A brief introduction to the plot. In fact, Sima Guang's sentence is enough to sum it up: "From simplicity to luxury is easy, from luxury to simplicity is difficult." The main line of the film is the story of a poor boy who deviates from the bottom line of morality in order to enter the upper class, and his wife is on the one hand. The huge family power here, on the one hand, is the sexy and sultry lover, the hero Chris tries to have both, and inevitably his soul keeps falling to hell. To be able to tell something new about this vulgar story of extramarital affairs, I have to admire Woody Allen's tricks. An additional reminder is to pay attention to the psychological changes of Chris in the 20 minutes from the 70th to the 90th minute of the movie, the contradiction between material status and lover, but soon, his choice is very clear, and this choice , just out of consideration for self-interest.
One of the main lines in the film is to discuss the importance of luck, whether it is the argument that St. Augustine's fate can only be handed over to God for salvation or Beethoven's confidence to hold the fate by the throat, the film gives its own answer from the beginning: "I 'd rather be lucky than good'. It also makes sense to use the term tennis as the title of the movie, because the game is like life, and fate is sometimes as dramatic as whether the ball bounces on the edge of the net during a match point in a tennis match. Going forward or falling back, and this drama is sometimes only Can be explained by luck. When they were chatting in the restaurant, the supporting actress Chloe thought hard work was more important, but how can a rich girl like her who lingers in art and galleries know how hard it is for a poor boy to survive in the upper class? 't care if he's great. I just hope that he's lucky." Probably it was because he and Chris saw life in the same way that Chris successfully hugged his big tree.
Although the movie is full of the pessimism of "Any faith can't change destiny", but in some places, we still have to rely on our own efforts. It is Chris's change and Nola's change that caused their different endings. Just like Matt Damon of the genius Ripley, Chris tried his best to make friends, listened to operas, read Dostoevsky, and even tried to use an equal attitude to keep himself only when making friends. A little dignity in order to try to prove that he is not the kind of villain who betrays his own soul; under the huge pressure of investment and asset business, he is still trying to persevere and win his father-in-law with an aggressive attitude. The mother-in-law's favor; but Nola would not like Chris's contingency. She has a devil's figure and a brain close to that of a dinosaur. She has a weird personality and won't please her mother-in-law. When threatening Chris, she has no means other than crying. It is inevitable that you will end up in a cheap apartment and end up in ruin.
Chris said "It's the difference between love and lust" when comparing his wife and his lover. His feelings for his lover are indeed lust rather than love, he is just greedy for her sexiness; and his feelings for his wife are probably not love either , his wife is just a springboard to determine his identity, and his starting point for considering issues is always only himself. Even after he killed someone, he still plausibly said that a revolution will always bleed, and it is common sense in the world that a thousand bones will die if one succeeds. In fact, we don't have to be too demanding of Chris, aren't we also slaves of desire. While it's sad to admit that "selfishness comes first and morality is just a derivative", it's true. Watching the fall of morality step by step, as shown in the movie Quills, pure morality is quite fragile and illusory in the face of animal instincts, and it is extremely perishable, as Abbe said in Quills: "To know virtue we must acquaint ourselves with vice." Being able to withstand the temptation of evil is the true virtue. But how difficult it is, as Oscar Wilde famously said: "I can resist everything except temptation."
Criticize the actor. Jonathan Rhys-Meyers, who got to know him from Witherspoon's Vanity Fair (well, that movie was a flop), his performance in this movie can only be described as brilliant, bringing a poor boy's inferiority complex to his bones The contradiction between the sense of emotion and inner forbearance and desire is vividly displayed, and the male protagonist who was born in Ireland is simply customized for him (he is Irish). Innocent eyes, handsome faces, the spokesperson of Hugo Boss perfume is really not covered. While we were terrified that the ring didn't fly over the railing, he finally let out a sigh of relief, largely because of his attractiveness.
In comparison, the sexiest woman Scarlett Johansson's performance is not so brilliant, but she doesn't need any acting skills in this film, just her true performance is enough. Speaking of this, I have to mention Sharon Stone, who everyone is disgusted with now. In the film Instinct, she does not need acting skills. blood, that's the best effect.
Emily Mortimer, if you still remember the maid next to the queen in Elizabeth, well, I admit to watching Elizabeth staring at her, ignoring Cate Blanchett -_-
the opera of this movie is for sure Let me tell you, after watching the movie, I went to listen to the OST soon. The extensive use of opera perfectly runs through classical and modern, and the greatness of music is probably this: music is not limited by place and time. Una Furtiva Lagroma (Stealing a Drop of Tears) appears many times in the film. It is from the opera L'Elisir d'Amore (Love Elixir). It is an aria of the opera hero, expressing his sincere love for the heroine. The aria is played many times in the film, describing the inner world of Chris' fierce struggle and his feelings for Nola at that time (although here I think the emotions that the movie scene is trying to express is a bit inconsistent with the opera). In fact, there are many opera clips used in this film. I have almost no knowledge of opera. I searched everywhere for the appreciation of operas that appeared in the film, but unfortunately I couldn't find them.
The reason why the movie is good is because it gives us a strong sense of substitution. We also had this kind of dream, dreaming of being able to step into the first class one day. People go to high places, everyone thinks so, otherwise, Beijing and Shanghai would not be crowded with so many young people who are full of vision for the future. But when we face society, we find ourselves so vulnerable that we can only hope for luck to save ourselves. I don't have all the handsomeness, IQ, and cruelty of the male protagonist, so I still finish watching the movie and forget about it. In the face of the ridiculous ending given by the two policemen, I have to admit that things are impermanent, in other words, It is a truth universally acknowledged, that the bad don't always come to bad ends.
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