Let’s talk about the story first. First of all, it must be said that because Heath Ledger died suddenly in the middle of the shooting, the director rewrote the original script, which was even more surprising. At the same time, it also created the surprise of 4 different types of male gods appearing in the same movie together. Perhaps many audiences are looking forward to Heath Ledger's interpretation of "Tony", a hypocritical philanthropist, but the current plot may be able to preserve Heath Ledger's performance to the greatest extent and best convey the director's intentions The best design ever.
The second is that the prototype of the story should be the familiar Faust, and the complex that Westerners are most willing to fantasize about betting with the devil. Everyone knows that betting with the devil will not have very good results, so although Dr. Parnassos won the bet and obtained eternal life, with the continuous progress of material society, he was proud of it. The spiritual practice of the ascetic monk was gradually not accepted by the real society, so he gradually fell from a preacher to an old man selling on the street, so he finally understood the trick of the devil Nick-the immortality that cannot realize his dream is endless pain. At this time, he was farther and farther away from his ascetic cultivation, so he also had his own desires. After living for nearly 1,000 years, he thought of love. So he made another bet with Nick, using the life of each of his children after the age of 16 in exchange for his youth to win love. If Dr. Parnassos was still an ascetic 1,000 years ago, he would definitely not play this second bet, because his wisdom and self-control were amazing at that time, but after more than 1,000 years of suffering, he has He forgot his previous practice, so after enjoying a happy time, he ushered in the more painful fate of the death of his wife and the loss of his child. He became even more depraved, and even began to suffer from alcoholism, but this still did not reduce his suffering. The root of all his pain actually comes from his desires, from immortality to love to family to freedom, which seems to explain the order of the most important things to a person.
Then it is how to carry on the story better, so the foreshadowing of the tarot card appeared - the Hanged Man. I used to like to play tarot very much, and I had to give myself a fortune-telling before several debates. Now I think about the amateur level back then, but it was because of too much pressure. But I still know the meaning of each of these cards, so when the Hanged Man appears, my instinct is that there will be a person who knows self-sacrifice, and the person who appears at this time is the down-and-out Tony. The meaning of this card in the tarot in a positive way is that no matter how bad the situation is, as long as you wait patiently and think, things will always pass. So the doctor seemed to see hope, but he was also full of doubts and distrust of Tony, because he had already suffered from the devil. But as things continued to develop, he had to give it a go at the end and rely on this Tony who didn't seem very reliable.
Regarding Tony's identity, frankly speaking, I haven't fully figured it out. Maybe it's not enough to watch it once. I'll have to watch it several times in the future. But I always feel that he should not be a heinous bad person in essence. He is eager to succeed, but on the road of desire, people's self-control always seems insignificant, so he is pushed further and further by desire. It's not something he can control. So he went to borrow money from underworld organizations, only to find that they were using his charitable organization to launder money. On the one hand, he was afraid of the collapse of his hard-working business, but on the other hand, because of his current situation, he was getting further and further away from his original intention. There is no better way than trying to get rid of the original life by cheating death. At this time, he was rescued by the Doctor's circus and met the beautiful and young Valentina that men long for. He accidentally entered the Doctor's fantasy show, and saw the desires of others, but also saw his own desires - pure Valentina. So in the moment of the last soul of Parnassos and Nick's final gamble, he chose to be that volunteer himself. Taking Valentina into the fantasy world of the two of them, I thought he would finally realize his foreshadowing as the Hanged Man, but I didn't expect him to blindly manage his own desires, so much so that in Anton (adopted by Dr. His assistant, and Valentina's childhood sweetheart and has always had a crush on Valentina) when he took a newspaper in the world to expose Tony's hypocritical face, he fully revealed all the darkest things in his heart, and even wanted to pass the deception. Once again escape the punishment of fate. But this time he miscalculated, and he always had to pay back when he came out.
But Valentina's fate surprised me a bit. I didn't expect that the devil also has a human touch, or that after understanding the whole thing and Tony's desire, Valentina has a new view of her own destiny and life. Thought, she finally chose to be with Anton and had a lovely daughter, but it was a pity that her father did not dare to recognize her. Seeing the figure of the lonely and desolate old man looking at the window affectionately, I couldn't help but sigh in my heart, what's the point of eternal life if there is no freedom and no love?
Finally, let's talk about the 4 male gods. Heath Ledger felt very Depp-like to me at first, with a bit of sly humor and the occasional badass charismatic grin that quickly made a lasting impression on Tony. I think if there is no accident, Heath Ledger will definitely finish the story well, and the ending may not be what it is now. The last smile of Australian sunshine may be at the moment of flirting with Valentina. Come on; Johnny Depp has always been my favorite man in my heart, and his succession is really unconventional and in line with what that lady expects in her heart - all women will fall in love The man, especially the words he said to the tombstone floating on the boat when the woman was faced with a choice, I think maybe the whole crew wanted to say to Heath Ledger: "Yeah, they die. But they are immortal." "They don't get sick or old, they're always young and beautiful." "Nothing lasts forever, and death is no exception." At that moment I could clearly see the moisture in Depp's eyes; Ju De Law's Appearance seems to be Tony's dream self, with crazy and unrestrained charm, able to walk in the clouds, his performance is also in place and does not make people feel abrupt, it is also at this time that Tony fully experienced the true charm of the Doctor's fantasy show; The appearance of Colin Farrell is more in line with Valentina's fantasy, because the male protagonist in the advertisement of her ideal home is Colin Farrell, and his scenes in this section are quite divided. It's actually very difficult to portray the ideal male image in Valentina's heart, but also to perfectly show the crazy Tony who is about to reach the peak of desire but is facing destruction. I think there must be many people who are not satisfied with his performance. It does have his own traces, but I think that since it is an image in a fantasy, it is reasonable to make a difference. The three major foreign aids all came to star in this movie, and gave their salary to Ledger's daughter, so I think maybe their performances are not that important anymore, but they and the director worked together for Heath Lay Jay left behind the final screen classic.
I highly recommend this movie, and I hope my classmates can share it after watching it, and I am going to watch it again.
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