The film is based on the real life of Margaret Keane. This woman with great talent for painting had been oppressed by her husband for ten years and could only huddle in the basement to paint, but her works were signed by her husband and sold and exhibited as their own. In the end, unwilling to endure all this, Margaret took her husband to court, and in the end, regained the appreciation and praise she long deserved. Behind this legendary experience, it reflects the injustice to female artists in that era, and because of this, too many real artists like Margaret were buried, and Georgia O’Keeffe mentioned in the film insisted There are very few female artists who have achieved their own sky in the end.
For this reason, this is actually a tragic story, but Burton did not deliberately exaggerate the tragedy in the film, nor did he make too much preparation for the background of that era. Therefore, the laying out and development of the emotional lines of the characters in this film seems to be somewhat fragmented. If you have done your homework like I did before watching the movie, maybe when you see the heroine's forbearance and compromise again and again when she is oppressed by her husband, you will feel extremely sad and regretful; Without this background knowledge, you can't even understand why she made such a choice. I am somewhat regretful about this.
In this small and fresh literary film, Burton has almost weakened his original style to zero. It's really hard to associate this movie with Tim Burton after watching the movie without looking at the staff list. Only those strange big eyes still reveal a little bit of his shadow, and those picturesque and colorful scenery will remind you of the splendor of "Alice in Wonderland". And it turns out that Bolton, who gave up the gothic style, also lost the sparkle, spirituality and imagination in his films, and the film became mediocre from editing to mirroring. Maybe Burton just wanted to tell a good story this time, although this simple story was filled with a lot of plots and descriptions that didn't make much sense, resulting in the final presentation being a little procrastinated and lacking in the core, and it should have entered the whole film in the end. The climax of the courtroom scene is also not so hearty.
In terms of performance, the two actors are familiar with each other. Watts once again played Margaret's husband, a rather neurotic beast. I believe that audiences who have seen "Inglourious Basterds", "Django Unchained" and "God of Killing" are not impressed by his performance. unfamiliar. And Amy's character itself has a lot of inner drama and emotional changes, and has a lot of room for display, but in my opinion, her simple performance in this film did not control them very well. So, despite winning the Golden Globe for Best Actress in a Musical/Comedy, I'm sure she still won't be able to get past the neurotic Julianne Moore (Still Alice) in the Oscar race. Go a step further. Of course, the fact that she wasn't even nominated and lost to Cate Blanchett ("Blue Jolie") last year was another big blow, I think.
Therefore, since Bolton chose to try and innovate, he will inevitably be affected by the discomfort of the audience. Well, this time, let's treat it as Bolton handing in the practice homework.
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