This is a savage and bloody age, this is a land where there is no faith and no rules. "Here is a paradise of locusts, lizards and snakes" "A bloody world of swords and guns" "This is a godless land"
Some people say that Western movies are the martial arts of the West, with lonely smoke in the desert, old ghosts in new graves, happy enmity, bamboo sticks and awning shoes lighter than horses, and a miserable rain. Some people say that Western movies are simple and brainless, the pros and the villains are clear at a glance, the first part of the plot is the same, and it has long been behind the trend of the times, and the spirit of the west has faded. However, the best wines often have the richest levels. "Godless" is just such a pot of good wine. The plot is not complicated. Roy, who defected from the gang, came to the remote widow town of Rabell, and he raised horses with the heroine Alice, and regarded Roy as his own gang boss Griffin. He killed countless all the way to recover Roy, and finally got right. The villains have a fateful duel in Widowtown. The first sight of Western movies made me sleepy, slow narrative rhythm, low music, desolate scenery, expressionless characters. However, just like the spicy taste of a spirit, only by letting the taste buds withstand some torture, can you taste the endless sweetness afterwards. 1. Heroes of cracks First of all, there must be heroes. Godless has created a Greek-style hero roy full of cracks. He struggled in pain and awakened in pain.
As the strongest combat power in the film, Roy is extremely restrained. In the play, Roy made a total of three shots, one is to save the Indian children and blows the snake head, the other is to take the lead when escaping, the canyon retreats from the bandits, and the third is the final battle in the town. The three shots were clean and neat, and the gun fell between the sparks and flints, which was extremely shocking. During his escape, Roy’s life on the racecourse was romantic and poetic. During the day, he trained the horse and took the children on horseback. At night, he learned to read from the female boss, which made people almost forget his true colors. Only when he waved a rope to trap the horse and stayed firmly firmly. Only when he was tamed on the ground did people see the power of his body covering the mountains and rivers. A true hero knows honor and disgrace, advances and retreats, does not stand up to the courage of a man, can be humiliated by the hip, but knows what worth fighting for, can kill and make decisions at critical moments. I have to mention that there are two detectives, one old and one young. Old detective bill has a glorious past and little detective Vayne. The old police detective has a glorious past and a forbearing character, but gradually loses his eyesight and fails to secretly love the heroine. In order to prove himself, he is alone in search of bandits. The little police detective was born with a calf, fluent with two guns, with a youthful smile on his face, always eager to try, and fell in love with the cute black sister. Ironically, in the decisive battle, the old police detective who wanted to die was unscathed, but the young police detective who represented vitality and the future was the first to die. Perhaps war is often so cruel, so unkind, heroes are not easy to do, and brave newborn calves are often the easiest to die.
In the bloody world of swords and guns, women are often fragile and delicate, but the women in godless are uncharacteristically. They face pain and problems far beyond men, but they never pretend, stand out and fight, raise shotguns, and use them in the desert. Perseverance and bravery bloomed with a majestic and desolate beauty.
Alice, the owner of the racecourse, had two husbands who died violently and gave birth to Indian children, who was regarded as a curse by the people in the town. Her face is sharp and angular, and there is a beauty of toughness and determination. Her eyes are deep and firm, and her head is always high, guarding her pasture and family. She does not speak much but raises the gun frequently, emphasizing and suppressing feelings.
The character creation, the cracked, struggling hero II, wild life, and the rough sand and dust stripped off the exaggerated decorations of human beings, leaving only the most essential soul of life. Without the constraints of ethics and rules, the survival of the fittest is the only iron law of the western world. Freed from the shackles of the red tape of the world, people live out their original way smoothly. Therefore, there is no exaggerated language in godless, no complicated relationship between characters, life is too fragile and short, life is too difficult and difficult, happiness and happiness are just a brief glimpse, people cherish and appreciate everything in front of them, and there is no time to be babbled and pretentious. What we see in the western world is more of a protoplasmic wild force returning to life. Horses, spirits, blood, and nudity are all projections of this life force.
If you love, then love is pure, transcending gender, race and class, and one look and one ballad can be private for life;
If you hate, then hate it is earth-shaking, long spears and sharp blades, through the desert, take your life, and you have to ask for justice.
The opposite of wildness, the so-called "civilization" here has become synonymous with falsehood and deception. Mining group managers and newspaper reporters are the symbols of civilized society in the film, but one is a hypocrite who is bullying and fearful of hard work, and the other is a drama queen who is pompous and pretentious. 3. The bleak aesthetics of violence Godless doesn’t have many shootouts, and it doesn’t last long (except for the decisive battle at the end), but every battle is full of tension. The shootout is like the seasoning of Western movies, it’s indispensable, but once it’s overdone It will dilute the plot and emotion, ignore the story and the characters, and become a brainless action film. The right battle is like a blank space in a landscape painting, which makes people feel unfinished and reverie.
(To be completed)
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