If it weren't for "boston leagl", I wouldn't know james spader. If it weren't for james spader, I would not have seen this movie with sadomasochism as a gimmick. If it hadn't been for the "Sex lies and video tape" and other films starred in James by taking this secret as an opportunity, I would not be crazy about a slightly neurotic American actor-James Spader.
However, let's talk about this movie first.
This is a non-traditional love story, translated from Taiwan as "The Merry Boss and Pretty Secretary". In fact, the boss meets a passionate ghost who loves one another, and the secretary is not a cute, innocent, innocent silly girl. When the good guys see the title, they think that it is like a Taiwanese eight-point TV series with bloody plots and a lot of erotic scenes. In fact, they are wrong. Some people say that this is a story of a masochist encountering a sadomasochist’s thunder and hitting the ground, but it’s actually wrong. In my eyes, these are just two people with inner secret plots, curious and cautiously opening each other's world, entangled and struggling with each other while merging into each other, the last is a love story that is broken, and a love story is captured with no one's hands. Sadomasochism is just the vines that lead to their inner mood, from gentle torture to the love from the heart, everything is just right.
At the beginning of the film, Lily leaves from the mental hospital. "Inside, life is simple." Lily's voice-over narrated, she really didn't want to leave here. Back home with a hesitant mood, just in time for her sister's wedding. She met her high school classmates and always liked her peter. Peter asked her: "happy? Be home?" After a green smile, Lily's answer was "I don't know." Then he met her alcoholic father, but the father who thought he had given up drinking became dizzy. Huhu, Lily's mood immediately turned sharply. From the expression on her rushing back to her room, we can see the girl's awkwardness and unusualness, tearing off the slogan welcome to go home, rushing into her room, and taking it from under the bed. A colorful square box came out. Open the box and see all kinds of hairpins, files, pen tips, razors, carving knives, and even darts inside. She took out these tools in the same way, and then gently put them in the box, with gentle movements, as if they were a treasure. It can be seen that the box is carefully decorated, and the inside of the lid is covered with small butterfly-shaped ornaments. Lily took out the iodine, and a knife with a little girl with a clay sculpture on it. After grinding a few times on a small whetstone, she curled up her thighs like a drug addict and whipped her up like heroin. Pinnacle plunged into her thigh... She looked up, the expression on her face filled with satisfaction.
The second time she abused herself after witnessing her parents quarreling. After her drunk father pushed her angry mother to the ground, Lily, who was almost nervous, picked up the kettle that was boiling on the stove and walked into her room, showing the expression on her face during the process. It was all pain. Opening her white thighs, she pressed the water bottle on her thighs, painful enough to make a sound, and after a while of pain, a relieved smile appeared on her face. When I watched this clip, I half-covered my eyes with my hands, but after seeing Lily's painful smile, I felt relieved. Because the acting was so similar, her ease was transmitted to my heart through the screen. In fact, people always have to find a way to relax. For girls like Lily, who are a little autistic and paranoid, it is actually understandable to cut their own way to relax. This is also one of my core thoughts when writing this film review. Harmony but not the same, the strange beauty is also worthy of appreciation, and even sometimes, the strange beauty will give off a more charming brilliance.
Let's talk about Lee's boss (named Lee in the movie), Mr. Grey. Indeed, Mr Grey has an extremely strong side, but when he first came out, he was completely shy, chaotic, and frustrated. There was a chaos in the office city. He took the picture of his ex-wife. When Lee came in, he combed his hair in the mirror and started to ask questions. I think Mr Grey felt that this girl has a unique charm when she first met. When lee was wiping the water on his body, Edward (grey's name)'s eyes couldn't help being attracted, and then hurriedly aside, he lay down on the sofa, actually to avoid looking at her again. I have to mention here that James Spader’s acting skills are so perfect, every look is hot, encouraging, tangled, avoiding, domineering, gentle, and every look can be transmitted to your heart through the screen. Without too much language, you can dominate movie fans with just your eyes. I personally think that there is still Al Pacino who can do very well and even better. Of course, Al’s acting skills have been practiced over a longer period of time and are more flavorful. It was written in my previous autograph that Al’s eyes can kill me 10,000 times! James’ eyes can kill me half to death, haha. Be funny.
The daily office life begins. Lee is very excited about going to work every day, and often rehearses the tone of voice when answering the phone in the shower. And Edward, a calm and successful lawyer, didn't seem to have any interest in Lee except for the employment relationship. Until one day he saw the scar on Lee's leg. Until Edward's ex-wife came to his office, we saw Mr. Grey except for being calm. On the cowardly and cowardly side, he hid in the cupboard and did not dare to come out, and Lee, as the person who helped him cover the sturdy ex-wife outside the office, after plucking up the courage to confront her, witnessed her stepping on Edward’s trench coat on the ground. Later, after picking up the phone, her father was already missing. Lee's mood fluctuated again. She dropped the phone several times, and her first reaction was to take out her sewing box and iodine. Use scissors to make a cut in your thigh. I looked up but saw Edward walking out of the office with a file, looking at her...
The story really has a turning point here. Edward used a red pen to mark out Lee's typing mistakes, and for the first time he severely reprimanded her. Through the wrong letter, Lee was so frightened that Lee looked so innocent as a fawn. The retyped letter still had a typo. Edward used a red pen to check the typo and knead it into a ball. He simply said "you are wasting my time." The short words, but they were deeply shocking. Lee typed the letter for the third time, and her expression became more and more tense. All the small movements such as stepping feet and licking lips were exposed. He even wanted to save her small sewing kit again. When the letter was sent to Mr Grey's office for the third time, Edward He made a cold and merciless criticism of her from head to toe. From here on, Lee didn't understand Mr Grey more and more, but became more and more concerned.
In fact, Edward is a kind and enthusiastic person. A conversation about shy in the office allows us to see the heart of the protagonist and heroine of the film more clearly. They are not so-called abnormal or abnormal. Edward's dramatic performance inspired Lee's courage. His encouragement to Lee made Lee's face bloom with the most beautiful smile. He said I overcome my shyness in order to get things done. (I overcome my shyness in order to get things done.) He prepared hot chocolate for Lee, gentle and considerate. He looked directly into Lee’s eyes and said to her: you are never ever cut yourself again. (The subtitles of the movie are turned so that you never have to say half, but I think it can be a pun. Cut yourself refers to both Lee's half-talk and Lee's self-abuse.) Here, except for seeing Edward right Lee’s sincere help and James’ acting skills have made me realize that he is a truly powerful person. He doesn’t need to repeat his words many times. You only need to say it once. Just look at your eyes and you will never forget what he said. . Mr grey's encouragement to Lee made Lee say byebye to the image in the first half of the movie. After their conversation, Lee became like an ordinary little girl. He walked to work every day, bathed in the sun, and his mood was as gorgeous as a flower. The most prominent performance was "I didn't bring a sewing kit and iodine the next day."
But Lee made a typo again. The next paragraph is a classic shot of the movie, and it is also the part that countless movie viewers are keen to discuss. Here I have some personal thoughts. Many people think that Mr grey deliberately found fault to punish Lee, and after seeing it, I did feel that the reason Lee was called to the office to be punished was because Edward did not want her to abuse herself with a sewing kit. If you look closely, it is not difficult to find that Lee was sad and nervous after being reprimanded. She turned around and wanted to find a sewing kit like before. Of course she couldn't find it because she didn't bring it. And Mr grey stopped halfway, because he heard Lee's sobbing, he hesitated for a while before turning around and looking for Lee again. I don’t know how others feel about the layout of this section. I personally think that Edward punishes Lee with the mentality of redeeming Lee, because he told her not to hurt herself anymore, and now everything is over. If Lee cuts himself again, then the conversation that day is useless.
Everything that follows is just as natural as the scene at the beginning of the film. The two finally found a secret interest in common. Mr grey did not appear in front of the camera. We only saw Lee, who became charming and sexy. The SM theme of the movie finally surfaced. Is it criticized? I don't think. Let’s put it this way, there is always an opportunity to love someone. You and your girlfriend may come together because they like watching the same cartoon. Lee and Edward have sparks because of a little sadomasochistic game. The reason for love. Each is different, but love does not distinguish between high and low. What's more, because of this unique style, this movie has a special flavor. Otherwise, it will become an ordinary office sparrow-to-phoenix romance, which may be very beautiful, but it will never be remembered after reading it.
At the end of the movie, at the climax, Lee rushed to Edward's office on the day of his wedding and confessed to him boldly, I love u. Edward still flinched and refused to admit it. He wiped his face with a tissue to cover up his anxiety, but resolutely Lee told him that it was true. Edward still avoided, "We can't do this 24hours a day, 7days a week." Yes, breakdown! That's the word. Mr grey had to face himself face-to-face under Lee's almost madness, no more hypocritical concealment, no more deceiving himself. Starting from that sentence why not, although he still hesitated afterwards, he could not escape the fate of being controlled by Lee. Lee went on a hunger strike for three days in order to wait for him. Countless people came to comfort her. She still kept the palms down on the table with both hands ordered by Mr grey. Even if Peter dragged her away, she still struggled back to the original place like a beast. Bit. In the past three days, countless media came to interview, Lee became weaker and haggard, but her eyes were always firm. Edward hides in his apartment, trying to escape but finds that Lee is always lingering in his mind. Until he saw
Lee in the newspaper, he knew he could no longer escape; Lee: In one way or another I've always suffered. I didn't know why exactly. But I do know that I'm not so scared of suffering now. I feel more than I've ever felt and I've found someone to feel with. To play with. To love in a way that feels right for me. I hope he knows that I can see that he suffers too. And that I want to love him.
With such an unwavering confession of love, it is impossible for the film to end without a happy ending. Of course, while the two tied the knot, I discovered that it was not Lee who was actually abused by Edward, and it was not that Mr Grey was in firm control of Lee, but on the contrary, the seemingly powerful Edward’s pain was deeply buried. In my heart, not only that, he is not as decisive as Lee, so he can only be controlled by Lee and become Lee's prisoner. Although physically he may have caused Lee to suffer, but mentally, Lee has already surpassed Mr Grey. Who is strong and who is weak is a big turn at this time, and there is a deep love and fusion in a deeper level.
Everything starts from abuse and ends with love. The seemingly different love acts naturally and touches people's hearts. Scretary, a 2002 American movie, looks vulgar and vulgar with one more point, and feels dull and tasteless with one less point. The director's meticulous layout and the stunning performance of james spader and heroine Maggie Gyllenhaal are just perfect from abuse to love. It's like drinking a drink with a mixture of various exotic fruits. The taste is peculiar, but the aftertaste is long. After it settles, I feel that there is no more, no less, just satisfying.
Finally, I will write two sentences about my experience from the movie; first, love must be persevering, just like everything that wants to be successful requires hard work. 2. A different kind of love and a different kind of color are also worthy of blessings. Harmony but difference, the world will be more exciting. Let everyone's mind be broader~~~~~~: P
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