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Luisa 2022-04-23 07:01:06
Drama often extremes reality, which itself is indeed one of the charms of drama. But taking it to extremes and ultimately changing the nature of the reality it is intended to represent is a bit too much. In the film, mentor Fletcher hopes to achieve qualitative transcendence by forcing students to break through their limits, and with Newman, he did it. This is a story of mutual conquest between the powerful, and there is nothing wrong with it. The problem is that it destroys the nature of the music—the music in the film is no longer music, but a tool for the director to create dramatic conflict, which is disrespectful to the "music" itself. If it is a subject that has to live and die, such as competitive sports, it may not be a problem. But jazz is free, and on top of that, the music is visceral and deep. Taking music as the theme, making such a typical American film that still does not escape heroic personal redemption seems vulgar. Of course, the film is full of conflicts and struggles and must be a hit. (Towel City)
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Mohamed 2021-10-20 18:59:31
You probably have forgotten the one-star brother with the most useful comment. The director never said that Fletcher was right to do this.
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Lupe 2021-10-20 18:59:32
Thanks to the ending, otherwise the score will be lower. In fact, this film has nothing to do with genius, nor with art. It is about a special worldly value of the weak and the strong. If you are strong, I will convince you, and if you are weak, I will step on you. You are stronger, I am stronger than you. From beginning to end, I hardly saw any enjoyment brought by music. Even the pain did not come from the music itself, but because of the loss of the right to speak?! I don’t see anyone’s genius, it’s horrible
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Terence Fletcher: So, imagine if Jones had just said, "Well, that's okay, Charlie. That was all right. Good job." So Charlie thinks to himself, "Well, shit, I did do a pretty good job." End of story. No Bird. That to me is an absolute tragedy. But that's just what the world wants now. People wonder why jazz is dying.
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Andrew: [to Connelly] HEY, FUCK OFF, JOHNNY UTAH! TURN MY PAGES, BITCH!