There is a movie that can be called a god movie, why is it a god movie, because looking back at this movie ten years later, you will find a lot of interesting places.
There are two handsome men in this movie, two beautiful women, who were both fledgling new stars at the time, and now they have developed into hollywood mainstays.
The movie is Genius Ripley.
At first glance at the title, you will think that this is an inspirational film about the struggle of genius, but in fact, it is a suspense film, the most sinister under the sky is the human heart, this film delicately portrays the darkness of human nature, it can also be said to be a horror film, a lot of details, careful thinking is extremely frightening.
Actor Matt Damon, born in 1970, was 29 years old when he starred in "Genius Ripley". In 1997, Matt Damon came to the fore with a feature film he wrote and starred in, Mindcatcher. In "Mindcatcher", Damon plays a rebellious problem teenager, who works as a cleaner in college and is a mathematical genius, but he has many problems of his own and is unwilling to open his heart, with the help of the professor and the people around him, the teenager slowly opens his heart and completes his self-sublimation.
Mindcatcher was a huge success when it was released, receiving a 1998 Oscar nomination for Best Picture, Best Actor, Best Supporting Actor and Best Screenplay.
It is worth mentioning that the script of "Mindcatcher" was created by two handsome men, Matt Damon and Ben Affleck, and it is also this film, which shows that Damon not only has superb acting skills, but also the talent of a writer. Since Mindcatcher, Matt Damon has often played high-IQ roles, such as the high-IQ killer of "Genius Ripley", the spy of "Spy", and the astronaut trapped in space in "The Martian" who returned to Earth with his own wisdom and courage.
At the beginning of "Genius Ripley", Ripley, played by Matt Damon, wears a famous school uniform and plays a piano song with his "girlfriend" in front of the old ship king.
Many times, we misjudge a person because the person's appearance meets our expectations. Ripley wears a famous school uniform, talking and playing skills are good, after a conversation, the old ship king mistakenly thinks that Ripley is his son's classmate, in fact, Ripley is just a restaurant cook, his piano skills are stolen, and chatting with the old boat king is only improvisation.
Ripley is a genius, not only intelligent, but also very good at guessing people's minds.
The old ship king gave Ripley a sum of money to persuade his son who was playing in Italy to return to the United States, which was a good business, And Raylip agreed and began to make up everything about Dickie, and it took him a few days to understand Dickie's personality and hobbies.
When disembarking, Raylip meets The rich woman Metz, and he makes some rhetoric that makes Metz think that he is Dickie who is hiding from his parents, and he has a good feeling for him.
Ripley finds Dickie and his girlfriend and blends into the rich man's circle, deliberately revealing that he likes jazz, making Dickie think they are the same people.
Playing jazz, cheating with girls, playing around, spending days and nights, this is the daily life of playboy Dickie, but for Ripley, it is a whole new world, he is fascinated by this flashy life, willingly follow Dickie, be his little follower.
Soon Dickie got tired of Ripley, he didn't need to be obedient, he needed a like-minded buddy, he proposed to break up with Ripley, the two had an argument, Dickie humiliated Ripley, Ripley in a fit of rage, killed Dickie.
It seems that the film only begins to enter the main film from here. Ripley killed someone, he didn't want to spend the rest of his life in prison, he tried his best to cover up the murder, as the saying goes, once it started, it couldn't be stopped.
Ripley kills Dickie and lives a lavish life in Rome and New York with his passport, Dickie's friend Freddy recognizes Ripley, Ripley kills him, Dickie's girlfriend Maggie suspects Ripley, Ripley also wants to kill her, he has fallen into his own net, whoever stands in his way, he will kill whom.
At the end of the film, Ripley and his new friend Peter go out to sea together, and the two lie on the bed and laugh, Ripley is laughing, but he holds a long silk scarf in his hand.
The film doesn't point out Peter's death, but the audience understands that Ripley disguises herself as Dickie and watches an opera with the rich woman Metz, who happens to be on the boat, and ripley's lies will be punctured once Peter and Metz meet. In order to cover up the lie, Ripley can only keep killing, even if the man really loves him and is good for him.
Ripley may be able to escape capture again with his intellect, but he has fallen into darkness, and God cannot save him.
Matt Damon's acting skills are very good, the dependence on Dickie in the first half, the coldness and insidiousness after the killing in the second half, all show the slightest bit, no one is born a bad person, Ripley transforms, both in reason, but also makes people feel a little long and sighing.
Jude Lowe, another handsome guy in the film, slender figure, carved face, blue and green eyes like the ocean, Jude Lowe is born with nobility.
Jude Lowe is a very thoughtful actor, obviously can eat by the face, but rely on strength, like to challenge difficult roles, and constantly subvert people's old impressions of him. The bohemian brother of "Genius Ripley" has become one of his rare unbridled and handsome characters.
On the beaches of Italy, tourists are weaving, jude Lowe plays the rich family Dickie and girlfriend Maggie, playing. Dickie is really charming, he loves music and is maverick, passionate, elegant, with a bad bad temperament, amorous and handsome Dickie, who has charmed a large number of fans, jude Lowe also joked that men are not bad, women are not love.
Several subsequent plays received a mediocre response until 2004, when Jude Lowe was nominated for an Academy Award for "Cold Mountain." Now the man, who was as beautiful as white moonlight, was also 48 years old.
Jude Lowe has a stable career and is married and has children. He recently appeared in blockbuster films, Fantastic Beasts: Crimes of Grindelwald, in which he played Dumbledore. The handsome man grew a beard, matured, and played dumbledore in the minds of many people.
Gwennis Paltrow, also an actress born with an aristocratic temperament, often starred in classical beauty. She is Jane Austen's lively and playful Emma, the most beautiful woman who inspires Shakespeare, the feminine and amorous poetess...
Paltrow's most well-known and talked about character is Pepper In Iron Man. As the leader of the Avengers, Iron Man has his own protagonist aura, and Pepper is his assistant, loyal and loyal, to help Downey deal with many things. Such a role is familiar to an Oscar actress, and the interaction between Gwennis Paltrow and Robert Downey Jr. in the film is also a major attraction.
Because of the long-term vegetarian diet, Paltrow looks haggard than actresses of the same age, and she does not love to maintain herself, so her appearance declines rapidly, and the well-behaved female image Chinese "Genius Ripley" is still the peak of Paltrow's appearance.
Kate Blanchett
At the 71st Academy Awards, Kate Blanchett and Gwennis Paltrow competed for the Best Actress Award on the same stage, and in the end, it was Gwinnes Paltrow who won the film with "Shakespeare's Love History".
In fact, the best contender for this Oscar queen is Kate Blanchett, she has won a number of awards with "Elizabeth" before, and also won the Golden Globe drama film, this award is the vane of the Oscar Award, after the results came out, many people were surprised, and the Oscar evaluation of that year is controversial until today.
Coincidentally, Kate Blanchett and Gwennis Paltrow also played a pair of love rivals in "Genius Ripley".
Born in Australia, Kate Blanchett has played a number of characters with distinct personalities, such as Queen Elizabeth, the Elf Queen in The Lord of the Rings... Because her online name in one forum is "Big Devil", fans have nicknamed Kate the Big Devil.
In 2005, Kate Bran played Catherine Hepburn in "The Aviator", won the 77th Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress, and in 2013, she collaborated with Woody Allen on "Blue Jasmine", and won the 86th Academy Award for Best Actress.
Now in her 50s, Kate Blanchett is still a goddess Fan, and she met movie fans on the street, and her style was not lost.
When they were young, this is the biggest impression of revisiting this old movie. Fresh clothes, young fame, when Matt Damon just emerged, Gwyneth is in the sky, Jude Law is the new hollywood favorite, Kate Blanchett is still playing a good girl, the best years of the four stars, are frozen in this drama, no matter when you watch, it is a very good era.
Because at that time, we were still very young.