Perhaps in too many film and television works now, once there is only one heroine but there are multiple men who admire her, it is easy to be regarded as the heroine "green tea". What I love about this movie is that everyone's characters are so well done.
Let's talk about Gabriel, the first male lead. He is the only man in the film who has not mentioned his ex. From beginning to end, he guards the heroine Bath. It can't be said to be a spare tire, because he finally wanted to be The time to leave shows that he is not a fool and will not blindly wait for the impossible. The second is that he did not do anything out of character, and he was not polite to Bath when he spoke. He kept a proper distance between his words and deeds (perhaps the result of being taught the first few times), and he was extremely rude both in front of Bath and in front of Boldwood. Showing a gentleman's demeanor, being attentive and impartial, and very measured, perhaps this is what Boldwood admires and trusts in him.
Then there is Boldwood. He didn't give her the promise she wanted in the previous relationship. Maybe it was the price he paid when he was too young and didn't understand "love". It can be seen that many years later, he still broods about his stupidity, so at the party before Christmas, he learned to make a promise to the woman he loves. The last man who has always been calm used the most extreme way to protect the woman he loves. , this is his growth and change.
In the end, Frank, it's not that he doesn't have the ability to love people, it's just that his relationship with the woman he loves is too shallow, and fate is messing with people, and things go wrong together, and Bath, who loves him deeply, has become the victim of this marriage. In fact, even if Frank gets married and has children with ex, will he be really happy, or will he be the same as the man Bath faced after marriage? unknown. Bath is like many girls who fall in love with the wrong person at the wrong time. She is nothing to Frank. Her farm and wealth are just the last straw for him to live.
Bath isn't a bitch, swinging between love choices is something everyone can experience. She never liked Boldwood from start to finish, and never responded to his flirting with her. She has only sympathy and gratitude for Boldwood, and Boldwood has said humbly that he accepts even if she has only sympathy for him. For Bath, this is not the "do what you think is right" that Gabriel mentioned. She knows that Boldwood shouldn't give everything for a person who doesn't love herself, so she made the choice she thought was right. However, after knowing that he was rejected, Boldwood sacrificed his life like a moth to the flames to protect the woman he loved. So after he was in prison, he was dazed and had nothing. After all, even if he didn't do it, he wouldn't have the energy to love someone like this.
Bathsheba is lucky, she is cared for, she has a personality that she deserves to be loved. Those three men represent three different temperaments, a clumsy love, a calm love, and a passionate love. Each kind of love guides a completely different life trajectory. Fortunately, she did not agree to his marriage proposal out of pity for Boldwood, otherwise I would really feel sorry for her and regret for him. From beginning to end, only Gabriel can tame him.
Come all you fair and tender girls,
That flourish in your prime,
Beware, beware, keep your garden fair,
Let no man steal your thyme.
The above views are only personal thoughts, comments are welcome to discuss.
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