History is always full of surprising similarities and coincidences. In 1999, after Nicole Kidman and Tom Cruise completed the master Stanley Kubrick's posthumous work Eyes Wide Shut, they released a statement the following year, ending their ten-year marriage. The 2008 film "Revolutionary Road" was regarded as a masterpiece of the Olympics at the time, not only Kate Winslet and Leonardo DiCaprio since "Titanic" after 11 years. The second collaboration is also the first collaboration between Oscar-winning director Sam Mendes and his then-wife Kate. Unfortunately, "Revolutionary Road" was unsuccessful at the Oscars the following year, and Kate was finally awarded with another work "The Reader". Shortly thereafter, Sam and Kate couldn't survive the seven-year itch. Declared divorce. Coincidentally, Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt also announced their divorce less than a year after the release of their first collaborative work "Love on the Coast" after becoming husband and wife, and their 12-year relationship was finally drawn to an end. Somewhere in the world, Hollywood always seems to have a law that "couples can't cooperate". Beneath the appearance of gossip, it is inseparable from the actual emotional closeness and distance. "Deep Seaside" happens to be a movie that explores the relationship between husband and wife. It was also the first time Jolie used her husband's surname when she signed her name publicly, writing "Angelina Jolie Pitt". However, this is also the last time.
The film does not make any necessary account of the alienation of the marital relationship. We just saw, in the context of the 70s, a well-dressed middle-class American couple arrive in a small seaside town in France to start their journey. The film tries to express love and warmth in a quiet way with a line drawing technique, but it eventually becomes a daily life account. We just see husbands drinking alone, wives refusing to have sex, tears, suspicion, indifference, melancholy, not even a single decent quarrel. The turning point of the relationship between the two husbands and wives actually started when they peeked at the young newlyweds next door. Seeing the affection of others, imagining his own tragic relationship. Julie tries to meddle in someone else's marriage and make another family as miserable as her own. ultimately failed. The movie hints at a reconciliation between the two couples.
Not to mention that voyeurism itself is really not a gentleman's trip, and it is even used as a turning point for the relaxation of the relationship between husband and wife. This kind of plot setting is unconvincing, everything is too unpredictable, and the result without reason is just a mirror. Although, the film explains the source of all this at the end, it is due to the wife's infertility, which triggers the psychological depression and the freezing point of the relationship. But it has been to no avail. Painting an eye on a blank canvas is a different thing from putting the finishing touches, because it can only be in vain. In the movie, a fisherman who leaves early and returns late, paddles far and wide in the sea every day. At the end of the movie, Pete said that the fisherman was just following the tide, going and coming back. Sometimes life is just that. I think, it seems to be understood as the inaction in life, accepting it when the pain comes, facing it, without deliberately thinking about where to go next, in fact, life has taken you to that step. But the film's presentation of all this is really too weak.
Superstar status makes Jolie's access to Hollywood's top resources like a treasure hunt. "Deep Seaside" has reached a high level in technical departments such as photography and art. Her second directorial film, Unbreakable, was nominated for three technical Oscars, as evidenced by that. Perhaps, the nomination of "Unbreakable" and the North American box office over 100 million gave her confidence. But this kind of lucky faith should be stopped by "Deep Seaside". If "The Land of Blood and Honey" is just a small test that does not reflect the true level, the superficial success of "Indestructible" hides the pallor of its core, and when it comes to "Deep Seaside Love", it can only be said that it is a work that failed across the board, and it is dull and lengthy. , the lack of tension, the lines are pale, the performance is mediocre, and only the grace and beauty of Jolie and Pitt are left to support. Julie's choreography talent is mediocre. You see, Jolie and Pitt in the movie change their clothes in different ways. They never seem to worry about not enough clothes, not enough money, whether to wash clothes, or not to refuel the car... But life is not like this. There are many troubles in life. Just as the sea can give you the beauty of the sky and the water, it will also give you strong and fierce wind and rain.
Living outside of the movies gave the opposite result, with Jolie and Pitt still divorced. Rachel fans applauded, passers-by fans were surprised. The beginning of their relationship was indeed disgraceful, but I don't hate them as actors at all. - Only in the category of "actors". After an entertainment spree, it's just that moviegoers keep watching movies, and travelers keep traveling. Happy people, and single people, are no different at the moment. Because maybe, everyone will face an unknown future, and no one can say for sure. Just as people come from the sea and walk from the sea, they always leave footprints. Love is an unforgettable memory in life. In short, look up, in addition to the sea, there is the sky. Let us remember the boundless admiration of Pushkin in To the Sea: "Good-bye, sea! Your majesty, / I will cherish in my heart; / Your twilight whispers, / I will listen for a long time." After seeing so many splits and closes, is love still as worthy of nostalgia as the sea? I think that all the thanks that should be said but not spoken are the ones that have lived up to the past. Because our love and hate are like the never-ending ebb and flow of the ocean. WeChat public account: dongguazaibiechu
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