The English name of the film is The Secret Life of Walter Mitty, which is translated as Daydreamer in Chinese. Although it is not amazing, it does not detract from the score. I am thankful that it has not been translated into Walter's secret. Li Qiankun has the same essence but different expression techniques. The subject of jewelry theft is slightly old and not suitable for today's film market, except for the Chinese film market. I declare that I never meant to laugh at the aesthetics of the Chinese film market. Well, I take back the last sentence. Adapted into a story related to photography and exploration, it has intentionally contaminated a lot of literary and artistic flavors, and added a lot of points to the picture and soundtrack.
The story is about the life of a middle-aged diaosi, who is good at daydreaming and is serious and responsible for his work as a film asset manager. After the photo negative selected as the cover of the last issue of the magazine was accidentally lost, the male protagonist embarked on an unexpected journey to find the photographer of the original negative in order to save his job, from Greenland to Iceland to the Himalayas, jumping helicopters, and fighting sharks in the sea , Skateboarding on the road, escaping from a volcanic eruption, stepping into anarchy Afghanistan... Although he was finally fired but found the negative of the male pig's feet, he gained the true meaning of life in the adventure, got rid of the fantasy disease and successfully married Bai Fumei. At the peak of life, there should be applause here.
From the outline, the plot is full of routines and bland, so what is the point of the movie to capture the audience's heart?
1. A down-to-earth character. The male protagonist is the projection of us who are mediocre. He maintains a small job, raises a small family, has a goddess in his heart, but he is a diaosi and can only rely on endless fantasies to create short-term happiness. The disgusting bossy boss has cut it into eight pieces in his heart, but he has repeatedly succumbed to his arrogance on the surface; Inferiority is reluctant to take a step forward. It can be said that in the first half of the movie, the male protagonist is us in reality. Even if the plot of slaughtering the boss only survives in fantasy, he can't help but feel dark in his heart; no matter how cold the goddess is, she will automatically make up for countless OOXX scenes. The saying of literature and art is the exchange of souls. In the second half of the movie, the beauty, adventure, and fulfillment are all the audience wants to do but can't do it, and even the "heroic dream" that the audience pretends to be vicissitudes of life as they get older, no, "American dream". This is the most common way of telling the "American Dream", but in the context of all human beings, it is the universal consensus that "no matter how small people can have big dreams". Rather than saying that the audience applauded for the transformation of the male protagonist, it is better to say that we pinned our dissatisfied selves on the male protagonist who opened up, and together completed a great capitalist lust, but in the final analysis, it is the proletariat. Victory for the working people.
2. The penetration of affection. From the beginning to the end of the whole play, you can feel the endless flowers blooming from family love. The younger sister presented the 42-year-old male protagonist with a cake made by her mother. In order to keep the piano that her father gave to her mother, the male protagonist would rather afford a villa with a higher rent. From childhood to adulthood, things are collected silently and regarded as treasures. The heroine and her child's mother and son are affectionate, and the male protagonist exchanges the toys given by his sister to skateboard gifts for the heroine's children... Everything is so warm and smooth. Of course, there is no one who sells blood for a kidney transplant, and there is only a warm and natural trickle. You know, the most lifelike is always the most beautiful. The act of bribing a local non-government warlord with his mother's cake was so loving that it made me laugh out loud. Maybe the director wanted to convey that only sincere emotion is the ultimate magic weapon to unite people all over the world?
3. Conception of details. As a light comedy, this film has the advantage of not having to be too realistic, and has more freedom in the setting of details. A personal favorite is Todd, the manager of a dating site. It is reasonable and very interesting for him to show the objective change of the male protagonist. How much wink is collected on dating websites is the most direct manifestation of the male protagonist's charm value, and the "places I have been to" item in the required information also seems to dynamically record the male protagonist's surprise journey. Suspicious flute was detained at the airport, and Todd's clearance also gave this character a chance to show his face, not just Todd who lives forever on the phone. This can't help but make me feel that everything is coherent and natural, without a trace of redundancy, and the links are closely linked to form an organic whole of the film. Furthermore, many important subtitles of this film are hidden in the picture, or on the wall, on the mountain, or on the ground, or interspersed in the picture in a low-transparency way. The overall aesthetic sense is not difficult to win a knowing smile.
4. Communication of meaning. The director of this film almost directly borrowed the characters to express what he understood as "The Quintessence of Life", that is, the essence of life. So what is the essence? It is Motto of the magazine "LIFE" where the male protagonist works, which is quite long, "To See the World, Things Dangerous to Come To. To See Behind Walls, To Draw Closer. To Find Each Other and To Feel. That Is the Purpose of Life .” In addition, the heroine jumped from a biscuit company to a magazine company to make life more colorful and less regular. The hero roared “Stay Gold, Pony Boy” in Iceland for a bike companion. Photographer Sean was shooting snow leopards. The words "Just want to stay in it" and living in a cute and playful way of life convey the exploration and pursuit of the meaning of life.
5. Picture, soundtrack, modeling. This film has been nominated and won many awards in photography and soundtracking, especially the soundtrack. The magnificent scenes where many people blend with nature are supported by the soundtrack. Insignificance is more of a harmonious communication. For a moment, I truly felt that the positive energy emanating from the protagonist came from the heart, rather than forced blindness by the blessing of external objects. The clean but bright picture can be felt in the movie, and the heart-warming soundtrack can be found in the full set of original soundtrack albums in Cloud Music. Don't ask me what my name is, my name is Lei Feng. As for the shape, I have only taken it. The male protagonist has advanced from Diaosi to being rich and handsome. The vicissitudes of the beard and the changes in clothing are very good points, which are in line with the transformation of temperament.
Overall, it's a good movie, it can make you so excited that you can't sleep at night, but you can't touch your soul or your bone marrow, and you wake up the next morning with a look of indifference as if you have nothing occur. From a personal point of view, I hope that the ending part is separated from the heroine, that is, skipping the drama of the hero marrying Bai Fumei and reaching the pinnacle of life. I secretly thought that through the two adventures, the male protagonist should understand that true power comes from the heart, and loneliness should be the normal state of life in the last leg of climbing the Himalayas. And the director's intention to shoot like this, I guess, is to take care of the sentence "To find each other and to feel". It is true that I am sure of the guidance and encouragement of Lucky Lady in her adventure, but this combination is a little redundant. The lack of beauty in "ONCE".
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