This movie requires a viewing threshold. You need to know who Judy is in advance, and have seen her masterpiece, you need to know the darkness and injustice in Hollywood in the early days, and you need to know the role of over the rainbow in the Stonewall movement.
Background: Judy is the role of Dorothy, the heroine of "The Wizard of Oz". Some people say that people who watched "The Wizard of Oz" in 1939 felt the same as when we watched "Avatar" for the first time. Creativity made The Wizard of Oz so popular that it almost tied Judy and Dorothy the girl next door together (the same thing happens when people tend to bundle Harry Potter with the starlet). And Dorothy's singing over the rainbow has also become a classic, and the hope conveyed has become an inspirational song by the American Stonewall Movement.
Judy in the movie is a middle-aged Judy, who has lost her childhood halo and applause, is in debt, and wanders everywhere. From my point of view, this is Judy's rebellious period. Yes, at the age of 47, Judy finally has the courage to start rebelling. The various rules of childhood (you can't eat cakes, hamburgers and other food, you must be elegant and cute everywhere, Taking medicine and going to work) restricts 16-year-old Judy to explore the world, her life has only various schedules, and since she met Mickey, she finally started her own 47-year-old rebellion, went to London, famous For the concert, it's really a trick, and she may be fired for being late and scolding others. She thought she had started to escape from a bad life, but in fact, she was just caught in another quagmire, and she arranged you clearly and clearly. So Judy started insomnia again (if you look closely at your parents, you will find middle-aged people are really prone to insomnia), and constantly rely on drugs to live, thinking that her rebellion can change her life, thinking that a new environment , a new husband, and a new job can change themselves, but they cannot escape the curse of being abandoned again and again.
There is no doubt that Judy has the talent and ability to sing, and is loved by everyone, but she is still so down. Judy's change is actually based on her own perception. The boss's words to her when she was young in the film became the shackles that finally restricted her. The boss believed that women could only choose to be housewives or actresses like her, while 47-year-old Zhu Di meets her manager, a capable 28-year-old woman who is very sensitive and has low self-esteem. She refuses to talk to the manager, refuses the manager's concern, and she doesn't have the courage to say goodbye to her past.
The purpose of a biopic is never to restore the characters exactly the same, otherwise it is a documentary, but to reflect an era and inner encounter by portraying a person. The details given in many scenes in the film reflect the injustice encountered by the gay community in the UK (in fact, Judy is the earliest gay icon), as well as the work restrictions of women in the context of the times.
The scenes of the movie are very, very cruel, often used for comparison, the hot dance of the female dancers in front of the stage, the next scene is Judy smoking in the bathroom, one is youth, the other is tired, Judy in front of the stage is very popular, Judy was devastated afterward. Almost exhausted the lens to portray a down-and-out frustrated actress.
The shaping of the characters is almost entirely due to Zellweger's performance (in fact, Zellweger is another Judy, and he has been out of breath for many years), the first time I met Zellweger was the BJ series, and silly Baitian met an overbearing boss And the gentle lawyer, although the fat Zellweger has lost a lot of weight in "Chicago", but still looks fat (mainly with a round face), I can't even recognize it as Zellweger here. Zellweger's handling of details is very good. Judy's hunchback, strong outside and hard at work. Of course, her favorite scene is the last over the rainbow, which is to reconcile with her past. Before meeting reporters, you must adjust your mentality and be greedy for the stage (complimentary) , all life exists on the stage, and all joy rests on the audience. Of course, congratulations to Zellweger for winning this year's Oscar for best actress, and she did perform better than the "Marriage Story" of the widowed sister who has a high domestic voice.
The most applaudable part of "Judy" is the reality that is intertextualized with the film. Intertext between Judy and Zellweger, a gay couple in the film and the reality of the Stonewall movement inspired by Judy.
Of course, there are also shortcomings. Why do you want to turn black people into white people? I have seen the pianist in "The Witcher", and there is a huge white in it.
Of course, what Judy brings us is not just history, but thinking, how to manage your own life?
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