Basically all are spoilers, please be careful when you go around. Four stars are very unobjective personal feelings, mainly for complaining. --- Coughlin Trilogy is a series of novels by Dennis Lehane. The story focuses on the relationship between Thomas Coughlin, a police family in Boston at the beginning of the last century, and his three sons Danny, Connor and Joe, and their respective lives. The protagonist of the first The Given Day is Danny Coughlin, with the police strike and the black movement as the main events at the time. The depth of history and the almost perfect portrayal of individuals and groups make it the most outstanding one in this series of novels; the second one. Live By Night and the third World Gone By both feature their youngest son Joe Coughlin, telling the story of Joe growing from a local gangster to the leader of the Tampa gang during Prohibition, and then falling into danger at the end of his life. If the first part takes time to nibble carefully, the second and third parts of the traditional gangster stories are very refreshing to read. Whether it is the plot, the characters or the emotional line, they are very "popular" and smooth, Joe Coughlin is also the most complete and best portrayed character in all of Lehane's 13 novels. As an NC fan of the original trilogy, I have always been pleased with the news of Ben Affleck's directing Live By Night (after all, there are precedents for the success of directing the Lehane series of novels before), and have been paying attention to the situation of the movie, and the bad reviews are actually bad. Then I felt very sad. I thought it might be because of the type of gangster film. I thought it was because film critics and audiences didn't accept it very much. (It must be mentioned that because Ben Affleck has been shooting other WB films in foreign countries during the Live By Night post-production period, during which there were two very busy movie promotion periods, plus WB suddenly filed Live By Night, The rush of time may also prevent Ben Affleck from perfecting the movie to the state he wants.) The limitation of movie duration is probably the main reason for the failure of the narrative rhythm. Books can be written freely, Live By Night’s small 16 format is more than 400 pages, and there are many characters and clues. If it is correct, it will take five hours to shoot the movie. The most difficult thing in adaptation is to choose. How to take out the things that are really not needed and leave the parts that can be put together into a good movie. This is a very delicate and difficult thing. The biggest problem of Affleck is here: successfully Avoided all important parts, leaving a group of running accounts. The audience is not given any time for emotional precipitation, the development of the role relationship is also unclear, and the audience cannot respond. In the interview, Affleck said that he "respects the original". He really respects the original. In the original, especially what happened after Ybor, Affleck retains 80%. This 80% will be Boston, Ybor, and bank robbing. One will go to jail, one will attack the local kid, one will make wine, one will make trouble in KKK, one will have a son out of thin air, the other will build a casino, and then Albert White will come back again, and finally The character in the incident came back and killed his wife by mistake. At the end, there was Credit written by his brother. How could it be packed in two hours? Affleck doesn’t believe in evil, he has to go in, so the final result is definitely not pretty: all the plots appear in the movie, but most of the plots are finished, and they are left behind immediately. ... Among the most important characters, the relationship progress and emotional precipitation are all intact. If there is no time, they can only be deleted. The cut is happy. What should I do if there is no progress? Joe’s feelings for his father; the deepening of love between Joe and Graciela (especially the part of the original book after Joe’s injury); even the most basic part of the friendship between Joe and Dion in the movie (playing Dion’s Chris Messina also mentioned in the interview that this emotional scene is the most emotional scene he has filmed, so I deleted it =. =) None. Not to mention that the sparks between Joe and Graciela in the movie are so pitiful, and they suddenly start to love each other. It would be strange-if I hadn't read the original, I didn't even think the relationship between Joe and Dion in the movie was so good. , The ordinary boss and Ma Zai are nothing but a brotherhood of life and death? Can't. How can a scene without emotions have any shining points, especially the story of Live By Night is based on the relationship and emotions between Joe and various characters. The whole movie presents a kind of train driving under the account selected by Affleck. The general rhythm is that one event is immediately followed by another event, there is no blank, no precipitation, the audience is very passive and passive, and can't keep up with it, it is easy to get distracted and bored. Another big mistake in Affleck's adaptation process was deletion! it is good! East! West! This is unbearable. Although there are definitely restrictions on shooting, you don’t want to think about it. If you delete these scenes that cannot be deleted at all, and you can’t find a good alternative to make the logical connection between the front and the back, can it work? The impact of errors on the narrative rhythm is disastrous. How did Joe please Maso in prison and how to join his gang? How did Joe think he killed his father (this paragraph is also important to Emma's appearance...); the leopard in Joe's mind Imagery; why Joe finally handed over the gang to Dion for management (this paragraph in the movie is just a joke...); and the tobacco plantation that Joe and Graciela bought in Cuba... There is nothing in these original books that makes people orgasm in the head. For example, the part where Joe first arrived at Ybor was actually pretty good, and I felt that he was on the right track. Affleck immediately deleted the part where Dion betrayed Joe and the two of them drinking and meeting and the part where he bombed the warship with Esteban. The former is soothing and emotional. The latter has a great role in promoting the relationship between Joe and Graciela, and it explains what kind of person Graciela is. Without these two rhythms, he became irritable, and the atmosphere that finally lifted up fell off with a bang, Joe The poor interpretation of the relationship with Graciela resulted in a question mark in the audience's mind as soon as these two people lingered: "Why did they suddenly fall in love?" Graciela was reduced to a pure girlfriend role, without hierarchy and meaning. There are many situations like this. In the end, Joe saw Danny's name appearing on the screen in the movie theater. It was a poke, but if you haven't read the original book and just mentioned it in a line before Joe, you may have a hard time remembering Danny. Who, don't blame you, because Affleck deleted all the emotional scene of Danny coming to visit the prison. But the contradiction is also here, whether to delete or not to delete, and what to delete? The poor time of the movie is enough to squeeze into the general framework and structure of so many events. It is too late to make up for the emotional blank and the progress of the characters. The original party may still have a sense of familiarity, but other audiences have no emotional connection with the movie. I don't understand the motivation of the role, and if I don't even forget these two points, what life is there to speak of in the movie? The other biggest problem with the movie is Joe's casting. Even if there is a problem with the tempo of the movie, the role of Joe should still be able to support it when he stands up. In the original book, Joe is the youngest child of the Coughlin family. It is the mistakes made by his parents in his later years to redeem the death marriage. His mother has mental problems. The eldest brother who he sees as a hero left him when he was young. Joe’s childhood can be said to be very lonely and again. I was always abused by scum daddy and scum. I ran away from home a few times and fell in love with the night until I met Dion. Will do stupid things, sometimes childish between words (discussed with a girl: Joe knocked off the mayor’s hat and said, it’s up to me that the Chamber of Commerce is not happy! I’m not happy, you know!? I’m not happy !), this is exactly where Joe’s personal charm lies-young is really too important, which is exactly what Affleck does not have... Unreasonable age leads to many naive motives that are not well explained. Affleck’s overly restrained acting style did not help at all to express Joe’s charm. In many places, the reaction of the opponents was not very good. Some gang fight scenes were overly facialized and somewhat funny, except for the encounter with Loretta at the breakfast table. It was really great, but Affleck didn't give Joe enough strength. In addition, the self-inflicted narrative rhythm also affects the rhythm of the performance, so the performance is really...not flattering. The performances of other people are also more or less affected by the rhythm, resulting in the characters only showing the external image, without the core excavation, and continue to have no vitality, alas. Of course, movies are not useless. The art direction department, the clothing department and the makeup department that spend a lot of money are still worth the money. I have seen fans complain that the suit is too generous. This is the characteristic of the times. At that time, no one was wearing it It's a fit suit. The hats are really good-looking, regardless of men's hats and women's hats. In addition, we must give serious praise to Sienna Miller, Elle Fanning and Chris Messina. It is a pity that the characters have been adapted and collapsed, but the performances of these three are particularly interesting, especially Chris Messina, although his appearance is still 40 pounds. It's far from the Dion in the book, but you can also watch the characters supplemented with acting ability, which is very stealthily. Personally, I prefer the role of Dion, and I feel uncomfortable that Affleck deleted all of Dion's drama, but in general Messina has completed the task, at least in a lot of screen time to stand up the role of Dion. Finally, these four stars, two stars are the level of the movie itself, add one star to Chris Messina's Dion, and add another star to thank Affleck for bringing the Coughlin series to the screen. The Given Day also sold the copyright of the adaptation of the miniseries. I hope that no matter who directs and who the actors choose, the second time Coughlin will be on the screen will be less regretful and disappointing. Can't flatter me. The performances of other people are also more or less affected by the rhythm, resulting in the characters only showing the external image, without the core excavation, and continue to have no vitality, alas. Of course, movies are not useless. The art direction department, the clothing department and the makeup department that spend a lot of money are still worth the money. I have seen fans complain that the suit is too generous. This is the characteristic of the times. At that time, no one was wearing it It's a fit suit. The hats are really good-looking, regardless of men's hats and women's hats. In addition, we must give serious praise to Sienna Miller, Elle Fanning and Chris Messina. It is a pity that the characters have been adapted and collapsed, but the performances of these three are particularly interesting, especially Chris Messina, although his appearance is still 40 pounds. It's far from the Dion in the book, but you can also watch the characters supplemented with acting ability, which is very stealthily. Personally, I prefer the role of Dion, and I feel uncomfortable that Affleck deleted all of Dion's drama, but in general Messina has completed the task, at least in a lot of screen time to stand up the role of Dion. Finally, these four stars, two stars are the level of the movie itself, add one star to Chris Messina's Dion, and add another star to thank Affleck for bringing the Coughlin series to the screen. The Given Day also sold the copyright of the adaptation of the miniseries. I hope that no matter who directs and who the actors choose, the second time Coughlin will be on the screen will be less regretful and disappointing.
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