Best Actor

    "No!" The heart-piercing voice sounded, with an indescribable tragicness, the woman in the picture threw herself on the ground and hugged herself in disbelief children on the ground.

    Unfortunately, although she and he had hurry up, the naked child still didn't last long in this cold weather. The woman opened her mouth and held her child's corpse with trembling hands, but she couldn't even let out a howl. She could only look at him like this, looking at him with sad and blank eyes, and then it gradually became empty.

    The man who pointed the gun at the soldiers of the Union Army was also stunned, with a look of disbelief, his lips quivered and he wanted to say something, but he couldn't say a word.

    The soldier of the Northern Army who was kneeling on the ground was frightened. Although he had done little evil just now, he even wanted to add clothes to the child who was frozen outside, but in the end he did not act. But the two companions had already been killed, and the child had already died, so he probably wouldn't survive, so he immediately saw the opportunity and ran away.

    The man just wanted to step forward to comfort the woman and make a half-squat motion. For a while, he didn't know whether to pull the trigger or squat first. At this moment, the woman who had been pounced on the ground suddenly grabbed the gun from the man's hand like crazy, aimed at the soldier who had just escaped a few steps, and pulled the trigger without hesitation.

    Boom! The gunshot rang, and the last soldier of the Northern Army fell down and fell to the ground and never got up again.

    "Sarah..." the man cried, looking at her worriedly.

    The woman's body swayed and seemed to fall down at any time, but she still slowly turned around, and her face was calm. Nothing is bigger than the feeling of death.

    "We...Should we..." The man shook his throat and said with difficulty, his eyes full of grief, making people unable to bear to look directly.

    The woman did not respond, sitting there not knowing what she was doing, her shoulders shrugged slightly, as if she was crying, but there was no sound.

    The man stood blankly for a while, then suddenly thought of something and shouted: "Sarah, no!"

    Then, without hesitation, Sara grabbed the loaded gun and pulled the trigger against her chin.

    Bang, the second shot rang, thumped, the woman fell to the ground, and the man who couldn't stop all this stood there sluggishly, still holding out his hand, after a while, he He knelt down, covered his face with his hands, and sobbed silently.

    As the overhead camera stretches upwards, this tragic scene gradually blurs and then slowly fades out.

    At this point, people will be tensed and relaxed from the "no". There are sounds of exhalation all around. Sean can hear it clearly, especially Ming who is sitting in front. Gera, obviously. It is said that Minghella had a fierce argument with Weinstein here. Minghella wanted to use Sean's suggestion to make Sarah commit suicide, but Weinstein was worried that the audience would not accept it and asked to use the original script.

    After all, a child died here, although according to the rules, there is no scene of how the child died, and there is no body shot, but it is difficult to say how the public will react, let alone the soldiers of the Northern Army Damn, it's a little politically incorrect.

    But Minghella refused him toughly, and the two had a very unpleasant fight, but in the end, the ending of Sarah's suicide was used here according to the director's request. However, even so, Minggla was still sweating. After all, no one could be sure of the audience's reaction, so when everyone exclaimed in unison at this moment, the big stone in his heart was considered to have fallen to the ground.

    Of course, it is also possible that everyone thinks this is too bold, and the voices made are not optimistic, but Sean is more willing to believe that this is a recognition of Minghella. Because even when he saw it himself, he was somewhat attracted, the tone and framing were almost perfect, and the right cut made it all so smooth, Minggla's skills all burst out here, plus On Sean and Natalie's excellent acting, the desperation and grief are perfectly conveyed.

    In fact, Natalie should be able to do better, at least in Sean's view, if it is her own, there are several places where that kind of child can be killed, and the motivation to live is also The feeling of walking dead after disappearing is better and more precise.

    In fact, he is also quite dissatisfied with his performance, such as the cry when he discouraged Sarah, from the outside of the screen at this moment, especially after the thorough investment of "The Aviator" After gaining further insights into his acting skills, he felt that he should obviously make his feelings more turbulent here.

    Well, both he and Natalie are only in their early 20s. Natalie has never been a mother, and he has not witnessed such extreme events. It is very difficult to do this. easy.

    In any case, this climax allowed the audience to vent the emotions accumulated in the previous dozens of minutes, but could not be vented due to the slow pace and insufficient ups and downs.

    Although this is a tragedy, just like someone who has been plagued by depression for a long time, laughing or crying can make him relax, feelings are like a dam, when the water is full, it will be released, no matter what by what means.

    However, this also resulted in a conflict with the security team at the last moment after Inman finally saw Ada. When the ending that Inman finally died in Ada's arms came, the infectious insufficient.

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    However, when the real ending came, Ida took the daughter who was shot at the time, and the Ruby family lived a difficult and happy life, the feeling of hope, With the comparison of the previous two tragedies, it is invaluable.

    Therefore, when the movie ended, there was still warm applause from the audience.

    Of course, there are still some regrets. If the death of Sarah's child is placed in the middle, the rhythm will undoubtedly be better. After the audience has enough time to accept one tragedy, the second tragedy The arrival will be a little more shocking, and the two tragedies will better set off the theme.

                                                            Sleepy plot, well, at least the first half.

    But later, he probably realized his own problems and made some changes. The two tragedies made the whole movie violently ups and downs, but also seemed extra heavy, especially the single mother Sa Ra's suicide because of her child's death had an unimaginable impact.

    Although this dilutes the shock of the hero's death, it makes the whole movie more ups and downs. If this plot is placed in the middle of the movie, the effect may be better.

    In any case, although the film has no small problems, Minghella finally did not let Charles Fraser's novel get dusty. "

    However, "Variety" has another view: "Minghella was ambitious to make "Cold Mountain" into a masterpiece, and he did not hesitate to spend a lot of money to travel to Europe to film scenes, but this is a In this failed attempt, he did not reflect on the shortcomings exposed in his previous works, and he was even more suspicious.

    Yes, in terms of pictures alone, this is still a beautiful movie. Mingla uses delicate techniques to rely on the solemn and abstract themes of glory, responsibility and loyalty on the flying shrapnel and In the life-like dialogues of the characters, the turbulent nineteenth-century North American genre paintings are restored little by little. The ugliness and beauty in human nature alternately appear and are intertwined on this scroll.

    However, this may be a movie worthy of repeated taste, but it is more suitable for playing in a special art cinema, rather than a big-screen release, too delicate will only make people feel hypocritical and boring.

    If it weren't for a slight change in the second half, Sarah's suicide in the great despair is sympathetic, and the film will undoubtedly be thoroughly lethargic. "

      There are 8 points out of 10, but not a lot.

    As for the evaluation of the actors, many people gave high marks to Sean and Rachel. Although Natalie's appearance time was short, but because of Sarah's tragic plot, she did act is very good, so the evaluation is also very high, only Nicole, was rated as quite satisfactory.

    "Roger is right, Sean doesn't seem to age at all in the film, whether he's on screen gloomy and worried staring at his lover, sad or painful struggling in the trenches , or desperately trying to get home, you wouldn't associate him with being 23--to be exact, he was 22 at the time of filming. The most typical scene is that when Inman and Ada meet, they fail to Ada, who recognized the other party, asked him to leave, and in the close-up of the camera when he turned around, the sense of vicissitudes naturally revealed on his body could not be faked at all.

    Equally wonderful is Rachel Weisz, before "Cold Mountain", everyone's impression of her was the bookish Evelyn in "Tomb Raiders", so it should be Rough and uneducated, but at the same time with a southern accent and a straight heart, many people didn't respond when she appeared on screen. What is even more rare is that she has always maintained this state, always showing the carelessness and enthusiasm of the southern country girl, and no one can connect her with Evelyn.

    In addition, Natalie Portman's performance is also eye-catching. Although there are only more than ten minutes of scenes, the role of Sarah is undoubtedly the most tragic in the whole film. The most tragic, and she interprets this tragic situation to the core. Only Nicole, probably because of the character's character shackles her, needs to keep her more restrained, so in the comparison of these three characters, except for a few bright spots, other aspects are very mediocre. "—The Hollywood Reporter