so you must kick life hard when you can kick life hard.

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