Superstar

The praise of the "Los Angeles Times" almost pushed the "L.A. Confidential" to the pinnacle. Although Nicholas didn't say it directly, there was a message between the lines: this is the best overall work of Hugo since the film, more than "Schindler's List" surpassed "Pulp Fiction" and surpassed "Seven Deadly Sins."

In fact, Nicholas's phrase "the perfect combination of business and art" is the greatest compliment to the movie. In the entire movie history, there are only a handful of movies that can combine commercial and artistic heights, and now Nicholas has added a seat to it, such praise is unparalleled!

With a full score of one hundred praise, plus a recommendation of five stars, Nicholas gave almost all praises to the "L.A. Confidential" without hesitation. In addition to perfection or perfection, it is really good to be so full of firepower. ? Wouldn't it make the audience's expectations so high that they are disappointed? Isn't it true that things must be reversed, and instead let the audience reject the movie? Wouldn't it lead to a scolding war and let the audience pick the bones in the egg?

Obviously, Nicholas is not worried, because the famous Roger Ebert expressed his support for him. The "Chicago Sun" published Roger's professional film reviews for the first time. Read the full text of the world. A prostitute's trip to Arizona. What do you choose?"

The title of this film review is obviously a bit long, but it is full of Roger's greatest insights about this film: choice.

"'Someone wins the whole world, some wins the prostitute. The prostitute's Arizona journey', this is the last sentence of the movie. It is a brilliant and accurate sentence without losing black humor. This is precisely the philosophy behind life. In the final analysis, Life lies in choices, and more importantly, what you choose.

We can discuss the wonderful work of ‘L.A. Confidential’ with this theme: Three men, who would you choose?

There are three protagonists in the movie, Hugo Lancaster, Russell Crowe, Kevin Spacey. The arrangement and setting of the roles are meaningful and intriguing.

Bud-played by Russell, impulsive, frank, jealous, and hot-tempered. He hits the world with one fist. He can't understand all violent incidents. It seems that it is absolutely impossible to get involved with evil, but it has become a tool for evil. The most interesting thing is that on the one hand, Bard has a fanatical paranoia about justice, but on the other hand, he is willing to break the law for the sake of his partners. This precisely represents the general public in society: upholding legal justice, but in the face of ruthless law, often It is easy to be sentimental, penalize criminals excessively or lightly sentence criminals because of sympathy, emotion is the support that governs them, and morality is their bottom line.

The movie gave Bud the perfect ending, which seemed to imply that as long as he insisted on being honest, he could get happiness and contentment. This is the most mainstream branch of the whole story, but it is also the only hope left in the movie. Unlike the ‘seven deadly sins’, Bard’s good beginning and end gave an answer: how should we survive in such a sinister and dark society?

Russell, who has emerged in Hollywood, is obviously the least trusted part of the entire crew of "L.A. Confidential", but there is no doubt that he accomplished the final task brilliantly, and the hot and fragile Tiehan’s tenderness is perfectly displayed. In the limited space, this ray of sunlight of the dark society continues.

Jack, played by Kevin, is a very interesting character. He is slick, personable, elegant and calm, but he understands social rules, trading power and money, he is very clever and cunning. In fact, what Jack represents is the backbone of the current society. They have everything, wisdom, fame, and interests, and they skillfully use the so-called potential. The rules are for their own welfare, but they never cross the bottom line, and they will not easily offend the interests of others. They make money in a friendly manner, handle things smoothly, are familiar with the world, and control most of the key institutions of society.

It can be said that Jack is the one who can live for a long time in this society. This is the social reality. But the "L.A. Secret" gave Jack more soul. Behind the dazzling beauty, Jack's confusion and emptiness; behind the intertwined covetousness, Jack's loss and loneliness; behind the success and fame, Jack's defense and loneliness... all of this It is a common problem in contemporary society. In the middle of the night after the party, the emptiness and loneliness of the heart makes all fame and wealth become a bubble, like fireworks, the bright blooming is fleeting.

Kevin’s weightlifting, unobtrusive deduction clearly interprets the delicacy and hierarchy of Jack’s heart, giving the character a new vitality, with a long aftertaste and full of charming charm, but it makes people unable to help but start. Look for his own figure in him.

The movie gave Jack a chance to break through and pursue his dreams. Jack seized it, but whether it was realized or not was left to the audience to judge. This is the deepest and most private question and answer in everyone's heart after the end of the story. Maybe everyone's answer is different, maybe everyone's choice is different, but it's a wake-up call from the heart.

The last topic came to Hugo. The Hollywood hero once again made a surprising choice. He played the role of Ed. Although the movie is the power of the three protagonists, there is no doubt that Ed is the core of the core, because he carries the weight of the entire movie and shoulders the core of the entire movie.

Ed looks like an idealist, simply insisting on legal justice, even at the expense of offending colleagues in order to maintain the so-called justice, but in fact, his ingenuity and power are staggering, just like a politician’s cunning and indifferent , In sharp contrast with Bud, even cold-blooded than Jack, it is annoying. All signs seemed that he was the man behind the scenes, and it was only a matter of time before he fell into the dark, but in fact, under the surface of unscrupulous means hidden the perseverance of not giving up until justice, and finally broke out.

At the very beginning of the film, two details appeared in Eddy's debut, but they were ignored by many people.

The first detail is that when Ed was interviewed by the media, he was indifferent to the injury of his colleague, but calmly believed that it was collateral injury. The second detail is the subsequent seemingly useless dialogue between him and Dudley, which set the tone for the whole movie. Faced with Dudley’s three questions, “To someone you know is guilty, Are you willing to use guilty methods to ensure that the court finds him guilty? Are you willing to torture the prisoner to confess? Are you willing to shoot a stubborn criminal from behind, lest the lawyer exonerate him? Ed’s answer was a categorical "no".

These two details are echoed in the second half of the story.

First of all, Ed not only chose to cooperate with Jack and Bud, who were on the opposite side, but also caused strong emotional fluctuations because of the encounter between the two. This made him understand what the friendship Bud insists on is the first. A shift. Secondly, in order to pursue the truth, Ed agreed to Bud's use of violence to extract a confession, and in the face of the real behind-the-scenes, Ed made a choice that went against his original intention. This is the second change.

The truth has been found and justice has been done, but in the process, the pure heart of justice has been irretrievably destroyed.

In fact, Ed’s transformation is the transformation of the entire society. In the movie, Bud, Jack, and Ed all face the same problem: they become police officers at first. What is the reason for the investigation? The answers of the three people are different. Bud's confusion, Jack's forgetting, and Ed's deception all made them lose their original selves and lose their direction in the erosion of social life.

This is precisely the reality of society. When was the dream abandoned? It's ridiculous, cruel, and real, just in the process of pursuing dreams. This discovery is really desperate. Maybe what we are pursuing are things that never existed. Just like Ed, he chased idealistic justice, but in the end he betrayed his dream step by step. He chose first. Evil methods have served justice, and then justice has been used to trade interests and achieve reality.

One step, another step, just two steps, but it consumed Ed's entire life.

Ed is a portrayal of today’s society. He was Bud at first, then Ed, then Jack, and then a high-ranking official. In the end...Will he become the man behind the scenes? This became the biggest suspense left by the entire movie. At the end of the story, Ed took off his glasses, the glasses that represented his protective color, but under the sun there was a shuddering cold.

Ed's body embodies all the ambitions of the director, and has carried out a deep and true interpretation of the changes in the real world ~ www.wuxiaspot.com ~ **** and icy. Ed's transformation is undoubtedly the biggest challenge, and in the compact and dense plot, the space left for Hugo to play is really limited, even poor, but Hugo still did not let us down.

Hugo's interpretation is undoubtedly wonderful and vivid. From the delicate change of expression to the complete change of eyes, Hugo has endowed Ed with a complete personality and soul, which is almost inseparable between good and evil. But in the absence of any breaking point or turning point, Hugo used a calm performance to complete the foreshadowing of the role bit by bit, a look, a smile, a pause, a gesture, that unmarked performance even It is more delicate and outstanding than Kevin, and a transformation is formed almost before the audience reacts, making every turning point believable, and smoothly connecting the whole movie.

The most typical are the three rival scenes of Hugo and Kevin, Hugo and Russell, and Hugo and Charlize. The strong aura almost dominates every moment, and the emotional changes between gestures are so strong that they succeed. It drives the emotions of every audience, and even the glasses have become the finishing touch. The eyes, lines, expressions, and actions have achieved a perfect combination, and the progress of each plot is promoted quietly. Such skill is admirable.

Perhaps Ed's role is not as rich and exciting as many characters, but Hugo has made an incredible breakthrough in this role. That kind of deep soul change is truly frightening. "