This version was an appointment to watch on the movie channel when I was a child. At that time, I was so impressed by the thick and gorgeous costumes and the ethereal and sweet music that I still remembered it many years later. From time to time, I will read it and listen to it, and there will be an indescribable and wonderful feeling of my soul flying to an unknown distance.
Many characters in this film are very different from what I have seen in the textbook, which gave me more thinking.
Sherlock, a world-renowned and notorious worldly businessman for his miserliness, under the interpretation of Al Pacino, not only did he not have such a mean and sharp and hateful face, but he looked lonely and pitiful. Yet it is. He is a Jewish businessman who regards money as his life, his daughter as his life, and his faith as his life. He has been discriminated against and has no guarantees. everything of. He was at fault, and the mistake was that he wanted revenge too much after being submissive for a lifetime, so much so that he didn't give in, and gradually fell into the other's trap. He forgot that no matter what the world is, the people who have the absolute right to speak are the upper-class people, and he, a Jew who can't even get basic respect, is destined to not win the lawsuit. After he lost his money and his daughter, the series of accusations against Christians for discriminating against Jews were filled with blood and tears; after losing the lawsuit, even his faith was ruthlessly deprived, but the sanctimonious Christian still wanted him to be full of gratitude in the name of kindness, which was a great shame. too cruel. At the end of the film, in the melodious singing like nightfall, I can't forget Sherlock's hunched figure and his desperate and empty eyes. His expression was so sad that I couldn't help feeling sympathy for him when I was young. When he grows up, he does deserve sympathy, although what he wants most is not sympathy, but the respect that was not available in that era.
Antonio, known in Venice for his kindness and kindness, spat on Sherlock recklessly, and repeatedly laughed at and insulted Sherlock in public places such as the Exchange. When victory was in sight, he turned to the offensive to kill and kill, standing on the commanding heights of morality in the name of kindness. Force a pagan to convert to Christianity because he is a Jew. Although the movie also shows his personality as a positive character: he is sincere to his friends, gentle to his servants, and he doesn't kill Sherlock in a real way, but I have no choice but to stand on Sherlock's side. In the film, Antonio and Bassanio kissing scenes and a lot of lens language seem to tell the audience: Antonio loves Bassanio. So in the end, the newly-married couple left the heated kang head and left him alone in the empty hall. The scene was rather desolate and lonely.
Bassanio, I always thought he was a handsome young man on the inside, but Joseph Fiennes was not my type in the film, so his appearance score dropped by 23333. Besides, Bassanio is not as honest as I thought. good. Proposing marriage with the money Antonio borrowed with a pound of meat as collateral, have you ever wondered whether the situation of your best friend will be in danger if you fail? After winning the lawsuit, he lost his mind and gave away the wedding token that he had promised not to leave. If Portia didn't make a heavier promise from him in the end, would he still treat him like he did when he proposed. Is West Asia cherished as ever?
Jessica, Sherlock's only daughter, although her father has restrained her too much, I believe Sherlock loves her. Sherlock didn't understand or accept that she fell in love with a Christian. She chose to run away with her sweetheart in order to escape from her family of origin. I support her brave behavior for love, but I don't understand or accept that she also stole a lot of money from her father when she left. This is to make a father who loves money so much lose two cherished things at once. What was even more unbearable was that she continued to spend so much afterwards that she didn't even leave behind her dead mother's ring, and her lover Lorenzo, even if he looked down on Sherlock, did not prevent him from using the money with peace of mind. The hurt from relatives is the heaviest. Although Sherlock loves money, it does not mean that he will not suffer from losing his daughter.
Portia is indeed a shining female figure, intelligent, wise, calm, beautiful, noble, demure, I admire this character very much. Although she knew she could win the lawsuit by exploiting legal loopholes, at first her admonition to Sherlock to "take a step back" also showed her gentle and kind side, although in the end she was still unkind and forced Sherlock into a dead end.
Through these positive and negative character displays, the film has created imperfect but flesh-and-blood characters, restored the background of the times as realistically as possible, and described the original content as objectively as possible, which I think is very good.
Although I said at the beginning that I like the clothes inside, I still have to complain about the rich people who wear a lot of velvet. Can't you use an umbrella on a rainy day in winter? It's always wet and it's not cold. ? Don't you feel bad about clothes?
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