A bit disappointed

Alta 2022-04-23 07:02:53

I heard that the expectations for the Palme d’Or winning works were very high, but I was disappointed when I watched it. I chose to ignore the director because I didn’t want to cause an inevitable bias in the evaluation because of preconceived ideas. However, after watching it, I felt that no one could save the film. In my heart impression. This film is extremely unfriendly to passers-by: there are too many scenes of being shot and bloodless (the same is true of "Battle of Algiers", but they are basically long-term perspectives and will not have much impact on the authenticity), and the battle is like a gangster fire. , the male characters look too similar to the disaster of face blindness... Excluding these seemingly innocuous details, the expression of the theme is also ambiguous. The debate at about 90 minutes could have been a sublimated paragraph, but the content of the debate was not nutritious. Everyone said it was messy and superficial. It was bloated, and the crowd continued to applaud, which was far-fetched. In the end, the execution of the male protagonist was meant to pay tribute to "Braveheart", but the expression was lackluster. And the direct reason why the male protagonist would rather die than give in is simply the consistent practice of the Eighth Route Army in the Chinese anti-Japanese drama "never betray his brothers". wtf? Is this the Palme d'Or winning work? Then the paragraph inserted in the middle "It is easy to know what you are against, but it is difficult to know what you are pursuing"? has no meaning?

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Extended Reading
  • Darby 2021-12-26 08:01:08

    The defects after the struggle lead to internal division, belief and betrayal, persistence and compromise, fantasy and realism. This is not clear. The struggle is only the surface. The contradictions caused by the split of human nature are eternal issues. What is the most important thing in a person's life of? Is it faith or peaceful happiness? Maybe neither. I wanted to be an outsider, but now I can't leave it anymore.

  • Allan 2022-03-27 09:01:12

    To be absolutely free, or to live in compromise, a few people become the former, and the majority become the latter.

The Wind that Shakes the Barley quotes

  • Teddy: [looking around Hamilton's study] Such a beautiful room, it's hard to imagine a man's scream from here. Ever seen fingernails ripped out with a rusty pliers, Sir John, hmm? All your learning, and you still don't understand.

    Sir John Hamilton: Oh, I understand perfectly, Mr. O'Donovan. God preserve Ireland if ever your kind take control.

    Damien: [trains his gun on Hamilton] Well, you'd better start getting used to the idea.

  • Damien: Micheail was killed because he wouldn't say his name in English. That what you call a martyr, is it, Teddy?