The movie is divided into three distinct phases, the Jude Law phase, the counter-reconnaissance phase, and the 'Kill Your Love' phase. The more I looked back, the colder I felt.
First of all, I totally disagree with the sympathy for this 'Ripley' among most film critics. Murder is murder, no matter how tragic your own background, how miserable your heart is, murder is an unavoidable felony. Of course, the director of the three people killed in the movie gave different settings to reflect the protagonist's humanity from different aspects.
The first murder was indeed excusable. The two were floating in the vast sea, and if they disagreed, they would confront each other by force. Ripley had a certain motive for self-defense at the beginning. After all, in such a closed environment, when there is no way to completely control the opponent, it makes sense to use the oar to defend yourself. But when Dickie was already beaten to the bone and shouted 'stop', Ripley was still killing it, it was pure malicious murder. Although he was lying in the other's arms and mournful after killing him, he seemed so pitiful - killing is killing, don't let his mother chatter. At this stage, the relationship between Rapley and Dickie is very complicated. The two sides have a little bit of good brotherhood until Ripley sees that Dickie is essentially just a boy who always gives up (to the pregnant girl), and then sees This young man has never really cared about himself in his heart, and, moreover, Dickie has already seen through his humble attitude of disguising a famous school alumni, disguising a Jazz lover, and ingratiating himself, and his self-esteem has been attacked. I fell in love with him (the comradeship in 1999 didn't even dare to add a bed scene, bad review! I've already seen him in bed after "Midsummer Light Years"), so killing him is a pervert but understandable ending.
What makes the story even darker is killing the second person. This is also the stage where a lot of bugs begin to appear in the story. Freddie is really not a good bird. He once exposed the hypocrisy between him and Dickie at the beginning - you are just a poor boy who lives by eating Dickie and drinking Dickie. (Ripley's self-esteem has taken a 10,000-point blow at this moment.) The big mouth in the back is still very smart. He saw through the truth at a glance, and when you saw through the truth, you didn't go to the police to report the case, but come back and plan to fight one-on-one. What's even worse is that this Freddie has always been the same person from beginning to end. With a condescending, domineering stance, Ripley's killing of him was an understandable but still cruel thing to do. But, but, but, Ripley, you can obviously not open the door to prevent this unkind guest from entering in the first place, so that he will not meet you, and he will not expose you, and he will not die, you have a good time. The literary and artistic life will not be disturbed.
But there is no way, kill Freddie, and Ripley can only be edited by the screenwriter. Bug1 is that the Italian cities in the 1950s went from the southernmost to the northernmost. (The crew must have been very cool when making this film, playing from the tip of the shoe to the upper, and Italy played from south to north.) Even in Rome, people are so Little, Marge can run into you, Meredith can run into you, why don't you find a little place to hide? Why are you still hanging out with your American circle of friends? Bug2 is, why did newspaper reporters take your photos, but no one went to confront and prove that Dickie was fake? The American Express staff can confront each other, Meredith and Marge can confront each other, and Dickie's many friends who are also American are in a circle, and they can also confront each other. Bug3 is, this Ripley is about to reveal things when he can't hold back, so why not leave Italy? Anyway, you already have the money, and you are just a nobody and you can just walk away. (I don’t know if the Americans were exempt from visas when entering other European countries at that time.)
But since Mr. Ripley was willing to kill and swagger, the omnipotent screenwriter had to lie for him, who made him the protagonist, and said that this Dickie is not a good bird, When something happened in the country, and Italy made people pregnant and committed suicide, they had no choice but to let this Ripley get a lot of money.
Well, the story should end here, the time is quiet, you can continue with the quiet time. But he doesn't. He had to run to the ship to go surfing, and just after having a quarrel with Peter, he turned around and kissed Meredith. It is said that this character Meredith is really a good actor who is always on call. He doesn't want to make a name or profit, just to promote the progress of the story. Wherever there is a need for a turning point, the young Blanchett will appear there, without any grievances or complaints, I should have given a "May 1st Labor, Hard Work, Good Supporting Actor" medal and a towel and hot water bottle as a prize. But - Ripley kissing her is totally abrupt! You can chat for a while and then look back at yourself ambiguous. Go back to the room, what a perfect life! But no, your extravagant kissing on the deck under the public eye is completely full! How about it, play it big? Let Peter run into it, the lie will not come back, so I have to kill You're alone, and killing this person is unnecessary, and there's no way you can escape this time. It's easy to kill Peter, but then, what to do with the body? A big living person evaporates, your ID must be Registered, you can't run away. Everything comes from that unnecessary Kiss. Why did you go to Kiss Meredith? For money? You don't need it, and it's unlikely. From Dickie to Meredith, The rich second generation will never do shitty things. The premise that they have fun with you is because you will also pay for yourself. In order to marry into a wealthy family? Dreaming, if you really want to get married, the Meredith family will definitely be with the Dickie family Let's meet? Your fake identity will have to be exposed? So this Kiss that caused Peter to be strangled was purely created by Ripley. So, at this point in the story, you will find that the reason why this story cannot become a classic is because there are too many in it It is supported by hypocritical screenwriting skills rather than human nature.
So my conclusion is:
1. Don't tell me about human nature and schizophrenia. Killing is killing.
2. It is unlikely that people who are in the wrong household will become friends. The possibility of a real relationship - even less. (What nonsense!)
3. When you see something you shouldn't see, don't show a show when you are not fully sure, Peter died because of this , Freddie died because of that.
4. The truth is not everyone can afford it.
The End.
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