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Scandal Notes, Spelled Stories
Evelyn 2022-04-19 09:02:00
I was disappointed after watching it. If it wasn't for the support of two acting stars, the film would be a bad film. There are many clues with dramatic potential buried in the film, Shiba and her former teacher's teacher-student love, the mentally handicapped son's blow to her, the story of Barbara and her former colleague, but these foreshadowing quotes are not in place, and finally So many materials have failed, and the whole film feels scattered. Scripts are all made up. To make a script that wins with a popular plot does not need to be real, because the audience just wants to find excitement in these films, but this film needs to be real to impress the audience. The plot of the film is too much to pass. After deliberation, the audience will naturally not resonate. For example, the film explains that Shiba's extramarital affair is due to family reasons, but there is not enough explanation in the film. What we see is the harmony and happiness of their family's dinner together, and how she treats the family when Barbara asks her to make a decision The attachment of Sheba and Barbara to explain her extramarital affair is obviously not convincing. Her relationship with the boy was also unconvincing, and the transition from her resistance to having a relationship was too blunt to see the reason for her psychological change. Judging from the activities and text messages between the two in the film, she is mainly with boys because of sex, but is it too far-fetched for a young woman to find sexual satisfaction in a 15-year-old boy? I feel that the director wants to put a lot of elements in the film, such as homosexuality, middle-class emptiness, and infidelity, but too many elements make the film out of focus. In the film, I feel that many materials, including Barbara's character, are out of proportion. Yes, there is really nothing left after watching it except Cate Blanche's sexy.
Extended Reading
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Barbara Covett: Do you know much about wine?
Richard Hart: Only the drinking part.
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Barbara Covett: Her preference is for the younger man.