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The African Queen (1951) has
seen the IMDB250 series, and I choose it again AFI100 with a similar style to the era. First read the 1998 list, then look at the 2007 list.
The film tells the story of a man and a woman who sank a German warship in Africa. A not-so-gentleman drives the "African Queen" between villages in East Africa, delivering food and mail to the village's church. When the First World War broke out, the Germans burned and looted. The behavior of the Germans scared the priest to death in a church, leaving only the poor sister. On the day the priest died, the "African Queen" happened to pass by, and the captain helped his sister bury the body and took her in. When the sister learns that the Germans have a warship, she decides to blow it up. So, the captain and sister started a long journey to the waters where the warship is located. During the voyage, they crossed rapids, encountered heavy rain, were attacked by animals, and the boat was damaged. However, they finally arrived at their destination and began to implement operations. In addition, during the voyage, the two men and women also fell in love. During the bombing operation, their boat capsized in the water, and the captain and sister were captured by the Germans. After a brief trial, they were both sentenced to hanging. Before the execution, they asked the captain to hold a wedding for them. Just then, the ship exploded, and it turned out that the battleship itself had hit a torpedo on the Queen of Africa. The elated newlyweds swim to Kenya and the movie ends.
It's a boring movie, and it doesn't look good. The main plot of the movie is just the story of two people on the boat. This story movie mainly describes two aspects, one is how two people solve various dangers and troubles, the other is how two people who hate each other slowly fall in love with each other other side.
From the perspective of danger, they are mainly faced with how to repair after the rapids and capsize. As for the frightening bees and other animals, it is not so dangerous. If this movie was watched in the 1950s, the scenes of rapids, waterfalls, and capsized boats in the movie must be very exciting, but now it is too simple! Especially the fake scenes that appeared in the film, I was used to seeing computer special effects, and it really made me unbearable. However, it should be understood that the technology of that era was limited. Therefore, from the perspective of that era, the combination of real scenes and fake scenes used in this film is not very flawed. Although you can tell the real from the fake at a glance, the fake is very real, and it can still fool some people. of.
On the other hand, the description of the movie, how the captain and his sister fall in love, how to change from hating each other to liking each other, this kind of plot is already a big cliché now. Looking at Hollywood movies and TV dramas, especially in recent film and television works, one can easily pick out such a movie or TV series with a similar plot. The plot of this film really does not interest me. Moreover, the love between the captain and his sister in the movie came too suddenly, there should be a little bit of foreshadowing, instead of hugging yesterday, kissing today, and sleeping together the day after tomorrow. However, this plot of the movie satirizes the cumbersome etiquette of European and American countries. The best thing is that both men and women shout "Mr." and "Ms." back and forth, which looks very funny. I'm so tired for them, aren't they tired themselves?
The theme of this film is also very traditional. At the same time, through the arduous journey of the hero and heroine, it shows how powerful the power of man is, and the great truth of man's victory over the sky. And use the process of men and women to understand each other slowly, depicting a romantic love, and then use the hasty wedding at the end of the two to praise the greatness of love. In addition, as a European and American film, it also emphasizes the extraordinary power of religion - when you pray sincerely, God is with you and he will help you! Therefore, this film praises God's love again, telling us that prayer is still very necessary at some point.
In my opinion, this film can be selected into the "Top 100" because of the wonderful performances of the two leading actors. The male lead Humphrey Bogart is already an old face to me now. I have seen a lot of his movies and have learned his acting skills. I used to watch him play detectives and villains, but now the common people who watch him play some comedy are also superb, which is really amazing. However, what I admire most about him is his ability to speak dialogue, and the speed of speech is still so fast. Although the dialogue in this film is not so dense, it is still very laborious to read his lines. The heroine is played by Katharine Hepburn. This is the first time I watch her movie. I didn't expect it to be an old lady. It's a coincidence. She was 44 years old at that time, not young, but the role she played was still in place, and the restraint of a British woman was perfectly reflected in her. In fact, her role in this film can be described as an "old maid", with both the shyness of a young girl and the fatigue of middle age, a contradiction. Humphrey Bogart and Katharine Hepburn, such a combination of actors can be called star power, even if the plot is bad, it can still be attractive.
In general, a movie that has been eliminated by the times, a collection of fake sets and cliché stories, but relying on the combination of big stars, it can still be famous in the history of photography.
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