To be or not to be

Velva 2021-10-19 09:49:52

I have always been partial to French movies. I like to observe the human nature in detail. I also admire the self-sufficiency under the same face, as if caring and easy to get out of. But or limited by sample limitations, I don't think that the film is often too "ego", a person and a small circle, it is very convenient to explore vertically, but it loses a more ambitious line of sight. With a well-dressed England, perhaps it happened to be hit by my small sample again. I feel more that the filmmakers are inspired by their rich literary, artistic and religious history, as if it is easy to weave silk embroidered silk and make great poems. The small production "The King's Speech" screened in the Christmas season is a classic example of this kind of heart-stirring.

Of course, the element that attracted me the most was Colin Firth. Two-time Mr. Darcy, handsome, noble, serious and reserved, Filsh has almost taken in all the viewers' admiration for the idol title. The cuteness of the writer Helen Fielding is that she takes the fans to the extreme: based on Filsh, she reborn Darcy Jinzun, and indicated that Filsh must be invited to star, and then tied the red rope again and again, persistently binding the two of them. equivalence. Whether classical or modern, Mr. Darcy in Filsh has also stuttered. For example, when he met Lizzie again in Pemberley, he was incoherent, confessed to BJ in "Single Journal", and waved his arms for a long time. Picking up Wilde's famous play "The importance of being Earnest" (The importance of being Earnest), Filsh is serious and often ridiculed and robbed. However, these passages are actually surging with the joy of love, and the characters' speech delays are all due to the closeness of the mood. You don't have to worry, Filsh's solemn mouth is full of comedy cells, and a little shake will produce a stream of smooth and playful words. "The King" is one piece, and there are no lack of mouth-watering and hilarious expressions, but it is much shorter, because this time, the lips and teeth are high-rise and riveted lords, letting the emotions such as anger, sorrow, cowardice, shame, etc. follow. Wild horses are generally shocking, just not letting go. The King George VI played by Filsh must be burdened with physical and mental illness and set foot on the altar. Half-sealed, painful twisting of facial muscles, dizziness and sweating, the requirements for actors and eloquence at the technical level may be two sides of the same thing, but to the viewer, this kind of unspeakable pain is supernaturally locked in Filsh. On the face, the effect is even more shocking.

The film progresses slowly, interspersed with daily bites and historical transitions, and does not mean to boast about the latter. For example, the coronation ceremony of the Westminster Throne only includes a frame of old black and white images. Instead, the film focuses more on the previous ups and downs of rehearsal. Dr. Lionel Logue made his debut as the king’s personal assistant, and the king awakened himself for the first time and shouted: "Because I have a voice!" The narration is also extremely simple and concise. Sometimes I can hardly feel the difference between this group of royal nobles and the sorrowful and happy beings, and the history of transcendence is so realistic through a very private perspective. Tell the story in small fragments, each with a faint starry light, just like Alexandre Desplat's piano with the same theme (appears at the beginning of the film) made for this movie, calm and low. , And clank notes, you can hear each one clearly.

This kind of small medium is big, I think the first meeting of Bordi (Bertie, the nickname of the British king) and Rionner's sparks is very typical. At that time, Bortie was the Duke of York and fell to Rionner’s downfall. See a doctor at the apartment. The latter asks, can you tell a joke? The former said coldly: "Timing is not my strong suit." ('Timing is not my strong suit.'). This is indeed funny at first, but it is so sad to think about it further. The subtext is that all the people of the country know that the prince is not good at remarks, and when he speaks, he can't hold back half a tone for a long time. Not being able to go on stage in this way is not just a hidden illness of the individual, it is already an embarrassment for the whole country, and the matter is big. Later, Dr. Rogge blocked Bordi’s ears with "Le Figaro Wedding Overture" and asked him to read it aloud. The content is nothing else but Shakespeare's famous

passage : To be, or not to be– that is the question:
Whether'tis nobler in the mind to suffer
The slings and arrows of outrageous fortune,
Or to take arms against a sea of ​​troubles
And, by opposing, end them...

When you hear him expressing vigorously, on the one hand, you are shocked that he is so smooth, on the other hand, are you also suspicious of the intention of the director and the screenwriter: the eternal question of this word, it is not clear to read people Depressed chest and distressed? Life or death, advancing or retreating, being ordered in danger, or continuing to shrink, he was uneasy, hesitating, could this defense worsen his physical pain and make him even more unspeakable? Bordi’s many scruples are also about the destiny of the country. To be or not to be, to face the outrageous fortune, is really the only thing Yu Hao sighs: that is the question. Afterwards, in small details, when Bordi and his daughter watched the news of Hitler's speech, his expression did not change much, and we could almost only flow from his eyes, feeling the transition from jealousy to perseverance. These big British implicit propositions were finally conveyed through the most implicit and authentic British performances.

Another highlight of the film is Dr. Rogge (Geoffrey Rush). This half-way doctor is suffering from the wind and frost, and can bear the torment in a calm manner. He is full of contradictions. He has strong arrogance and can put down his body. He is destitute and ambitious. He lives in a broken house and has a warm family. He has the power to despise the powerful, but in his bones he supports heroes and loyalty to the monarch. It can be said that everything about him is the anti-image of Bordi. He agitated Bordi's quick words and the other party's gradually active and less hedgehog's true temperament was revealed, which can be described as the most astute and humorous dialogue round in the whole show. During this period, he presided over the "Folk Wisdom" therapy, supplemented with speech skills, and intermittently constructed the trajectory of the king's growth. It is very interesting that although the entire film "eye" is the "third eye", many observations are realized by the handover of Rionner and Bordi, and the colors are almost evenly divided. The portrait of the king on Rionner's side is even more pen and ink. Thick, it can also be seen that this viewing angle is very important.

Colin Firsh once praised it during the interview, and the play against Rush is like'Heaven'! I watch the climax of the film, which is the speech part of the declaration of war against Germany. It is like a "paradise" enjoyment. The small space with only one window, the small grid in the vacuum, is nothing more than suitable for the explosion of energy. Dr. Rogge in the dark is like a conductor of a band, and Bordi in the center is the chief performer. He is leaning on Beethoven, and the virtual auditorium is filled with British nationals and the whole world. The viewer can clearly see that Rogge gradually withdrew from a fearful coach to one of many admirers. Bordi in front of the microphone struggled from beginning to end, and it was difficult to evaluate whether he was completely successful or not-the doctor pointed out His'w' is still ambiguous, but he has never stagnated, and the slow recitation of a few words is no longer mechanical, but has a strange charisma. In harmony with it, it is a wave of calm and majestic shells. Such intertwined sounds and slow drumming made me unable to bear the burden. It was a speech in the true sense. It was a speech led by a weak person who couldn't say clearly, and made the strongest voice to the most aggressive aggressor. So when I heard "God bless my people and prosper," I was so moved. I think that with this passage alone, the two "master and apprentice" have both shined their swords, which is enough to give Hollywood a high-quality acting class.

Speaking of the soundtrack of "The King", Beethoven and Mozart are almost tied. Despra's arrangement was equally brilliant with regard to the latter arrangement. First of all, there was the noisy and enthusiastic "Marriage of Figaro" in the aforementioned reading and recording room. It was very cheerful and joyful. It seemed to symbolize Dr. Rogge's ridiculous attitude, and it seemed that he was right. Illness is optimistic. Then comes the first chapter of the Clarinet Concerto (K622), the popular light and allegro, alternately complementary, high-pitched string and tube sounds, which are in line with the practice of Bordi and Rionnel in the picture. In my memory, after the declaration of war, this segment appeared again, as if it insisted on making the audience laugh, making you too late to indulge, and you must occupy you with fresh optimism and bravery. At any time, Mozart, the elf angel, can always call life easily and help him cultivate and strengthen himself, without being so bitter.

As for the "King's Clan" who participated in the performance, I was blind to the British films, and I knew a few familiar faces. For example, Dumbledore and Wormtail in the Harry Potter series-now the old emperor, the new prime minister, the 95th edition of "Pride and Prejudice" who hates Mr. Collins, are like the old Duke of Windsor, and earlier Brideshead The beautiful teenager Anthony Andrews in revisited. The smile of Dr. Jennifer Ehle reminded me of Aunt May. It was only when she met the king and his wife that I realized that this was not the reunion of Elizabeth and Mr. Darcy? Years have more or less aging their youthful appearance, but today's interpretation is definitely better than the original. Many Chinese and foreign film critics, when talking about Helen Bonham Carter, must mention Tim Burton. I don’t know if there is any reason for such a pull, but in the maternal queen’s innocence and frankness, I saw a little bit of A room with a view and A hazard of hearts. The elegant little shadow of the times.

It was after watching the movie that I found out that "The King's Speech" had won several Golden Globe nominations. In all fairness, movie awards are not my guide to watching movies. I am more numb to how far the movie can go. On the whole, "Inception" provides a more novel audiovisual experience, and "The Social Network" may be more legendary. A small production that reshapes history may not be much new, and the end climax is also It can be described as the cliché that is all in anticipation, but its capacity is far more than the straight line and simpleness of the tall nose and firm lips on the poster. The vibration it brings or the pronunciation is just like the protagonist's vomiting, and the slow release is therefore long. If it must be measured by the worldly ruler of movie awards, I look forward to its performance in the direction of performance, script, soundtrack, and so on. On this level of'to be or not to be', it has given the most powerful answer, using a common saying: Return of the King.

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  • Gregorio 2022-04-24 07:01:02

    The sense of British retro is very good, and Qiru is once again elegantly defended. It's a pity that in the blank space after the show, Colin Firth's light was too powerful, and it was so powerful that it covered the bottom of the movie.

  • Casimer 2022-03-25 09:01:05

    The actors' photography and soundtrack are all praises, and the stories are well told but it's not to your appetite. . . The translated name of the Hong Kong and Taiwan version is pretty embarrassing this time. In addition, this poster is very similar to Antonioni's "Professional: Journalist".

The King's Speech quotes

  • King George VI: ...a sieve of thisted siffles!

  • King George VI: In this grave hour, perhaps the most fateful in our history, I send to every household of my peoples, both at home and overseas, this message, spoken with the same depth of feeling for each one of you, as if I were able to cross your threshold and speak to you myself: For the second time in the lives of most of us, we are at... at war. Over and over again we have tried to find a peaceful way out of the differences between ourselves and those who are now our enemies, but it has been in vain. We have been forced into a conflict, for we are called to meet the challenge of a principle, which, if it were to prevail, would be fatal to any civilized order in the world. Such a principle, stripped of all disguise, is surely the mere primitive doctrine that "might is right." For the sake of all that we ourselves hold dear, it is unthinkable that we should refuse to meet the challenge. It is to this high purpose that I now call my people at home, and my peoples across the seas, who will make our cause their own. I ask them to stand calm and firm and united in this time of trial. The task will be hard. There may be dark days ahead, and war can no longer be confined to the battlefield, but we can only do the right as we see the right, and reverently commit our cause to God. If one and all we keep resolutely faithful to it, then, with God's help, we shall prevail.