Well, let’s talk rationally about the pros and cons of this film. The advantages are obvious. European and American movies in the ten years from the end of the 19th century to the beginning of the 20th century are actually of very high quality. This point does not need too much explanation. The same is true of "Cold Mountain", the story structure is very stable, and there is basically no extra plot for a minute, so that after watching the abridged version, I have been wondering whether to watch the abbreviated clips again. The arrangement of the characters and the sense of substitution of the characters are very strong. The only downside that can be counted is the weak description of the big theme "war". After reading it, I feel that this should be a plot story, and it is a tragic love story, and the description of Lengshan Town is not deep enough.
The literary and artistic films mentioned earlier generally cannot escape a label, which is hypocritical. "Cold Mountain" explained what is hypocritical very neatly. Nicole Kidman and Jude Law only spent a few weeks, or even a few days. But it turned into years of lovesickness, and this feeling prompted the beautiful woman far away on the battlefield to return to her heart like an arrow. If I had seen this movie at the beginning of its release, I might have been at a loss, but now I have to surrender and be pleased with such a foolish feeling. The numbness of reality has taught us to give up our original intentions, and let the years and mottles crawl over every inch of our body, suppressing the power that God has given to our souls. In fact, everyone in the audience is Jude Law and Nicole Kidman. We understand that this is us in that era, even if it is only a moment and a night. We went over mountains and mountains at all costs, looking for an unknown ending. When we dragged our body full of wounds, we finally saw her face. That is Cold Mountain.
In the middle of the film, Jude Law stood in front of the peanut stand at the entrance of the battlefield hospital, and asked the blind man thoughtfully: "If you were given ten days to see the world, what would you exchange for it?" He told the blind man, "I am willing to use it. everything I have". In the end, the story fulfilled him in a short night, in exchange for the desire for love for infinite years. Maybe I will forget most of the plots in a few years, but the only thing I can't forget is the figure of Jude Law crossing the mountains and looking at his lover's wet face and saying "i come back" softly.
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