Oscar's best picture this year, but also the most controversial of the winning works in recent years.
The subject matter is undoubtedly the most fundamental factor for this film to win the favor of the Oscars and ultimately win the championship. As the most well-known film awards in the United States and even the world, the Oscars have always maintained a Western "main theme", "" “Positive energy” and other measurement standards are the basic admission principles. In respect of advocating the value of “harmony”, it has always spared no effort to guide the public. The racial issue discussed in this film is exactly to cater to the judges. Taste, but at the same time, it has also caused a lot of controversy.
In all fairness, the level of screenwriting of this film should belong to the level of textbooks. Of course, this is not a compliment. The well-designed plot is full of routines, and the characters are sharp and unsurprising. It is completely arranged for dramatic effect, but the whole story is precisely in this kind of smoothness, achieving a complete and smooth effect, at least for most people, it satisfies a certain amount of emotional catharsis and inner expectations.
Compared to the fairytale-like good stories in the movies, the reality is actually a long way off. Whether it was the real relationship between the two protagonists back then, or the serious social environment faced by black Americans in terms of racial discrimination in that special era, the film did not reflect it relatively objectively, but only created more Moved, created perfection, promoted hope, but avoided reality. This is one of the reasons why this film has been questioned internationally, especially among black groups.
What is even more self-defeating is that the traditional dislocation of the two protagonists in the film may create a natural sense of drama in the eyes of ordinary audiences, but in the European and American world, this kind of design itself brings a sense of drama. There is a kind of innate unnaturalness, and in the end, under the influence of the white people and the elegant black people in the market, one reshapes the concept and the other frees himself. Although it seems to be happy, the white man's sense of superiority still gives people a feeling It runs through it, and even shows it without knowing it. From this point of view, the movie may be a little "smart but misunderstood by cleverness".
In fact, if you put aside all the political and conceptual issues, the story itself is still enough to be recognized, there is a certain degree of watchability, not to mention the performances of the two leading actors are also very good, and the characters are well-balanced. In place, and the background music of the whole piece, in addition to the classic classical piano music, there are also many representative jazz and blues of the era, which makes people addicted to the ears. In addition, the appearance of some lines and golden sentences, although It looks a bit old-fashioned, but it's impressive enough.
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