In fact, compared with "Splendid Beauty", the South and the North tried to join in a broader background of the times and a sharper conflict, but the author was ultimately too ideal and kind. Whether it was the industrial revolution or the working class, she was just wishful thinking. With the value line that he understands, he made a small fight.
Let’s put aside the nitpicking of the plot for the time being, let’s talk about the love part first.
The actors of the North and South are really impeccable. The story itself does a great job in character building. Regardless of the hero and heroine, parents and friends on both sides, they are not stereotyped characters with common molds, and all of them are quite distinctive characters. Coupled with the various working classes that are not common in this kind of love drama, the characters in this whole story give people a very different feeling.
I believe that most of the little girls who love this show are fascinated by Mr. Thornton.
Many people say that the North and South is a story similar to Pride and Prejudice, but I personally don't think so. In fact, in my mind, Mr. Darcy, the pampered and self-righteous middle-class in Pride and Prejudice, was completely compared by Thornton when I saw half of the second episode of NS.
This seemingly cruel cotton mill owner is not Darcy's arrogant. He was more rational, decisive, firmer than Darcy. From the very beginning, he knew clearly that the heroine did not agree with his position, let alone love him. His pride is not like Darcy's rash comments and speculations about others out of his own status and knowledge. His pride is more a kind of medal for his struggle all the way, a kind of adherence to his dignified position.
Mr. Thornton's first appearance, standing high in the white cotton wool flying in the sky with a determined look, the scene like reigning the world is really amazing. Throughout most of the play, this graceful-looking dear gentleman pursed his lips resolutely, with an unquestionable firmness in his calm and reserved expression. Beneath the sturdy masked face, his eyes were strangely radiant. A icy gaze that is as irresistible as a tyrant can instantly freeze the surrounding air; a glance with a deep and painful expression with a suppressed mood is enough to break the heart of the person who sees it. When the story was about to end, he sat on the train in a daze after losing everything, and when he saw the heroine from a distance, his warm eyes and the smile that climbed up the corner of his mouth could melt people instantly.
In fact, it's not just Thornton, his family, just gestures, it's a wonderful thing. His mother, like the queen of the night, stood silently at the window all day, looking at her own territory. His sister's superficial pomp and flamboyance, as soon as she appeared on the stage, she didn't have to speak, from the fan that barely raised the corner of her mouth to make a smile and danced quickly.
In contrast, the heroine's independence, fearlessness and strength, although the performance is very good, does not account for much brilliance.
After complimenting the characters, compliment the scene and production.
Factories with white cotton wool flying all over the sky, crowded and dirty towns, gloomy and desolate cemeteries, dark tones and turbid air, such a depressing environment, can be so romantically expressed in the music in front of the camera. The rich atmosphere of the industrial revolution in the north and the delicate and subtle beauty of England are so charmingly combined that even the south, where the air is fresh, sunny, open and beautiful, pales in comparison.
Aside from the love-romance of the theme, I was also impressed by the worker strike segment. The impassioned speeches and cheers before the strike, the silent pause during the strike and the scene of leaving the factory quietly, that surging passion touched me.
So, I began to say, I am not satisfied with the plot.
It's because of the excellent characterization and casting, gorgeous production and aesthetics that I've said before that my expectations and emotions are mobilized by the end of the first episode, and the second episode strikes part of the irreconcilable fierce confrontation And both sides have a bit of tragic repression and explosion, which are very suitable for my appetite.
From the third episode, however, the plot begins to deviate, sidestepping unresolved issues and turning to additional obstacle-making and mutual emotional torment. Personally, I thought that the appearance of the older brother was purely to torture the male protagonist. The text is understandable after the strike is gone, but the reconciliation of contradictions is too simple. The author uses her position and perception to continue the story too benevolently. Although there are still deaths and conflicts, it is more of a kind of wishful thinking that everyone is good people and that they will understand each other when they sit down and talk to each other.
Therefore, although this story has added other elements, put on other skins and integrated other passions, it is still only a mild love story after all. Moreover, because it is mixed with other things, but it does not go deep, on the contrary, it has less pure and profound feeling than the little country love like Splendid Beauty.
In fact, in this story, I personally think that the author does not have any ambitions of great social significance and social depth, and just wants to describe such a scene story to satisfy his own preferences.
For example, to create a perfect lover like Mr.Thornton.
The female protagonist's feelings still have a track of gradual decline, but the male protagonist's feelings have no reason as soon as they come up. Don't you know that he fell in love with the heroine as soon as he appeared on the scene, rain or shine, even knowing that the heroine hated him and rejected his marriage proposal clearly and sharply, maybe he already had a secret lover and had a private meeting in the dark night, and even ran to London with her One of the persistent suitors living under the same roof, he still loves her with all his heart, and silently does anything for her without expecting anything in return.
At the same time, the author abused the two protagonists mercilessly, and the heroine was suddenly thrown to the north, and then lost her parents one after another. The male protagonist simply had a miserable childhood, and then emotionally tormented his heart. He had to endure it by himself. After that, it was not enough, and he had to lose everything and go bankrupt completely.
The conclusion is that the author is a sadist. But this is exactly what I want. . . .
Well, the last mention, in fact, in the whole story, I think there is the most miserable character, that is the lawyer who first proposed to the heroine. At first, he had the wrong idea. He excitedly ran from London to propose marriage and was rejected. Then, after waiting for many years to see each other, he flirted with a factory owner. After that, he finally managed to live under the same roof, but he was in Cao Yingxin in Han Dynasty, thinking about the north every day. In the end, I accompanied the heroine to the north, thinking that I could finally get to know her, but I didn't expect to meet the hero halfway, and the heroine picked up her luggage and ran away with the hero without saying a word.
So cruel, the heroine is so cruel to him.
But there is no way, who can call his opponent such a heartthrob Mr.Thornton.
Well, it seems that the more I write, the more I reveal my true nature. This is not good, so stop here, let’s talk about it.
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