His paranoid eyes, his exaggeratedly waving arms, his strong French English, his strong accent, and his arrogant words, maybe Joseph played too hard, but I believe that a man like Philip: a fiery The madman must be so blunt and crazy in life.
I don't know Peti's real story, and I haven't seen "The Tightrope Walker". I make the following comments based on my first viewing experience:
1. The front of the premeditated anticlimactic
film said a lot of creed-like aphorisms. For example: "Many people slack off when they think their performance is over when they are approaching the finish line, but often die in the last three steps." "The tightrope must be tied by yourself." Rudy's father said this with a serious expression, At the end of the speech, they don't charge Philip's money. These great truths may be the famous quotes of the whole film after the broadcast. I thought with all my heart that this was a foreshadowing, and then Philip would definitely add to the thrill of the film by slackening the last three steps or blindly trusting others and not checking the tightrope himself. But the words that Rudy's father said were like deflated balloons. The film did not touch them. They were like a bullet that fired a powerful bullet, but it was hitting the cotton wall, and it was silent. It just fell on the ground, wasted and no one noticed, always felt a pity.
Let's talk about the latter points of the same problem, Philip's foot injury added a touch of blood and shock to the walk, but it was not enough, it was too shallow. Philip was slow to get down from the wire rope, and the crowd reminded that there would be a torrential rain coming, just like the appeal, but all the dangers had not yet come, and it was inexplicably and softly over.
The bird in the film can be seen as an image of Philip. When everyone was concentrated in the sky and trembled for Philip, it was empty and passed by defiantly. At the same time, it also gave Philip a warning not to play tricks to death, Time to come down.
2. Lack of fine Philip, unpleasant
I believe that Philip, like many geniuses, is not likable in life. Under the aura of the protagonist, the director will tell him why he may be weird or withdrawn or unpleasant. Let the audience accept and understand, and even stand on the protagonist's side with empathy. In the film, Philip is irritable, unfriendly, arrogant and arrogant. This is a common problem of many geniuses, but Philip's irritability has no reason. It seems that relatives and friends are used to serve him, and he is obliged to understand and help himself.
For example, the night before the performance, Philip should have extremely rich inner activities: nervousness, anxiety, windy weather, uncertainty about the unknown, all make him panic, this kind of uncontrollability makes him crazy, so much that he wakes up in a thunderstorm night , ran to bind the wooden box. The huge knocking sound, the roar of the thunderstorm, and Philip who was naked and mad, maybe he was really a little scared at that moment, so he was so sensitive to the word "death", so he would roar hysterically and quarrel with his girlfriend to vent.
I don't know if Joseph's performance was too blunt or the director didn't describe Philip's heart in detail enough. In many situations, Philip is more like a manic patient. There is no foreshadowing of previous emotions, just a little bit.
There are many interesting points in the film, such as: the psychological description of the friend with acrophobia overcoming his fear, and the imagination of high altitude, and even the contrast between the friend who really supports Philip and the friend who ran on the road, etc. Go up, but the director always takes it with one stroke. Dreams are great, they are themes, but a genius film with only the spirit of dreams in the whole process makes Philip seem more like a nasty megalomaniac.
At the end of the film, the separation with his girlfriend is also very sloppy, "What is your dream, it's time for me to find my dream" is really not enough bullshit. In short, the emotional details of the whole film are not in place. The French romance and details are missing, and the American heroism is added.
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Philip's repeated walking, the back and forth once or twice at the beginning made people feel naughty and interesting, and couldn't help laughing. But after going back and forth a few times, he walked so easily, like walking on the ground, I even wanted to create a little thrill for him, so that he almost fell. However, the director was too kind to him, and he was reluctant to let him out in the slightest accident. The movie viewing experience is thrilling, but the thrilling point is more of the fear of heights with 3D special effects, the psychological fear and the external risks are too small, the actors are too hard, and the choreography is too light and thin.
Of course, these do not deny that it is still a good film. It's just missing the essence and the subtlety.
The whole soundtrack is very French. At the end of the film, Philip finally understands what Rudy's father said from the heart. To the Twin Towers, to the wire rope, to the audience, his feelings finally get a sublimation. At this moment, "Dedicated to Alice" sounded unhurriedly, Just right. Philip slowly knelt down on one knee in the clouds in the sky that everyone admired, on the tightrope he loved, bowed gracefully and gracefully, and there was a sense of sanctity that made everything inviolable.
There is also a very interesting place, when the sun was about to rise, a strange man who broke in came to the roof. The unfamiliar man's face was full of worldly disgust and no desires. No one knew what he was doing until he found Philip. The two looked at each other strangely and didn't say a word. Very interesting, the strange man finally pouted and walked away. Philip never saw him again, and has no idea what he will think of his coverage at Philip afterward.
At the end of the film, Philip was interviewed by reporters for that proud demo, which made people admire and want to beat him at the same time. Joseph's sunny smile and a face that is not deep enough are more suitable for the young and honest young man in "500 Days with Summer", not suitable for such a neurotic character with rich inner drama.
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