The saboteur and savior of my life, my Shuji-the broken thoughts after watching "Miss" (not counted as film reviews, with spoilers)

Jamison 2021-11-23 08:01:09

As a fan of the original and BBC version, I can understand why some people scold so badly after reading it. This film is supported by the strong plot structure of the original, and the plot structure will not be much worse. If it’s a pure passerby (not an original fan, not a BBC fan, not a Lily fan, not a film critic, but a viewer who doesn’t understand the plot but doesn’t dislike lesbian sex scenes) for the first time watching "Miss", probably Was shocked by the plot and applauded. Of course, there are also people who hate movies because of the beauty of the hostess and her being a junior. Different people have different opinions on the impact of appearance and actor's personality on the movie. At the beginning, many people liked Maud and hated Su when they watched "Finger Craftsmanship", but this time, "Miss" is the other way around. Many people like Shu Ji and hate Xiuzi. Then compare Xiuzi with Maude, and come to the conclusion that "Miss" is far inferior to "Picked by Ingenuity". As a non-face-controlled fan of "Finger Craftsmanship", I really can’t agree with this conclusion, but I can’t refute it. After all, many people watch movies to seize their eyes, so let’s put aside the actor’s face value and talk about movies here. Bar. Most of the original fans, BBC fans or Lily fans who went to see "Finger Craftsmanship" are already familiar with the plot of the story, and have long been spoiled very thoroughly. Compared with passers-by who saw this story for the first time, their shock on the plot reversal is gone. What are they watching this movie? Look at the feelings of the heroine. But the feelings of the heroine in "Miss" really developed abruptly. I think the biggest problem lies in the editing. The scene editing is too finely divided and too jumpy, causing the plot to be incoherent, and there is not so much emotional tension. Many people compare "Miss" with "Carol", or with the BBC version. Actually, there is nothing comparable. After all, "Carol" is a purely emotional literary film. The plot progresses very slowly, and the relationship between the two heroines can be fully polished. The BBC version has the natural advantage of being consistent with the original background and culture. It is three hours long. It has more time and space to describe the delicate feelings in the description of the relationship, especially in the story of the first part of the story. Variety. Speaking of this, we have to look forward to the 180-minute director’s cut Blu-ray disc of "Miss" (if it is prepared as the news says). In the 180-minute film length, the emotional line of "Miss" will be better than this 144-minute release. The version is fuller, and at least there will be no more inexplicable scenes. However, "Miss" has changed the time, place and cultural background of the original, and the characters of the two protagonists have also changed greatly compared with the original. Of course, the standard of the original can no longer be used to measure the emotional line. The focus of "Miss" is not emotion, it is suspenseful The main tone has led to a bit too much space for conspiracy theories. The story of conspiracy theories must be told clearly, and there is very little time left to talk about love, only to see the stitches. As a result, the scenes of the female protagonist's emotional part were cut to resemble scattered jigsaw puzzles, and the viewers were required to pick them up a little bit by themselves to re-assemble a line of emotions, and even many of the scenes were deleted due to the length of time. The fragmented and jumping shots make the emotions limited, and it is difficult to feel lingering, so it makes people feel that the emotional development of the two heroines is a bit awkward, and there are few shots that cause chemical reactions, and the progress is as fast as a rocket. Of course, you can say that there is no reason for the relationship, the love goes on and on without knowing it, and the two fell in love without knowing it. But the two were both pregnant with ghosts. In the process of approaching each other with purpose, it should be more difficult to fall in love with each other than ordinary people. The film has so little weight in describing their feelings, so how can they experience the process of their love? But didn't the two of them go to bed before they recovered. And the bed scene of "Miss" is really shocking. Compared with the previous emotional bedding, it takes up too much weight, and it is difficult to let people not pay attention. Many people compare the size of the bed scene of "Adele" with "Miss". In fact, whether "Adele" or "Miss" is good, the taste of straight men in the sex scene is very obvious, in various postures and positions. For those who are used to watching beautiful lesbian sex scenes, the sex scenes in "Miss" are too explicit and curious. For those who are used to watching porn, the bed scene in "Miss" is a bit obvious, so it makes both sides unpleasant. Some people say that the bed scene of "Miss" is for the welfare of men, because they criticize men a little bit harshly in the plot, and they are afraid that the male audience will be too depressed. I am not a man so I can't feel it, but it is reasonable to think of this explanation. How can they experience the process of their love when they say that their relationship is so small? But didn't the two of them go to bed before they recovered. And the bed scene of "Miss" is really shocking. Compared with the previous emotional bedding, it takes up too much weight, and it is difficult to let people not pay attention. Many people compare the size of the bed scene of "Adele" with "Miss". In fact, whether "Adele" or "Miss" is good, the taste of straight men in the sex scene is very obvious, in various postures and positions. For those who are used to watching beautiful lesbian sex scenes, the sex scenes in "Miss" are too explicit and curious. For those who are used to watching porn, the bed scene in "Miss" is a bit obvious, so it makes both sides unpleasant. Some people say that the bed scene of "Miss" is for the welfare of men, because they criticize men a little bit harshly in the plot, and they are afraid that the male audience will be too depressed. I'm not a man, so I can't feel it, but it's reasonable to think of this explanation. How can they experience the process of their love when they say that their relationship is so small? But didn't the two of them go to bed before they recovered. And the bed scene of "Miss" is really shocking. Compared with the previous emotional bedding, it takes up too much weight, and it is difficult to let people not pay attention. Many people compare the size of the bed scene of "Adele" with "Miss". In fact, whether "Adele" or "Miss" is good, the taste of straight men in the sex scene is very obvious, in various postures and positions. For those who are used to watching beautiful lesbian sex scenes, the sex scenes in "Miss" are too explicit and curious. For those who are used to watching porn, the bed scene in "Miss" is a bit obvious, so it makes both sides unpleasant. Some people say that the bed scene of "Miss" is for the welfare of men, because they criticize men a little bit harshly in the plot, and they are afraid that the male audience will be too depressed. I am not a man so I can't feel it, but it is reasonable to think of this explanation.

But is the emotional line of "Miss" very weak? Not necessarily. Next, I will talk about the relationship between Xiuzi and Shuji that I understand, and the adaptation of the third part that suits my appetite very well. Let's talk about Shu Ji first. Compared with Miss Xiuzi, Shuji's emotional development is indeed less foreshadowing, and can only be understood as a natural curve. If Shu Ji is naturally curved, then she will have an inexplicable affection for the woman she likes, even if she has no emotional experience before that. Shuji first changed her name to Yuzi, and she became Xiuzi's maid with an ulterior motive. When she first saw Xiuzi, she was overwhelmed by her beauty. At this time, Shuji was unconsciously moved. . Although the heartbeat at this time is not love yet, she has a desire for Xiuzi, and she can't help but want to be nice to each other, just like the desire of a little girl when she encounters her ideal type for the first time, she will possess each other want. Therefore, whether you have a dry mouth while grinding your teeth in a bath, or if you can't help but look around when you change your clothes, these are all obvious manifestations of desire. When the earl taught Xiuzi to paint, Shuji watched the earl make a retching action, and in the next second Xiuzi turned into a sweet smile when Xiuzi looked at her. And when she saw the various jealous plots of Xiuzi and Earl together, her possessiveness shouldn't be too obvious. But why would Shu Ji, who is naturally possessive of Xiuzi with a natural curvy, still persuade Xiuzi to marry the earl after the two have a relationship? This paragraph seems to be a bug, maybe it is to elicit the plot of Xiuzi hanging himself and promote the development of the plot. After all, if you want two people with ghosts to complain to each other, you still need an explosive point. But I think this plot can be changed. For example, how did the earl threaten Shu Ji so that she had to say something against her will. After all, for Sook Hee, even if she wanted to hurt Xiuzi in the first place, when she had lust for Xiuzi, she should be unlikely to be willing to continue the harm unless she was under a very serious threat and had to do so. , So the plot will be more reasonable. Let's talk about Xiuzi. Xiuzi's feelings are easier to understand than Shu Ji. She had no father and no mother since she was a child. She grew up around a group of perverted lunatics and could only find emotional sustenance on her dead mother and aunt. From the thick hemp rope that Xiuzi kept for hanging, it can be seen that Xiuzi has no hope for love or even the whole life. Her life is like a dirty stagnant water. She even hopes that she has never existed in this world. At this time the earl came. You read that right, before Shu Ji appeared, it was the cooperation plan proposed by the earl, which gave Xiuzi the idea of ​​exchanging money for freedom. The earl wanted to seduce Xiuzi at first, but he found that Xiuzi had seen too many dirty men, and he could no longer have feelings for men. . Seeing this, we know why Xiuzi bends. She is not a natural bend, but because of her hatred for men, she bends more thoroughly. The earl’s proposal made Xiuzi’s life upset, and because of this, Xiuzi became a villain, preparing to put an innocent person who would not be noticed, dead or alive, into a lunatic asylum in his own name, and then change himself. freedom of. Shu Ji was so passively involved in this conspiracy, but her arrival like lightning split Xiuzi's life in the stagnant water that had only slightly caused waves at first. Shu Ji is innocent, cute and brave. She laughs when she wants to laugh, and makes trouble when she wants to. Such a character is envious of Xiuzi, but she can't even imagine. If Xiuzi has become Shu Ji's ideal type because of her beauty, then Shu Ji has become Xiu Zi's ideal type because of her personality. And Sook Hee is good to Xiuzi, this goodness is not just pretending to be a conspiracy, but because she can't help it. Just like a young girl who has just begun to love her, she can't help but do things for the male goddess in her heart, so Shu Ji also does all kinds of things for Xiuzi without realizing it. For Xiuzi, who has never received the slightest warmth since childhood, Shu Ji’s kindness can easily make her love, just like many people say that girls should be rich, otherwise they will grow up. The kid was cheated away by being nice to her, and Xiuzi, who had never felt love since childhood and was full of hatred for men, was cheated away by Shu Ji, a yellow-haired girl. If Xiuzi’s feelings for Shuji are sublimated, it is when Shuji held Xiuzi’s face and said, "The newborn baby is innocent, and your mother must be very happy to die after giving birth to you." Mother has always been the knot in Xiuzi's heart, and Shuji's similar experience and verbal comfort opened the knot in Xiuzi's heart, allowing Xiuzi to find a new sustenance for her feelings over the years, resulting in her love for Shuji. That's right, when Xiuzi said in her heart, "Is the person in the book like this?", I can already conclude that Xiuzi is in love with Shu Ji. So when she heard Shu Ji persuading her to marry the earl, she was so angry and desperate. That was the only hope in her life in the stagnant pool. Shu Ji, who was like a straw for life, her only emotional sustenance, unexpectedly Still deceiving myself. But how can Xiuzi bear to hurt Shu Ji now? That is the only warmth in her life. So, Xiuzi, who had decided to be a bad guy in the plan, was the only one who could hurt herself in the end. Forget it, since even Shu Ji is unreliable, there is no hope of being alive, it is not as good as dying. Fortunately, Shu Ji rushed out to save Xiuzi, but it didn't cause a catastrophe. At this time, the relationship between the two had a real breakthrough, and the story began to move towards the adaptation part that suits my appetite. At the beginning, I watched "At the time, what made me complain the most was that after the young lady and the maid had fallen in love with each other, they were still pregnant with each other, and eventually they did not tell each other the truth. Therefore, the climax of the plot of "Finger Craftsmanship" inevitably caused them to betray each other. Yes, in my opinion who is emotionally clean, Maude and Sue actually betrayed each other. No matter who was put in the lunatic asylum, there was an unhealable gap in their relationship. I remember that Maude once said, I hope Su can confess to her, I hope to turn the future into the future of both of them. But Su was not honest or brave enough, or Mrs. Saxby's weight in Su's heart was too heavy, so Su chose to sacrifice Maud in order to make money and live up to Mrs. Saxby's expectations. This also made Maude completely chilled and chose to hurt Su to the end. I blamed Maude and Sue in my heart more than once, for not looking straight into their hearts, and for failing to be honest with their lovers the most important. I have more than once imagined in my heart, if they revealed the secrets and secrets in their hearts in time, what would the story be like? The movie "Miss" turned my mind into reality. This part is the original plot of "Miss". The two teamed up to fight monsters, fainted the earl and sent it back to the mansion, so that the earl and uncle two men would eat black. With the help of Shuji's aunt's family, the two female protagonists faked passports, escaped from the lunatic asylum, and pretended to leave Japan for Shanghai, and finally rushed towards the future of the two. The plot is interlocking with each other, and it is hearty to watch, and there is a sense of pleasure that has been suffocated for a long time. So Xiuzi chose to masturbate through the quilt and cut her fingers with a knife to pretend to be red, in order not to have a relationship with the earl and not to wear the designed plot. I admire her for her determination and loyalty to feelings. On the boat heading to Shanghai, Xiuzi, the men's wearer, saw that Shuji’s shoelaces were loose, and naturally squatted down to tie Shuji's shoelaces, indicating that in Xiuzi’s heart there is no longer any limit between the identity of the lady and the maid, Shuji It is her lover, the lover for whom she is willing to abandon everything. , Chose to sacrifice Maud. This also made Maude completely chilled and chose to hurt Su to the end. I blamed Maude and Sue in my heart more than once, for not looking straight into their hearts, and for failing to be honest with their lovers the most important. I have more than once imagined in my heart, if they revealed the secrets and secrets in their hearts in time, what would the story be like? The movie "Miss" turned my mind into reality. This part is the original plot of "Miss". The two teamed up to fight monsters, fainted the earl and sent it back to the mansion, so that the earl and uncle two men would be blackmailed. With the help of Shuji's aunt's family, the two female protagonists faked passports, escaped from the lunatic asylum, and pretended to leave Japan for Shanghai, and finally rushed towards the future of the two. The plot is interlocking with each other, and it is hearty to watch, and there is a sense of pleasure that has been suffocated for a long time. So Xiuzi chose to masturbate through the quilt and cut her fingers with a knife to pretend to be red in order not to have a relationship with the earl and not to wear the designed plot. I admire her determination and loyalty to her feelings. While on the boat to Shanghai, the men's Xiuzi saw that Shu Ji’s shoelaces were loose, and naturally squatted down to tie Shu Ji’s shoelaces, indicating that in Xiuzi’s heart there was no longer any identity boundary between the lady and the maid, Shu Ji It is her lover, the lover for whom she is willing to abandon everything. , Chose to sacrifice Maud. This also made Maude completely chilled and chose to hurt Su to the end. I blamed Maude and Sue in my heart more than once, for not looking straight into their hearts, and for failing to be honest with their lovers the most important. I have more than once imagined in my heart, if they revealed the secrets and secrets in their hearts in time, what would the story be like? The movie "Miss" turned my mind into reality. This part is the original plot of "Miss". The two teamed up to fight monsters, fainted the earl and sent it back to the mansion, so that the earl and uncle two men would be blackmailed. With the help of Shuji's aunt's family, the two female protagonists faked passports, escaped from the lunatic asylum, and pretended to leave Japan for Shanghai, and finally rushed towards the future of the two. The plot is interlocking with each other, and it is hearty to watch, and there is a sense of pleasure that has been suffocated for a long time. So Xiuzi chose to masturbate through the quilt and cut her fingers with a knife to pretend to be red in order not to have a relationship with the earl and not to wear the designed plot. I admire her determination and loyalty to her feelings. While on the boat to Shanghai, the men's Xiuzi saw that Shu Ji’s shoelaces were loose, and naturally squatted down to tie Shu Ji’s shoelaces, indicating that in Xiuzi’s heart there was no longer any identity boundary between the lady and the maid, Shu Ji It is her lover, the lover for whom she is willing to abandon everything.

I have to say that the advantages of the film "Miss" are also very obvious. Except for the plot itself, this movie is very sophisticated in details. This detail includes various aspects such as picture composition, scene design, music rendering, and character action expressions. The composition of the film is very elegant. Almost every lens is carefully designed. The picture is symmetrical or divided according to the golden ratio. Almost every empty lens can directly take a screenshot of the computer desktop. The music is the biggest highlight of this film, and it blends well with the plot. I really began to look forward to "Miss" after the Cannes premiere, the theme song "The Voice of That Man" MV will come out. "The Voice of That Man Coming" is very brilliant in both the melody and the lyrics, which fits the protagonist's mood very well. When I listened to the beautiful melody and watched the two girls running happily on the grassland out of the mist on the screen, warmth and comfort rose in my heart. This was the first shock that "Miss" gave me. Suddenly, the expectations for this movie skyrocketed. In addition to the theme song that fascinated me, my favorite background music is that after Xiuzi and Sook Ji told the truth and decided to join forces, Xiuzi took Sook Ji to his uncle’s study, letting Suk Ji know that all her so-called reading aloud was how is it like. After Shu Ji knew the truth, she was distressed and angry, and destroyed all the books in the study, and then the two of them ran across the fence and ran on the grassland. The music here is in one go, the rhythm is strong and lively, the emotional rendering of the two people is extraordinarily strong, and it also pushes the whole show to the climax. Some people say that "Miss" only sees no feelings, but I definitely disagree. Because the part of the sex scene in this film is more concentrated and has a selling point, and the emotional line I mentioned earlier is cut too finely and not delicate enough, many people focus on the sex scene. But if it is not for the disadvantage of editing, the many emotional interactions between Xiuzi and Shuji can be displayed very well through the small details of movements and expressions. For example, when the earl rowed a boat and took the two mistresses to Japan to get married, the close-up of the two people on the boat with their fingers clasped together and the infatuated eyes when Xiuzi looked at Shu Ji. For another example, Xiuzi and Shuji stood close together on the ferry to Japan, and they were obviously separated from the earl by a short distance. For another example, in a Japanese temple, two people couldn't help kissing through a paper door. Before the end of the first part, Xiuzi snickered at the entrance of the lunatic asylum. On the relics of the mother that Xiuzi gave to Shuji at the entrance of the lunatic asylum, the original mother's photo It has been replaced by a portrait of Shu Ji. All these seemingly unreasonable details paved the way for the revealing of the truth later. In the second part, when Hideko wore a white kimono to read an obscene novel for the first time, the expression of that calm fan was really unsympathetic. Don't believe it, compare it During the second reading session in the green kimono, the flushed face and the faint smile, and the small movements of secretly pulling the kimono collar to dissipate heat after wiping sweat, the expression and state were completely different from the first time. The second reading session will read the female-female plot, Xiuzi brings in the scene of making love with Shu Ji. The display of these details all reflects the intentions of the film creators. So even if the shortcomings of the film "Miss" are very obvious, it is still a good movie in my mind.

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