Lawless: Out of Body Westerns

Letha 2022-01-27 08:01:12

When I watched Lawless, I kept thinking back to the classic film Hot Afternoon in 1975. This police and gangster film that shocked all the bank robbery cases in the future is still talked about by many fans, and I am one of them (the Appian of the year). There is no scum on the slave's face, and it is still tender and watery!). A netizen said that I was out of the body. It turned out that the out-of-body can do such a solution, which made me laugh. But I don't mean to laugh at all, if you look at the indescribably handsome Shia LaBeouf and don't have a show or the urge to tie her to the head of the bed and get ravaged, you have to check your Is there a problem with adrenaline. As for Tom Hardy, who plays the big brother Forrest, I really have nothing to do with him. Forgive me for not seeing clearly that he is Heathcliff in Wuthering Heights, wow~ and the villain professional Gary Oldman, audience We have to be careful, and he will use sharp eyes to "kill" again, oh yeah~

Lawless has been emphasizing his origin at the beginning and the end, which is from a true story. The background of the story is set during the prohibition movement in the United States in the 1920s and 1930s. This background is destined to be used to cultivate a group of barbarians who specialize in breaking the rules. The three Bondurant brothers in the movie secretly brewed spirits and smuggled them. Liquor was fatally plotted, and finally evolved into police and criminals who knew the law and broke the law and killed each other regardless of the public and private. Westerns must have the taste of Westerns, such as the sensual and deadly thrill, or the somewhat dull and gloomy gunless, without exception, showing this western soaked in the dusky and hot air Cowboy drug lord charm. The free citizens of America have always had an unforgettable love for cowboys, and men love their masculinity, the kind of temperament that perfectly blends the qualities of a man and a bad boy. And women like to be tied to such a hero, showing a graceful figure, willing to be reduced to a desperate flower. They call it cool, and even for this cool they can season life not like living, like dying! Just like the standard scenes of slitting throats, punching and kicking, gang rape, etc. that are staged from time to time in movies, they are all punched to the point of skin cracking, which is really refreshing!

The United States is undoubtedly a country with a high degree of strict rule of law, but there are still many people who want to take the risk. On the one hand, it stems from the adventurous spirit of the Americans, who despise cowards. On the other hand, Westerners can't hide their secrets, and they always love to "share" with seriousness. The Chinese would find it strange that Western revenge schemes love to be spread out and plotted, and then carried out blatantly, as if the rules had to be understood by both parties in the interest of fairness. In the second half of the movie, in order to avenge Cricket, the protagonists from all walks of life drove straight to find their old enemies. They didn't even have time to talk (because everyone had already discussed their intentions?), and they just shot the gun without any detours or ambiguity. , began to fight, the camera immediately pooled with blood, and a tragic state was in sight.

If you look at it like this, Lawless really has a dark humorous demeanor. Are these three brothers trying to exploit legal loopholes to smuggle spirits for money? This must be, what kind of family love, brotherhood and love can't be worth the almighty money! Could there be any hidden secrets? Chinese people have always felt that Westerners' family values ​​are not strong, and in fact, director John Hillcott did not reveal the meaning of the three brothers in order to pass on the family, saying that in order to reflect the social reality, he criticized the system and imprisoned it. said in the past. Just like the sensational Attica incident in those years, the masses shouted in a trance to promote anarchism, and the boss of the federation was overwhelmed. On the one hand, there was unrestricted and wanton behavior, and on the other hand, the government’s legal system was oppressed. It is a typical capital. The social ethos that a socialist country should have. Lawlessness in America's Prohibition period also exudes a bit of a rebellious spirit. If you're trying to get your fill of the Western-mixed gangster spirit, you'll be disappointed because Lawless has no intention of dominating the market, nor the determination to make a classic, or just to give that article a good write-up. Fiction Services. Indeed, at the end of the film, the three brothers enjoy family happiness in their new home and new life. They are destined to wash their hands in a golden pot, and then die in peace like ordinary people, as if this cool scene forced by tragic history is only God knows.

However, have you ever found that Lawless is not strictly filmed, the novel is like a family biography, but the brotherhood between the three brothers in the movie is not strong, let alone a heavy sense of family responsibility. The must-have paradigms of westerns: fast shooters, brimmed hats, whiskey, cigars, iron hoofs, lonely emotions and smoke rings lingering in the fingers, etc., of course, these are of course there, but there are more when they are taken into the camera by the director Stable modernity, less flirtatious. The lawless western cowboy has changed the image of the drunkard who used to be ugly and swearing. You will be fascinated by the vigorous posture of the five handsome guys in the play. In fact, they are no different from men all over the world. They are just a general. A tough guy who shows domineering and hides his tenderness. As for the stunning red actress, Jessica Chastain, her role was to make the desolate desert arouse a sensuality (Mia Wasikowska's flat face is purely soy sauce, not worth mentioning). And the essence of the original novel has been tampered with beyond recognition as well as the unkempt face of the western cowboy. These are what you see after jumping out of the big picture of the movie. If you are not the kind of audience that cares about things, you don't need to worry about it. As for the unpleasant scruples like "the three brothers don't look alike", let's keep it in our hearts.

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  • Ericka 2022-04-22 07:01:05

    The theme is empty, the story is simple, and it is purely a Western movie with performance and tone. But it's really tasty~

  • Bernadette 2022-04-20 09:01:29

    The epic American gangster film tells about the experiences of the three brothers selling bootleg alcohol during the American Prohibition Period. It is average. Those who like gangster films of that period can watch it.

Lawless quotes

  • Jack Bondurant: You can make moonshine whiskey from just about anything. Turnips, pumpkins, blackberries, cornmeal, tree bark. Anything.

  • Floyd Banner: I respect you Bondurants standing up to that Commonwealth's District Attorney. He's got everybody in his pocket. He takes a shit and half of Virginia falls out his ass.