Parallel world, a feast of memories: they have become women

Anais 2021-12-02 08:01:25

At the beginning of the movie, there was a smell of coming to an end, but the dust hadn't settled yet. With cream-colored curly hair that grows like weeds, Joe has been rushing for her writing career in New York. In the publishing house, "Usually we pay 20 to 30 yuan for the manuscript. For your article, I will give 20 yuan." Qiao agreed to accept the two pieces of money and then picked up the skirt and walked on the street. At that time, she didn't pay Knowing that she will return here to fight for another more important work arrogantly; another European side, Amy, who has become a celebrity, meets Laurie again, and the girl's heart cannot be calmed down. Five minutes before I sat in the cinema, I was full of question marks. Unlike the previous version, which started with a bitter and warm Christmas, it showed a picture of the lives of loving sisters. The new version of the movie tells you from the beginning: The little woman has become a reality. Woman; the young boy is also wandering. As if a gust of wind baffled your face with autumn leaves.

To explore how different Greta's "Little Women" is, narrative is the first topic I want to talk about.

Narrative

The new version of "Little Women" adopts two narrative lines, the girls are scattered in the world today, and the virgin little beautiful seven years ago. Such a one-size-fits-all narrative arrangement may not be so friendly to original fans. The growth of the Macki’s girls is like a pastoral pastoral. Christmas and the poor watch help each other, Megan participates in a dance party and is played, Joe sells his hair to save money, Amy burns novels, Beth’s death, the girls’ drama club , And the little boy named Laurie in the window of the window has changed from a stranger to a lifelong friend. In the linear narrative, readers and audiences also follow Christmas after Christmas. You can hardly find the passage of time yet again. Knowing that so much happened. The new version has been drastically changed in structure to the current style that seems to be narrated and discussed.

The first flashback occurred on the train, sleepy Joe closed his eyes, and the world of the movie returned to Massachusetts seven years ago. This was the beginning of the novel. Such flashbacks also occurred between the vanity of Megan’s Girlhood and the now-simple family life, between Joe witnessing Beth’s first fall of scarlet fever and his final death. During many time and space travels, the plot silently tells that "the present is different from the past." The ups and downs and discord between the sisters in the past have become independent individuals who live and live in their respective life posts. fight. Those who choose to become other people’s wives are thinking about how to balance the saturation of a small family with the desire to be a woman; those who choose to travel to Europe decide whether they want to join the aunt’s gu, and listen to her to marry a wealthy family; those who choose to go on their own, still Have to continue to wait for the dust-covered talent to be reawakened. I think this is the reason why the text of "Little Women" needs to be re-interpreted in different eras. The classic characters are often read. Joe, or Megan, they can be anyone, you who don't want to be defined by marriage and love, or the married friend next to you. Just as Megan, played by Emma Watson, said to Joe before the wedding: My dream is different from you. It doesn’t mean that my dream is not important. I want to have my own family and children. Individuals fight for life together, and that person is John.

However, from the perspective of watching the movie, the first hour of the movie is unbearable for me, because I can hardly bear this kind of fragmented memories. When you indulge in the past, the girls have a thousand hearts time and time again. When they were opened again, full of laughter and moving moments, the timeline pulled back to their now slightly stained weather. On the second day after watching the movie, I suddenly felt that it was not so much a story in two time and space, but rather that the final ending is the center of the X axis, and the past and the present are infinitely oriented towards the axis during the movie screening. The center point is close.

Role

It is said that the 2019 version is a lineup of gods, and I deliberately went back and made up the 94 version. I was surprised to find that in fact, each era has its own golden team of just the right age. Today’s aura is strong, the fresh and juicy Ronan Sweet Tea has the shadow of Winona and Bell. Winona's unruly and pretty is the most talented girl to play Joe in the 90s. If you compare carefully, you will find that the hairstyle and close-up of Sweet Tea in the new version are invariably similar to Bell. In 1994, Amy may be the only version in which two actresses played different ages. Dunst shines as a child star among his sisters. When the new version just announced the casting, I was once confused, and the final presentation effect was still not concealed.

Joe

The first actress to star in Joe was the great Catherine Hepburn, and my first Little Women was the 1949 edition. The two editions have a common feature, that is, the actress who starred in Joe is naturally heroic. The "heroic" mentioned here is actually a bit more plain, it is a boyishness. So far, fans in the comment section think that the role of Joe is a representative of the role of a "male woman". In fact, this character has been portrayed as a face. From the 1930s, to the 90s, and now, different versions of Joe came to us. I personally think that the role of Joe has become more feminine under the interpretation of several generations of actresses. It has reached Winona's version. Here, the femininity has reached its peak, and there is no tweaking when accepting true love. On the one hand, in different eras, big screen movies have different acting methods. In the old Hollywood era, they are more exaggerated on stage. On the other hand, under different era backgrounds, audiences have different expectations for the role of Joe. She needs The value output function undertaken is also different.

And now the acting is more life-like. Each character is a more complex creature. Saoirse Ronan’s Joe is no longer a stubborn, tomboy stereotype, her mental journey is more tortuous, and her heart is more sensitive. In the second half of the movie, she half-truth revealed her regret. If Laurie asked me whether to marry or not, I think I would agree. Faced with her mother's question about love or not, she finally lost control of her emotions and said After the heart-pounding line "I am sick of people saying love is all that women fit for!" Is love only the only thing that women can pursue? I cried violently in the booth of the movie theater. She is too lonely. People who are told that marriage is the only way to live in any era are too lonely. This is why I said that she can be anyone. The director used the role of the character to get into the heart of those audiences who are still insisting on finding a way to survive.

The 19 version and the 94 version presented two values ​​in dealing with the relationship between Joe and men. They were specifically discussed in two questions: Why did Joe not choose Laurie? Does she love the professor? The former's values ​​almost treat love as a multiple-choice question, I either choose him or I don't choose him, he is naive and immature, not my soul mate, then I will wait for the right person to appear. In the 19th edition, Ronan’s rejection is more like an uncertainty about his own state. I am not yet ready to enter into love and enter a relationship. The emotional ups and downs after a long period of struggle are more about "I didn't choose the wrong one, I decided not to choose." or "I chose myself."

Although the emotions are more delicate, what is interesting is that Joe's clothing still retains the men's mark, snow-white square-collar shirt, bow tie, corduroy suit vest, plus skirt, and last year's BBC hit "Gentleman Jack" men's beauty style is similar to the same. Wonderful.

Megan

When Cast came out, I was always confused whether Emma Watson played Joe or Amy, but unexpectedly she played Big Sister Megan. According to her consistent, flexible and playful character and baby face since childhood, Megan is actually the most unsuitable for her. Rather than saying that it is not suitable for her to act, it is better to describe it as "you can't ask her to act." As a character that contrasts with Joe in terms of marriage choices, Megan, who has become a good wife and mother, will certainly not be the one that female audiences like most. This version of Megan can only be said to be ineffective but complete the task. In the ball scene that shows the character, the screenwriter dilutes the angry and funny fragments of vanity. Megan's characteristics are not only honest.

Amy

Before enjoying Florence’s performance, I was not convinced of this role. After all, the most perfect Amy in my heart was the version of Elizabeth Taylor in 1949. Reversing the appearance of a doll like a living being can convince me that Laurie will marry her. One of the reasons why there is nothing to say. In the old version of the movie, as well as the 2017 BBC drama version of Little Women, beauty and willfulness are almost synonymous with Amy. The current version in front of Amy's casting can be said to be an adventure. Florence is not a standard beauty in the strict sense. The round face and slightly precocious and serious face give rise to a sense of distance. But my favorite part of the film is the director's meticulous craftsmanship of the role of Amy. There is even reason to say that Amy is one of her selfishly favorite characters.

Amy’s role has been criticized most by audiences of all generations: Why did she steal Laurie? It was not explained carefully in the movie decades ago, but it was explained in the 94 version of the movie, but you can't see what she is thinking. In the 2019 version, in her studio in Paris, she said: I will either become famous in one fell swoop, or I am nothing. But I'm just a woman, and the money I can make through painting is limited, at least I can't afford the life of my family and me. When I get married, my money becomes my husband's, and when my husband dies, my money becomes my son's. I will never be a real rich person. The "Little Women" we see today is actually a modern chat method to analyze oneself through the mouth of a woman in the 19th century. Amy has her fragile side and a struggling side. The actor's highlight moment was when she refused Laurie's marriage proposal for the first time. I will choose to use my life to love you, but I cannot marry you. Because I love Joe. In the end, the role of Laurie played by Tiancha became the man who rescued her from a so-called good marriage of "Auntie's Life". I can't help but remind me of the famous line of Tiancha: You can't stop feeling because you don't want to feel it.

Beth

Beth, who seems to have no sense of existence, is actually the power that inspires Joe to be faithful to his true inner feelings to create novels. The actors selected in each edition have the beauty of calmness. The classic plot of the piano presented by Grandpa Lawrence is the most touching part of the original novel. Greta's reminiscence narrative method tells her two life and death trials, one in the past, and the second one is really dying. In the filming of linear narrative in the past, many plots were separated from this, but now, Joe takes care of it twice, twice downstairs to stare at Beth's supposedly healthy and dignified chair, once the Yi Ren smiles back, and the other Yi Ren has gone. I have been edited together for two short periods of time. The lethality is very great, and it is also the first tear point for me to watch this film. You can see the utilitarianism of the movie with this screenwriting strategy, but you are crying alive by it, and you still have to accept it.

Laurie

The highly anticipated sweet tea is the reason why many people buy movie tickets. His large number of static close-ups in the film is unparalleled. It is a great blessing to watch sweet tea on the big screen. Tiancha and Ronan do have a chemical reaction, but unfortunately, in the movie, the rivalry is more with Amy. Since the past and present narratives are halfway apart, Laurie and Joe’s hometown scenes for cultivating feelings are not so many. When Joe said, "If we get married is a disaster, we will definitely fight." However, because the foreshadowing is not enough, this A scene that refuses to propose will also leave the audience confused, as if it was a rejection for the sake of refusal. In comparison, the BBC version has a broader space for the childhood sweethearts to accompany each other and quarrel with each other. Their first meeting had already happened at the dance party, escaping from the crowd and dancing, and in the novel this is already a slightly later plot. In the 94 movie version, their first meeting was in the winter through a window with snowflakes. Laurie was described by Joe, who still didn’t know himself, as: the poor boy, locked in the house, like Dickens’s writing prisoner. In the new version of the movie, this sense of bondage and mutual curiosity is much less.

But Laurie of Sweet Tea is a man who cannot be rejected. Seeing a man with such a pair of eyes is so sad that you will be sad too.

Highlights

One of the most interesting ideas in the film is the discussion about who Joe was with in the end. On the axis of the present progress, she did meet a handsome foreign professor in New York, and they met again in their hometown in Massachusetts. As the camera turned, Joe sat at the desk of the old editor of the publishing house and bargained with him for his semi-autobiographical novel LITTLE WOMEN, "I can't accept why she didn't marry her neighbor in the end? Then who did she marry? You better give her. Arrange one. Readers like to read the happy ending. Just after the war, everyone can wait to be entertained." Okay, the camera changed again, I don’t know if it’s reality or in my head, Joe and the professor finally got married under the umbrella of heavy rain. . "Awesome! Let's call this section under the umbrella". In fact, I personally prefer the director who threw an open ending to us. This is also a very clever way to adapt classic works. You know the audience will complain about you, why do you come here again? The previous clamor is that women can’t just pursue love. , Isn't she falling into the family now? So, the director pricked, and the truth is true, the truth is false, whichever you believe is whichever you believe.

Compared to being the foothold of future life, this foreign professor here seems to be just a concept left for the audience to discuss.

The original author, Louisa May, is unmarried for life, and only she knows whether Joe's ending will be market intervention or her own vision.

Pros and cons

Advantages :

1. The image of Joe is closer to modern women. The 94 version almost merged the images of the authors Louisa May and Joe into a heroine. It fits the adaptation of the original book but still has not escaped the stereotype of a mainstream commercial film. It allows a marriage for the development of women. For harvest. Saoirtha Ronan has the fragile side that I like.

2. The narrative is novel and different from other versions. But the original meal must be held back at the beginning.

3. Most of the role choices are right.

4. The growth of the role of Joe focuses on her career development. At the end of the film, there is a book from movable type printing to cloth cutting and binding. Friends in the cultural publishing industry will be very pleased to see it. And she ultimately devoted herself to the education industry, and was still gathering with her family friends. This finale is more moving than love.

Disadvantages :

1. Success is also Xiaohe, and failure is also Xiaohe. The two-line narrative does make people feel chaotic at first. The small details of some girls' generation sisters getting along can't be put on the screen due to the influence of the length. Although this is the essence of the novel, the movie can only choose its climax.

2. In this version, Laura Dunn’s mother and Aunt May’s Aunt Machi are more instrumentalists. The mother is actually the spiritual power and mentor of the four sisters. It appears to be the most severe in the BBC version, and will expose his temper and become helpless when his father is injured. In the new version of the movie, Laura Dunn appears very flat, even too Virgin.

And Aunt Mei, who is very eye-catching in the trailer, is more like an example of negative education, an old crow pointing to the marriage of sisters. Here, I prefer to regard her wonderful line as a warning.

——I want to go out of my own way.

-Few women go out of their own way. You have to marry a good family.

——Aren’t you married?

——Because I have money!

Whether she is reasonable or arrogant. This line will not be false in 500 years.

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Extended Reading
  • Clemmie 2022-03-22 09:01:44

    The colors of the filters are different, the lighting is also problematic, the narrative details are slightly uneven, the characters are papery, the emotional line is blunt, and the dialogue feels rushed. People are playing. What's even more terrifying is that the fate of the characters in the original book and the previous edition and the deep digging of the characters' characters have been weakened in this twitter. Compared with the 94 version, it is much better. (But still like Ronan, sweet tea is not suitable for Laurie...Miss Watson should be Amy...)

  • Aliza 2022-03-23 09:01:52

    At first, I didn't like Joe very, very much. I felt like I was reading a book at the time. I didn't like her talkativeness. She was very unworldly, but she didn't need to despise others. She even felt that she was too harsh on Meg and Amy. , like Meg said, "Don't think my dream is not important just because it's different from yours", yeah, she doesn't want marriage, but someone does. She does not care about love, but some people do. She's not obsessed with pretty and gorgeous dresses, but many girls like it! Later, I reflected on myself, if she wasn't so determined and contradictory, maybe she wouldn't be herself. She likes her sister the most. She has dreams and knows who she loves. Thinking of the feminist movement that has gone too far recently, shouldn't the real feminism be to defend all women? Then those of us who want to have love and family, and want to be an ordinary woman's dream can be considered a dream. In addition, the final ending was too kind, and made everyone reconcile, still in the name of love, thinking of myself, the order and timing of appearances in love are really important! Is that beach also in "Brooklyn"?

Little Women quotes

  • Jo March: I can't say "yes" truly, so I'm not going to say it at all.

  • Jo March: And I'm so sick of people saying that love is just all a woman is fit for. I'm so sick of it.

    [Almost crying]

    Jo March: But I'm so lonely...