By Karen - 02 August 2021
Precious is a girl like this, she escapes the crowd and does not know how to write, but uses her own fantasy to construct her own dreams every day. Her childhood was dilapidated, and the shadow of sexual assault was often surrounded. She is bloated and fat, and her clothes are always tight and about to explode. For her, the school is full of rigorous tests of ridicule and fooling, and a family that could rely on trust is a worse purgatory on earth. Her mother turned her failed life into extreme grievances and vented on her daughter.
Such a nearly desperate story seems to be unable to find any light. It is true that the nature of society is realistic, and human beings are selfish, but creation will make people after all, and the theme of "despair" is tightly redeemed by the element of "hope". Going deep into the film, I found that this hope does not come from Precious, but from the two women who care about Precious. They hope Precious will lead a good life, and hope that Precious's nightmare will leave her as soon as possible. The end of the story shows that Precious finally has the hope of succeeding in getting rid of the cruel fate. Although this hope will face an unknown future, it is still exciting. The more important message conveyed by the film lies in the two women who gave her hope—they who were almost crushed by the painful life of Precious, desperately need to use their own strength to pick up the fragmented life of this poor girl one by one. , Piecing together complete.
I think this is the starting point of "Precious". This film has been affirmed by multiple awards. It uses an incredibly true shooting technique to slowly transform and condense the beginning of a desperate to complete story into an inspiring and heartwarming ending. The process of transformation is painful, but full of hope of rebirth. Although this world is dark, a single spark can start a prairie fire, grab even a little bit of life-saving straw, work hard, and you will surely be able to get out of the quagmire again.
The heartbreaking girl Precious is interpreted by the fledgling rookie Gabby. She was so real and shocking that I was amazed by her deduction. The performance of the other three major actresses is also so powerful that it is difficult to believe their identities in reality. After checking, "Mother" Mo'Nique is actually a comedian. In the movie, she actually reproduces a fat, idling "Couch Potato", who ruthlessly calls her daughter as a servant, and in her daughter When I was raped by my father for many years, I kept one eye and closed one eye; Paula Patton was famous before, but there were very few movies in which she played. The strong, brave and high EQ teacher she portrayed in the film will surely make her work for Precious. The audience was deeply moved. And our music queen Mariah Carey, she even took her lead, playing the role of another woman who reborn Precious, a dedicated social worker. Such casting is confusing at first glance. The huge difference between them and the characters is worrying: Can these stars, who are shrouded in bright eyes, be able to interpret such a heavy to unusual subject? Facts have proved that the director's choice is absolutely correct. He didn't take advantage of any fame or celebrity qualities of these actors. He just let go of his hands and let the actors perform the most essential things and touch their souls. We can almost feel the deep sense of sadness and reality from these characters. We can see real indifference, real violence, real anger, real comfort, and real crying. I believe that after this film, the interpretation of the future roles of these actresses is bound to be completely reborn.
It is worth mentioning in detail that the starring GABBY, she is the most important factor for us to invest in our emotions in the whole film. Her performance has almost become a kind of teaching template. In the long river of superficiality and technology in Hollywood, the sense of reality and shock she brings to people makes us wonder: it is she who made "PRECIOUS". One corner, or is she herself Precious?
Through a few interview videos, I learned that Gabby is just a charming girl who loves to go out, and her life is not as miserable as Precious. Gabby's first screen experience not only firmly grasped the joys, sorrows, sorrows, and joys of the role, but also firmly grasped the teachers in the film who cared about her and the social workers who helped her—and the hearts of our audience. How does GABBY do all this? I don't know, but when she appeared in the film as Precious, I had to lament the girl's talent.
A film like "Precious" may be described as a mantra that reflects the ills of modern society, but I think it is more like a cruel story that reflects the limits of individual suffering and self-realization and self-improvement through hope. The artistic conception of Monogatari is always degraded and extremely infectious. The appeal of "Precious" comes from the solemn and dark theme and the incredible real performance of the actors who cut into the soul.
