When I first watched this movie starring Tom Hanks, I really felt that it was so similar to the "The Midnight Sky" directed and starred by Clooney I watched a few days ago. It was picked up by a middle-aged man. A little girl who doesn't speak much, then becomes a hero to protect her, and the two have established a comrade-in-arm friendship in a series of difficult and dangerous situations. But fortunately, the background set in this film is more related to reality. After the American Civil War, the male protagonist is facing an extremely divided and scarred United States. Is it the same as the United States? Because of this reflection of the times, the film will obviously gain more resonance, and the performances of the two leading actors will also be more prominent.
Nowadays, the rhythm of watching three movies every day, if you see similar styles or themes, it is easier to compare them. "World News" is indeed very similar to "Midnight Sky" in terms of rhythm and character setting. It reflects on the actions of human beings through everything that a middle-aged man and a little girl have experienced. Even in the film, there is a scene in a big storm. The hero suddenly can't find the little girl, but then they suddenly appear again. The writing styles of Hollywood screenwriters are so similar.
Captain Jefferson Kyle Kidd, the male protagonist played by Tom Hanks, was originally engaged in journalism, but because of the American Civil War, everything has stopped. He has to participate in the war. Even after the war, his life cannot be restored to the past. He has become a wandering around. And people who read newspapers and spread news to everyone at the same time. He deeply understands the importance of news. Even if he can no longer work in the media industry, he hopes to use news everywhere to let people learn more, so as to open people's horizons and minds, and at the same time bring laughter to people after the war. To some extent, this character is the same as the steamed bun in "The Mandalorian". He is smart and smart. He has made many mistakes in the film, and he has a strong sense of love. In order to escort a child home, he has experienced various This kind of strife is a ranger hero.
The United States in the film is as divided as the United States today. People in different places are incompatible with each other, their ideas are to the left, and they are even enemies of each other. At present, because of the epidemic, many people have lost their jobs like this male protagonist. Maybe even if the epidemic has passed, they will not be able to return to the past. They should resonate with everything that this person has experienced.
This is the first time Paul Greengrass has directed a western film. Obviously, the style and rhythm are very different from his previous films, but he still attaches great importance to the depiction of crisis moments. The two protagonists encountered a lot of hardships and dangers along the way, and each time they were thrilling. Even if there is no real punching and kicking, but the shootout between the actor and others is wisdom and especially a shootout in the Grand Canyon is considered a Western movie in recent years. His movies generally reflect the present. The political-government significance of the United States is to try to show the United States as divided as it is today through the process of one person crossing the United States. Through the task of the male protagonist to spread news to show the importance of correct dissemination of information and continuous communication. In real life, the so-called heroes are not really capable of doing earth-shattering things, but most of them are the heroes in the film. For a simple obsession, they work silently all the way and eventually change the fate of others.
The performances of the little girls Helena Zengel and Tom Hanks in the film are very good, but because Hanks has played too many such just "captain" roles, it feels difficult to win the awards season. .
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