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Shane (1953)
Shane (1953)
This is a film that has never been heard The movie I said, but as you can tell from the name, this is a Western.
The film tells the story of how a man helps farmers eliminate bullies. A stranger passes by a farmer's house, intending to take a few sips of water and leave, but the presence of a gang of bullies changes his mind. The bullies want to drive the farmers away and devour the land or hurt them. The stranger saw this, and at the desire of the farmer's son, decided to stay and help the farmer with the farm work. When a stranger was shopping in a small town, he met this group of bullies. One of the bullies challenged the stranger. In order not to cause trouble, the stranger ignored him. A few days later, many farmers took their families to the town for shopping. The bully who provoked last time continued to find fault, the stranger had to fight with him, and he defeated the bully. Seeing accomplices being bullied, bullies swarmed, strangers gradually outnumbered. At this time, the farmer took action at the right time, and a big melee started. The fight ended when the tavern owner stopped him. The bullies felt that they had suffered a loss, and they went out to invite a gunman and decided to eliminate the farmer. The National Day is approaching, and everyone is celebrating the festival cheerfully. It is only then that the farmer realizes that the stranger has fallen in love with his wife. At this time, a farmer was killed by a gunman invited by the bullies while shopping in the town. After hearing the news, everyone wanted to flee, and the farmer had to agree to the request to meet the bully alone. The farmer decides to fight the bullies to the death. The stranger stopped the farmer's reckless behavior and came alone to the bullies and killed them all. Finally, the stranger left, although the farmer's son was reluctant.
The special thing about this movie is that the plot and characters are very delicate and meticulous. The story of the film is very simple, but the time of the film is not short, and a large part of the time is devoted to depicting the details. The film's description of the stranger is particularly detailed, such as his expression, actions, and attitude towards children when he came to the farmer's house, his closeness to the farmer's family over time, including his feelings towards the farmer's wife, etc. etc., are depicted with many scenes. The changes in the farmer's family's attitude towards strangers are also described in great detail, from being wary to trusting, to being close to a family, and finally to the farmer's willingness to entrust his wife to a stranger, etc. The film's depiction of the bullies is also very comprehensive. They provoked strangers, made plans, intimidated farmers, etc. Every aspect was explained in detail in the film.
In addition to the delicate portrayal, the film's shaping of the atmosphere is also very good. The atmosphere of the film is mainly based on music and pictures. Summer Palace Honey, it is very closely integrated with the plot, rendering the plot of the movie all the time, such as the music is fast and low in tense moments, and it is soothing and melodious in the fields. In terms of pictures, the film uses a lot of large panoramas, showing the beautiful scenery of the fields. For the characters, many medium and close shots are used to express the emotions of the characters, highlighting the emotional changes of the characters. The most special thing about this film is that it uses a lot of still pictures of different lengths to show the appearance of strangers, and with the music, it gives people a heroic spirit and creates a "wild man".
Apart from these few aspects, the rest of the movie is mediocre, especially seeing the fake scenes that often appear in old Hollywood movies. Although the use of fake scenes is essential, the sudden conversion from the real scene to the fake scene feels very abrupt and affects the look and feel. Hey, when was there no fake scene in a Hollywood movie? In addition, the film also has a feature that is not unique. There are many pictures of real people fighting in the film, which are real fist-fighting. Although it doesn't look as good as a domestic kung fu movie, it is very real. Probably this is the reason why this movie entered the AFI100.
As can be seen from the above, the film uses delicate techniques to depict a cliché story full of affection, expressing a warm emotion, which happens to be brought by a stranger. The warm emotions brought by this "Wild Man" created by the film make people feel that strangers are both protectors and patron saints of vulnerable groups. Of course, the core theme of the film is that justice will always triumph over evil, and good will be rewarded with good and evil will be rewarded with evil.
From another point of view, this film is a typical mode of justice versus evil, and it has a very cliché ending - justice triumphs over evil. A good guy helps a group of weak people, and then defeats a group of bad guys with evil intentions. In the end, the good guy defeats the opponent and wins the final victory, while the bad guys have a tragic end. This kind of stereotyped plot seems to remind me of watching cartoons when I was a child, which is very mentally handicapped. Therefore, the plot of this film is very conventional, even in the 1950s, it will not be attractive. This can also be said to be a major shortcoming of the film.
The actors are very ordinary. The male protagonist Alan Ladd looks very handsome and does not look like a cowboy, at least not of the same type as Clint Eastwood. There is zero Chinese information about him on the Internet. The heroine is Jean Arthur, who shines in "Mr. Smith to Washington", and her voice is still so unique, but it's a pity she's getting old. The child's actor, Brandon De Wilde, is very cute and his performance is very real. He didn't expect to die at the age of 30. It's a pity. The rest of the actors don't have anything outstanding, let alone.
All in all, a Western with a clichéd plot, neither good nor ugly. Did it enter the AFI100 because of its real fights and detailed depiction of the plot?
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2011-09-30
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