Let's make some complaints first. For someone who is extremely unromantic in reality, I can only find romance in movies. It's not that I want to make up for what I lack
. Romance films are naturally my favorite. But now there are very few good-looking and beautiful love movies like Morning Star, and love has become a dispensable scrap in superheroes, sci-fi, and spy-vision blockbusters. Like the classic film period, "Gone with the Wind", "Casablanca", "Roman Holiday", and "Blue Bridge" are excellent. Now if you want to see moving romance movies, there are only Ki (Ji) romance movies. Thinking of the embarrassment of watching "Adele's Life" back then, the whole theater was just me and an elderly couple sitting in the front. At the beginning of the passion scene, the elderly couple shook their heads and exited the stage (Americans are actually very conservative, probably watching Cannes The poster that won the prize came in), when he passed by me, he saw me sitting up and down like Liuxia Hui, and he looked at me up and down, maybe he thought I was a porn fanatic. Complaining is over, the main topic begins. After reading the novel and the script, I wanted to wait. After all, there are only 4 theaters. The closest to me is New York, but I have to take a bus to go. I read a film review comparing Cate Blanchett (hereafter K) to Kim Novak's performance in Vertigo, saying that only K can have the quality of obsession. Kim Novak is the first movie goddess in my heart, so I rushed to New York to brush it twice. The following are all opinions, please laugh at anything wrong.
Let's talk about acting. To be honest, K is a little disappointing to me. Of course, this disappointment is directed at the performance of one of the greatest actresses of our time and a relatively hot girl (hereafter referred to as M). Reading the novel, I understood Carol to be an elegant, motherly (love for her daughter) and somewhat mysterious (for Therese, different class) woman. This is different from K's understanding or the director's understanding. The first two rivalry scenes: first meeting in a shopping mall and sharing a meal in a restaurant. K acted a little too hard, with a frivolous tone (this is the tone in blue jasmine), trying his best to seduce him, as if the big bad wolf wanted to eat the little white rabbit in one bite. I think women in the 1950s in the United States were really too few like that. The first meeting in the mall was okay, and the restaurant meal was the worst part of all the rival dramas. A bad review on Rotten Tomatoes said this episode was embarrassing to watch the two flirt. I agree with this view point. The best of the two opposing scenes is the boat scene and the finale. The two boat scenes are beautiful but not glamorous, lewd but not promiscuous. They are one of the best boat scenes I've ever seen. Especially in the second paragraph, the two kissed each other without taking off their clothes, but M acted out a kind of infatuation with K, K's crazy sense of despair for the relationship between the two (K has already planned to break up in his heart). Of course, everyone applauded the ending. K's eyes live up to the reputation of one of the greatest contemporary actresses, from a little surprise to a smile, which is very layered. The most disappointing K's performance was K's "I love you" when the two met at the same meal before, and the provocative taste came out again. It was too much force before, here it is a failure. The two have gone through the vicissitudes of life, and it is meaningless to tease. This "I love you" is actually Carol's last weapon, because Therese has just rejected Carol's proposal to live together, I think the tone should be sincere, apologetic and a little weak. K's best acting skills appeared in the opposite scenes with his ex-husband. Speaking of his ex-husband, I think the biggest surprise is him. It is rare for a supporting role to be so good. The love and hate for Carol and the doubts about Therese are all in place. I hope he can at least get the title of the Oscar male supporting character. Several scenes of K and her ex-husband are very enjoyable. During the negotiation between lawyers, K showed his style and must be praised with "Bravo". Finally, let's talk about M, the role of Therese is really tailor-made for M, just like the princess in "Roman Holiday" was tailor-made for Hepburn. From a little boyish girl slowly mature process, M's performance is almost perfect, and I personally think the average is better than K. My personal favorites are Lihua Daiyu who cried on the train after the first home visit, and the one who stayed by the bedside after the breakup and vomited painfully on the road. The mood after the veto of cohabitation was also played out in various ways. If nothing else, Oscar has her share. I hope she gets best actress. Speaking of Hepburn, there are two Hepburns in film history, Kathrine Hepburn and Audrey Hepburn. K's appearance and acting skills are very similar to Kathrine Hepburn (K plays Kathrine Hepburn in the Aviator), and M is very similar to Audrey Hepburn in this play (especially the second half) . This show is a big and small Hepburn competition.
Besides, the movie is different from the script. In the script, Abby and Therese have a lot of opposite scenes, but there is only a little sesame left in the movie. Kind of a pity. Moreover, when Therese woke up alone and saw Abby, talking like acquaintances, it seemed abrupt, and the first conversation between the two was deleted from the movie. The most unfortunate deletion is when Therese stalks Carol's face once while she's asleep, and the foreshadowing is gone. There was a flat tire on the road, and the private detective's help was gone. At this time, the two had a very wonderful dialogue in the script. Probably Carol said that you regret not coming out with me. Therese firmly said no regrets. This foreshadowing is gone. The first half of the movie is a bit delayed, and the second half is a bit rushed. So the first night came, a little rushed. The film also deleted a detail about Therese's origins, growing up as an orphan in a monastery. I think this background is very important. Carol, a mature woman with a mother's brilliance, is very seductive to an orphan. At the same time, Therese's relationship with her cannon fodder boyfriend also makes sense. A man is very good to him, and he needs to rely on him. It's hard to say no.
As for the revision of the novel, my favorite is to pay tribute to "Meet Hate Late", which also uses a third party to interrupt the dialogue between the two lovers ("Meet Hate Late" in the history of British film is as important as "Spring in a Small Town") "The place in Chinese film history). There are also directors who especially like to have close-ups of faces through glass, too many to count. It is said that this makes the audience feel like they are bystanders.
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