The story of the film is bizarre and ingenious. It begins with a woman with a British accent describing Harold's daily life, which makes people think it is a normal film narration, until Harold starts shouting at the voice, which immediately whets the audience's appetite. There are many old-fashioned places in the story, such as Harold's love, Harold's pursuit of his real life behavior, etc. Among them, Harold's house was mistakenly destroyed by the construction team. It is very similar to the encounter of Arthur at the beginning of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, but this routine seems impossible. Blame it, because all of this is the writer's novel itself, whether it's a masterpiece or a mediocre one, Kay is responsible for it, and the screenwriter is quite shrewd. And the part that interests me the most is Harold's death. At the beginning of the movie, Kay claimed that Harold would die, but at this juncture, she couldn't think of a suitable way to die, which made him "live" temporarily. The two key characters in the ending of Harold: the female driver and the bicycle boy, also appeared at the beginning. After Harold started a new life, he had love and hobbies. When his life gradually changed from sadness to happiness, Kay suddenly got inspiration and was ready to write the ending. At this time, Harold recognized Kay's voice on TV, the author and her writing. The characters meet in an incredible way.
Harold didn't dare to read Kay's manuscript and handed it to Jules, who would probably be shocked by what Jules said to Harold after reading it: You have to die. It was like a bolt from the blue to the beautiful Harold that had just changed, and then Jules's words of persuasion to him sounded very strange: this is her masterpiece, you will die one day, but you will never die so beautifully. And it makes sense, and so on, and after Harold looked at the manuscript, he actually said to Kay, please finish the book. Seeing this, I can't help but wonder: Is Harold's life unreal or real? He is a character written by Kay, and at the same time he is a living person. Throughout the ages, I don’t think a character in a fictional book has had the opportunity to discuss his fate with the author. After Kay saw Harold, his life and death are no longer It's her alone. Harold is perfectly capable of asking Kay to change the ending and let him live, but he decides to give his life for art? If you think about it, the answer may lie in what Harold said later: I have to. What to do, I won't spoil it. After a series of events, Harold is no longer the tax collector with a rigid life and isolated from the world. He is integrated into the whole life. He has his own responsibility for the people, the environment, and the society around him. His actions will no longer be just about yourself. Living is not just because I am alive. At this point, on the scale of life, he naturally has a different choice than before. For Kay, the appearance of Harold also made her reflect on the way she treated her characters in the past. She never thought that fictional characters also have their lives. I heard that it was absurd, but thinking about it in other places, why bother. Let each character end in death, are they really the only way left? Life is fiction, fiction is life, fictional or real, they are all built on one foundation: a life we cannot escape every day. Harold's fate is still decided by Kay until the end, but at the same time he fought for it, he changed Kay.
Many people compare the movie with Truman's world, but I think of a Swedish movie "Invisible". The soul of a dying young man was struggling to find his body, and after finding it, he unexpectedly chose to leave. They don't have much in common, perhaps it's the measurement of the value of life that touches me. In terms of actors, the British writer Emma Thompson performed was the highlight of the show. Every time he appeared, he stole the show. The American actors were relatively overacted, which had something to do with the script. I think some of the words in the script were really try too hard. , not as good as stay written by David Benioff. Will Ferrell's performance is good. The scene about crying has made many people who don't like him admire him. I still prefer to watch him play Anchorman... I also saw an acquaintance, Buster in AD! Haha, he looks like normal. I'm not used to it yet~~ The music is handled by Spoon's handsome guy Britt Daniel. He used a lot of Spoon's songs, indie fans should like it.
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