I have long heard of this male version of "Pride and Prejudice", which is said to be the debut of a new director.
The shooting technique is indeed slightly green, the details are also a little frizzy and clumsy, and the acting skills of several actors are not outstanding, can only be said to be at a medium level, but they can be said to be Jane. Austen's classic story adaptation has no sense of violation, but it is also a masterpiece, even if it is a male version, it is easy to accept, especially the return of Lee at the end, which makes it a rare healing masterpiece in gay movies.
The back of modern society, the soothing soundtrack unfolds, with a hint of sad piano music, through the Arabachian Mountains in the eastern United States, the autumn mountains and lakes are beautiful, and the hiking in the mountains is full of romantic poetry.
The bland story, interspersed with the conflict of classes and ideas, unfolds like flowing water.
Lawyer Ben. Bennett, a wealthy and conceited, single comrade who has long since come out; Lee. Darcy, with a melancholy look in his eyes and a blue-collar worker accused of violent injury for a misunderstanding, the two met for the first time in court, leaving no good impression on each other.
The two people, who could not have intersected in the first place, have a further understanding because they have a common friend, and they are familiar because they both like hiking, and the relationship has gradually changed.
The whole movie is clean and pure, like our lives, there is no deception, there is no bad guy in the absolute sense, the only villain can be regarded as the only one who can be regarded as a villain, george, and as for Casey, although he is a homophobic, it is even more pitiful and pathetic.
Back to the movie, Lee witnessed his father's secret when he was very young, subconsciously resisted becoming a person like his father, began to drink heavily in constant repression, often unexplained bitterness, and his girlfriend Casey's relationship was even more plain as water, but it was just a partner to live a life, and even lost his hand to push his girlfriend down and was injured, and did not defend himself to the police, self-abandonment, and even some taste of relief, and calmly accepted the court's verdict.
On the other hand, Lee is lucky, he met Ben, even if he deliberately avoided the opportunity to get along with Ben, he could not continue to suppress the backlog of feelings, the more he resisted, the more reflected his heart.
The diary that records the words of hatred for himself, under the modification of this book, has a real meaning, and the subtle changes may not even be noticed by Li himself, the distant rolling mountains, the silent canyons, the lush trees, the babbling streams, the fame and fortune, the shackles, the world, the multitude of beings, can be accompanied by someone to accompany the hike, enjoy the scenery along the way, is undoubtedly the greatest blessing.
The story is simple, the characters are clear, the plot may be a little delayed, but under the details, there are no extra chapters, beautiful love, like a fairy tale, especially in the last scene, Li finally put down the baggage and gained a new life in Ben's kiss.
