Julianne Moore Natalie Portman s May December and the fulfillment of standing by and watching

Mondo Entertainment Updated on 2024-01-31

Don't easily enter other people's lives, that may be a weight that you can't bear - is the biggest feeling after watching the movie "May December".

The film tells the story of Hollywood actress Elizabeth (played by Natalie Portman), who needs to shoot the film and get to know Gracie (played by Julianne Moore) and Joey (played by Charles Melton) up close, which leads to a series of conflicts.

Gracie is in a 36-year-old married state with a 13-year-old boy, Joey. This kind of illegal and immoral love affair is destined to face all kinds of criticism and scrutiny from the beginning, and in an environment that is difficult for almost everyone to understand, can Gracie and Joy live happily ever after in peace?It is very suspicious that Elizabeth came into the lives of Gracie and Joey with such doubts.

On the surface, the film digs deep into the past, present and future direction of an indecent love through a Hollywood actress, revealing the gray lives of the protagonists of forbidden love. But if you think about it, you will find that people's lives do not stand up to deliberate inquiry.

Every person and every family may have some secrets or hidden problems that they don't want to make public. The so-called family has a scripture that is difficult to read, and human nature cannot stand spreading it out. People who look glamorous on the surface, when they uncover their outer outfits, may also see the inner situation full of holes. The impact or damage that an outside intruder can cause if he is not a good person will be terrible.

In the film, Gracie's life is clearly out of balance because of Elizabeth's intrusion. The crowd that had supported them or felt pity for them began to alienate them, the problems that she and Joey had avoided began to become serious, and the conflict between her and the children began to intensify ......

As for Elizabeth, she initially broke into Gracie's life with a critical eye and perspective, but went further and further in the process of learning about Gracie and his life experiences, but did she really understand the Gracie she wanted to portray?It seems that the answer given at the end of the film is that she feels that she is about to touch the truth.

The picture and emotional tone of the film are gray, as if deliberately trying to cast a low and unrealistic shadow on the story. Just as Elizabeth discovers that almost every side faces opposite sides coexisting.

For example, Elizabeth noticed that everyone seemed to like Gracie and Joey, a freak couple, but she was told that these were just appearances, and that they were just sympathy and pity for Gracie and Joey.

In another example, Elizabeth discovers that Gracie and Joey seem to be a pseudo-happy couple, but her discovery is soon overturned by new discoveries that show that Gracie and Joey are indeed happy.

In the film, the rivalry between Natalie Portman and Julianne Moore is very exciting. This excitement is not only reflected in the instinctive hostility between the two people of the same sex and the subtle character relationship that can't help but be attracted to each other;It is also reflected in the leeway that the two of them have in shaping their respective roles.

I privately think that neither of them has fully portrayed their respective roles, and both of them have reservations for the camera, each other, and the characters themselves, and this kind of incomplete reservation is the best state, and it is also a very exciting part of the film.

Just like the gray tone and picture language of the film, the characters and stories retain the last imagination space and uncertain correctness, rather than spreading them all out. Because if the mystery of human nature and the truth of life portrayed in the film cannot be ensured to be "correct" or easy for the audience to accept, it will indeed be a better choice to keep a hand.

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