After gradually understanding the movie viewing tastes of the people around me, I consciously have no idea to recommend this drama to everyone, no matter how much I restrain my subjective emotions and tell them about the wonderful and moving parts of this drama, it will be difficult for me Shaking their preconceived impression of being boring, the show has only four short episodes, which is only about half or one-third of the average American drama. Instead, they feel that it is as long as a century. But in my opinion, this drama is a masterpiece worth watching. After watching it, you will have a clearer understanding and understanding of life, marriage, and yourself. However, it is destined to be a very small drama in China. The drama that is not chosen and liked by most people, the plot is calm, showing the bits and pieces of Olive Kitridge and the people around, the atmosphere is depressing and depressing, and everyone has something that they try to hide or highlight. Temperament and weaknesses, in the order of time span, take the trivial route of life, experience the ups and downs of life, the world is impermanent, and the truth is extremely sad, which makes people feel empathy and resonate.
The most direct and strong feeling in this play is believed to come from Oliver's incompatible personality. When he was a child, he was deeply influenced by his father who was mentally ill and committed suicide by swallowing a gun, which left an indelible shadow in Oliver's heart. Extremely paranoid and harsh, in the eyes of many people, Olive is like a strange, aggressive, harsh, indifferent, and indifferent, and her unforgiving remarks are like sharp bullets, and she exerts force with a calm and natural demeanor. Attacking directly penetrates people's hearts, never caring about the thoughts and feelings of others, frank and direct that makes people feel terrible and difficult to get along with, either indifferently and loudly reprimands her husband, or is sarcastic and sarcastic, and is also rude and strict with her son. To be treated, Olive is even more ruthless and ruthless to others, and will take small revenge when she hears her daughter-in-law's negative comments on her. A strange woman in the same room, but the feedback she got from the audience was more understanding, pity and sympathy, because she took off the disguise of life and lived too realistic and thorough, but it was even more distressing.
Olive is not a useless person. She is a math teacher and she is very particular about not putting on pretence to avoid getting herself into a more unfortunate situation due to depression. The aggressive hedgehog tries her best not to be disturbed and stimulated, but she will still cry loudly after seeing her lover's death, or will silently care about other people's opinions and her own sense of existence, and love the environment and animals, whether it is for preparing for the journey. A student who has reached a dead end or a resident who has stumbled into the sea. She always lends a helping hand, chooses a house for her newly married son, takes care of the housework and takes care of her husband, even though she threatens to eat them as a witch in front of the naughty children. The horror is actually full of innocence. In the end, when she was about to shoot herself, she quickly covered the pistol with a cloth when facing the child. After the child left, she burst into tears. That moment was very touching. In the last quarrel with her son, Olive realized that it was her overpowering and extreme that hurt their relationship. She longed to be valued and cared for in her heart, but at the same time she was afraid of relying on this kind of warmth. Vulnerable emotions get more damage.
Judging from the reaction she gave when her husband handed Olive the chocolate and card at the beginning, it was enough to confess the awkward and uncomfortable relationship between them. There were also plans to elope with their lover, but they didn't work out. In addition to the moral threshold that could not be crossed and the impermanence of life and death, there was also a section in the film where they were kidnapped, and they revealed each other's heart without any scruples, stating the key reasons. , for the re-chosen future life, they may not have the confidence to last for a long time. In the beginning, it was maintained by unswerving love and provided vitality by passion. When passion died, their respective faults and shortcomings gradually enlarged, and it became necessary to have more forbearance, tolerance and accommodation to maintain the daily life that is too familiar and boring to each other. From lover→husband (wife)→wife, it gradually evolved into a kind of family relationship of mutual dependence and care. When the disease deepens in old age, I only hope to have a trustworthy person by my side. This is the so-called cruel but incomparably true. The essence of marriage, even if they no longer love each other, the family role they play has already become a kind of boring and awkward existence. The family is no longer warm and happy, but full of scars and pains. Live together, because for many people, with age, loyal companionship is more practical than limited passion.
The old clerk of her husband's pharmacy suddenly fell to the ground after she went out. The new sweetheart clerk husband died in an accident while hunting. Olive's lover died in a car accident on her birthday. Influenced by the influence, I wanted to come back and commit suicide in the backyard, but I was in a bad mood and wanted to pick some flowers and ended up falling into the sea. The sweetheart clerk tried to restrain her Oliver husband's matchmaking with the male clerk, but unexpectedly married a bastard. , The mentally ill son divorced and married a single mother who was also deeply troubled by family problems. Then her husband suffered a stroke and died, and the dog died. She was left with only the son's resentment and loneliness everywhere. In the film, in addition to reflecting the unimaginable negative impact of the growth environment on the child's body and mind, the impermanent life and death, harsh environment, and unbearable state, everyone tries to find their own direction and ending in the ruthless fate of fate and the mischief of life. , seems to be full of despair, but still has a trace of nostalgia in her heart. In the end, Oliver's finishing touch is believed to have touched the hearts of many people: "This world makes me feel frustrated, but I don't want to leave it yet."
Although the tone of the whole play feels depressing and heavy, as if life has been shaved naked, showing a body riddled with holes and a hopeless face, but it is very immersive and can make people watch it calmly. Going down, whether it's the perfect soundtrack, the gloomy and beautiful photography, whether it's character characterization or plot laying should not make people feel comfortable, but it is quite paradoxical that in the process of watching it makes people feel uncomfortable. Very patient, very fascinated to watch, in addition to the wonderful performances of the actors, HBO's excellent conscience production also contributed. At the end, many people may feel a little bit of fear and fear in their hearts. They are afraid that the bleak old age of Olive and her husband is a kind of advance notice of their future, and this has become a serious problem in the current society. But the film is not pessimistic to the end. When Olive is about to die in the end, the usual turning point of rotten life is staged again. When people are often placed in the abyss of pain, the God who is standing by and giggling is often very merciful. Throwing down a rope of hope, the appearance of the child and Billy Murray awakened and rescued her, and she worked hard to persevere on the road of survival, even though life was full of pain, despair and frustration, I also don't want to say goodbye to it early, not just Olive, but us too.
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