By watching this film, you can have a comprehensive and in-depth understanding of the stage phenomena of "a new capitalist country" such as "Diaosi", "Counterattack", "High Rich and Handsome", "White Rich and Beautiful", "Bitch Is Hypocritical" and so on. To understand them locally and vividly (but I think Chinese audiences do not have this need, we can watch them live).
In addition to blingbling, which is so bling that the girls and boys who don’t worship gold also sway their hearts, Li Leduo, the former dick, after successfully performing "Give me the Fist", once again put a handsome face and long legs for the blonde goddess. The sinking into the water makes the audience who have been watching the big ship sigh (hi) hush (sniff) not (joy) (see)
if the swimming pool scene uses Xi Di's My heart will go on as the background music. Not suitable.
If there is an audience, such as me, it is hard to think of it as a film adaptation of the novel The great Gatsby... Well, the title is actually a perfect fit for the original style. In order to avoid being tortured while watching the movie, don't read the original before watching the movie!
Sister, I am the lesson of blood! (After reading the first half, please refer to https://petitespot.wordpress.com/2013/05/15/%E5%9C%A8%E7%9C%8B%E7%89%87%E4%B9%8B%E5% 89%8D%E9%9A%8F%E4%BE%BF%E8%AF%B4%E4%B8%8Bgatsby/ , if you can't get over the wall, forget it)
So we beat on, boats against the current, borne back ceaselessly into The past. (It is our generation to advance, against the boat of the water, forever being pushed into the past without rest) This is the concluding statement of the novel. Dongfang said, "If life is just like seeing it at first."
In an era of golden brilliance and prosperity, a few old souls who were reluctant to give up their original intentions in the past, the Western footnotes "the layman is so obvious, I am alone."
How to balance the rich material and the empty mind? There are many counterpoint symbols in the novel. Just like Miss Baker said in the original text, "It takes two to make an accident."
Tom lives in "East Egg", Gatsby and "I" live in "West Egg", Daisy's pearl necklace and Myrtle's leather dog chain, Daisy Ask the nurse "it was a boy or a girl" and Myrtle ask the dog dealer "Is it a boy or a girl", Doctor TJ Eckleburg's eyes on the billboard in front of the gas station and the only "other person" at Gatsby's funeral owl-eyed man.
Opposite across the sea, an era vs. an era, a class vs. a class, a wife and mistress vs. a wife and mistress, one pair of eyes vs one pair of eyes. Baker, who is always "balancing something", and Carraway, who is "half in love with her", are both in the game and out of the game.
In the movie, except for everything else, everything else is only half.
Myrtle's dog has appeared on the scene, but the dog leash has not appeared. What is even more outrageous is that the substitute for such "plot props" is actually a pearl necklace! The role of Baker does exist. The relationship line between her and Carraway has been cut. What's even more outrageous is that her final demeanor is almost "definitely abandon"!
Not to mention whether these "outrageous" parts are reasonable, only from the handling of these details, it is not difficult to see that the director (that is, the screenwriter) does not follow the route of sensitive, delicate, literary and fresh, but pursues "grand excitement" and " Dramatic conflict".
So Baker’s "take two to make an accident" prognostic key lines are naturally not said; those lines in the novel that are deliberately repeated after a few sentences break (for example, Gatsby mentioned to Carraway twice "trying to forget something very Sad that had happened to me") Naturally disappeared; Dan Cody died in the hands of his gold digger wife after five years of sailing at sea. Naturally, this kind of "fading wave" is not mentioned; Carraway’s life experience is almost the same as that of Gatsy. Naturally, the overlapping "old money" origins are no longer needed.
What are you going to do in those two hours? Of course it's let's party! How rare is a "big scene collection" protected by the title of "Masterpiece"! The more noisy the more beautiful! The louder the better!
In the book, Carraway is so tired of wanting to get out of Myrtle’s eight-pods party and turned into a party that made him fall in love with NY; the book specifically stated that "It wasn't a bit funny" the Carraway’s afternoon tea change It has become a gathering place for the whole film; even if it feels unbearable, Carraway, whose expression is uncontrollable in the book, turns into a drama queen and yells out of control on various unsuitable occasions, the original said. "At his (Tom)'s house, I really can't say it." The gentleman sent Gatsby himself to turn "a flash of murderous expression" into a Lu who "strucks his old fist to her husband's face in front of his lover". Promote cosplay.
Wait a moment! Doesn't this become the three common soap operas that can be seen everywhere? It doesn't matter, just read out all the key descriptions of the original book with narration! The language of the camera cannot be presented, the lines are not arranged in place, the actors cannot perform, just use the narration to have everything, right? The audience are all comprehension and five scumbags with an IQ of less than 70. What can't you be satisfied with being able to enjoy such a gorgeous and easy-to-understand "storytelling with pictures"? !
What "textual interpretation" and what subtlety, Tucson is no longer broken, Sao Nian! Director Ruchmann taught you that if you buy the copyright of a famous book, get a group of big stars, you can make the scene bigger no matter if you delay it or not, and make it into 3D whether it is necessary or not, then you can make a good one. Movie!
With the tireless help of the narrator, the actors in this film basically only need to dress beautifully and pose—at most, they will perform a temporary performance of "madness" in the "showdown" part of the "horse catching climax". There is no such thing as character creation, coherent inner level of characters, and basic cultivation of these actors.
Rao is such a simple request that the heroine can't do it! ! !
Mulligan is undoubtedly an admirer of "minimalism." Since the first time I saw her in "Wall Street", there have been only three expressions on her face besides "no expression": crooked, smiling, crooked With tears in his mouth and eyes, he cocked his mouth and yelled. (PS: Since the numerous close-ups in this film are 3D, it is recommended that students with symmetry obsessive-compulsive disorder swallow a little sedative before entering the venue)
In addition, she must have spoken to another Twilight woman who is a leader in the vase industry before filming this film. Asked for advice and learned walking posture. In the scene when Carraway went to Tom’s house for dinner, watching the girl who was playing the "Everybody Girl" walked to the garden with stiff shoulders and feet, I completely gave up on the character of Daisy and found even a little bit of the original. In the shadow of "a goddess who combines innocent romance and irresponsibility with one full of temptation".
Even in the world of vases, this is the one that only fits the feather duster. This is not bad. As the saying goes, "If there is no hope, there is no disappointment." It will be easier to watch her acting in the future.
－－－－－－－－I am the dividing line with salt－－－－－－－－－I have
been complained that I can’t understand it. I read it for myself, and I really don't consider students who have never read novels. So let’s take some salt for these classmates to sort out the general relationship between the characters and some details that I think are important but are not shot in the movie.
Conscience advises evasions who have not seen the movie.
1. Daisy, Carraway, Baker, Gatsby, and Wilston are all from the West, so this group of people actually come from the "Western Era" (the film concludes with a narration at the end). Daisy and Baker "downstream" became people of the "Eastern Age", while Gatsby and Carraway stuck to the "West Egg", and the former died there in the end. Wilston originally wanted to bring his wife Myrtle back to the west, but it was both tragedy.
2. Daisy and Myrtle are written by contrast. Myrtle's dog is equivalent to Daisy's daughter. The scene of Myrtle buying a dog is described in great detail in the book. She asked the dog dealer if it was "boy or girl", the dog dealer said it was a boy and Tom insisted it was bitch. It is a leather dog chain that exposes Myrtle's adultery and ultimately determines her fate in the novel. If these details don't show up, the line Myrtle said to buy a dog would be superfluous. In addition, Tom will not give a gift like a pearl necklace that symbolizes "nobleness" to Myrtle's
3. Gatsby used to be very romantic, Daisy also had many boyfriends. When Baker met Gatsby for the first time, they were sitting in Daisy's white car. White symbolizes "purity." Gatsby once promised Daisy to "take care of her." After he joined the army, Daisy had to make a choice due to the social environment. She re-friended many men before marrying Tom. Daisy would never go back from the day he wore the expensive pearl necklace from Tom to marry him. Daisy's most intriguing charm is her voice. Gatsby described it as "full of money" (feel it)
4. Nick Carraway comes from an "old money" family. The full version of the sentence at the beginning of the film is "" Whenever you feel like criticizing any one, just remember that all the people in this world haven't had the advantages that you've had." His family claimed to be descendants of Duke Buccleuch, but it was actually in Uncle Nick’s generation that they made their fortune. Nick went to Yale, but he only spent one year serious. This life "declared" Gatsby very alike. Because of his family education, Carraway is a person who "speaks not lightly," and he would not say aloud such things as "I can't stand you".
5. Baker is a few years younger than Daisy, and he "admires" Daisy very much. The book describes her as "like balancing something with her cheekbones." Carraway believes that Baker likes to lie and uses this technique to maintain a balance between a very cheerful body (romantic) and a very indifferent expression (actual). Baker is Daisy who is "Easternizing". The progress of her relationship with Carraway has also kept pace with Daisy and Gatsby. When she finally broke up, she said to Carraway, "I don't give a damn about you now, but it was a new experience for me, and I felt a little dizzy for a while." Interested, but this is a novel experience for me. For a while, I was a little bit fascinated.”) In fact, she used her to tell how Daisy feels about Gatsby.
6. Because of the intricate relationship between these people. Therefore, the relationship between people in the novel is "accomplice". Tom takes Carraway to meet his mistress Myrtle to make him a "compulsor." Gatsby entrusts Baker to ask Carraway to "please Daissy to sing afternoon tea" request, so that the two become his own "accomplices." Gatsby wanted to deepen their "accomplices" by introducing the business to Nick but was rejected by the latter (so in the film, Garraway said it was a "favor" improper, and he always had "reservations" with Gatsby) various "accomplices" relationships The changes promote the development of the plot. The climactic scene from the showdown in the hotel to the shooting of Gatsby epitomizes the changes in all these "accomplices" relationships.
7. "It takes two to make an accident." is Carraway's excuse when Baker's driving skills are too bad. This sentence not only embodies Baker's carelessness and "irresponsibility", foreshadows the Myrtle car accident, and is also a commentary on the tragedy caused by all "accomplices" relationships. When the two officially broke up, Baker repeated this to Carraway. Because Carraway only half loved her and she was too wise, their relationship did not turn into a tragic end.
8. The owl-eyed man is the old man Carraway and Baker met in the library. His lines in the novel are "These (referring to Gatsby's books) are true". It means that no matter what kind of person he looks like on the surface, what kind of rumors surround him, his heart is sincere. In fact, Carraway didn't recognize this until after the car accident and "finally agreed with Gatsby." After Carraway made many phone calls and searched for friends and failed, the old man he had never known his name uninvitedly attended Gatsby's funeral.
9. From the beginning, Tom knew that Gatsby was a nouveau riche and could never be an Oxford native. The reason was that the latter wore bright clothes and drove the car (the "old money" used dark colors). The original saying Tom said, "He wears pink "Suit", Carraway's last glance at Gatsby also emphasized the "pink suit". These bright colors are the external manifestations of Gatsby's inner "romance" and "passion". So in the section where the clothes were thrown away, Daisy cried and said, "I have never seen such a beautiful shirt."
10. The three seasons of summer, autumn, and winter are used in the novel to discover the change in personnel from "golden light" to "great snow." But "winter" appears in Carraway's memories of his school days, the location is Wisconsin, and the name of this state means "where we live." Through this memory, Carraway realized that "I am a part of winter" and "This is a story about the west/fang", which means the passing of the "western/fang era".
That's roughly it. As for the translation, I don’t know which one is better. The first and only time I read the Chinese version was in a remote junior high school... I have completely lost my impression. So it doesn’t make sense to ask a child to read the "Masterpiece".
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