The omitted lives of widows

Renee 2022-03-29 09:01:03

I thought it was a widow's stunt, "Hiding the Sky: The Beauty's Plan"; I didn't expect the core to be full of realism and self-deprecation: not every widow is Mu Guiying who avenged her deceased husband. After the fluttering sweet words, she acted as a cash machine and a nanny. She thought she was living in love. Before she was immersed in her dream, Huang Liang was awakened to collect the body for her husband, and was burdened with the debts and grievances imposed by the world.

The cruelty of reality is that there is no absolute good person. There are too many political stalks in the film; gun bribery for gangsters, excessive enforcement of racial discrimination and pornography, these realities have kidnapped all possible good people and turned them into seemingly selfish "bitches".

You may never see a band of robbers with such discordant wills, who are troubled by each other, suspicious of each other, and not even empathizing with their common grief! They live for themselves, and although they seem to be embarrassed—but the idea is great!

Everyone's motivation is not to be displayed in a facialized assembly line, but to unfold slowly in the complex relationship between characters, and it is even slow to guess a woman's treacherous mentality process after 3/4 of the film. This kind of unhurried rendering It's too advanced to use to depict group portraits separately; even if it reduces the "blockbuster" feeling that vulgar audiences are accustomed to.

The storyboard design and ending treatment are exquisite and capable. Scene selection is also neat and typical. I really like it!

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  • Reagan 2022-03-29 09:01:03

    [?91%] "Women's Power" in 2018 - black (white husband, son shot by violent law enforcement), Mexican, white (husband domestic violence), a proper Rotten Tomatoes formula. Orphans, widowed mothers, self-taught gangs commit crimes, two weeks fast, with highlights. When planning the rehearsal, we can take into account the backpack load, a detail that is often overlooked in crime films, and the sense of reality is suddenly improved; The cut is nude shots & derby sex scenes. Personally like it better than the "Jiangyang Thief" series.

  • Isidro 2022-04-23 07:02:30

    It follows the setting of the original American drama: after the husband robs, he feigns death and intends to go to a new life with the mistress's illegitimate child, and the wife joins a few down-and-out widows to make a big ticket. But I didn't think too much about how to write, how to shoot, and how to structure it. There was a feeling that I could only do serious work until the second third of the plot, and I could do this small job of breaking into a room and grabbing $5 million. There are too many private goods added to the story of Shuangwen, ranging from racial conflicts, election struggles, underworld money laundering, priests' participation in politics, loss of control in the gun market, poverty alleviation and employment, as small as strict fathers and sons, domestic violence, forcing good people into prostitutes, aid in dating dignity, and women's mutual assistance , The accidental loss of a child led to the breakdown of the couple's relationship. The rivalry in Chicago has been going back and forth one after another. It is reasonable to doubt whether it is necessary to create such a complete two camps and their characters on the branch line. Emotionally, apart from the ending, the widows are basically bickering, diss, accusing and disdain. At the beginning of the old drama, the black and white tongue kiss is very exciting, and there are several flashbacks in the whole film, which are very freehand.

Widows quotes

  • Veronica: We have a lot of work to do, crying is not on the list.

  • Reverend Wheeler: So, what has happened to the world? That normal now passes as excellence? When did we lower our standards? There seems to be no expectation to go above and beyond what one might know, or might want to know. It seems people are blissful in their own ignorance. How far have we fallen? Indeed, how far have we fallen? We are living in an environment where people are blind. What you don't see, you don't know. Out of sight, out of mind. So now, ignorance is the new normal! In fact, ignorance is the new excellence! The less you know, the more seemingly you gain. Not to care is deemed to be smart. When you subtract love from any equation, from any situation, from any location, the result is always hurt, and pain, on all sides. That is why we need to bring love back into the equation. Love, in Jesus' words: "Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself." So he can hear you all now, say it with me: "Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself." Even when it ain't easy! Even when you been done wrong! And this world's got you down on your knees! Love thy neighbour as thyself! Alright, amen.