Liveliness is the biggest feature of this movie. The opening show is attractive enough. Barnum's legendary story begins, but the exciting feeling ends with it and never appears again.
The story of a person carrying a dream is actually very easy to film, and it is easy to fall into a routine, but this movie obviously does not need to worry about falling into the vulgar plot of a dream chaser. The "King of the Circus" under the banner of a biopic is actually a noisy The big show, its focus is neither on Barnum's personal experience, nor on the circus itself, its focus is one carnival show after another, singing and dancing one after another. The completeness of the story is not the standard for measuring a show at all, so this movie tries its best to achieve the ultimate in singing and dancing. The singing and dancing are gorgeous and the scenes are gorgeous. Several dazzling scheduling highlights the difficulty of the production process of this show, Uncle Wolf The lead jumps and jumps, the design sense of the trapeze, etc., but it is just not easy, obviously there is no achievement in creativity, and it is more difficult to give a pass.
But as a movie, the text is too bad, the story is incomplete, the emotions are too abrupt, and the resolution of all contradictions is based on "you are good-looking, you can sing and dance, and you are full of imagination, we naturally can't hate you". Logic really doesn't make people empathize. Before Uncle Wolf's debut, Barnum's childhood stories were well told, including the acquaintance and mutual appreciation of the hero and heroine, Barnum's special feelings for freaks, and class contradictions. Comfortable. With the establishment of the project, it seems that the story has become crazy. The relationship between Barnum and the members is incomplete, but he uses the most powerful song and dance in the whole article to show the perseverance of the members; the paragraph where the heroine chooses to forgive is incomplete, but Use the best dance in the whole article to show the love of the supporting characters... Of course these are essential passages to show the theme, but is it really worth it at the cost of being out of logic? Is it really interesting to cover up the contradictions with dazzling joy? Obviously, if the script can be as diligent as the singing and dancing clips, this movie will be more pleasing, and it will not leave other impressions besides singing and dancing as it is now.
There is another aspect of this movie that I find very interesting, and that is the interaction with reality, maybe the director's guilty conscience, maybe he has already expected it. The expressionless critic in the film slams the vulgarity of the circus from beginning to end, but can't resist the audience's love for the circus. Isn't this similar to what happened to this movie? In the case that Rotten Tomatoes critics only give 55% freshness, but it is loved by 90% of the audience, the box office stamina surprises everyone. However, the difference is that in the film, the critics gave a lack of artistry, but "this is a carnival of human nature", and this film is artistically very enjoyable, but it stumbles in the display of human nature, just imagine What kind of person who wants to rush into the upper class after breaking his head, can suddenly give up everything he has got without warning, and instead think of "vulgar" performances?
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