What is the main contradiction in the story? As far as the heroine's road to becoming a talented singer is concerned, there is hardly any resistance, and a little resistance is solved by the heroine casually. This part of the plot is very bland and idealized like a fairy tale. After seeing it, it is obvious that the main problem is how the mother and daughter escape from the authoritarian and tyrannical father. However, the film is set in a modern city with legal system. It can be said that as long as the mother and daughter turn around and leave, the father is almost helpless - if he still There are other social resistances, at least the film doesn't show - even the father's aunt is on their side.
The problem that counts as resistance is economic. My father is a senior engineer with a good income, and my mother is illiterate and has no financial resources, let alone a daughter. However, from the beginning of the film, after the female lead recorded the first song and put it on the Internet, this problem has basically been solved. The movie is set, the heroine is such a talented singer. As long as she records a song and puts it on the Internet, even if she doesn't show her face, countless people will follow her and become an Internet celebrity. The following is just a question of traffic realization.
Because of the ignorance of the heroine and the mother and daughter, they did not take advantage of this opportunity to obtain financial returns in time, and the scene was delayed for a while. However, in the middle of the film, after the heroine cooperated with the musician Aamir Khan, this problem was undoubtedly solved. . The remaining problem is that the mother is not psychologically independent, and the daughter is inseparable from her mother, so she still has to be taken away by her father (this logic is also problematic, what a daughter should do is to try to change her mother in various ways, not give up). But it's not the conflict that really drives the plot.
In the movie, the father is a useless husband and father, and the mother does not dare to leave him just because of inertia. In the end, the contradiction is too great, and she will leave if she can't bear it. So everyone knows that in the movie, the mother will wake up eventually, it's just a matter of time. Movies can make the mother's psychological struggle more profound, or let the daughter find a way to promote the mother's awakening, but it does not.
The mother had always been obedient to her husband, had no plans for herself, and even planned to sacrifice her daughter, until she suddenly woke up at the airport, spoke out in order, and restrained her father in an orderly manner. This is very strange. So many days ago, I knew that my daughter's lifelong happiness would be ruined and ignored it, but in the end, I suddenly woke up because of a broken guitar? And when he woke up, his thoughts were not as clear as usual, and he completely played his father with applause. This transition seems very abrupt and unconvincing
. The bigger problem is that in the whole process, Aamir Khan, who played the musician, played almost no role, just made a few phone calls. This role is completely outside the basic contradiction. , the final awakening of the mother and daughter has nothing to do with him. His role is to make the heroine popular, and he is not even a life mentor. This is not commensurate with the strong portrayal at the beginning.
The most bloody plot is actually at the end, the heroine and her daughter ran to receive the award, I thought it was okay to win the award at the end, but the heroine was nominated for a song but did not win the award, the award-winning female singer even said "Mysterious superstar" She sings better than me, and deserves an award better than me, please come on stage!" Then she came on stage, and the female singer gave her the trophy, and then she invited her mother up again, and the mother and daughter cried together... The showbiz doesn't dare to shoot like this, right?
Compared with the wrestling father, the independence and liberation of women is a consistent theme, and family affection is also the focus of the performance of the two films. But the major difference is that in Wrestling Dad, the heroines are faced with ubiquitous pressures in society, and they must fight through continuous struggle to overcome powerful opponents to win; but in this movie, the only villain It is the father, and the father is only a very weak individual outside the family. The heroine's fairy-tale success in her career makes the whole conflict essentially a problem from the beginning, and the whole story lacks tension.
If the script is more carefully polished, for example, don’t set the showbiz to be so easy to be successful, be realistic, let the heroine’s career experience more setbacks and setbacks, let her experience the process of growth, or make the father-daughter relationship more A little more complicated and tangled...the story will at least be a step up. As for this film, it can only be said that political correctness does not mean that it is not a bad film.
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There are a lot of comments below, I don’t have time to read them, let alone reply them one by one. I respect different opinions, but to some readers who abused me, I would like to say:
First of all, I am very envious that you can get so much enlightenment about life, morality, thinking, aesthetics, and even Indian culture from a bad movie. Unfortunately, I don’t have such a blessing and can’t learn so much. [Note that this is not sarcasm] Many things that affect our lives and give us positive lessons come from second- or third-rate or even lower cultural products, there is no shame in this.
Second, I hope you can learn better and be more self-cultivating, thank you.
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