said so much, I haven't mentioned the title of the film, a very stupid name - "True Love Walks with Me", and another Chinese translation is even more stupid - "Sicilian" "Beautiful Legend", what is beauty, is it a beautiful story? In my opinion, the story is not only not beautiful, but rather cruel. Imagine that an innocent woman offends all women just because of her beauty, and becomes the coveted product of almost all men. From the initial ridicule and hatred to the later insults and beatings, human nature has no glory at this moment. What is so beautiful. Or does it refer to the beauty of the heroine? nonsense. Anyone with long eyes can see it, and it is such a cumbersome sentence to use it, not to mention that it should not be such an explanation no matter where it comes from. So, I still like its original name, the original untranslated title - "Malena", which is also the heroine's name. Such a name has more charm and can arouse people's desire to watch. Who has ever said that movies that can become classics generally have a catchy title. So, don't underestimate the name.
Back to the point. What is my first impression of this movie? It's not the content profile I saw on the wrapper of the disc before, or the growth process from boys to men that Comrade Dark reminds me of. My initial and deepest impression of this film came from this small Sicilian town. During the war years, the news of Italy's participation in the war followed the protagonist's little boy's bicycle as he roamed the town rapidly. I saw a typical civil society. They are blind, obedient, have no faith, and go with the flow. All people are ignorant, and their concern for politics is limited to the surface. But their natural Italian-style enthusiasm keeps their blood boiling. Although they didn't know what they were about to face. And this kind of group character is put into the life level and it is the two words we are more familiar with - gossip. This is the common characteristic of all the small towns and small places in this world. Because the environment they are in is only so big, there is no more information for them to absorb, and there is no more area for them to develop. You can see almost everyone here every day, and none of them have any so-called secrets. Whose man has a new relationship, whoever has a new cabinet in the living room... Everyone is staring at others, but at the same time they are also being stared at. They can be said to be one body, and they cannot be distinguished from each other when thrown in the crowd. They are all the same people. Ordinary, ordinary, noisy, stupid.
At this time, if someone jumps out of such a box and shows even a little bit of maverick, they will be pointed out by people and instantly become the object of the topic. Malena is such a hapless person sacrificed by worldly vision. She is young, she is beautiful, she does not participate in the chatter of the crowd, she is a widow, but these points are enough to be sentenced to the death penalty of being spat on by the society she lives in. In fact, from our normal modern point of view, her above characteristics are not only innocent, but even commendable and sympathetic. But in the ignorant society, the standard of right and wrong is not only her own characteristics, but more from your compatibility with the surrounding environment. To be different is a sin. This is almost common in uncivilized environments. When I saw this, I suddenly remembered what we Chinese often say: there are many disputes in front of the widow's door. It's really too reasonable and too figurative. In fact, the right and wrong is not necessarily a widow, but she has no man or a dead man, she has something to talk about and reverie, not to mention her beauty beyond ordinary people. So, when I saw the end of the film, that is, a year after the public scolding and beating, when her husband finally came back from the battlefield to find her, and finally the two returned to this place that was full of right and wrong and bad memories for them. In a small town, the situation has changed drastically. Although I still habitually look at her and salute her, I think it is just the inertia of people's thinking, and a little bit of shame for the extreme public trial scene. And more, but fusion. Malena is no longer a special case in the town. She has a husband by her side. Although he has no money and power and is missing an arm, at least she has a husband. There is a world of difference between having and not having. Another point of change, which is particularly evident in women. I still remember the last scene where Malena went to the market to buy things. At first everyone was watching carefully, but when they found out that the woman who once made them envious and envied was no longer so bright and beautiful, the corners of her eyes and brows began to have wrinkles. From then on, they were relieved of course. Sometimes things are that simple.
As for the sensitive points of this film, I think this is the most natural thing about boys' lustful yearning for adult beautiful women. Which man has not experienced such a hazy growth process, but some people are stronger, some people are not so strong, but some people are hidden and some people are obviously easy to see. This is related to a person's growth environment and the degree of enlightenment of the society. Nothing to do with morality. It has long been proved by medical scientists that boys will inevitably have such physiological needs when they grow up to a certain age, and proper elimination is conducive to good health. Masturbation, masturbation, and sexual fantasies are not at fault at that age. If you take a step back and think about it, it's better than rape. As for why he has fantasies about adult women who are much older than him, it is more scientific and natural. All male mammals have a physiological interest in mature plump females. This is demonstrated in many disciplines such as physiology, genetics, eugenics, etc. I won't go into detail here. In addition to this, I think there is another point that may be related to this, that is, people's longing for growth when they are mature and immature in the youthful age. That is to say, his attention may not only be on the beautiful woman in front of him, but on the other definition behind this woman—maturity.
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