#影视杂谈 #
Labor model sister Jessica Chastain starred in the "Jasmine Card Game", and her previous "Ms. Sloan" is somewhat similar, playing a sister who can set off a bloody storm, just a spoiled political arena, a mixed entertainment circle, maybe in a few years Hollywood to shoot the story of Elizabeth Holmes in "Bad Blood", Labor Model Sister can make another business circle, and live together.
The director and screenwriter is Aaron Sorkin, a famous screenwriter whose works include "The Social Network", "Newsroom", "Steve Jobs", etc. This film is his first directorial work, or very much in his style, such as a lot of lines.
This autobiographical film begins with the heroine's broken thoughts:
The heroine Jasmine Bloom is not only a bully, but also an athlete, she could have become an Olympic skier, but in a competition accident, helplessly gave up the Olympic dream.
In the process of working in Los Angeles to earn tuition, she also worked for a small Hollywood boss who one day gave her a contact list and asked her to arrange a gambling game, and the participants in this game were "very famous people." Since then, she has embarked on the road of studying hard to become a qualified poker organizer and "poker princess": in the middle of this, she has experienced being threatened by the small boss not to pay her wages, organizing her own poker games, to being kicked out by player X, and then organizing a bigger gamble in New York, being targeted by the FBI, and finally confessing guilt, and being sent down from light.
The story is such a story, the movie is not a success, remarkable, the score on the Douban is 7.2 points, some people may feel more bored.
But!
This movie is clamoring from beginning to end for "true story adaptation, the characters in it are all top celebrities", insinuation, want to say hugh, can't help but wonder, what is the real story behind this, so inflammation can't help but check it, this look, obedient, really very material.
Image credit: Getty Images/STX Films/Ringer illustration
While Sorkin says he wants Molly's true story to be the focus of the film rather than the gossip of celebrities, when you know the stories behind it, the film may look more interesting.
<h1 class= "pgc-h-arrow-right" > story: Molly's autobiography</h1>
The film is an adaptation of Molly Bloom's autobiography, a book with an outrageous name: "Jasmine: The True Story of the 26-Year-Old Woman Behind the World's Most Qualified High-Stakes Underground Hand Game."
Molly's Game: The True Story of the 26-Year-Old Woman Behind the Most Exclusive, High-Stakes Underground Poker Game in the World.
Books on Armason
The film is said to have been shot by Molly in order to pay off her debts, and Sogin consulted Molly during the filming process.
Enthusiastic foreign netizens compared gossip and books, many of the plots in the movie are true, the heroine Molly Bloom is really named, and really a former skier; received a $3,000 tip on the first day of the game; was expelled from the game by X players (this X player will be more on later); held by gangsters with a gun to the head; later lost control, drug addiction; was targeted and accused by the FBI, and finally pleaded guilty, sentenced to a one-year probation, 200 hours of community service.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" > celebrities at the table</h1>
In the movie, Molly insists on protecting the privacy of others and refuses to mention the real names of celebrities who participate in the poker game, and in the book, she mentions the names of some people because at the time of the book, these people have been exposed by the media and are no longer considered private, and she does not mention anyone else. So, from the book, who has been there?
Tobey Maguire Toby Maguire
In the movie, there is a mysterious character called X, according to the study of foreign netizens, X is likely to be a synthesis of a group of celebrities, more like a symbol, rather than a specific person.
However, combining the original book and the movie, many people think that X mainly refers to the first generation of Spider-Man, Toby Maguire (Sorkin even hinted at one time that X is a superhero). Toby's superb poker skills have long been known, but many people think that he is just a skilled player who happens to be famous, but in the books and movies, he is a more evil guy, who takes pleasure in ruining other people's lives. In the book, Molly tries not to attack the celebrities, just describes some of his behavior, which is quite bad.
For example, laughing at the opponent, lending a loan shark to a card friend, getting 50% of the profit, but not bearing the loss; kicking moly out of the game because he was dissatisfied with Molly's high consumption, and calling to humiliate her, in short, he may be more like the bad Spider-Man in Spider-Man 3.
Leonardo DiCaprio Leonardo Little Plum
Little Plum is a good friend of Toby Maguire's, who played at the beginning of the Jasmine poker game, and seems to be used to catch big fish and attract billionaires to play. In the book, Molly praises Little Plum's beauty and intelligence, and mentions that he has a special style of not caring about winning or losing, often listening to music with a huge headset.
Ben Affleck
He appears to be a notorious gambler who is said to have been kicked out of a café in Las Vegas in 2014 over a card game. He doesn't show up much in Jasmine's poker game, and Molly says he's polite and charming.
Matt Damon Matt Damon
Since the good friend Ben has been there, it is not surprising that Dumb Meng has been there.
There are also a number of other celebrities, but chinese audiences are probably more familiar with these ones.
Image credit: HISTORY VS HOLLYWOOD.COM
This big-scene gamble, which is said to be 10,000 US dollars, later rose to 250,000 US dollars, and Molly saw the most of the bets was 100 million US dollars, and paid the next day.
In the film, Molly says that these celebrities are probably unable to buy only wins at the table, so they are obsessed with this game. It seems that being too rich and having too much money will really lead to fewer opportunities for happiness.
<h1 class = "pgc-h-arrow-right" > movie vs reality</h1>
The film is as real as possible in many aspects, and many bridge sections strive to correspond with the real world, and after seeing the contrast between the real and the movie, you can feel the intentions of the crew.
Movie VS real, in order is the heroine / heroine father / player x / boss
The film's first poker-playing Cobra nightclub, which was actually a viper bar in West Hollywood, was once partly owned by Johnny Depp from 1993 to 2004.
Above is the Cobra Lounge from the movie, and below is the real-world Viper Bar
Even the magazines that appear in the movie are very good
However, the charismatic black lawyer inside is a fictional character, and Solkien hopes to make a fictional character to serve his story, does not care about accuracy, and does not interview Molly's real lawyer, Jim Walden.
Lawyer in the movie vs lawyer in reality
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" > after that... What is Molly doing now? </h1>
She is said to be using her resources and (making mistakes) experience to try to help women build some mutual aid networks to help them succeed.
Just as the theme of the film at the end of the movie: this woman, lost in the world of drunken fans, lost control, but even so, we also see her strong vitality, she has to face it many times when she faces setbacks and injustices, when she is thrown out of the poker game and ridiculed, when she is pointed by the gangsters, when she falls on the slopes, she stands up and faces herself, and has to be admired.
If this movie, after letting you see the world's most trench gambling game and the gossip of celebrities, can also let us have some positive feelings about life and life, it is nothing more than this spirit.
Of course, this story also tells us:
Cherish life and stay away from the casino!
Appendix: Some of the sources of information in this article can be found at:
History VS Hollywood molly’s game
https://www.historyvshollywood.com/reelfaces/mollys-game/
The Real Celebrity Stories Behind ‘Molly’s Game’
https://www.theringer.com/movies/2017/12/27/16805574/mollys-game-real-celebrity-stories