The reason for this expectation is not only Emma, but also because Beauty & Beast is a special part of the Disney princess series. Princess Belle is not a princess in the traditional definition of pure and quiet waiting for a prince, but a very brave and atmospheric female image. Since then, as the spokesperson of the United Nations He for She feminist activities, Emma, who has been actively working for the popularization of feminism, is really suitable to play Belle.
It is said that nowadays global feminism is becoming more and more popular and is known to the public. Disney has also gradually changed the character design of the heroine in accordance with the trend of the times since the 1990s. Beast, I am very impressed and satisfied myself. The design of many details in the movie is very meticulous. The following is a brief record to share some small details that I still remember after watching it for 5 hours.
This is the main heroine script, of course, it starts with Belle.
The first half of Belle, who is still in the village, clearly shows that she is a woman who is different and completely contrary to the secular values in the village.
Being literate, loving reading, and being independent were defined as "odd" by the village values at that time. (It's very interesting here, Dad said about the evaluation of dealing with odd, Small village, small mind, now they think you are odd, one day they will all imitate you. Hehe, ironic)
Then her greatest hobby---"read "Through the whole village scene before and after. Reading, walking, grocery shopping, laundry... Diligent and studious young women in literature and art!
In contrast, the other women in the village depicted in this passage, in order to highlight Belle's speciality, to be honest, other women's images have been clowned, but I have to admit that this is indeed a very representative image of women: unmarried The woman of 2000 draws her eyebrows and dresses beautifully, just to try to attract the attention of men; married women are more lethargic, shopping for groceries, indulging in housework, and the husband who sells vegetables is very likely to cheat. These female images that look a hundred years ago are actually when you think about it carefully, many women in modern society are still living like this, how ironic. . .
Without digressing, speaking of the movie, although the village women obeyed the public opinion that Belle was "odd", they also called her "special" with some envious eyes, so I think the idea here is relatively positive. In fact, the awakening of feminist awareness lies in education. The representative of feminism in the film, Belle, was taught by my father, and if village women could also be taught, they would also become Belle. Therefore, modern society needs countless "dads" and awakened "Belles" to stand up and influence other "village women" around us.
Again, remind yourself not to stray. . . OK, back to the man in the village scene.
In the order of appearances,
the uncle of the neighbor who appeared first is to act as an illiterate: calling the book Belle read last night "boring"; the
teacher, the principal, led two teams of primary school boys to despise Belle collectively, and then in the later episode of the laundry room Stop Belle from teaching little girls to read, and bully Belle, which is an old-fashioned feudal but a symbol of power - a patriarchal system that needs to be overthrown;
Another cancer, the representative of the husband's power system, Gaston, who "eats four dozen eggs when he was young and now eats five dozen eggs", is even more wonderfully portrayed. There are many exquisite details and designs, and now they are here:
Gaston said to the mirror Belle is a ......T
First of all, Gaston's attitude towards women: Regard Women as Objects. Not
to mention splashing mud on the three girls who were his suitors, the film specially designed his confession to the mirror and called Belle a "the most beautiful thing"---"Thing", in addition, many places emphasize that he is a hunter, Belle is the prey he wants to "conquer". What's more, when she persuaded Belle to marry herself, she said that a passer-by girl who lost her father and her husband (later turned out to be a witch boss) can only beg, and women must rely on men.
And, before the singing in the tavern, he said, the life he expects is to come home every night and sit by the fire and Belle beats his leg. . . Therefore, this brother is portrayed from beginning to end as a very typical representative of husband's power who squeezes his wife.
Let's go back to the beautiful Belle.
At the beginning, my father said that her mother's Fearless is actually the definition of Belle's character. This character is not only shown in the big plot of "saving my father alone", but also a lot of details. Highlighting her Fearless, such as:
"come into the light" when she and Beast first met, Beast didn't want to come out and turned her back, while Belle immediately made an action: she picked up the candlestick decisively, took a few steps forward quickly, I took the initiative to see what Beast looks like. This is a detail that is not in the animation. I really admire the detailed design of the screenwriter.
There are many wonderful adaptations of Belle in the movie. Teaching a little girl to read... In addition, many episode lyrics and obvious words in the lines are not mentioned.
In the second half of the movie, after Belle interacted with Beast, the strength and weakness of the two characters in the antagonistic relationship were also adapted very wonderfully. For example, in the animation in the 1990s, it was only Beast who "saved the beauty" from the wolf pack, Belle. Now the adaptation into Belle also saved Beast's life, and everyone is tied.
As well as the classic episode of Belle teaching Beast how to befriend a bird in the animated version, the movie was adapted into Belle teaching Beast to "tame" a horse, a relatively less femininity of some of the classic fairy tales (such as Snow White). The princess and Sleeping Beauty can chat and sing with the bird",) Here, Belle is deliberately avoided.
Also I remember that when Belle bruised Beast in the previous animation, Beast was sitting on a chair, Belle was similar to sitting or kneeling The lower position on the floor scratches him, and the film adapts the scene of Beast lying on the bed, being cared for by Belle sitting, which immediately avoids the strength and weakness of the film from the visual height difference of the characters. Feeling, now the Beast lying on the bed in the movie has become a weak person who is being taken care of who misses her dead mother in front of Belle.
Animated Beast sits, Belle sits on the floor
Movie version, beast lying on Belle sitting
Another emotional turning point between Belle and Beast, "Giving the Library" is also designed to be very interesting. Emma's performance is also good. The happiest and happiest expression she shows in the whole play is hearing that so many books belong to The moment she got married, it actually corresponded to the way she didn't like or even a little speechless when she got a beautiful suite and a gorgeous skirt... Haha, it's really a very fine setting of Belle's spirit of not caring about the outside and only loving and intrinsic characteristics.
Here I want to digress a bit. Although true feminism encourages women to keep learning and progress, to think and live independently, it does not mean that "I love reading" is wise and noble, and "I love clothes and cosmetics" is mindless and vulgar. If you think this way, you still have the right to discriminate, just as the so-called "masculinity: rational, decisive, strong" should be compared with the so-called "femininity: sensual, gentle, sensitive", and should be treated equally. No one party needs to be "stigmatized", and no one party needs to be praised and touted by everyone. Everyone is equal in human nature. In the same way, there is no fundamental difference between books and beautiful clothes and cosmetics. There is no need to artificially label who is noble and who is vulgar. Feminism rejects all labels.
but! but! but! The most important thing is that when you choose to love books or beautiful clothes, please make sure to judge:
1. Is this the choice you want to choose, the choice that you want to follow your heart, or is it asked by the public and obeyed by others? selected based on external values? (For example, do you want to get married because you chose to get married, or because of your parents and people around you, and the society told you to get married?)
2. Do you choose books or beautiful clothes to please yourself or to please men? (It's easy to get confused.)
It's a pity to say that many women choose beautiful clothes, from a thousand years ago to the present, in order to attract men's eyes (like the three girls in the movie), but it's even more regrettable to say , I also saw that many so-called "intellectual women" actually chose "books" to please men... alas. . .
OK, let's go back to the movie again, the topic of women's rights can't be finished for three days and three nights...
I think there is another wonderful adaptation in "Witch".
The stereotype of witches: For a
long time, the image of women in traditional stories has been simple and masked: quiet and good women (Snow White, Cinderella), all they can do is wait for men silently Arrival and Salvation; & Evil evil women (stepmother queen, witch) what they do is poison men and break up marriages.
Simple Silly White Sweet Snow White and Vicious Witch
Sleeping Beauty, who can only be rescued by the prince through the "Sleeping Skill"
Among the polarized female images, the "witch" has become a must-have villain in fairy tales, the queen, the witch stepmother of Snow White, the witch who stunned Sleeping Beauty, the witch who imprisoned Repunzel, the witch who killed the mermaid... and so on, as well as Beauty & Beast In the original book, the prince was turned into a witch of the beast. This witch only appeared in the beginning of the "harming the prince" in fairy tales and animations in the 1990s, but this time, the movie really gave her a good adaptation! In fact, the most powerful witch has been lurking among people in the image of a weak widow all these years, and like an angel, rescued "Dad" when he was about to freeze to death, and at the end of the hearing After Belle said I love you to the dead Beast, the glasses "brightened" and resurrected the dead Beast and the servants who were no longer alive, so it seems throughout the play that the witch comrade is actually here to transform the prince. Transforming sentient beings to spread love and compassion. . . This adaptation, I have to say, is brilliant.
Finally, there is an adaptation of this film that conforms to the current LGBTI trend: the plot of the sexual minority group is added:
the first one is the lovely "Laifu" Lefu classmate.
Laifu is not a sin to love a man, but to love the wrong person, but It doesn't matter, I finally figured it out and parted ways with Gaston. Laifu represents the homo group.
The other is the "Three Musketeers, who have always been "vigorous", after the lady in the wardrobe made a big move --- after dressing them in gorgeous women's clothes, one of them revealed "I finally understand what is the happiest thing in my life. "The charming smile, I found my true self, this is the representative of the Transgender group, and finally when he and Laifu danced together, "eye-to-eye", also had a happy ending.
So, homosexuality and gender The anxiety disorder (gender identity disorder) has been covered, and it is also very cute and natural, and of course, I have to like the screenwriter~~
In short, as a feminist, after watching this movie, I not only appreciate it, but also feel relieved and excited. Although this movie is a Disney commercial blockbuster, "water can carry a boat" has made a very wonderful world view and values for countless women, countless men, and countless children through its huge global influence. Popularity, full of positive energy~
No matter whether the audience can fully understand the feminist consciousness and equal rights consciousness that the film wants to convey, but more or less, it has planted seeds and sprouted. This is how many seminars and workshops are needed to achieve it. Hard to estimate. There is endless applause here! ~
I love this movie, I love the screenwriter who carefully designed these, I love Emma, she did it again: "Social progress can inspire art, and so the arts can inspire social progress."----Emma Watson.
After watching the movie I have been thinking and thinking about Mr. Du, who is far away in Taiwan. Thank you for your Media and Gender class, which taught me to analyze movies from now on. I would like to thank my parents for supporting and sponsoring my "willful" choice to study Gender Studies. I am very fortunate that I can eat the red pill like Neo, wake up and become a feminist.
Keep on Fighting!~
2017.3.18
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