Similar themes, "Peace Warrior" feels very touching, and "angle-A" is straight to the heart, this is the difference between American films and European films.
Luc Besson has seen two films, the fifth element is absurd and illogical (I only like the part where the blue alien sings), bigblue is depressed and uncomfortable (the sea is so beautiful, do I have a dream of being a diver or a sailor, hee hee), I didn't expect to see such a great film at all. This is his tenth film, the legendary finale.
This is completely a love poem for Paris. The black and white pictures are rich in layers, as delicate and clean as a postcard, the Eiffel Tower, the Cathedral Bridge, the Seine River, and the light and clouds. It is said that they were all shot at the dawn of summer. I love those long shots.
This is not a romantic film in the ordinary sense, it is more about the heart-acceptance and love. A man in a desperate situation, he thinks that he is ugly and stupid, and is not valued by others. He needs someone to be with him to make himself important. Compliments from others will make him so happy that he loses judgment. He is full of lies, cowardly and powerless. Like an "oyster afraid of the sea" (this metaphor is quite French~), at this time the angel appeared, she said "I am your reflection, your image, I am you", with the help of the angel, he retrieved I learned how to love, I stopped telling lies, and rediscovered the beauty around me. Great isn't it? Maybe there is an angel living in everyone, waiting to be awakened.
The soundtrack is also good, and the main actors have their own characteristics, and they are not native French. Does this show the diversity of French culture? Angel Rie Rasmussen looks like a standard French woman with a cigarette, but she is actually a Dane and a model for Victoria's Secret. The liar, Jamel Debbouze, is of Monaco descent, comedian, and doesn't look at all (not only the postman, but comedians are great actors). It was only in the last scene of the film that he found that his right hand was in his pocket, which was really insensitive.
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