For a biopic, nothing is more important than showing the spirit of the archetypal character. As Ray Charles' hand-picked actor, Jamie Foxx's acting skills are undoubtedly great, especially in such a play that needs to hide his eyes. It is said that blind people respond with exaggerated facial expressions in order to let others know that he is listening carefully. When Ray threw himself into the rhythm of soul music, the exaggerated expression on his face had another meaning, a dialogue with the soul when he closed his eyes. Anyone who has seen the video of Ray himself playing music will admit that Fox's performance is real enough. Kerry Washington, who plays Ray's wife in the film, is the bearer of the film's beauty and saving power. Coincidentally, like Jamie Foxx, Carrie Washington played a blind woman in "Fantastic Four", which is also an absolute acting school.
However, I just love this movie. The film seems to have too many hints about the influence of childhood experience on Ray's life, and at the same time weakens Ray's struggle process, which makes the climax of the whole film less prominent and slightly procrastinated. The film is limited to a "course" of mental illness, and the tension is slightly underwhelming. These flaws, though, seem to be a cliché that Hollywood biopics tend to fall into, and The Aviator is one of them.
The themes of the two films are similar, and even the plot setting also highlights the influence of childhood experiences and psychological problems on the protagonists. Leonardo was in the 77th Academy Awards for Best Actor for "The Aviator" and Jamie Foxx's "Ray," but unfortunately lost. But I voted for Leonardo without hesitation after watching two films. This is largely a vote based on personal experience. I haven't experienced blindness, so Jamie Foxx's acting skills are just acting for me. And Leonardo's Howard Hughes, who has a serious "cleanliness addiction", gives me a more real feeling, because my father has a serious cleanliness addiction (although not as serious as Hughes in the film) and affects it. my hygiene habits. Seeing Leonardo in the bathroom desperately washing his hands with his own soap until he bleeds, and seeing him unable to go out because he didn't dare to touch the bathroom doorknob, that feeling was so real, I even felt I'm not watching a show anymore.
Watching is based on personal experience - which doesn't sound very convincing. However, perhaps another way of saying it will get more recognition. Personally, I like certain movies, and it seems that I like an inherently consistent style at all. As small as an actor's style, such as Leonardo's true character in "Blood Diamond", "The Aviator", "Infernal Affairs" (US version), "Revolutionary Road"; as soon as Cha Tae Hyun appeared, I was like Like a believer, laugh reverently; as big as a certain type of subject, such as "Life and Death" and "Mulholland Drive", which describe hallucinations and fiction. A certain director, if his films follow a certain style that suits me, then I will easily fall in love with his works, such as To Qifeng's recent films "Big Event", "PTU" and "Wenque". All of these styles have some kind of overlap with my life experience, worshiping accidental, unreal, believing in miracles, caring about details, paying attention to personal feelings... I saw the real me in these films, sometimes it was annoying, sometimes Have fun.
So, I regret to admit the fact that the film itself is fake anyway, at best it can only make this "fake" to the extreme, and can never realize the truth in itself; only by awakening the viewer's Only a certain life experience can illuminate that little truth. Not sure if this is good news or bad news for those looking for alternatives to real feelings in movies. As the saying goes: people are in the play, and the real is outside the play.
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