In "The Horsemen", Zhang Ziyi failed in an incomplete metamorphosis

Louisa 2022-12-11 04:02:38

It was a mistake for Zhang Ziyi to appear as an adopted daughter. After the hostess was brutally murdered, the only outsider in this American family was the first suspect. Everyone suspected that Kristin, played by Zhang Ziyi, would kill him. Mother, and guessed that this may be the director's deception, the real murderer should be someone else, but the director gave a stupid answer, the murderer is Kristin.


Another place that makes people guess the ending at the first sight is Alex's perverted self-abuse. This man is so sinister as soon as he appears on the stage, and even his smile can freeze into ice. Needless to say, he is an abnormal guy, yes. The kind of kinky murderer that's often found in American thrillers. I imagined that the director would arrange a different ending for him. Maybe he is really just a lonely boy who needs fatherly love. Unfortunately, this has become my delusion again. The director will not give up this time. It is estimated that if you can't get the best, then you should be the worst. It is better to have the best coronation than the obscure and mediocre works in the middle.


In fact, it cannot be simply said that the quality of the script will definitely determine the success or failure of a movie. Of course, a good script is a crucial condition for making a good movie, but the wonderful performance of the actors is the key to a movie becoming a classic. Even a bad script, as long as the actors perform well enough, can make the film worth watching. On the contrary, no matter how good the script is, if the performance is superficial, it will only be boring.


Zhang Ziyi's performance in "The Horsemen" is not as bad as the comments said, and those so-called pornographic photos are not insulting, but compared with other people in the film, Ziyi does need to hone her acting skills more. It can be seen that Ziyi is trying very hard to play this role well. On the one hand, her small face that is not three-dimensional may really hinder the performance of her acting skills. On the other hand, her performance is still a little superficial. The roles played are all performed in the same way, that is, you can see that it is acting, not from the heart, and you don't feel the same as the person in the play. Whether you can act with your heart is the difference between a good actor and an ordinary actor.


Kristin harbors hatred for being abused by her stepfather since she was a child. When the police asked her why she didn't kill her stepfather directly but murdered her own mother, Kristin said, "If it were you, would you choose to die, or lose your beloved and spend the rest of your life, I Choose to die", this sentence reminds me of Leslie Cheung's sentence in "Evil in the East and the Poison in the West", "To kill a person, the cruelest way is to kill the person he loves the most." People who can do this should be extremely cruel. Kristin is a person with an extremely perverted and twisted personality. Such a complex role can only be played by quiet inner drama. Ziyi has a lot to do in this regard. Expansion capacity.

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Horsemen quotes

  • Kristin: Death is what happens at the end. War is everything else.

  • Kristin: Would you rather be dead or live the rest of your life without your soul mate?