The movie "War of the Genders" was favored by many people at the beginning of filming. One was the strong joining of Sister Stone, who was the prestigious Oscar queen of Shinco. On the other hand, the film chose the theme of 1973. A world-famous "gender war". That game can be said to be a major milestone event in the long journey of the feminist movement in the United States. Today in the 21st century, women’s consciousness around the world is gradually awakening, and the feminist and affirmative movements are advancing vigorously in various countries. In progress, choosing to shoot a biographical film focusing on such historical events at such a moment is undoubtedly of great significance.
However, it is even more obvious that the movie "War of the Genders" has been a standard "Chong Austrian movie" from the very beginning—abandoning the simple entertainment pursuit of the film and focusing on important historical events that are worth remembering. To speak out for the feminist and LGBT groups that are gradually entering the sun, and there is even a subtle ridicule of Trump, except that the black racial issue is not integrated (and cannot be integrated)-these are in today The incomparable elements of political correctness in the United States, especially in Hollywood, seem to have become a pass for a film to be on the Oscar stage. Even in the competition for awards with only a slight difference, political correctness is also a talisman for a film to compete for the best.
Billie Jean King, the protagonist of "War of the Genders", is one of the greatest tennis players in American history and a monument that is difficult to bypass in the process of American feminism. In 1973, she defeated the retired male tennis player, Bobby Riggs, who was once the world's No. 1 player in the world-renowned gender battle. She defeated it 6-4, 6-3, 6-3 in straight sets. Gus also thoroughly promoted the status of female athletes in tennis, and made a decisive contribution to the final achievement of equal pay for female athletes. More importantly, the result of the gender war announced to the world that women can compete in competition. The sports field does not lose to men, which means that women can do equally well in any field.
It is a pity that "War of the Genders" can hardly be called a successful work. The film wants to express too much, not just the cause, development and result of the gender war. The creator of political correctness still doesn’t want to let Billie Jean’s character, which is more worthy of excavation, is her passage that made the world criticize. Homosexuality. It is true that the movie itself is a powerful weapon to support the voice of the LBGT group, just like this year’s awards season, "Please call me by your name", which is another epoch-making same-sex love after Ang Lee’s "Brokeback Mountain". piece. However, while pursuing the important significance of the subject matter, the film creators must not forget to regard the completion and artistry of the film itself as the first criterion.
After watching "War of Genders", I think this movie is much larger than "War of Genders" but slightly smaller than "Billie Jean". It is not satisfied with the ambition of simply explaining a historical event, but it is not enough Reproduce everything about the great woman Billie Jean. In fact, the film only needs to choose one of the two to complete a task, but in the end, both can't be considered.
At the level of telling the historical event of the battle of genders, the film has scattered a lot of space into the emotional story line between Billie Jean and her hair stylist Marilyn, making the film pave the way for the contradictions of the opposite sex in the tennis world at the beginning. The resulting atmosphere of the mountain rain was diminished by the emotional entanglements of the characters in the middle of the film. When the final battle was supposed to be the climax of the whole movie, it made the audience feel a little flat.
On the other hand, when portraying the character of Billie Jean, it was a little too weak-because the film needed a certain amount of energy to set a banner for Billie Jean's opponent, Bobby Riggs, and had to make a two-line advancement in the narrative. No matter how the space is allocated, this will make the characterization of Billie Jean less important, just like the homosexuality between Billie Jean and Marilyn. In fact, the two in real life are indeed the first time. Love broke out during the contact in the barber shop, but the emotional development of the two in the film was so fast. The audience could not see the inner struggle of the character Billie Jean and had to accept the fact that the gay couple had established a relationship. .
There is something illogical here, not only because the 1970s did not treat homosexuality the same as we do today, but also because in reality Billie Jean is actually a slightly traditional thinking person, awakening from his homosexual orientation. After that, she was trapped in her ulterior sensibilities and betrayed her husband, but she actually suffered tremendously. In a society that has worshipped patriarchy for thousands of years, the full awakening of female consciousness is by no means like in this movie. It was so natural, but Billie Jean in the film obviously didn't have too much trouble. The film uses "true love for tennis" and the sense of mission that must represent women to play and win, etc. The main storyline quickly skips these questions, making the character of Billie Jean actually have some signs. Hua, she is not the Billie Jean in reality, but the hero we are looking forward to who dares to stand up for women and dare to create a world, but a trophy holding a trophy (you can understand it as a tennis trophy or it can be understood as Oscar) heroine.
When it comes to the characterization of Billie Jean, one has to talk about Emma Stone's performance. In last year's "City of Philharmonic", she presented a brilliant love letter to Los Angeles with her aura and compelling performance, which also made her another young Oscar queen, well-deserved. After the peak of her career, Sister Stone chose a movie with a special theme such as "The Battle of Gender", which undoubtedly has the meaning of success, just like Freckles chose to be an emperor with "The Theory of Everything" and immediately chose to " "The Danish Girl" played the first transgender person as daring to challenge. The enthusiasm and lofty goals of these outstanding young actors have to be disappointing. However, in "War of the Genders", Shitou's performance is obviously not in the best state. On the one hand, I talked about the impact of the separation and opposition between the two main lines of the film. On the other hand, it is Sister Stone's own understanding of the role of Billie Jean can be more profound. For Sister Stone, the most shining moment in the film is the painful scene of returning to the dressing room alone after the battle. In that scene, Sister Stone was full of emotions and very touching. Billie Jean is not simply crying with joy, but a more complex combination of joy and sorrow-she not only won, but had to win. Her victory is not only a great honor, but also a forced humiliation. Women and men have equal rights. If women still need to win in a gimmicky game to be able to get their names right, it just shows that women's right to speak in this patriarchal society is far from enough.
Surprisingly, it is Steve Carell's wonderful performance in the film. After seeing the comparison between news photos and movie stills, you will definitely feel that Bobby Riggs is more restored than Billie Jean in terms of appearance and demeanor. . Steve Carell's performance actually has some personal traces in it. The fast and steady line style like a machine gun, and the rich and subtle facial expressions are his two magic weapons. In "War of the Genders", he portrayed the character Bobby Riggs in a rather three-dimensional way. This is a villain who fears that the world will not be chaotic. He is also a mean and rude villain. He is arrogant and savvy. He is a righteous man. An adventurous gambler is also an unpredictable marketing master. Some people say that Steve Carel’s interpretation of the character Bobby Riggs is mocking U.S. President Trump, who has never been resigned to loneliness, and the movie "War of the Sexes" was filmed just before Trump was elected. If Hillary was elected, this The significance of this movie today is perhaps even more intriguing. In "War of the Genders", the character Bobby Riggs is just like in reality. He was almost the one who promoted the farce of the war of genders from beginning to end, and Billie Jean can only struggle with his messy emotional status quo. At the same time, he was forced to fight in desperation.
In general, the movie "War of the Genders" is restricted by the "Oscar configuration". The narrative that should have been smooth also gave way to a politically correct layout, making the film's story out of focus and free. The director's painstakingly arranged lines filled with bright guns and dark arrows created an atmosphere of conflict and agitation. For such a precious subject, the final effect of the film is undoubtedly regrettable.
We all know that "Star Wars 8", which was just released overseas, is encountering Disney's biggest trouble in the past decade. The tried-and-tested family fun route seems to be unable to satisfy the large number of Star Wars fans, and the collapse of word-of-mouth has also caused it. In response to the decline in the box office of the movie, the Disney Empire, which had just acquired Flowserve as a king, did not expect to run into its own bottleneck so quickly. In fact, some awards season films that chose to take the “political correct” path such as "War of the Gender" encountered a similar predicament as Disney. The "Three Views" was once a film on the ladder of the Oscars. When this ladder continues to limit or even negatively affect a movie, how far can the carefully crafted "Chongao products" go?
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