In fact, I have always had a little expectation for the movie "Radioactive Material". Although I had a good reputation before, the preview cut was a bit interesting, and the other was to know that Anya Taylor-Joy will also appear in this film, and the person is Anya. of iron powder.
Of course, as the word of mouth responded, although there are still some bright spots in the film, it is a pity that the mediocrity of the script cannot be concealed. The director seems to be focusing on creating a real and complex image of Marie Curie, but there is no doubt that such an attempt did not too big effect.
Not to mention, Anya did not appear until 1 hour, 24 minutes and 50 seconds of the movie, and the unattractive plot made the waiting time for Anya even longer.
Spoiler alert
First of all, let's talk about the film's shaping of Marie Curie and Mr. Pierre.
In general, the plot of the movie is based on reality. After all, there seems to be not much room for the director to play this kind of documentary that is not too long ago. I met Pierre, refined radium, gave birth to two daughters, and my husband died. , known as the "Polish slut", won the second Nobel Prize, donated medals to support the soldiers of World War I, and used X-rays for battlefield diagnosis during World War I, until she died.
There is almost no overstep in the film, and therefore, the focus of the whole film is not clear, and it is often more like a running account, especially the part that extracts elements such as radium in the early stage, although it seems to show that the extraction is not easy, it also seems to show There is resistance from the academic world, but these are as dull as formulas, you can't feel the perseverance and concentration poured in at all, you can only see Pike Chunhua's arrogance and self-esteem.
Of course, if there must be a main clue, it must be the emotional line between Marie Curie and Pierre. There is a probably fictitious incident that Pierre has been taking Marie Curie to the performance of the conjuring. Mrs. Li was naturally dismissive of this, but after Pierre passed away and lost her support, she was so looking forward to someone who could really summon the undead.
But even if the director or screenwriter is trying to make Pierre's status more important, after Marie Curie's love affair, these efforts seem so absurd, even if Marie Curie finally recalls Pierre again, we It is still difficult to put myself into the perspective of the deepest feelings between Marie Curie and Pierre.
A very important point of view in this film is Marie Curie’s current situation and the situation they will face in the future. I can feel the director’s good intentions, probably because he wants to say that radioactive substances have a good effect like treating cancer. There are also nuclear bombs, nuclear power plant leakage and other hazards.
However, this view should never be considered. First of all, Marie Curie may have a lot to do with radiotherapy, but she has little to do with nuclear bombs and nuclear power plants. The chain reaction of fusion and the mass-energy equation that releases a lot of energy should be counted on Einstein or the employees of the "Manhattan Project" instead? Including nuclear energy, except for a few leakage incidents, nuclear energy actually provides us with a lot of energy supply. It would be too biased to talk about the harm of nuclear energy from the perspective of "radioactivity" unilaterally.
Looking at this film from another angle, it must have the taste of the awakening of female consciousness, whether it is Madame Curie's character as an independent female image who is almost reluctant to rely on external forces, or whether she has feelings with others after her husband's death and is accused by thousands of husbands , There is no doubt that the film is trying to discuss some of the prejudice women suffered in that era.
This is indeed the case. At the beginning of the last century, women had very little voice in science and politics. Marie Curie could indeed be a representative of scientific women in that era. For example, in the film, she said: "I hope you My position is not because I am Pierre's wife, but because of my achievements." This sentence is very well said, although the male characters other than Pierre are basically described in a negative way in this film, and several A more positive role in helping Madame Curie, such as her sister, such as her eldest daughter, is also a female image, so this film still has a certain attitude bias.
Another point worth mentioning is the soundtrack in the film, which is really radioactive.
After waiting for 1 hour, 24 minutes and 50 seconds, Anya, who I was thinking of, finally appeared. Anya, who played Madame Curie's eldest daughter, grew up slowly in my anxiously looking forward eyes, and finally turned out to be a slim beauty at the end of the film.
With her encouragement, Marie Curie also began her last battle, which is to strive to send X-ray equipment to the front line and personally go to the front line to treat the wounded.
It's a pity that Anya is a supporting role after all, so there are not many opportunities to appear. I just hope to see more of Anya in "The New Mutants" and "Fright Night in Soho".
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