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"The secret diary of a handsome bastard"
Randi 2022-01-17 08:02:46
This can be said to be a movie that is completely supported by actors-otherwise it would be difficult to watch because of its slow pace, gray scenes, dim colors, gloomy themes, and unpleasant characters. As soon as the long-lost Tilda Swinton appeared on the stage, I immediately thought of Aunt Margaret from "Magic Toy Shop" (A wonderful novel by Angela Carter), a thin and pale body, and ugly clothes without shape and color; but she still has it. A sharp voice, and later you discovered that the barge that is a home and a means of making money—a constantly moving but closed life—actually belongs to her. Instead, the husband who seemed to be authoritative can easily be sent away. Swinton performed well, but the focus of the film is of course on Ewan McGregor. Watching this too attractive bastard wandering around and hooking up with women (mostly other people’s wives), it’s okay to show a melancholy and dazed deep expression. Dizzy male animal sex hormones-obviously the title of Adam is here, and young includes the meaning of lost, careless, energetic in bed, etc. (otherwise it can be called, well, The Wandering Prick, etc.) . Compared with many sex scenes and even dew scenes, I think the more nakedness is the dirty and humble quality of life. Sex becomes the only impulse or vitality, orgasm or anticlimax. McGregor is undoubtedly a wonderful performance, and other characters are also vividly portrayed, but frankly, I still can’t help but wonder from time to time why everyone wants to see this bastard’s secrets and cowardice, little guilt and little contrition, except because he is very Other than handsome?
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Judy 2022-03-19 09:01:08
Young Adam's confusion and uncertainty about Eve are accompanied by the original sin of sex and death. Water is a symbol of sex and femininity, and the numerous appearances in the film have already revealed the theme. Although Tilda Swinton puts away the queen's domineering appearance, the performance still reveals the overwhelming arrogance of others; Ewan McGregor is still the most frequently exposed actor among the actors I know. Where is the 14-minute oral sex scene in the legend!
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Elaina 2022-04-21 09:03:05
It's a very simple story, told in the director's lens, and it's still not enough after watching it.
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Joe Taylor: I think she went to a bridge fully dressed and stood there breathing the warm night air. And she took off her jacket and folded it neatly on the ground. And then she unbuttoned her blouse and undid her brassiere and let it drop down on top of the other clothes. And she'd unbutton her skirt and let it slip down over her hips. And then she'd unroll her stockings and hold them out so that they blew in the breeze like penance before she let them float off into the night. And she'd shiver and ask herself if she really wanted to go through with this, and she'd answer that question by kicking her clothes into the river. And hurriedly now she'd take off her garter and her knickers. And there'd she be, standing in her petticoat, thinking about whatever it was that brought her to this. And then with her petticoat billowing around her she'd drop into the water like a rose, float there for a moment, and be gone.
Les Gault: What kind of woman would do that?
Joe Taylor: Just an ordinary woman.
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Joe Taylor: [after having sex with Ella] Are you sorry?
Ella Gault: Fat lot of good that would do me.