A good movie is like a good article. This movie is a masterpiece both in terms of plot setting and structure.
There was a period of obsession with Al Pacino, from his "Scent of a Woman" to "The Godfather" and "Doctor Death". His personal lines are very good, and his emotional focus is very stable. In "Smell the Fragrance", he also has a long line to play on the school podium to accuse the school's decision-making and the depression of the social status quo. He also has a lot of lines in this "Devil's Advocate", but if you are a friend who has watched two movies, you will clearly find that even his intense language expressions are different. For example, in "Smell the Fragrance", he could feel that behind his anger was his love for Charlie, his own remorse in the past, and a strong attack on those in power for betraying friends and asking honorees for rewards. Therefore, in a large section of his language, he would sometimes whisper, "I know which way to choose, but it's too hard", and he would pause and choked, and his voice would tremble. But in this drama, behind his roar is indifference and fanaticism, he is teasing all beings. So his language is so coherent and faster and faster. He just wants to tempt you and oppress you. When he watched you indulge in sensuality, his laughter was so proud. When giving you a choice, the tone is so firm, because he has already planned everything and knows the choice you have to make.
Back to movies. The abridged version is 2 hours and 17 minutes. In fact, this time is really long. If the plot is not well designed, it may make people feel boring and tedious. But the movie is really good. The plot is one aspect, the actor's acting is one aspect, the image color is one aspect, and the music is one aspect. Everything is covered.
I watched it with my lover.
As for the "victory in every battle" lawyer from the beginning, I turned around and said to my husband, "Then let the rich and the poor, the good and the bad go to court.
The story begins with the little girl's court allegation that the math teacher, listening to the girl's description, leaks a lewd smile and enjoys masturbating. In front of the TV, I already wanted to kill this beast from the perspective of God, and let the law punish him immediately. The screen turns to Kevin, played by the male lead Levis, in the toilet, and he shows anger and embarrassment. The reporter next to him ridiculed that there would always be a time to lose. In fact, after watching the whole film, and thinking back here, in fact, Satan has already begun to let Kevin make a choice. On the one hand, he is covering up, and on the other hand, his long-standing record of victory is about to be broken. Vanity is indeed the devil's favorite food. Kevin's sudden calm and pulled out indifferent smile. He has stepped into the devil's web.
Later, he was topped by the devil, and then he went to the prosperous city to live in a high-end house. He started to flutter a little. Indeed, when I see such a big house and compliments from others, I also feel superior to others. u1s1, in the new house, the character Theron played was sitting by the window, the sun was hitting her, she was really innocent and natural, like a bright child. Coming from a small place to a big city and living in such a big house, my heart is full of joy, yearning for the future life, and admiration for my husband. She is really a beautiful little wife who is simple and easy to satisfy. She was thinking of having three more babies with her husband. But to be honest, most of my foreign women with blond curly hair are a bit out of date, and Taylor Swift wore that kind of hair when she first became famous in small town. In most of the European and American movies I watch, country ladies have that hairstyle. Women in the city like to dye their hair a little darker, straighten it, and tie it up delicately, showing off their feminine elegance without reservation. In the heroines and supporting female characters of The Great Gatsby, few women in high society have curly or undressed hair. Therefore, Theron's role is very different from the urban girls in appearance. The repeated revisions when painting the wall also show that she has a sense of defensiveness towards new things and people in this new environment, and is more concerned about the opinions of others. When Pacino's Milton says her hair doesn't suit her, she's embarrassed and twisted and taut when she pulls it back. These body language, Saron has a very good transmission to the audience.
On the other hand, Kevin, who was on both sides, forgot that the one who promised his wife would not leave her half a step before entering the banquet. He also turned his attention to a glamorous girl. In fact, from the appearance, I knew that such a woman would make Kevin's heart move, because she was a woman completely different from his wife. Leng Yan is frivolous and slender, and her voice is very charming. Every man will have two women in his life, the white rose and the cinnabar mole. If his own wife is passionate, full and pure; then the one in front of him is mysterious and elegant, waiting for him to develop and sink in. In a new environment, she is so valued and expected, at this time a beauty who has never felt before, her words tease, who can resist?
But what made me laugh was that the first scene in the movie I was thinking, this Milton seduces Kevin's wife, and the next second Kevin is flirting with Milton's woman. Although it was said to be Milton's daughter later, when Milton grabbed the girl's waist, I couldn't help but have the idea of watching a good show, exchanging girlfriends?
In fact, whether it is beauty or fame, Kevin has an attitude of not rejecting anyone who comes, and he is more and more addicted to these. He couldn't listen to his wife's painful cry for help. This process is carried out step by step. Mary can't find a job in this city, her husband is often busy with work, and she has no friends in an unfamiliar environment. In fact, at the beginning, Kevin also asked Mary if she wanted to go back, maybe it was a joke, but Mary herself couldn't wait to accept Satan's gift at the beginning. Money did not make her happy. She is getting less and less happy. Actually, Milton was right that Mary was vulnerable. This vulnerability is because she is a woman, a woman is an emotional animal, and a woman doesn't want that much. Sometimes, this is actually quite common in our lives, and the same is true between husband and wife, the woman is in charge, and the man is outside. You will complain that he is not around, that you cannot feel love, and he will complain to you, that you are very busy and do not understand your work, and you are angry with him for arguing with him for the love of your children.
In fact, every time Milton has a conversation with Kevin, there is a temptation and a choice. It's just that Kevin did what he expected every step of the way. It's just that Satan will stop halfway, and that's family. Mary was ill, and Satan told Kevin too heavily that you can give up this lawsuit, that is your lover. Before that, he said to Kevin that "you can't control women well" and then Kevin left his wife at the banquet. This time, Milton said twice, "stop this lawsuit", but Kevin was not willing. For the sake of reputation, family can be put aside. This is also a terminal game. There are many loopholes in the lawsuit. The financial predator indeed shot and killed three people. Kevin also realized it. But he still wants to help the criminals win the lawsuit.
One of my favorite scenes from the show followed up, Kevin in church seeing the face of a financial tycoon turned into the face of a dead man, and that face was still smiling at him. He ran out of the church angrily, and in the scene where he opened the door, Milton was standing behind the church crowd, smiling coldly. And Milton put his hand into the holy water, and the holy water boiled, what a sinful hand it was! The picture kept changing between Milton and Kevin, the music was getting faster and faster, and Milton laughed madly.
Just when I thought Milton walked out of the hospital and into the empty streets, the camera was getting farther and farther, and it was about to end. In fact, thinking about it, it's not a bad ending, and it ends up in a blank slate. Let the audience guess, and stop abruptly before they can't forget it. But it's not over yet. The ending is also very cleverly set. On the screen, it is like a distorted sculpture on the wall. The close and long shots of the camera are constantly switched, and the tension of the space is very strong! Confrontation between Satan and Satan's sons; Satan's sons have no ability to fight against Satan, and only die once, and do not fall into the will of Satan's inheritance. In a blaze of fire, the glamorous girl turned into dead wood, Satan's face twisted, roared, and finally turned into Milton's appearance.
Milton's eyes projected another reality, he was still in the toilet, and everything was just a dream of Nanke. The reporter walked out of the toilet smiling. Kevin also won the lawsuit for the girl, and Satan smiled and said, "Vanity is my favorite original sin."
In fact, I personally feel that maybe here is where a cycle can start again. Maybe it was a cycle before Kevin shot, and Kevin in each cycle would eventually become Milton, and only once did he make the choice to kill himself. Maybe it wasn't Nanke's dream, the reality was even more terrifying.
Finally, add a few lines that I like.
I'd rather be a king in hell than a slave in heaven
Guilt is like a bag of bricks. All you need to do is put it down.
A woman's shoulder is the source of all mysteries, while a woman's neck is vivid and fragrant, like a charming dream like a border town, attracting heroes, never-ending war, entanglement between reason and body... Reminds me of Pacino talking about women, love, is it a linkage?)
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