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Dune: Part Two
Director: Drama, Action, Science Fiction, Adventure
Cast: Timothée Chalamet, Zendaya, Rebecca Ferguson, Javier Bardem, Josh Brolin, Austin Butler, Florence Pugh, Dave Bautista, Christopher Walken
Dune 2 follows the story of the first film, telling the story of Paul Atreides (Timothée Chalamet) who was exterminated by the Padishah Emperor and the Harkonnens, and his legendary journey after he met the Fremen warrior Chiné (Zendaya) on the planet Arrakis and joined the Fremen. Paul went to war with the conspirators who destroyed his family, and at the same time faced a dilemma between the love of his life and the fate of the known universe.
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This is the final chapter of the series. Leno swears to find Alesky and confront him.
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A banker convicted of uxoricide forms a friendship over a quarter century with a hardened convict, while maintaining his innocence and trying to remain hopeful through simple compassion.
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Dune: Part Two
Director: Drama, Action, Science Fiction, Adventure
Cast: Timothée Chalamet, Zendaya, Rebecca Ferguson, Javier Bardem, Josh Brolin, Austin Butler, Florence Pugh, Dave Bautista, Christopher Walken
User Rating: 8.1/10 (513507 votes)
I stood for the entire 2 and a half hours to watch the movie, not because it was so exciting that I had to stand up to watch it, but because there were bad guys. There were very few people watching the movie in the giant screen hall during the day. I was sitting in the aisle seat in the fourth row from the end. There was a man five seats away from me. There were two women in the third row from the end, directly behind me. Apart from these two women, there was no one else in the last three rows of the theater. As soon as the movie started, the two older sisters behind me started talking, one leading the discussion and the other seconding it. They were not whispering, but talking at a normal volume. The older brother who was five seats away stood up and moved to the other end of the aisle, the far side, against the wall. I didn't intend to tolerate it, so I turned around and yelled at her, "Don't talk while watching a movie." The older sister yelled back, "What's wrong with talking?" The older brother in the distance supported "Don't talk while watching a movie," and the older sister who was leading the discussion asked a soul-searching question, "Who said you can't talk while watching a movie?" I was stunned for 5 seconds. Yes, there is no law to follow and no one enforces the law. It seems that rules and public order and morality cannot defeat magic. Well, let's use magic to defeat magic. So I stood up and told the elder sister that there seemed to be no rules against standing to watch a movie. Then the elder sister shamelessly attacked me for being uncultured and threatened: If you have the guts, just stand and watch the whole movie. I'm really good at it. She didn't know I was an Iyengar yoga practitioner, and she had never heard of the mountain pose. Standing doesn't hurt your waist, so it's like practicing. The whole process took 2 and a half hours, and I ate and drank as I should. I practiced the standing poses in yoga one after another. The sand dunes were also very beautiful. It turns out that watching a giant screen movie while standing is so effective. The older sister was a tough and cowardly person. She didn't change her seat to fight me the whole time, but she didn't dare to speak. She only dared to cough and mutter. The older sister next to her didn't dare to respond to her. If she dared to continue talking, I prepared a darker magic - go to the seat behind her, take off my shoes and put my feet on the seat above her head. I know she can see the movie, the screen is too big to affect her understanding of the plot. But I also know that there is a black shadow standing on the huge screen in her sight, suppressing her for 2 and a half hours. After the movie, I put on my bag and said to her something I had been thinking about for a long time: "I've used these two and a half hours to leave a shadow in you, so that every time you watch a movie for the rest of your life, you will not forget that you are a stupid idiot." The elder sister yelled back: "You bought a ticket and stood for two hours, you are an idiot." But she walked out while yelling, so I didn't have the chance to cast a more aggressive spell. After all, with his back facing me, I am a grown man, so I wouldn't chase after someone and cast a spell. Just when I was feeling down, the elder brother who had supported me in the same row came over, expressed his admiration for my perseverance, and offered to buy me a cup of coffee. I gladly accepted. During the chat with the elder brother, I learned that he was from Tainan, Taiwan, and was on a business trip to Nanjing. He was also a science fiction fan. We lamented for a while that business was difficult now, and also talked about the original work of Dune. The elder brother said that he would let his wife practice yoga when he returned to Taiwan. After we separated, I sent a WeChat message to my eldest brother: "Saying no to those who bully us usually comes at the cost of being looked on coldly. But this cup of coffee today allowed me to meet a companion among those who need to protect each other. It was very heartwarming. Thank you." The above is my first experience of watching a movie while standing.
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Director: Drama, Action, Thriller, Crime
Cast: Alban Lenoir, Steffi Selma, Nicolas Duvauchelle, Gérard Lanvin, Pascal Ebijo, Julie Tedesco
User Rating: 6.7/10 (315 votes)
The 15-minute prologue uses two action scenes, namely a motorcycle racing scene and an indoor action scene, to set the tone for the whole film. It doesn't pay much attention to the plot. If you like the style of the first two parts, you will definitely like the third part, which magnifies the advantages of the first two parts. But if you think the first two parts are not good, then you won't like the third part either. The action scenes are much better than the first two parts. The city car chase scene must be borrowed from Mission Impossible. In the end, everyone gets on the plane and sets off fireworks. There is another short segment at the end. In fact, I think the plot is still interesting. It's not as bad as I imagined.
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Director: Epic, PeriodDrama, PrisonDrama, Drama
Cast: Tim Robbins, Morgan Freeman, Bob Gunton
User Rating: 5.0/10 (1000 votes)
At the Oscars that year, it was overshadowed by the towering presence of Forrest Gump, but over time, this film has surpassed Gump in the hearts of many. Whenever reality leaves me exhausted and powerless, I revisit this disc and reignite my dreams. Without a doubt, this film ranks among the top three must-watch movies for men! Recalling that iconic line: "Some birds’ feathers are too bright to be caged, even by the darkest prison."
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Clown in a Cornfield
Director: Slasher Horror, Dark Comedy, Teen Horror, Horror
Cast: Katie Douglas, Aaron Abrams, Carson MacCormac
User Rating: 3.0/10 (100 votes)
Saw the opening voice-over: “I love men and the only thing better than one man is two men when they’re touching and kissing each other.”
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The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim
Director: Drama, Action, Animation, Fantasy, Adventure
Cast: Brian Cox, Gaia Wise, Miranda Otto, Luke Pasqualino, Lorraine Ashbourne, More...
User Rating: 6.1/10 (9014 votes)
After watching it, I felt like I had drunk a bowl of broth that Éowyn handed to Aragorn. The ingredients were the same, but the taste was really not the same. It is an unforgivable mistake to make the protagonist of Helm's daughter, who has no role in the original book and whose name is unknown (in fact, she is an original character). This is not a female power moment - it is equally bad to set this character as a princess who yearns for freedom, an unwelcome bastard, or a hobbit from the Shire, because it should not exist in the first place. The consequence of this is that the sense of fate and heroism in Tolkien's works were directly destroyed, because the tragedy of the severance of the first line of Rohan became "just the death of the protagonist's relatives and friends", and the distant epic myth became a second-rate adventure animation. So we can see that Hareth, who led the guards to defend Edoras until the last man fell, was a reckless man who was shot through the throat after showing off his strength after successfully fighting the mammoth in the movie. Another son, Hama, died by being captured alive and executed in public. The giant eagle that the Lord of the Rings was unwilling to give away can be fed by humans and help transport the nostalgic equipment... These are nothing. The most ooc character is Helm the Hammerhand himself, who was deprived of the protagonist's position. The Rohan are martial but not stupid. Helm is praised first because he is a leader: a resolute leader who can withstand great grief and lead his people to survive in the desperate situation of a long winter, go out alone to kill the enemy until the opponent is terrified, and finally die standing on the eve of victory. So after the war, the Rohan people spontaneously called the Hornburg Helm's Deep. If it was the demented wild man in the movie who surrendered in public on the city wall, was devastated after the death of his son, and finally gave himself up at the beginning of the siege because he couldn't open a door (literally), I'm afraid the first people to overthrow Helm would be the residents of Helm's Deep. In Tolkien's writing, the reason for the defeat in the Battle of the Fords of Isen was that Rohan and Gondor were invaded at the same time as planned, not because Helm was so stubborn and arrogant that he refused to ask Gondor for help as in the movie. The setting of Hera and the short and shy attendant (I really can't remember the character's name) seems to be a replica of the princess and Merry in "The Return of the King", but the strength of the weak should be reflected in wisdom, courage and skills, rather than luck and logic. The soundtrack, storyboards and Eowyn's narration earned me one star, but that's it. The ending song is very nice, but I'm very angry.
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Nobody
Director: Action, Crime
Cast: Bob Odenkirk, Alexi Serebryakov, Connie Nielsen, Christopher Lloyd, Michael Ironside, More...
User Rating: 7.8/10 (186482 votes)
"Little People" is a crime action film released in 2021, directed by Ilya Naishuller and starring Bob Odenkirk, Connie Nielsen, Alexi Serebryakov and others. The film tells the story of the protagonist Hutch (Hutch Mansell), a retired agent killer who longs for a peaceful life, but in order to protect his family and children, he has to get involved in gang disputes again. I was deeply impressed by this movie, especially its portrayal and understanding of "little people". People who struggle at the bottom of society are often overlooked, and this movie is a loving tribute to them. The character of Hutch made me see the helplessness and tenacity of an ordinary person in the face of life pressure and danger. Although he was a top agent, after retiring, he just wanted to live an ordinary life. However, for the safety of his family, he had to wield his weapons and become the "nobody" again. The action scenes of the film are very exciting and exciting, which makes people sweat. The acting is also excellent, especially Bob Odenkirk, who successfully portrays a character with both wisdom and courage. In addition, the film's music and photography are also very good, creating a depressing and tense atmosphere for the film.
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Black Bag
Director: Drama, Romance, Suspense, Thriller
Cast: Michael Fassbender, Cate Blanchett, Marissa Abela, Tom Burke, Naomie Harris, More...
User Rating: 6.0/10 (6359 votes)
It feels like authentic British humor, and it was made by an American director and screenwriter. It's quite surprising to think that the editor of Jurassic Park and the director of Ocean's Eleven were both very similar. Let me tell you some interesting details, including spoilers: - At the beginning, when the male protagonist went to find the informant, the informant was hugged by many women and said that he just cheated accidentally. The male protagonist persuaded him to go home, and the informant actually went back. In the next scene where the informant was about to die, the informant was at home discussing going out with his wife on the weekend to ease the relationship - When the male lead pretended to lose his work badge and went to find the female lead, the female lead's boss was shown in the meeting room for the first time. The old Bond showed his sovereignty by switching the glass. - When the male protagonist said goodbye to the female protagonist on the night of the trip abroad, he first spoke French and then German, because both languages are used in Switzerland. The female protagonist frowned slightly after hearing this, which also showed that she seemed to realize that the male protagonist was checking her out. - In the meeting after the vulnerability incident, Uncle Fa delicately showed the panic beneath his calm surface. If you look closely, his hands were shaking when pouring water, and his reaction after leaving the meeting room was also panic. - The first time the male protagonist went to the river to sort out the situation, he didn't catch anything, and he had no clue. The second time he went with the black agent, he caught a small fish, which corresponds to the black guy. The big boss was not caught, but he was eating a still-living fish, implying that he was the big fish and could survive the best. - The body language of the big devil leaning forward to press the elevator button with old Bond in the elevator is so powerful, it instantly expresses the meaning of dominance
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Joy
Director: Drama, Biography, History
Cast: Thomasin McKenzie, Rishi Shah, James Norton, Nikolaj Shulick, Adrian Lukis, More...
User Rating: 7.5/10 (1394 votes)
What touched me the most in this movie was what the head nurse said: "We are here to provide these women with choices." Whether it is abortion or IVF, it is a choice that should belong to women and is an option that science can provide to them. At the beginning of the year, I interviewed a patient with cervical cancer during pregnancy. For a young woman who is extremely eager to have children, the cruelest thing is to tell her at the same time: Congratulations! There is a new life growing in your uterus, but unfortunately, there is also a tumor in it that will take your life. Many hospitals advised her to stop the pregnancy and treat the cancer as soon as possible, but she was very determined. She told me that she wanted to keep the child no matter what. Finally, only our hospital agreed to treat her. Two department directors performed an operation together, helping her deliver the baby and remove the tumor at the same time. The baby is very healthy and the mother is very happy. The teacher told me that this is very worth promoting. In the past, you would never have thought that women with cervical cancer could still have children. To be honest, I couldn't agree with her at first. I couldn't understand why this woman risked her life to have a baby. I even criticized her recklessness in my heart and thought her persistence was stupid. And although the treatment and surgery were very difficult, I didn't understand why the hospital promoted the practice of giving birth with tumors.
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Transformers One
Director: Action, Science Fiction, Animation, Adventure
Cast: Chris Hemsworth, Brian Tyree Henry, Scarlett Johansson, Keegan-Michael Key, Jon Hamm, More...
User Rating: 7.9/10 (85111 votes)
There was a movie that I watched during the Mid-Autumn Festival. I didn't pay much attention to it at first, thinking that the good reviews were all made up by the so-called media. But after watching it, I felt that it really lived up to expectations. It was the latest "Transformers" animated film "Transformers: Origins". The story type is still science fiction adventure. The imaginative world structure of Cybertron and the robot design that is relatively restored to the old animation can indeed impress many animation fans. However, what I want to say most after watching it is the strong and simple revolutionary issues contained in the film and the dystopian narrative that is closely related to reality. There is no extra human perspective, but the experiences of the Transformers are presented in a revolutionary discourse that is unique to humans . Before becoming the Autobot leader Optimus Prime and the Decepticon leader Megatron, Orion Pax and D-16 were two ordinary miners who had to mine energy in dangerous underground environments every day. Although they are good brothers, their personalities, attitudes and philosophies are completely opposite. Orion Pax is a miner with his own ideas, courage to challenge and break the rules. Although he does not believe in the saying "Are kings, princes, generals and ministers different in kind?" and wants to overthrow it, he is upright in his bones, which also lays the groundwork for him to break the rules and participate in the competition, thus starting a series of adventures and uncovering the conspiracy. D-16 was not yet the leader of the Decepticon faction at that time. He worked according to the routine every day and believed in all the information transmitted to him by his superiors. It was a bit like accepting everything, but at that time, it was still peaceful on the surface. D-16 collected stickers of the original Thirteen King Kong, who were the first to resist the Five-Faced Monster, like a fanboy, especially Megatronus, who later became the Fallen King Kong. However, the blackening of D-16, his believer, cannot be regarded as fate, as it also involves some personality and even external factors, which will be discussed later. By accident, they discovered the secret of the current leader, Yu Tiandi - under the pretext of finding a leadership module, he secretly surrendered to the Quintessence of the Five-Faced Monsters, and even exploited his own people in order to provide energy for the enemy. He ordered his subordinates to intensify energy extraction and continue to exploit the miners. What's even more terrifying is that the Skyrim also covered up the Transformers' early memories (tampering with history). Each Transformer originally had gears and could transform, but in order to consolidate its rule (the key point is to remove the military power and monopolize the military and political affairs. Who would want their own people to have guns, be able to transform, and rebel?), the Skyrim took back the transformation gears (depriving the people of their nature) and unified management (dividing the class, and classifying people by whether they can transform or not). It is not difficult to find that the background description of the origins of the Autobots and Decepticon leaders in "Transformers: Origins" is very consistent with the early revolutionary situation. Internally, the upper class exploited the lower working people to the utmost; externally, they put on a fawning face, ceded land, paid compensation, and sold out the country for personal gain. It is difficult not to associate this narrative system with the history of my country's new democratic revolution. Even Optimus Prime's inheritance of the will of the Thirteen and the battle between Optimus Prime and Megatron are more or less closely aligned with certain nodes in history. Interestingly, the revolutionary process presented in Transformers: Origins also conforms to the stage of the New Democratic Revolution. The railway coal miners' strike and the miners' uprising called by Optimus Prime are very similar, both of which are sparks of revolution that burst out from the working class. Let's look at the ruling class. Transformers: Origins portrays Megatron with a very modern feel. I'm not pedantic, but I claim to be superior; I'm not undemocratic, you see, I even give you the competition to make you happy (although this kind of "nipple fun" is also divided into classes, not everyone can participate). So the Cybertron led by Megatron is not the Big Brother-style 1984, but a brave new world - A treasonous clown maintains the current false prosperity with the principle of entertainment first. This is the simple revolutionary tone of "Transformers: Origins", and what follows is the love-hate relationship between Pillar and his fanboy Megatron. Of course, compared to Zhuzi’s helplessness and the magnanimity of a true leader, the darkening of his fanboy is more interesting. From a justice perspective, both Megatron and Megatron are traitors. One betrayed the original Thirteen, and the Quintessons took advantage of the situation, which was considered treason; the other was more different, he only betrayed his allies (on a friendship level), and his inner persistence remained the same, but it was just more extreme. It is reasonable for Megatron to turn evil. What he had before could not be considered self-awareness, and he was not even as optimistic as Bumblebee, who could still find fun for himself while being locked up alone on the 30th floor underground. You can think of Megatron as a rationalist who has spent the first half of his life pursuing an absolute idea. His thinking is relatively extreme, but the premise of this extremism is his support for absolute justice (obedience) and the betrayal of "absolute justice" (Yu Tiandi). Faced with the hypocritical behavior and treasonous behavior of the upper class such as Megatron, Optimus Prime felt that he needed to awaken the people first, unite all the forces that could be united, and proceed step by step from the bottom up; while Megatron's attitude towards this was "an eye for an eye", the same form of revenge, and he would fight if he disagreed! Although his purpose was also to maintain justice in his heart. This kind of thinking develops to a later stage, once in power, or continues to be paranoid, it will turn into an extreme attitude of "whoever stands in my way will die". In the film, Megatron's final act of abandoning Optimus Prime and slaughtering the former supporters of Megatron are all extreme reactions after his beliefs are shattered. Since everything is fake, I will build a new order on the ruins. What was once promised has become a lie forever. This is the tragedy of the cool movie "Transformers: Origins", and it also echoes the transformation of student movements in the late 1960s and 1970s into terrorism (just look at the attitude of the Japanese right wing towards the Japanese United Red Army). At this point, the reasons for the formation of terrorism are no longer important, and he was exiled along with the Holy Knights. Former comrades parted ways because of the "instigation" of a clown, and took different paths due to different choices. What is even more tragic is that what they advocated is still the same, the thing that truly belongs to the people, which has been manipulated by the upper class and has not been fulfilled so far.
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The Life List
Director: Drama, Comedy, Romance
Cast: Sofia Carlson, Kyle Allen, Sebastian de Sousa, Connie Britton, Jose Zuniga, More...
User Rating: 6.7/10 (1601 votes)
At the beginning of the movie, I was attracted by the unique frosted voice of the heroine. I really love her voice, lazy and with a wise tone, very mellow. The group of pregnant women at the beginning of the movie formed a sharp contrast with the heroine. This feeling is very strange. I can't explain it. It vaguely reflects that her boyfriend who loves games is not her true love. The second love came very suddenly. Both of them fell in love at first sight. They lived passionately every day. She thought he was her true love... But they broke up! Not surprisingly, he gave me the impression of a sophisticated man. He was keen on making friends with people who had common topics and the same dimensions. He couldn't accept the low-level jokes of the heroine's friends (actually, I didn't like that joke either). As expected, she and the lawyer ended up together. It was not surprising, not at all. After all, choosing a tie is something that only close couples would do. The movie hinted at the beginning that they would be together. In addition, the heroine always thought that her adoptive father didn't love her. But I don't think so. Just like her biological father said, the first thing the adoptive father did after driving home was to pick up the young girl and spin her around, but she didn't remember it. At the end of the movie, the adoptive father also described this behavior again. Regarding the relationship between the heroine and her mother, to be honest, it is really warm and heartwarming.
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Last Breath
Director: Drama, Thriller
Cast: Woody Harrelson, Simu Liu / Finn Cole, Cliff Curtis, Mark Bonnar, More...
User Rating: 6.4/10 (3156 votes)
"Last Breath" is a film based on a real submarine disaster in the North Sea of Scotland in 2012. When experienced deep-sea diver Chris was on a mission in the North Sea, a huge storm caused the ship to drift, and his oxygen tube was cut off, trapping him on the seabed, with only 10 minutes of backup oxygen! In the dark sea storm, the captain, technicians, and the leaders of the diving team Ducan (Woody Harrelson) and Dave (Liu Simu) worked together to launch a thrilling rescue operation. Before watching the movie, S asked me, if the backup oxygen only lasts 10 minutes, why can the movie be shot for 90 minutes? Shouldn't it be finished in 10 minutes? I said, maybe there is a synopsis of the previous story, reminiscing about life, or it is like "24 Hours", shot from one person's perspective. After watching it, I found that these are not all correct. The main reason is that after the oxygen was exhausted in ten minutes, the protagonist still lasted for 30 minutes! I won't spoil the result, you can go and see it for yourself. Although the film is only 90 minutes long, I appreciate the compact rhythm of this purely commercial film. The story is told neatly, without dragging or over-exaggeration, which is enough. The theater also maximized this effect. As soon as the lights were turned off, the music, pictures and photography came out, which immediately made me understand the difference between a movie that can be released in theaters - even a small commercial film - and a streaming network movie like "The Canyons". First of all, the authenticity of the details. Compared with "The Last Breath", "The Canyon" looks like an AI cutout. Although a beautiful interior scene was built, the rest is all cutout CG, which is completely unreliable. It feels like the male and female protagonists are playing the Sims. Such an old tower, but the interior is brand new. There was a blizzard outside, and the heroine came out in shorts, as if there was no use for the blanket on her body that might fall off at any time. Look at the rust, iron cages, and mechanical air pipes in "The Last Breath", and the difference is obvious. The second is the problem of logic. The setting of "The Canyon" is pleasant, especially the uninhabited forest tower in the subarctic zone of the northern hemisphere, which is simply a paradise for I people, but the various story logic loopholes are like a sieve. In contrast, "The Last Breath" is adapted from a true story, and the whole story is very solid. The director also made a documentary for this movie. Chris lasted 30 minutes without oxygen, which is a miracle in itself, but what is more miraculous is that the team did not give up on him. From the captain, the first mate to the technicians, as well as the leader of the diving team Ducan and the silently dedicated Dave, the cooperation, courage and human brilliance of the entire team who never abandon or give up, regardless of the final result, is the biggest miracle. Finally, I would like to use a paragraph to praise Simu Liu. In mainstream North American movies, Simu Liu is almost the only East Asian face who can play the leading role - I am not talking about TV series and movies with Chinese as the main characters. Do you know how difficult this is? Compared with Chen Sicheng's boastful "🍬探1900" which illogically incites national sentiment, seeing more and more Chinese appear in European and American film and television circles is to do things step by step in a down-to-earth manner. To give an inappropriate analogy, if you support not overfishing, then there is no need to yell at your parents at home not to eat fish. Going to the school community to call on everyone not to eat fish is doing things. Simu Liu's emotional acting is actually not very good, but once the action is added, it is very qualified, and he plays the image of a taciturn but brave and kind comrade-in-arms. Simu Liu is really the pride of the Chinese!
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Juror #2
Director: Drama, Suspense, Thriller, Crime
Cast: Nicholas Hoult, Zoey Deutch, Megan Midgley, Toni Collette, Melanie Harrison, Adrienne C. Moore, Drew Scheider, Leslie Bibb, Heidi Nasser, Phil Biedron, Cedric Yarbrough, Bria Brimmer, J.K. Simmons
User Rating: 7.1/10 (11774 votes)
When everyone thought that in his last film, Toki, as the "beneficiary" of the current political context, was going to stage a smug right-wing victory settlement, he actually went the other way and provided some progressive reflections in "Juror No. 2": for example, in the jury, the field where identity politics can be set up the most, the two most "stubborn" defenders of traditional family values (to some extent representing ignorant and stubborn rednecks) are played by black people; and when the defendant uttered the classic scumbag confession "I'm not the guy anymore, I have changed" in the stand, what quickly flashed by was the silent sneer of the two female prosecutors who knew the truth - a typical female subject perspective. In fact, this unprecedented thinking is by no means a trick. As the jury debate deepens, the film seems to be following the classic path of "12 Angry Men" and its many variations (it's funny, the opening scene of the female prosecutor picking up the phone even perfectly pays tribute to He Bing picking up the documents at the end of "12 Citizens"), and the early exposure of the male protagonist's crime breaks this pattern - what Dong Mu tries to do is to put everything in a swaying state. The so-called "rigorousness" has become a prejudice, and the theme of "justice" throughout the film has unexpectedly become a stumbling block to revealing or covering up the truth. This ambiguity takes root and sprouts meticulously all the way until the last scene, when it suddenly changes its form. Through the gaze of the ending, the simple moral binary opposition in "Sully" or "Richard Jewell" is re-exposed. In Toki's values, there is and only one "correct" way of moral narration. On this level, "Juror No. 2" has never hesitated in morality or conscience. This is a firm conscience. For this reason, the skepticism about moral truth in "12 Angry Men" is actually opposed and even abandoned by this film. The last time this kind of complementary and inseparable justice and truth appeared in a concentrated manner seems to be traced back to Fritz Lang (and the day I watched the movie was his birthday). So everything ends with such a gaze that follows the moral values of the black film nearly a hundred years ago. There is no more perfect farewell than this. From the gaze, we see the adhered traditions, ancient ethics and principles, and the fate of this country - after all, don't forget the identity of the male protagonist, he is the most decent conservative white male protagonist in Dongmu's usual narrative, and his evil has been planted from the beginning. Just like the close-up of the scale that appears in the opening animation and runs through the whole film, the old man has completed an atypical patriotic reflection in this way that is consistent with and breaks the self.
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Sonic the Hedgehog 3
Director: Comedy, Action, Science Fiction, Animation
Cast: Ben Schwartz, Jim Carrey, Keanu Reeves, Idris Elba, Colleen OShaughnessy, More...
User Rating: 6.2/10 (9970 votes)
When the movie's Easter eggs are released, the concept of similarity becomes a thread from between species to between bionics and species. The appearance of the Easter egg has nothing to do with Sonic, but the image that is quite similar in outline is a robot. In other words, it forms a very obvious representational similarity, which, in Deleuze's words, is a body without organs. Of course, it is to prepare for the fourth Sonic the Hedgehog film, and perhaps also to open up a parallel world, telling a story of alternating cuteness and fear. In "On Cuteness", Inuhiko Shihoda talked about how cute and scary are adjacent in Japanese. Think back to whether this is also true for the movie? Yes, although Dr. Eggman, played by Jim Carrey, and his grandfather have a strong affinity, the audience can still regard them as a control group of a complex relationship that goes on different paths. By the time the third part begins, Dr. Eggman has regressed into a very typical middle-aged otaku. He possesses advanced and cutting-edge science and technology, but the mechanical crab stays on the bottom of the sea and no longer travels. He has given up the idea of ruling mankind, and instead pursues his own inner peace zone. So we see the show he watches, in which brothers compete for the same person but the pictures are in black and white - he holds a very obvious decisiveist idea, if I go out I may hurt others or be killed, so I don't need to go out of this door - what's more, cutting-edge technology has provided him with enough convenience and economic strength to enjoy a lifetime, so why should he pick a fight with the hedgehog? But his grandfather has been immersed in the great grief after the loss of Maria. Of course, there is also the broken belt that imprisoned him for 50 years. In this movie, grandfather is not only a relative, but also means a mark of values, that is, because of the change of time, he no longer belongs to this world, so what grandfather thinks of is the third way besides domination (control) and regression (self-entertainment), that is, to destroy everything. This sounds a lot like what Obito from Naruto did. To be precise, it was the fragmentation of the individual narrative (the death of Lin/Maria) that led to a major upheaval in the grand narrative (the Fourth Ninja World War/the destruction of humanity by super weapons). This is what Dr. Eggman's grandfather and Shadow are doing. It's just that Dr. Eggman's team relied on Jim Carrey's comedic actions - especially the scene where the two danced in the red lasers, and the scene where the two fought with mechanical elephant-like animals - to briefly dispel the otaku logic of "socialization = harm". In this case, decisiveness becomes inevitable, "even if it is wrong and hurts others, you have to choose a certain position." This is what Shat did to Tom. He almost killed Tom by mistake (shown in the Easter egg, wrapped in a bandage), and a similar scene of one party trying to wake up the dead by howling in pain was staged again. The movie was afraid that the audience would not remember this similarity, and deliberately added a similar composition of Shat calling Maria. At the beginning, Shadow also insisted on a decisive stance, seemingly to atone for his sins, and also to make Sonic empathize with his pain. After both sides used emeralds to enhance their combat power, when Sonic was clearly at a disadvantage, he mentioned Tom's name again. This led to Sonic's brief and angry outburst, and he beat Shadow to the moon and back to his original form. Yes, the similarity runs through the whole story. Maria's death was not inevitable, but General Walters (the commander) blocked the explosion caused by the soldier's mistaken shooting - the same is true for Shat, he didn't want to kill anyone except Walters' impressive face. And Tom happened to use technology to change his face to become him - this is another similar manslaughter. Of course, Shadow and Sonic basically look the same and are the same species (hedgehogs). In contrast, Knuckles and Tails are definitely not hedgehogs, even though they are both colorful alien creatures (animals). In his aesthetics of double images, Kilar specifically mentioned that the two parties of imitation have a three-stage relationship. As double intermediaries, the two parties are similar in appearance (hedgehogs of the same species); as double constraints, the two parties are emotionally desireful (if Shat does not accidentally hurt Tom, Sonic will not be able to empathize with him. And from the bottom of his heart, Shat does not want to do this); as a doubled relationship of imitation, if there is no outsider, the internal imitator is unaware (it is also Tom's words at the beginning of the movie that awakened Sonic in revenge). In this process, Tom's voice and face are almost a "ghost" form that frees Sonic to return to Shadow's old ways. Let's talk about Dr. Eggman and his grandfather. The grandfather pretends to be immersed in the parent-child relationship with his grandson to make up for the pain of his close relationship with Maria. The clever point is that the virtual scene technology has actually hinted at all this, and the stone agent, an outsider, has been observing it all the time. The apocalyptic disaster caused by Shadow and Dr. Eggman returns to normal life after their self-sacrificial act. In other words, we can regard this live-action movie as a re-read of the game, as Sonic is a character in the game series. At the beginning of the movie, Sonic and his two friends are competing in a game, a running race - this race is actually to re-emphasize the preciousness of daily life. At the finish line is a "victory declaration" brought by a virtual holographic projection, and it is also a surprise "Earth-birthday" held by his family for him. At the end of the movie, the race is recreated, but their running has no end. "Running", the most common scene in the game, has also become the "psychology" that constantly generates scenes in the movie subtitle animation. Only by running continuously (quite like Forrest Gump) can the world become full in the runner's vision. It suddenly occurred to me that "The Girl Who Leapt Through Time" will be released in China soon. This animated film from decades ago is also coming to the big screen in a running manner. But is this kind of running a "phenomenon" or an "embodied" thing? It's like if the Sonic Team took off the more subjective title of "Sonic", whether it's Knuckles or Tails, they can run, so whether it's a gamer or an otaku, they can all run, right? Running itself is not the ability of otaku to "question society", but the perception after losing this ability - so the change is only in the individual (Sonic's personal growth), not in ideology (in the movie, it is the secret service with weapons of destruction). The more obvious contrast is Jim Carrey, in The Mask in 1994 (the prevalence of fanaticism theory) - The Truman Show in 1998 (breaking through the ideology constructed by the media) - Bruce Almighty in 2003 (crazy deviation and return to daily life) - Eternal Love in 2004 (The Third Retention and the disappearance of daily life) - Mr. Popper's Penguins in 2011 (when cute pets become the main body of daily life) - and now in the Sonic the Hedgehog trilogy, Jim Carrey has gradually given up the weapon of criticism and used the criticism of weapons
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Nonnas
Director: Comedy
Cast: Vince Vaughn, Susan Sarandon, Linda Cardellini, Lorraine Bracco, Talia Shire, More...
User Rating: 7.1/10 (785 votes)
Overseas reviews: The film has outstanding advantages. The wonderful performances of veteran actors make the characters vivid and lively. The food scenes are tempting and convey the food culture. The theme is warm and profound. However, there are also shortcomings. The romantic subplot is old-fashioned and the stories of supporting characters are not explored enough. Overall, viewers who like warm comedies and food culture should not miss it. When watching, they can focus on the actors' performances and the emotions behind the food.
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The Penguin Lessons
Director: Drama
Cast: Steve Coogan, Julia Forsey, Jonathan Pryce, Vivian El Jaber, David Herrero, Bjorn Gustafsson, Brendan McNamee
User Rating: 7.5/10 (532 votes)
In terms of form, it is Jean Reno's "My Penguin Friend" + "Dead Poets Society". The story is about the real events of the penguins superimposed on the horror background of the military government, and an artificial warm ending that British movies are good at. This makes people feel that the creative logic of this story is because they feel that the real penguin class story is too thin, so they try their best to add multiple meanings to the existence of penguins. In the end, the penguin became the link between the protagonist and everyone, the emotional food of the students, and the secret weapon to turn danger into safety. At the same time, it also has to bear the protagonist's allusion to his feelings in an unfamiliar environment. This responsibility is a bit too heavy. The film's allusion to the military government is also implicit, and it is not well compatible with the main line. The girl's return in the end is very dramatic, which makes the story have a strong fairy tale attribute. If some choices are appropriately abandoned, and the filming in Buenos Aires (the set of the film is too unsuccessful) may help the film perform better. But then again, the old lady and granddaughter line (although it may be purely fabricated to a large extent) is still delicate and makes people cry.
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Kyuka: Before Summer's End
Director: Drama
Cast: Elsa Lekakou, Konstantinos Georgopoulos, Simeon Tsakiris, Elina Topalido, Stathis Apostolou
User Rating: 7.1/10 (948 votes)
The square frame cannot contain the overflowing blue waves at the end of summer in August and September. There are too many ambiguous backgrounds and too many vague words. Only the real emotions and silent blanks revealed by the words and interactions can make people resonate with them. The father, who is both a father and a mother, took his twin children on a sailboat to a beach where he often took them when they were young, and also went to see his ex-wife whom he had not seen for many years without the children's knowledge. God knows how excited and expectant he was on this day, but he still guarded his pride as always, arguing with her half-heartedly, and carefully handed over the USB flash drive he specially prepared with the children's video recordings. He wanted her to know how he had diligently raised the children during her absence. Although his ex-wife broke her promise after seeing him, he still invited her family to his boat by coincidence, and had dinner with the children - they ate the fish he caught with his superb fishing skills. Another fisherman, his ex-wife's husband, who was also good at fishing, exposed him and said that all the fish were bought from the market. His last sense of honor was punctured, and his broken marriage experience, the parent-child relationship that could not be honest with each other, and the fact that he could not catch any fish made him sink into the sea with his boat in vain. The only lifeless dead fish caught by his daughter on this trip was actually the fisherman himself. As for the close twin brother and sister (or sister and brother), except for a turtle of the same age as themselves, the memory of their mother has long disappeared. The mother is absent, the father is taciturn, the two are partners, laughing and playing, with a single-parent family history that is not worth mentioning behind them and a useless youth that knows nothing in front of them. They are the brownies that are bitten into the mouth and then spit into the sea in disgust, the broken shells picked up by a five-year-old girl on the beach, and the deflated rubber boat without a shore in the Saronic Bay in the western Aegean Sea. Although they had stopped asking about their mother's whereabouts, when they realized that the woman in front of them was her, they waded across the shallow sea and tried to climb ashore on the boat called mother. The younger sister finally gave the boat ticket to the older brother. She thought that this older brother who liked skirts and nail polish should be more liked by the mother who still had charm. On the last day of summer, with a bright moon hanging high in the sky over the Saronic Bay, one ship set sail and another was fished out.
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Plainclothes
Director: Drama, Romance, Thriller, Homosexual
Cast: Tom Blythe, Russell Tovey, Maria Dizzia, Christian Cooke, Gabe Fazio, More...
User Rating: 7.9/10 (5353 votes)
"Plainclothes Police" and "Brokeback Mountain" do have many similarities, presenting the persecution of homosexuals in a homophobic social environment and the exploration of nature under the moral constraints of sexual repression. The casting of "Plain Clothes Police" is relatively reasonable compared to "Brokeback Mountain". The actors of the fishing enforcement police are necessary to meet the character setting. Most of the castings for same-sex stories are handsome men and beautiful women, as if those with ordinary looks or bad looks are not even qualified to fall in love. The same is true for heterosexual stories. There are even lines that describe handsome men and beautiful women as "ordinary". The casting is completely inconsistent with the character setting, just like I can't believe that Yuan Quan said the classic line in the stage play "Jane Eyre": "Do you think that because I am poor, humble, ugly, and short, I have no soul and no heart? You are wrong! My soul is the same as yours, and my heart is exactly the same as yours! If God gives me a little beauty and a little wealth, I will make it difficult for you to leave me, just like it is difficult for me to leave you now." This is a problem of audio-visual art form and audience aesthetics. Most humans are visual animals, and the Internet images of film and television dramas continue to strengthen the unified mainstream aesthetics. In recent years, domestic film and television dramas have seen another type of casting that does not fit the characters. Many handsome men and beautiful women are cast with actors with non-mainstream aesthetics, which has been ridiculed by netizens and audiences. It is remembered that more than ten or twenty years ago, there were all kinds of beauties blooming on the big and small screens, but nowadays, beauties are hard to find. The casting of Brokeback Mountain was criticized by the original author Annie Proulx. After the movie was released, many viewers followed their five senses and paid more attention to the love story, which weakened the criticism of the times. She received many fan fiction creations that arranged various new boyfriends for Ennis after Jack's death, which completely deviated from the main theme. She hoped that she had never written this story. The original focus is not the love between two men but the mental state and moral environment of homophobia in a specific era and region. For details, please see the original report Brokeback Mountain creator Annie Proulx regrets writing story. If the original casting was selected, it would not have become a classic love movie with so many audiences today. The two straight male actors were too shy to let go when performing the sex scene, but the two female actors exposed their breasts when filming the heterosexual sex scene. Ang Lee may have filmed it for straight male and straight audiences. It is also a merit to let homosexual-themed movies enter the mainstream vision. I remember that I went to the night market to buy pirated VCDs just for Anne Hathaway. I didn’t know the other actors, I was ignorant about sex and unfamiliar with the era, so I didn’t have much impression after watching the movie. Why didn't the film cast the characters according to the original novel? Because what Ang Lee wanted to film was love. He said, "To create a great love story, there must be huge obstacles. The two protagonists are in the American West, where there are masculinity and traditional values. Therefore, everything they feel must be kept secret. It is a precious, special thing that they cannot describe." This sentence also applies to the later "Lust, Caution". The era is not the focus, so it is no wonder that the sex scene is exaggerated to try to rationalize the psychological changes of the characters, and Mr. Yi is sad sitting on the bed after Wang Jiazhi is executed at the end. I still remember that the media hyped the deletion of the seven-minute nude sex scene. Many mainland audiences went to Hong Kong to watch the full version. Later, it was reported that Tang Wei was "banned". I couldn't help but sympathize with her and cut out the next report as a newspaper clipping. The deleted version of the screen shot pirated disc was circulated on the market. It was not until many years later that I had the opportunity to see the full version. After being eroded by various capitalist films in Europe and the United States, I no longer care about large-scale real and fake. When fake is true, true is also false. The truth is actually not important. Choose the one you are willing to believe in, which is your "truth". Of course, adaptation is similar to the secondary creation of fan fiction. The director can have his own understanding of the story, even if it is a disfiguring adaptation. The creator does not have to fear the judgment of the original party. Seeking common ground while reserving differences has its own merits. "Plain Clothes Police" is told from the male protagonist's perspective throughout, inviting the audience to enter the story and empathize with the characters to feel their psychological changes, from suppressing their nature to carefully exploring and finally awakening to facing their true selves. The police and the priest are filmed with a lot of sexual tension, although the audiovisual aspects are a bit flashy and showy. "It'll pass." Is this a slang term exclusive to priests? It immediately reminds me of the ascetic priest in the second season of "Fleabag". Coincidentally, both of them are named Andrew. I can't help but suspect that the director did it on purpose. There is still tomorrow: decriminalization of homosexuality. The 1961 film "Victim"was the first English film in film history to directly mention homosexuality. There was no same-sex sex scene in the whole film. In 1967, the UK passed the Sexual Offences Act to decriminalize homosexuality. Homosexual behavior in private places by men over the age of 21 was no longer a crime. Many people believe that "Victim" promoted legislation to some extent. In the United States, it was not until 2003 in the case of Lawrence v. Texas that the Federal Supreme Court overturned the fines imposed on John Lawrence and Tyron Deviant. This ruling overturned sodomy laws (this law is mainly used to prosecute same-sex sexual behavior in the United States) across the country. Homosexuals have the right to establish their own intimate relationships without interference from state laws. At present, 67 countries still convict homosexual behavior, mainly concentrated in the Middle East, Africa and Russia. Among them, 11 countries can impose the death penalty, including Afghanistan, Brunei, Iran, Mauritania, Nigeria, Pakistan, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, the United Arab Emirates and Yemen, of which 8 are Asian countries. According to the survey, the death penalty is still being carried out against LGBTQ+ groups in Iran, northern Nigeria, Saudi Arabia, Somalia and Yemen, while the death penalty is still a legal possibility in Afghanistan, Brunei, Mauritania, Pakistan, Qatar and the United Arab Emirates. The new Criminal Law of mainland China in 1997 abolished the crime of hooliganism, which is considered to be a sign of the decriminalization of homosexuality in China. The current official attitude is similar to "neither support nor oppose nor advocate", and the mainstream public opinion does not agree. The crime of hooliganism is a crime stipulated in the Criminal Law promulgated in 1979, which refers to openly defying national laws and social morality, gathering to fight, provoking trouble, insulting women or disrupting public order and other serious acts. In the 1983 crackdown campaign, the penalty was expanded to the maximum of death. After the 1997 revision, the crime of hooliganism was abolished and it was divided into the crimes of forced indecency, child molestation, gathering for promiscuity, gathering to fight, provoking trouble, etc. The outlet of desire When it comes to the crime of "gathering for lewdness", I think of the report in 2023 that 6 men in Hangzhou were arrested for gathering for lewdness. Many netizens expressed homophobia, while the case of 10 men and women gathering for lewdness in the same period was ignored by most media. Is it because the public is accustomed to the lewdness between men and women and therefore it has no news value? In 2009, there was a "swapping spouse" case involving 22 defendants (14 men and 8 women) that caused a huge public opinion storm. According to the prosecution's data, from the summer of 2007 to August 2009, 22 people participated in 35 gatherings through forums or QQ groups. Among them, the main culprit Ma organized or participated in 18 gatherings, and 14 were held at his home. Among them, there were only two couples, some for seeking excitement, some for improving the relationship between husband and wife, and several women had this sexual fetish. . Ma is an associate professor at a university in Nanjing, divorced and single. He believed that the activities did not constitute a gathering for lewdness and defended his innocence. The other 21 defendants all pleaded guilty, and the case was not heard in public. In the end, he was severely punished for his lack of clear awareness of the social harm and illegality of his behavior, and was sentenced to 3 years and 6 months in prison. Others had a good attitude of confessing their guilt. 18 defendants were sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment ranging from 1 year to 2 years and 6 months, of which 14 were given suspended sentences, and the remaining 3 defendants were exempted from criminal punishment because of their minor crimes and voluntary surrender. The number of people involved in this case set a record since the establishment of the crime of gathering for lewdness, and it was the first time that a person was sentenced to actual imprisonment for this crime. In 2006, a domestic drama "Don't Dance with Strangers"involved the issue of spouse swapping. In the past, the themes of domestic film and television dramas were more diverse than today. Li Yinhe once said that the crime of group lewdness is seriously outdated and suggested abolishing it. She said, "As far as I know, developed countries do not have the crime of group lewdness." "The earliest case of spouse swapping in China occurred in the 1980s. Four middle-aged couples, intellectuals, swapped spouses. The leader was shot, and then one was sentenced to life imprisonment and another to 15 years in prison."
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Sei nell'anima
Director: Drama, Music, Biography
Cast: Letizia Toni, Selene Caramazza, Maurizio Lombardi, Noemi Brando, Alessandro Cucca, Emanuele Luigi Cuomo
User Rating: 7.0/10 (273 votes)
The film uses powerful visual language to reveal the violent nature behind this beautiful ideology. On the surface, the film tells a coming-of-age story about youth, rebellion and self-identity; in essence, it quietly presents how beauty is constructed as a tool of social discipline and the painful struggles that individuals experience under this discipline.
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Mufasa: The Lion King
Director: Drama, Animation, Musical, Fantasy, Adventure
Cast: Aaron Pierre, Kelvin Harrison Jr., Tiffany Boone Mads Mikkelsen, Preston Nyman, More...
User Rating: 6.6/10 (30059 votes)
"The Legend of Mufasa" is the prequel to "The Lion King", telling the story of Simba's journey to become king. Generally, films where the protagonist goes from being an inexperienced person to a perfect man need to be paired with a symmetrical character who is both evil and complex, otherwise it will seem old-fashioned and boring. Captain America needs the Winter Soldier, Thor needs Loki, Optimus Prime needs Megatron, Zhang Junbao needs Dong Tianbao... Mufasa is a classic epic hero who constantly demonstrates his bravery, wit, nobility and tenacity, and is unbiasedly following the path of growth as a great screen hero. And all the dishonorable but more chewy good scenes were left to his good brother Scar, or his original name, Taka. Some people say that this movie is more like a story about how Taka turned into Scar. But this statement is not correct. What is blackening? From the perspective of basic commercial film values, it means that a good person turns into a bad person, betraying and harming his former allies. But to describe Taka as evil is to underestimate him. From the beginning to the end, it was not a question of Taka getting better or worse, but that he never changed. He is not like the Winter Soldier who was once brainwashed into a minion of Hydra, nor is he like Loki who has been a harmful person since childhood but sometimes shows some friendship, and he is not like Megatron who would kill his old friend once he changed his mind. It seems that Taka's behavior is wavering. Sometimes he is overwhelmed by jealousy and wants to destroy himself along with the other, and sometimes he misses his old love and risks his life to save the other. It seems that what he wants is never fixed. But behind all the changes, what he really pursues, or the core desire that dominates him, has always been the same. He was once a prince of noble status, and his parents had high hopes for him to be the new king. They might have been able to see that he was not cut out for it, but they still taught, trained, demanded and expected this of him. However, no matter how hard he tried, Taka could not meet the expectations. He was like a mediocre student who always hovered in the middle of the class and knew better than anyone that it was impossible for him to be admitted to a prestigious university. Despite having such a strict father and such a well-mannered mother, Taka still did not show the qualities of an heir. When faced with the enemy, he abandoned his family and ran away in panic, which was the final conclusion of his talent. Fortunately, he made the right choice when he was young. He rescued Mufasa from the water and insisted on begging his parents to let them become brothers. From childhood to adulthood, Mufasa was the only lion who never put pressure on him, never embarrassed him, and allowed him to escape from his weakness. The torment he felt from wanting to live up to his parents' ideals but failing to do so was released through the joyful play of his brothers, which allowed him to maintain a minimum level of pride as a lion. But until his parents were killed, his tribe was destroyed, he embarked on the road of escape with Mufasa, and fell in love with the same girl, his only spiritual support began to collapse. Remember after he saved Mufasa from the cliff, he said to him: I saved you, won’t you say thank you to me? He needed this feeling of being needed so much, but in the subsequent journey, he had to face the ceiling of his potential again and again. He had to watch Mufasa, a homeless child with a far inferior background than him, who was gifted and constantly resolved crises along the way and outshined him time and time again. The lion in his heart was taken away, which was just the last straw that broke the camel's back for his emotional castle. His father's words "deception can also make a king" were just an excuse he used to exonerate himself. He betrayed his friends not out of jealousy or revenge for love. He just wanted to break free from the quagmire of inferiority and regain the little pride he had. When Taka betrayed Mufasa with a clear conscience, we realized that he had changed. His tone became calm, his eyes became firm, his head was no longer lowered, and his body was no longer hunched over. Taka, who was seen before, the one who spoke hesitantly, had an uncertain look, and always hid in the corner secretly tasting the bitterness of incompetence, suddenly disappeared. He's doing an evil and crazy thing, but this is the closest we've seen him be to a lion in a long time. He was finally no longer the poor guy who was outdone and needed credit, and he regained control of his own and others' destiny. With Taka's assistance, the evil lions followed, but when the final battle came, Taka changed sides and returned to Mufasa's camp. Because seeing Mufasa dying soon aroused a pleasure in Taka's heart that was stronger than betrayal: I am finally no longer a weakling. I have the ability to save you once again. Even if I lose my life, even if I am exiled by you, even if I am despised for the rest of my life, I don't care. The moment when Taka steps forward to rescue Mufasa and is left with a disfiguring scar, and when he grabs the drowning Mufasa and lifts him out of the water, these are his particularly charming moments, especially the latter scene, which echoes in the theater with loud musical notes, and its passion even surpasses the heroic moment when Mufasa kills his opponent. Rafiki said to Mufasa that your bloodline is not important, your character is important. And Taka's story is saying that your character is not important, what matters is whether you have the courage to face it and fight it. Many characters in this movie dream, and their dreams contain their ideals and future, but Taka never mentioned it. Does he dream? In the dream, he may not be the king and may not get love, but there must be countless scenes in which he fearlessly protects his brother and receives his sincere gratitude, just like when they first met. There is nothing dark about Taka's life, and I can't classify him as a villain in any sense of the word. He was a child who had never been satisfied and spent his entire life replicating the moment he was most proud of.
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The Godfather
Director: Gangster, Epic, Tragedy, Crime, Drama
Cast: Marlon Brando, Al Pacino, James Caan
User Rating: 5.0/10 (2000 votes)
I love this movie and all of the GF movies. I see something new every time I have seen it (countless, truly). The story of tragedy and (little) comedy that exists in this film is easily understood by people all over the world. This film has been called an American story however I have met others who have seen this movie in other languages and they seem to have the same love and appreciation for it that I do. I love the characters and all of the different personalities that they represent not just in families but in society itself. It seems like the entire cast is part of every other movie that I love as well. The sounds, music, color and light in the film are just as much a part of the film as the people. This could be attributed to the method in which it was filmed. At many parts of the film I can still find myself feeling the emotions conveyed in the film. I never tire of appreciating this film. I thank God that FFC is an American treasure. We are fortunate to have him.
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