My life is like a rolling stone, and
I do everything I
can to keep you by my side
...
Life is like a song, and a song is like a life. There are not a few movies like this one. Along the way, "The King of Soul Singers", "Rose Life" and other movies that describe musicians all follow this path. However, this film is not a biopic, it is a film about loser, which uses a cross-section to reflect the taste of life. On the whole it feels so familiar to everything in The Wrestler that it feels constipated.
The director's debut film + Oscar winner + long and clean country music make up this innocuous character movie. If it weren't for Bridges's overwhelming acting skills, this movie would be completely tasteless and tasteless. From this point of view, Abu's consistent aura plus a constant fan for many years, this actor should have taken it long ago. It was originally an inspirational film, and it is the easiest to have power, but the inability of the director to deal with it makes the whole film feel no sense of power.
I really can't compliment the love in the film. It came and went so suddenly, so that I only saw the life and the sex drive of the male pig's feet. I didn't receive anything Maggie wanted to convey. . . In the end, she only gave her a slang word.
XDJM, who likes to listen to jazz, country, etc., knows that this kind of music listens to a "flavor", which is a human voice. The lyrics and orchestration are as simple as possible, and never overwhelm the guest. The singer's life experience is conveyed from the warm voice. His timbre and ups and downs control the listener's emotions, but skills are the most important. A really good song is good melody and good words. Compared with the current melody catchy, pop music with brain-damaged lyrics, only sincere lyrics will be sung for a long time. Popular songs become boring after listening to them a few times, but good classic songs are the ones that give you a new feeling every time you listen to them. Just like when the protagonist writes songs in the film, it can be said that he is at the lowest point of his life. Like Billy in "piano man", they only have music as their company when they have nowhere to go. At the same time, it is music that makes them cheer up. In a highly developed commercial society, human beings face all kinds of temptations and easy to get lost. When people lose, they believe that music and time are your best healing medicine, not alcohol and drugs. Every piece of music has a beginning and an end, but its impact on people can be as timeless as time.
If the ideal held by Tristan in "The Burning Years" is "freedom", and the principle symbolized by William in "The Unforgivable" is "justice", then Bad in "Crazy Heart" represents "acceptance". The recognition and commitment of self-guilt and karma is the rebirth and liberation after remembering and repenting. I hope everyone can love themselves as much as they love music.
FYI: Originally thought it should be three stars, but one more star for Abu and Oscar's best original song "The Weary Kind".
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