Every year in the Oscar award season, there are always some movies like those made for academic judges. The themes of these movies are blindly high and the values are like "People's Daily." It is absolutely correct. The script is strictly in accordance with the eight-stage structure and is absolutely neat. The film also retains the director’s personal characteristics to a greater or lesser extent. The protagonist’s acting skills are usually remarkable, just like the two years of " "The King's Speech", "War Horse" and "Escape from Tehran." But this kind of movies made specifically for the Olympic bid is difficult to surprise people, because they are too neat, so neat that it seems that only Oscar old ladies and old ladies would like them. Of course, the average audience will not hate this kind of film. After all, it caters to the mainstream, and every level of film production is excellent enough, but for senior movie fans, if you want to truly fall in love with this kind of lack of spirituality, only industrial Attribute films have also become more and more difficult. They are too much like Oscar-arranged propositional essays, which were shot specifically for the Olympic bid.
"Twelve Years of Being a Slave" is adapted from the autobiography of Solomon Northup of the same name in 1853, the true story of a free black man being sold as a slave. In that era of slavery, black people did not have the right to speak, even if he was a free man, he also had no right to speak, because the fate of blacks depended on whites. This is also the entry point for the choice of this story. When your freedom and civil rights are easily taken away because of system, prejudice or discrimination, you can do nothing about your own destiny. At this level, the story is not just about slavery. It can be any group that is discriminated against because of prejudice. Solomon Northup can also be anyone, such as small freckles, red hair, homosexuals, obese people, or females. generation.
This is a story that is difficult to adapt, because you can guess the end by reading the beginning, and it will become a running account if you are not careful. The film is very neat in the drama. This neatness makes the film a bit clumsy. The beginnings and turns of the story and each advancement of the plot are like the editor cutting against the timeline, and the control of emotions and rhythm is accurate to almost every second. . Anyway, the core of the story is the suffering and grievances suffered by Solomon after he became a black slave. Director Steve McQueen’s long shot of personal labelling showing the cruelty came in handy again. The film always revolves around a variety of cruel corporal punishment and violence. Make a fuss, from beginning to end, amplifying the suffering and grievances of this experience, highlighting the powerlessness of the slaves and the sickness and cruelty of the slave owners. The film has no ideological depth to dig. This is a period drama about the blood and tears of black slaves. What can shock the audience most is the over-direct violence scenes. The biggest suspense that can attract the audience to watch is Michael Law. To what extent can the human nature of the white slave owner played by Spind be distorted. Fortunately, there is a group of excellent actors, their Oscar-level performances are full of layers, and the director still has that personal characteristic, so that the whole movie will not be reduced to a mediocre running account.
From "Hunger" and "Shame", Steve McQueen has become more and more mainstream. The price of catering to the mainstream is to abandon himself a little bit. In order to cater to the mainstream, he blindly magnifies those who are tall and big under the mainstream perspective. thing. But it is undeniable that most people like this, especially the Oscar judges. I personally think that this year’s Oscar’s Eight Achievements for Best Picture is "Twelve Years of Being a Slave". You don't necessarily like this kind of overly neat movie, but you definitely won't hate it.
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