It is also a microcosm of thousands of families changing with the times.
The whole drama is not a little bit big. The show, called "Melrose" instead of "Patrick," is more about the rise and fall of a family than a biography of a person's upbringing. Old-fashioned feudal parents who didn't care about their children's mental health were finally replaced by a new generation. Children use their actions to change from generation to generation, and none of us want to be the kind of adults we hate. Not to comment on Patrick's marriage but Mary is indeed a strong woman worthy of him. In the last few times of confusion, Patrick, who had quit smoking and drinking, also returned to his family for the sake of his children.
My favorite scene is the party that greets Her Royal Highness Princess Margaret in episode 3. Because it is rich and prosperous, it is the climax of the plot that the first two episodes did not have at all (the first two episodes are too literary films, it is true). And within a party, Patrick explained the first step from the closure to the beginning, the encounter with his wife Mary, and the development of Bridget's line (it's great to leave the scumbag without looking back, although this part is related to the Off topic, but this sideline is really cool). And the key word at the whole banquet is "snobby", it can be seen that those who flatter and flatter the princess are all those "old people", those contemporaries of Patrick's parents. Compared with them, Patrick was still a child, and their parents told them to be tactful, and Bridget's departure was the biggest resistance of the young people.
"Your father always blames that Nicholas Platt, who was a nice girl before you met him, and then you start criticizing everything in your family, about people you've known all your life - they're all nice people. you'd known all your life- perfectly nice people)." This sentence made me burst into tears, sitting in front of the computer and reciting "perfectly nice people" two or three times. I'm quite looking forward to this line continuing to shoot, but unfortunately this may be the end.
The relationship between Patrick and Julia is also very evocative, and the two people are intermittently close and intermittently separated, and they have spent many delicate days together. The two of them are a perfect match, the sarcasm and the dark humor and the sexiness of the chicken soup are exactly the same, even when they realize they're not a good fit at the same time.
I can't help but post some of Patrick's poisonous chicken soup lines here, which are really dark humor that can be heard out loud. The type that I don't know what I want to copy.
The part about Patrick and Mom is where I cry a lot, the victims are avoiding each other, but unfortunately they can't change each other. Perhaps the most resonant here is that I see my mom in Eleanor. Women (specifically certain types of women, but not in general) are always stupid, vulnerable, and evasive, but they can also always give us the love that makes us forgive everything, and in a way they are incredibly strong. When Mom left Patrick and ran away, Mom helped so many people, and the only ones who were crazy and shamelessly drained her wealth were the only ones who didn't help their son, I really burst into tears. There are so many misunderstandings in our family that we can't really treat our dearest people, and we can't explain it until we die. What a pity. But Eleanor was just a "frightened woman".
When Mom insisted on giving the house to Seamus, I wondered if she had to give it away because childhood Patrick wanted to escape it. Perhaps this is the last obsession of the dim-eyed and confused old man. Escape this house, let's all let go.
"She may not be the perfect mother, and that must make you angry. But sometimes, those most to blame are often the most sympathetic."
The last scene where Patrick Jr tells his father "no one should do that" is obviously symbolic, it's a symbol that Patrick has really come out of the shadow of his father; and I'm also sad because it's obviously an illusion of symbolism, in real life If such a thing could not happen, Patrick could not be so brave to break through the haze of patriarchy when he was a child, otherwise he would not be left with a lifetime of sores. His father is a scumbag, but the abuser from another angle is also the most sympathetic.
The background of the second episode explained that Patrick's father became a pervert because of his father's interference with his career. Patrick's father inherited his grandfather's absolute leadership, and Patrick chose to let it go and make his children happy. grow up. In the end, Thomas persuaded Patrick to go home, which also reflects the mutual influence of children and fathers. His father's generation was the last haze of patriarchy, officially ending with the last dead friend of his parents.
There are also many details, such as Mary (Patrick's wife) and her mother's relationship is also very poor, but they are trying to improve, more embodies the changes in Patrick's family is a microcosm of the times; , Like those liars who sell health care products, everyone knows that they are just greedy for money, but they are indeed the people who care about the elderly the most.
This whole drama is too literary, all the stories are composed of long and short clips, and the narrative method is particularly montage. The director is also very daring to shoot, not afraid that the audience will not understand it, inserting flashbacks and skipping narratives, just getting married and having children in the next episode, and serving the theme nakedly. Let’s call it rough, there are countless details inside, like a blank ukiyo-e board. I can still clearly see the chaos on the streets of New York, the needles, the needles, the countless drugs and the blood clotted next door; the lifeless villas in the south of France, the saturated hues and figs, the cannibal dinners; the hypocritical snobbery parties And women who find themselves and go away; family, the eyes of the children, and Patrick and Julia sitting by the pool, silently kissing and leaving; and Mary and Patrick standing in the arch at funerals, when the world is cleared Next, the camera zooms out infinitely... The texture of the whole drama is no different from the movie, and many pictures are also impressive. The crazy speed of speech in the first episode of Big Benny lingers in my ears?? It's really a good movie drama.
The biggest impression after reading it: spend more time with your family. It's not sex, utilitarianism, or a tacit couple, but we all devote ourselves to our lives because of responsibility. We all need to be responsible adults - people who don't waste time. A good man.
I hope we can all become the adults we want to be.
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