I think of those movies about racial discrimination in American society that I have watched. It is either a bitter bitterness and a deep accusation against the society, or it is concealed that it is difficult to break through that layer of paper. But help came slowly like a fresh stream. Struggle can be brought out with humorous brushstrokes, and the symbolic existence of several white "villain" girls is really unpleasant. In the process of watching the audience, sympathy and inspired feelings dominate. I believe that the director deliberately downplayed the main conflict point of racial discrimination and used the bright tones that flooded the whole film to reconcile it, giving the audience the feeling of hope. , Not hatred. But the obvious disadvantage of help is that the accusation is not strong enough, and the warmth sometimes goes too far. At the end, the book was successfully published, but the fate of a few black maids is still difficult to reassure.
The film length of more than two hours is indeed a bit lengthy, but fortunately there are a lot of tears in the middle. Emma’s adoptive mother was driven away, and Viola taught the little white girl “you is kind, you is smart, you is important” despite grammatical errors, but in the end, Viola left with aggrieved angrily but hopefully, etc. Wait, these passages make the whole film break away from the sense of patchwork of soap operas. Although it makes the audience feel long but not bored, it is moved and disgusted with discrimination. These emotional factors are moved again and again next time. I have to say that it is a very Smart and very safe approach.
Speaking of racial discrimination, Hollywood has too many precedents. I still remember the heavy performance of the group portrait in the crash, and the symbolic black prisoner expressed by science fiction in the green miracle. The women's group portrait scene that helped this time was really new. Sometimes There will be the illusion of watching a youth movie, but it does not have the general superficiality and vulgarity of the youth movie. I believe this is one of the reasons why this film is completely dark at the box office this year-it can be attracted to the big with the freshness of Disney. Some young audiences can also use the heaviness of black racism and historical burden to guide middle-aged and old movie fans into the theater.
As for the actors, this time I sincerely like the performance of the two black female protagonists. Viola's grip on the crying scene simply grabbed the soul. Thinking of the last time she and Mei Gu played against her in "Doubt", she couldn't do it brilliantly, and couldn't grab the scene. After becoming the protagonist this time, he portrayed the black maid’s self-esteem but inferiority, the selfless love for the white child, and the unforgettable and unforgettable feelings for the son who was abused to death. I think Viola is that type of actor-it can give the audience a sense of substitution, she is crying, you can cry with her, you can imagine how profound the skill is. Another supporting actress, Octavia Spencer, is quite a surprise. I want to say that if the film is not interspersed with her sense of humor all the time, it will be quite dark. Thinking of another black actress Ubi Goldberg's role in the unsuccessful relationship, it is also a genre-softened the heavyness of the plot with the unique sense of humor of blacks, and it is just right. The few laughs in the help are all her dedication, but while laughing, she can feel her unique self-esteem and self-confidence.
As for Emma Stone, the performance this time is completely satisfactory, and there is not much breakthrough from her previous performance in the film (perhaps because of the role or the black actresses are too brilliant?), but she is really alive, There must be a lot to do in the future. On the contrary, the white supporting actresses in the film each have their own feelings of joy, full of drama, and they are all quite in place. They are a bit similar to the trio of white girls in "Mean Girls". Although bad, they are also bad and cute. People can't hate it. . . I have to say that this year's Oscar's female lead actress, Viola and Octavia would be unacceptable if they were not nominated. As for whether they won an award or not, let’s do a horizontal comparison after watching other female pigs’ performances.
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