After thinking about it for a long time, I still don't know how to describe the relationship between Dr. Marston and his two female companions, so that today, seventy years later, I still use the old-fashioned word of wonder.
This is an avant-garde love, and the degree of avant-garde is still staggering. Many people will say that a man has two wives, isn't this very common in ancient China? But this is unusual in that the two women are also in love. Between the three of them, men are not the dominant ones. This is a feeling that emphasizes the power of women. The film cleverly turns the men between the three into bystanders to observe the two women.
These are two different women, one kind and gentle, the other sensitive and decisive. It is impossible to combine two different personalities, so the two of them are most complete only when they are together. When looking at these two women from a man's perspective, the difference is not too big. When a man looks at a woman, he can't escape the scrutiny of sex. It can even be said that a man sees a woman from a sexual perspective, but Through the eyes of men, we can see how women look at women. They are keenly aware of women's hearts, including a small look, which is enough for them to distinguish women's hearts. For example, at the beginning of the film, the husband and wife observe Olivia being approached by a man. What Professor Marston saw was that beauty was Olivia's advantage, but Elizabeth was keenly aware that for Olivia, her beauty was her hindrance.
If you look at this film as a curious film, the dazzling names in the film are enough to make you excited. Professor Marston's DISC theory, Dominance, Influence, Steady, and Compliance correspond to the erotic scenes, cross-cutting, and manic music in the film. All kinds of behaviors in the behavior mode can bring the audience a kind of peeping pleasure. But, you know, the movie is always talking about love. Although the behavior of the three is a fluid relationship under the DISC mode, it is definitely not the cold mode that binds them, but the love between the three. Feminism was just emerging at the time, and in an era when homosexuality was still considered pathological, the harmonious relationship between the three would obviously bring them trouble.
The film uses a two-line narrative, one clue is the Children's Committee's censorship of the "Wonder Woman" comics published by Professor Marston, and the other story is Professor Marston's real life and the source of life for creating the comics. The two clues complement and explain each other, making the story very complete.
Wonder Woman is by no means a healthy image from the professor's real life, she represents a kind of mental model, full of erotic provocations. Her clothes are erotic lingerie, her weapons are SM appliances, and everything she does is based on the psychological theories taught by her. Such a character is just a projection of Professor Marston's ideas. If such an image continues, it will be difficult to see the healthy and uplifting female image of "Wonder Woman" released last year on the screen.
But I liked this movie very much because it made me feel a sense of women being valued. Seventy years after the development of society, we still have not reached the perspective of those characters in the film.
I am very happy to see the rise of women's power, and I am very willing to see women and men get rid of stereotypes in social relations or interpersonal relationships. I am very grateful to the pioneers of feminism, but I don't quite understand it. Why do women have to be like men when they want to fight for power? Men and women are inherently different. When we women fight for rights, we cannot give up some rights like this to fight for rights that may not be suitable for us. For example, Olivia's aunt mentioned in the movie, she advocated the refusal to give birth. What we have to fight against is definitely not the matter of giving birth, but the reduction of job opportunities after giving birth, which comes from all aspects of society. pressure. In order to obtain rights, but not to have children, this matter itself is more unacceptable than the oppression of male power.
Although this movie is full of things that impact our three views, after watching it, I don't feel any discomfort. This is just another love story, a rare love story, because we found the right person Both felt hopeless, but they both found two of each other.
Suitable for the crowd: over 18 years old
Recommendation index: four stars
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