"The Lost Lovers": The bourgeoisie tore off the affectionate veil covering family relations

Ericka 2022-03-20 09:01:08

Maybe it was because I knew in advance that there would be a turning point in the story. When I was watching a movie, I didn't feel particularly surprised. David Fincher obviously wanted to make a suspense drama into an ethical drama, so he put the transition in half of the movie, and the audience who looked forward to watching the suspense in me felt that the transition was too fast, and even the next seventy minutes It has become a one-man show for the heroine, with at most a little bit of his usual criminal realistic style, and there are no big surprises.

Of course, the movie is still good, and there are a few good points. One is the strong criminal atmosphere like a film noir. The heroine takes a blade to cut the throat in the orgasm, and the blood blooms on the bed like a black dahlia. This is a cruel reality that will never appear in domestic dramas; The hostess’s escape and her experience in a mountain hotel are reminiscent of "Zodiac", far away from the crime of alienated people in the city, slowly fermenting in the rotten basement. It can be seen from this that David Fincher has never changed and is still the director I respect but cannot say the most.

The second is the performance of the heroine. Although she lacks the appearance of "American Sweetheart", her cold and light face is integrated with the style of the movie. All the pictures are in cool colors, and none of the frames are warm, just like her cold eyes. Looking at Rosamond Parker's performance in some interviews, she is not in the style of the film critics at all. It can be seen that she has indeed made a lot of effort to make a good film.

The main story of Gone Girl is a reversal film, but in fact the reversal is very limited and cannot meet the IQ needs of most viewers. Therefore, the biggest highlight of this movie is the "bourgeois" family relationship. After watching the movie, I said, "The bourgeoisie has torn off the affectionate veil covering family relations and turned this relationship into a purely monetary relationship." This best expresses the theme of this movie. In developed countries such as the United States and Europe, husbands and wives are always polite, and use "please", "dear", "thank you", "dear, please pass me the salt shaker?" Seeing that the case was raised with eyebrows, envious of others. Marriage is an act of turning two strangers into the closest people. No one can always be the best in themselves next to the closest stranger. Just as Carrie couldn’t help farting beside Mr. Big in "Sex and the City", anyone will have an ugly side. The person next to you is not always the one who strokes the corner of his mouth with his finger before kissing you. , It is impossible to always speak the elegant written language of the Upper East Side. This is true in the United States, so is Europe, and so is China. How necessary it is to live together before marriage!

Fortunately, we still have children. How wise Mr. Fei Xiaotong is, he has already clarified this point in the "Rural China and the Fertility System" seventy years ago: a marriage can become a stable triangle relationship after having children. Although our heroine has never seen Fei Xiaotong, she spontaneously made the choice that best protects her marriage relationship. Of course, this is also the choice made by most families.

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Gone Girl quotes

  • Detective Rhonda Boney: Well, we have our first clue.

    [holds an envelope that reads Clue One]

  • Nick Dunne: Come home, Amy. I dare you.