"The Kingdom of God"

Hollie 2022-03-23 09:03:02

I admit that I was attracted by the so-called "Brokeback Mountain of He", so when I watched it, I couldn't help but compare the two - some "corresponding" plots, the layout of large blue and wilderness, and the narrative like running water... ...but I was disappointed.

This movie is like the romantic reverie of youth, with confusion, loneliness, the pursuit of self and love or something - the reality is just left behind.

It's not that gay movies must highlight social reality, and the social environment in the UK is much more friendly, and it's okay to talk about sweet love directly. But when it talked about - the father had a stroke, the grandma was in tears while ironing - such sadness and predicament were carried over lightly, the reconciliation between the father and the male protagonist in the later period was really disappointing, and the film broke away in that shot. me.

And the issue of immigration and employment that was also mentioned but eventually became the background board. The process of looking for a job again after the second male left is completely worth mentioning, but it was also in vain. In the end, it was like a young couple who had a conflict and then reconciled. The... ordinary story.

Except for "the days" at the end of the whole film, there are only two pieces of music, both of which are piano. When the sound sounds, the play is played instantly. The slightly artificial rendering makes the tone of this film more and more biased - and the stomachache literature only Just a little distance away. The narrative is a bit dark but lacking in detail. The relationship between people stays at a superficial level, and the emotional investment is not in. The later plot is stuck in my eyes until the end (the part where the two came back in the car) comfortable.

I don't think that's what the director meant when he chose "The Kingdom of God", but when I look at the title now, I only think of "The Kingdom of Fantasy".

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Extended Reading
  • Santina 2022-03-27 09:01:18

    Rough and sweet. The story is not complicated, and the emotional direction is not very bizarre and profound, but it was filmed along the way, and every turning point was handled well and quite solid. And there is a sense of substitution, as calm as I have gone deep into the play, I can't wait to get into the screen and pull the two of them together and never separate.

  • Dianna 2022-03-25 09:01:19

    From the beginning of the movie to the second half of the film, until the male first derailed, the whole process is like being mixed in a honey pot. The hormones are strong like wildfire in the mountains, in contrast to the refreshing climate, green mountains and grasslands, blue sky and white clouds, grazing and playful, this is completely a tribute The version of "Brokeback Mountain", the mirror image is cold, the emotions are surging, restore the most primitive emotional impulse, stage the most instinctive sexual experience, use love as redemption, use love as belonging, and the love that is borderline but not blessed is the purest and most sincere.

God's Own Country quotes

  • Deirdre Saxby: [after Johnny vomits] If you think I'm cleaning your sick up again you've got another thing coming.

  • Gheorghe Ionescu: In my country, spring is the most beautiful. The sun. The flowers. The smells.