"Dreamgirls" is a film about growing up. It is a story of a group of people who come together because of music and rediscover themselves after experiencing glory, jealousy, greed, loss, and death. They are not all music lovers. Curtis has admitted that music is just a commodity in his heart, but fortunately he is a successful businessman. He has brought those who have music dreams to unprecedented heights, and at the same time Let them lose their attachment to music in their achievements and forget the meaning of music itself. When James finally died of a depression and a drug overdose, they really woke up, and they didn't really live under the aura of glory, and the pure pursuit of music dreams gave them new hope.
In reality, this is not the case for us. The beautiful expectations of life as a child were immediately turned into nothing after entering the society, and the loss after struggling made us unable to find the meaning of survival. What exactly is the life we really long for? What is the goal we are eager to pursue? Money, power, and fame form a gorgeous garland that surrounds us and makes us lose our way. Maybe one day we can be like Effie and find our own position from self-defeating.
The music and the plot of the film are combined just right, and a song is often used to express the current situation of life and inner struggle, rather than adding songs deliberately, so that the music comes more naturally, and at the same time, it allows us to have no obstacles. Feel that joy, sadness and hope. The different interpretations of the same song in the film also make people feel that the real song should be a cry of the inner world, not a gorgeous packaged commodity. This seems to be the same theme to be expressed in the rematch of the stage play in "High School Musical". This may be the reason why modern music has entered a bottleneck. Singers only write songs for the market, for sales, and do not know what they want to express. Maybe writing a song about money and fame can be successful.
The only thing I have to say among the actors is Jennifer Hudson. Her performance of Effie has a distinct personality, and she sings so well that you will be fascinated by her voice. When she first appeared on the screen, she once achieved the top three results of "American Idol", but one of the reasons why she did not enter the championship was that she did not have a beautiful image, which seemed to make her more resonated when she played this role with the same experience. , let her perfectly interpret an Effie that belongs to her in the film.
Every song in the film is very exciting, here I recommend a few of my favorites:
"move" This is a song when three girls with dreams participated in the singer selection contest for the first time, without fancy clothes and wigs , only the sincere voice, the harmony and bass are just right.
The two songs "Love You I Do" and "I Am Changing" are Effie's inner monologue. One is the love for his lover, which is gentle and sweet; the other is the determination to overcome himself, which is sad and passionate.
"Patience" is about the attitude towards life, which is very philosophical.
"When I First Saw You" is the perfect song to sing when you're falling in love with a girl at first sight.
"Listen" It seems needless to say, Beyonce's celebrity effect makes this song the most widely spread, an inner cry that longs to be heard.
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