Lie: Everything will be better!

Candelario 2021-12-27 08:01:20

After watching this movie, I really want to know the current Mel Gibson. Even if he is no longer the handsome guy who made me cry in "Brave Heart". Some people say that his acting is so-so, basically true portrayal. I still want to applaud him. At least he didn't spoil this role. He acted as a depressed, tangled, down, and self-denying patient. When he was starting a new life with the identity of Mr. Beaver, he felt better and he felt self-repairing. Yes, but in fact Mr. Beaver is constantly invading his thinking. He is about to forget that he is Mr. Water and not Mr. Beaver. In the end, Mr. Water decided to give up Mr. Beaver even if it was painful, even if he lost a hand.
Here I have to say that for a moment I really felt that Mr. Beaver existed. Mr. Beaver was a personality created by Walt's schizophrenia after escaping from reality, not just a puppet. So can a split personality be eliminated by simply cutting off the puppet? The director's explanation is not clear, or the director has overly portrayed Mr. Beaver as true and credible without considering whether he will leave easily.
Mr. Water's wife, also the director, and actress Judy Foster. She portrayed this beautiful and rational Mrs. Water with a full and lively character, which can be said to make people fully feel her love for her husband and her son. But I still think she has poor director skills. The narrative of the son's line is obviously in a cliché. It can be said that there is no intersection even with the father's line, so the other ending seems so strange.
What about Mr. Water's son. The youngest son is so cute, he is really cute. The adolescent eldest son is deeply influenced by his father. What I don't understand is that since he was affected by a depressed father, his negative emotions should also be suppressed. Why can he be able to save the lost girl in a general way? In general, the eldest son’s character shaping is a problem.
But I still like the movie Beaver. Its atmosphere, actors' acting skills, and cross stories are still very attractive.
Especially as mentioned, we are always accepting a lie that everything will be better. But will everything really change for the better? We need company, relatives, lovers, and friends to accompany us on the way to the better. I think this is what the film wants to express.

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  • Eulalia 2022-04-20 09:02:00

    shit happens, but the good thing is you have someone to support you and love you, that's the most important thing

  • Theo 2021-12-27 08:01:20

    Very clichéd plot, the entire beaver setting is very deliberate, Foster's role for herself is not suitable for her, as a director, she has a poor grasp of the rhythm, a little choppy. But the melodrama can still be seen, and I still like the other two leading actors.

The Beaver quotes

  • [last lines]

    Walter Black: This is a picture of Walter Black, who had to become The Beaver, who had to become a father, so that one day this might just become a picture of Walter Black.

  • Porter Black: Tagging? Like... like graffiti tagging?

    Norah: More like art. It was just... illegal.