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stupid stupid woman
Juston 2022-08-19 20:39:37
After watching this movie, the first word that popped into my mind was stupid stupid woman. First of all I haven't read the original book, this is me just in terms of the movie. I don't see too much affection in the movie, so naturally I don't need to mention Charles. Whether it's Li Ang or Marquis, I only see lust. I think the freedom of the soul that Emma really wants is empty talk. The movie has taken it with a very vague explanation. Marquis said it well, if this is the case, she only needs a good female companion. So Emma's cheating, I think it's just because life is boring. From her dress and admiration for vanity, it is not difficult to see that she just wants a leisurely but gorgeous life. Emma is like a willful child who is never satisfied. Since the movie she married Charles, I've never seen her satisfied with her life, except for the cheating part. Maybe it's not her fault. The movie didn't explain how she got married. Maybe she didn't know the other person well enough? But after all, they've already married, and they should respect each other's career. The doctor is very boring, she can find things to do by herself, like she said she wants to tidy up the garden, and so on, isn't it? But Emma is inconsiderate and only cares about what she wants. In the end, it was also tragic for him to ask for anything. Really believe that other men love you? A friend said it well, for men, other people's is the best. In Li Ang or Marquis's point of view, this is also the case. They all felt that Charles was not worthy of such a beautiful Emma, but in the end neither of them wanted to be responsible. This is also the sadness of the current society. Women always rely on men to live, but in the end they commit suicide.
Extended Reading
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Emma Bovary: I realized that before getting married I was contemplating my coming life like a child. In a theater, um... sitting there in high spirits, and eagerly waiting for the play to begin. It was a blessing in my early youth that I did not know what was really going to happen. When I look back now, it seems that I was like an innocent prisoner, condemned not to death, but to life, and as-yet unconscious of what the sentence meant. And the longer I live, the more clearly I feel that on a whole, life's a disappointment.
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Monsieur Lheureux: This is going to be very expensive.
Emma Bovary: You will extend me credit, will you not?
Monsieur Lheureux: [slides fabric swatches toward her] Money should never be the problem - only the solution.