It's a Western, but it's not just a man's story. The story of a 14-year-old girl who came to Arkansas alone and hired a policeman to hunt down her father’s nemesis in the Indian Territory sounded like a long-running western saga, but when the film was released in 2010, it was still Impressed countless people. Many people think that this film has a strong feminist color, and the independent little girl Rose is the representative, and women are no longer weak in this film. Even though Lu Yaoma died, the little girl was still strong and brave in chasing the murderer. She had both the lively optimism of a 14-year-old girl, but also the stability and calmness not commensurate with her age. movie. This is the second Coen Brothers movie I've watched. The first one was "No Country for Old Men" which I watched in elementary school. At that time, it was impossible to understand, and I had to watch it a second time when I had time. Everyone says that the Coen brothers are good at satirizing society, and the camera is full of critiques of dark reality. And this "Thunderbolt" is undoubtedly the most tender movie of the Coen brothers. Whether it is the old cop and the little girl who become friends, or the Texas Ranger and the old cop from a ridiculous conflict to fighting side by side, these bridges are completely missing. There are traces of irony, as if the edges and corners of the Coen brothers have been smoothed out over the years (?) Personally, I think this film also contains the director's tribute to Western movies and mourning for the disappearance of the cowboy spirit. For example, the Texas Rangers played by Matt Damon (the spurs on the leather boots are impressive), the scene where the old policeman finally rode a horse to fight with two guns and gangsters is a tribute to the classic Western movies, except for the fighting scenes. Both are slow and poetic, and better show the western style. At the end of the film, the old policeman hugged the little girl bitten by the poisonous snake, panted heavily, and squeezed out a sentence: "I'm still old." The emotional expression is very restrained, as if taking off his hat to pay homage to the past era. This is the beauty of good movies, folks, and if you have two hours to spare, you might choose to watch a new popcorn special effects blockbuster, or choose to watch such a movie. But after many years, will you remember those fancy stunt shots, or the end of "Thunderbolt", where the one-armed heroine walked away on the wasteland and said lightly: "Time always passes silently from us. Slip away." There was still a sad song in his ear? I think it's the latter.
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