Recently, I fell in love with Al Pacino's movies. Whether it is the cold-blooded calmness in "The Godfather", the old-fashioned and righteousness in "Scent of a Woman", or the violent mania in "The Hot Day Afternoon", this grandfather always brings me surprises and surprises again and again. Explosive performance. But this time I was extremely disappointed in "Stealing the Wire", even with the addition of De Niro to the show.
First of all, it may be that the director and screenwriter are too eager and insufficient, or it should be said that they are too greedy. I don’t know what it wants to say after watching the whole movie? Looking at the cast, posters, etc., it seems that it wants to tell the story of the heroic duel between Pacino and De Niro, but in the whole game, there is no intersection between them, and there are only three times when the game is full. The bank paragraph is not counted.) The first time was their business talks on the large open space of the oil refinery; the second time was the embarrassing and unconcerned conversations they had had while drinking coffee; the third time , Is the last gun battle at the airport. Because there are too few confrontations between them, and these few fragments are still lacking in representativeness, the audience neither sees the feeling of "heroes cherish heroes", nor does they feel the tension of the sword, so that it is difficult for the audience to substitute characters. Among them, they are nervous and worried about their experience.
But in fact, I think too much and demand too much. This movie is essentially a soapy romance. If you use the police and bandits as the background to render a special kind of love, forget it. For example, "The Killer Is Not So Cold" is the background of the assassin to write the little fresh love between Uncle Loli, and "Titanic" is more grandiose. The theme of disaster comes as a background to set off Jack Ruth’s unswerving and vigorous love. But in fact, in the movie, a lot of space is used to write about the trivial things that become true love after a one-night stand, who is an important wife at work, and the trivial matter of finding an affair after the noise. Maybe I look at it from the current perspective. You can write it, but write it. After that, can you think about its influence on the character's character and or its role in promoting the story? Unfortunately not. This is also the next issue I want to talk about, the character image issue.
The first is the character of Pacino. Originally, Pacino's ability to shape characters is a master, and many of his roles are performed very wonderfully. But in this movie, I didn’t see it. On the contrary, I felt that this role was a bit stupid. Almost the whole movie was led by people. He had no thinking ability and no surprises. His love line was extraordinarily redundant. He The relationship with his wife didn't make him anxious and didn't influence him at work. Speaking of this, the role of De Niro is also included. He spanned a whole movie’s one-night stand and turned into the main room. In the end, it didn’t affect anything. His little girlfriend didn’t kill her relatives or infect and purify him. Kind of dull feeling. The other supporting roles are even more admiring, anyway, I can't remember them.
Finally, let me talk about editing. Watching the whole movie, I was particularly puzzled: Does everyone have an arbitrary door? Those characters are here for a while to deal with cases, and in a blink of an eye they are eating dinner with others. Not long after returning home, the transfer arrived at the office again. It stunned me ╯﹏╰.
Finally, give two stars to my two godfathers!
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