Chinese movies have always been very obscure in terms of the meaning of their lines. Most of them do not directly rise to the sense of life, but are ironic, sarcastic or sarcastic about the current situation and environment. It is anger, that is, they are very euphemistic when expressing their attitudes towards life or imagination, and they need the audience to feel it. Compared with Hollywood movies, such expressions form two completely different ways of expressing emotions.
Hollywood movies generally have already established the meaning, especially the movies that focus on this. Watching the movie is like a process of receiving the meaning conveyed by the author. For example, many classic Hollywood movies in the 1990s are familiar to everyone. Redemption" and "Forrest Gump", or the less popular films like "Scent of a Woman" and "Genius Catcher", and surprisingly, these films can achieve both fame and fortune. It is unimaginable today. If a movie is not supported by special effects, there is no gunfight, and street racing, who would want to watch such a Hollywood movie? However, since there are such brilliant achievements and traditions, it must have its continuation in today's 21st century. Today I will introduce you to such a movie, "Manchester by the Sea".
If you compare it completely with movies like The Shawshank Redemption and Forrest Gump, then The Shawshank Redemption is quite romantic, because the redemption itself is linked to religion, and from the very beginning, The title of the movie establishes the meaning of romance. So looking at the title of the movie "Manchester by the Sea", it's so unremarkable, and it's true. If you don't have emotions when you watch it, it's very confusing. So this movie uses the story itself as a selling point. There is really no clear meaning in the movie, which makes people wonder if this is a good movie?
let's put it this way, it's a sad movie, and it's easy for people to bring it in and share their sadness with the protagonist, even if there are no similar memories that they don't want to look back on. Because this is a very plain narration, simple and easy to understand, you can know what happened by the dialogues of the characters and the pictures of the movie, and the depth of this story, that is, the content deep in the heart, is difficult to communicate with outsiders. The process of watching is to explore it little by little, understand it, and be torn apart and shocked by it.
In the game "Red Dead Redemption 2, Redemption", players often say that R star is really a master of storytelling, and why can Arthur's story be so out of the circle and touching? As far as chapters are concerned, if there is no shared adversity in Coulter Village and the common life and exploration of Horseshoe Lookout, including the pictures and scenes where everyone in Rhodes Town sets out to rescue Little Jack, Chapter 6 The gang falls apart. Death with Arthur would not have been so impressive. Precisely because we have shared good memories, we always feel that there is still room for reversal of the current conflicts, but what has happened is irreversible and irreversible. Then "Manchester by the Sea" also adopts the same method, comparing the happy memories of the past with the gray life of today, so that the film that has no other specialties except the story forms a tension and attracts people to watch it.
When it comes to its contrast with the story movies full of romanticism , "Manchester by the Sea" is realistic, the most direct manifestation is that it does not have those shocking pictures, nor is it full of romance dialogues and scenes, but that doesn't mean it can't be attractive. Describe such a scene to everyone. On the rough sea without the sun, a ship of his own is sailing on the sea, the man as the elder brother is at the helm, and his younger brother is on the bow with his son on the boat. head fishing. Such a picture may seem trivial to describe, but in reality, it is definitely a very warm and rare scene. Under such a picture, the younger brother is talking to the child about the creed and direction of life, and everyone can feel it. Getting him is bragging and nonsense, but it makes people unconsciously sigh how beautiful it would be for me if everyone's life could be frozen at this moment, but unfortunately they didn't think of taking pictures at that time, because who would have thought that in such a Taking pictures at ordinary times.
This scene is the beginning of "Manchester by the Sea", with the melodious, choir-like singing, the film begins so flat. However, the contradiction immediately appeared. After the voyage at sea, the perspective immediately switched to the gloomy life of the younger brother in a foreign country, which made people wonder whyWell, the unrestrained brother who likes to brag has turned into such a distasteful, irritable and irritable image. Such contradictions attract people to watch it, so it can be seen from this that this is a seemingly bland and practical film. A very hilarious drama.
's taciturn and slightly melancholy image is sometimes very attractive, but if there is no inverse ratio in the opening paragraph, such an image may seem mysterious, but it is also thin, and often falls into a situation of unknown, no background. Melancholy does not attract people to want to know him, and the beauty of the past shows that he must have gone through something to become this way. Well, after such a beginning, the story that the film wants to tell can be explained.
I don't want to talk too much about the plot. Originally, I thought it would follow the classic American redemption routine. As a result, until the end, there was no answer to the question of where the male protagonist's life should go. In my opinion, in the development process of the plot, it is too obsessed with the nostalgia for the rural scenery and the entanglement and difficulty in letting go of the past. It is also difficult for me to accept the phrase "i can't beat it", which is used to escape, and come and go to respond to the past.
But after all, it did not give a clear answer at the end, then you can realize that it is an anti-routine drama, and it refuses to give the so-called meaning. But although it is different from its peers, "Manchester by the Sea" does not have a clear meaning, but it is still attractive. The male protagonist's uneasy and constant struggle has formed a tension, even a kind of strength, It is a very inner expression that draws the audience's heart, and of course it can easily enter the audience's heart. In short, it is very rare in today's film market that "Manchester by the Sea" can use and adhere to such an expression. Although I did not find the answer after the male protagonist at the end of the whole story, I still I have to say this is a good movie.
