Judging criteria, if you have not seen the 1949 version of the movie "Contemporary Traitor", or have never seen the original novel, or do not understand the character prototype, as an independent movie, this movie is completely excellent. Movies, the most critical point of disagreement between it and old works (including novels and movies) lies in the attitude towards the protagonist Willie Stark. I haven't read "Contemporary Traitors", but from the content introduction, the protagonist and his team are described as a group of political clowns, which is directly different from the current version of "The King's Team".
In "The King's Team", Willie is an ambitious and ideal person who does not play according to the card in politics. He is a civilian hero who represents the poor and the rich and the rich, although he has a lot of struggles from the low-level. The method of struggle is a common desire of human beings, but his tragic shooting in the end further deepens his tragic character as a civilian hero.
In fact, it is very timely to launch such a movie at this time. The struggle between the rich and the poor, the power and money and the interest groups composed of natural resources and the common people is getting more and more intense. Today, this movie is a sobering agent.
Through Jack's perspective, through Jack's humanity thinking in the process of helping Willie, Jack's attitude is actually the attitude that the film director wants to express to everyone. People like Jack will abandon personal grievances and end up on Willy's side. This is where Willie's charm lies. His charm comes from his political ambitions.
The film is remarkable in terms of music, pictures, narrative, and performance. He is worthy of an Oscar. For example, some critics felt that its music was terrible, but there was a movie that opened with magnificent narrative music. To be honest, at the beginning of the movie, I was shocked by the music.
Why did you lose the Oscar? As we all know, all awards have political and other reasons. Such a political film that subverts the original is unacceptable by interest groups. Americans are willing to talk about human nature, but they are also unwilling to judge their own politics.
Why is the fan rating low? There are three reasons. One is from the film itself. It is not a commercial film or an art film at the same time, which affects the judging standard; the other is that if someone has an understanding of the original film, it may feel that the adaptation is not Very successful, in fact, this is where it succeeded; the third is the hobby of political films, which is also the reason for the extreme inconsistency of film reviews.
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