It's a world where no freaks can survive

Deontae 2022-03-20 09:02:35

Why are the last few seasons of The Big Bang Theory so bad?

Because the characters in it are no longer freaks, they all become normal people around you who get married and have children. For the audience, or for the general public, their screen meaning is gone, so the theme has become a warm family scene comedy, and it's no wonder that such a series doesn't go downhill.

Whether it's "Favorite Starry Sky" or "Gate of Eternity", they all try to interpret the freak Van Gogh into a normal person. In these two works, Van Gogh's conscious image is infinitely approaching the direction of Christ Jesus, and he almost has a halo behind his head. This is to become a god! Just because he's a freak who succeeds after death? Is it necessary to incorporate his world and the ideological direction acceptable to the mainstream public? From these two works, a glimpse of the appreciation level of Americans is really not superficial and sad.

In fact, from the viewing point of view, it can be said to be very comfortable. Whether it is post-grading or tilt-shifting, the expressiveness is very good. Some of the stream of consciousness shots can also be said to be in line with Van Gogh's style. But the moment Hannibal and Willem Dafoe begin to discuss Van Gogh's self-knowledge, the force of the film falls from the clouds to the ground. Originally expected to be Willem Dafoe's immortal work in his later years, it seems too optimistic. No matter how good the performance is, it is helpless to encounter a script like shit.

If "Love Starry Sky" is a feast of French dazzling skills on 7 or 8 wheels, then "Gate of Eternity" can be said to be a silver plate served in a crystal vessel by a waiter in a white glove tuxedo When the lava cake was served, you moved your index finger, and couldn't wait to pierce the brown cake shell. The result was stool. This is the look and feel of the second half of the film.

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Why can't lunatics do good things? Why do you have to find a high-sounding reason for Van Gogh's madness?

If you want to paint anything, you must try your best to decorate it. This virtue is really human nature, regardless of national boundaries.

Whether it is a painter or a singer, the real value of a work is not blown out by such a movie.

No matter how beautiful the film is, it can't compare to one-tenth of the shock of facing his paintings.

Four-star rating, one star for Willem Dafoe's acting + photography + cast, and the other three stars for the easter eggs at the end of the film, this is the most moving place.

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Extended Reading
  • Libby 2022-03-30 09:01:09

    Finally, it is not a running account biopic. It mainly talks about Van Gogh's pastoral sketching time after arriving in Arles and his mental state in the final stage of his life: loneliness, fanaticism, hallucinations... "A little bit of madness is the best art." Arles saw the signs "Van Gogh painted XXX here" all the way along the way, and then saw that Van Gogh in the film was yelled and beaten by everyone, and no one appreciated him all his life, it was really distressing. This film made Van Gogh so gentle and affectionate. He was curled up in the arms of his brother Theo. He begged Gauguin not to leave. He never mentioned the murderer for an hour or two before he was shot and lost consciousness, and he returned it to his wife. The ledger full of sketches (it's a pity that it was only discovered after more than 120 years...) I saw Dafoe play a violent old man in the lighthouse two days ago. Dafoe is really malleable

  • Saul 2022-03-16 09:01:06

    It feels like Shinabao is like a child... It also adds a childlike fragile and sensitive temperament to Van Gogh. Niefu is very good, despite age ~ the actor is indeed. I thought about the way that Christ finally tempted XD to express it all the way. I don’t think it’s a good idea. The problem is the script. It’s too white to say too much. Congratulations to Niels for not being cut off in this movie haha.

At Eternity's Gate quotes

  • Vincent Van Gogh: There's something inside me. I don't know what it is. What I see, nobody else sees and sometimes it frightens me. I think I'm losing my mind.

  • Madman: I'm an army man. I was a soldier.

    Vincent Van Gogh: Are all soldiers crazy?

    Madman: Oh, no, soldiers are not crazy, but officers are. All the officers are insane.