Going My Way (1944)
won the Best Picture at the 17th Academy Awards.
The film tells the story of two priests. The presiding officer of a church is getting old, and the bishop sends a new priest to take his place. After the arrival of the new priest, in order to take care of the old priest's feelings, he worked for the old priest as an assistant. So the new priest first helped runaway girls, and then formed a choir of street children. The old priest disliked the new priest's actions and asked the bishop to transfer the new priest, but he learned the real news. The old priest came back angrily, and after explaining things to the new priest, he secretly left the church. The new priest had to ask the police to help him find it, and the police finally found the old priest in the middle of the night. After the wet old priest was settled, the new and old priest had a conversation, and the relationship between the two became close. Later, when the new priest leads the children to a movie, he meets an old acquaintance who has become a star. Meanwhile, the runaway girl finds her true love, the son of the owner of the loan company. The two of them got married secretly, and when my father knew about it, he could only accept it. In order to repay the church's debt, the new priest, with the help of old acquaintances and the choir, sang his own song "Walk With Me" to the publishing company. The publishing company thought the song was too elegant to publish, but another song written by the new priest was favored by the publishing company. And just like that, the new priest paid off the church loan with the money from selling the songs. But while the new and old priests were happy, the church was burned down by a fire. The two had to find a way to scrape together money to rebuild the church. After a period of time, the new priest was to be transferred by the bishop, and the loan company agreed to loan the church for reconstruction. In this way, the new priest left, and everyone sang to see the new priest off.
This is a very heartwarming film, which unveils the mystery of the priest's life through its depiction of church life. At the same time, through the relationship of the two priests, an extraordinary friendship was manifested. The above two points are the main performances of the film, so it can be seen that this film is very simple in terms of content, without too deep meaning, but just shows a kind of life. Therefore, this film is more accessible than other films that won the best picture at the Oscar, and it also made this film the box office champion of the year.
There is not much to say about the two aspects of the film's performance, which are very straightforward and obvious in the plot. Through these, we can see: priests also like entertainment, priests are not old-fashioned, priests also have the troubles of mortals, priests also have unfinished relationships, etc. It can be said that "priests are also crazy"! In addition, the film's description of the transformation of the relationship between the two priests makes the audience understand that priests are also ordinary people, and there are power struggles and conflicts between them. Of course, they also have friendships. In short, as a film with a religious background, this film clearly and clearly depicts the lives of priests without mentioning religion at all.
The success of such a "no one before" movie is because it has a very prominent advantage - the character creation is very complete. In the two-hour video, we learned about the different personalities of the two priests: the old priest is rigid, has a poor memory, is inflexible, and follows the rules, but is kind-hearted and likes to be clever; the new priest is cheerful, kind, and likes all kinds of things Entertaining, but also very musical and equally good-natured. Through such a relationship between two characters with very different personalities, it brings great attention to the plot and attracts the audience to devote themselves to it. Therefore, the film's portrayal of the "brilliant" images of the two priests is an outstanding feature of the film.
There are advantages and disadvantages. The disadvantage of this film is that some of the plots are redundant. The most prominent of this is the plot between the runaway girl and the son of the loan company owner. The plot of these two has nothing to do with priests and churches, and whether they are married has nothing to do with priests! This makes the plot of the two of them seem particularly abrupt in the film, as if they do not belong to this film! I really don't know what the editor was thinking. In addition, some scenes in the film seem to be procrastinated. For example, the singing of a new priest and an old acquaintance on the stage is not directly related to the plot. It is enough to explain it in words. In short, the two-hour length of this film is not necessary at all, and part of the plot can be completely deleted, which can make the film structure more compact and attractive.
In terms of filming, except for the music, everything is very ordinary. The music in this film is excellent, mainly because it has Bing Crosby singing. Bing Crosby's voice is strong and magnetic, and he sings those 1940s-style songs in the film with a very personal style. While these songs are outdated, Bing Crosby's voice never goes out of style. Bing Crosby deserves to be "one of the most popular singers with the best vocals of all time"! Also, the film is a comedy. But now, there's not much to laugh about at all. Is the laughter of modern people getting higher?
The actors in this film are excellent. The two male protagonists, Bing Crosby and Barry Fitzgerald, both played their roles - an old child and an older child. It's just that Bing Crosby looks too ordinary, I really don't know how he attracts moviegoers. Playing the runaway girl is Jean Heather, who speaks in a very special tone and looks very delicate. It's a pity that there is not even a clear picture of Jean Heather on the Internet, and it seems that it has never been popular at all.
in conclusion. This is a movie that focuses on entertainment and shows church life as a supplement. The songs in the film are worth watching because of Bing Crosby's singing. But compared to the best picture at the Academy Awards in previous years, this film is one notch behind.
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