"Pa PA. "Pop."
In the projection Hall of the Chinese theater, lonely and lonely applause is reverberating. One after another, one's eyes are projected toward the sound source. Then one can see the solitary figure of Graham Hughes, standing obstinately and firmly in the hazy milky yellow halo, clapping obliviously.
What does it mean that Graham did not expect that he was the only one in the audience who stood up and applauded, while the rest of the audience did not seem to respond?
Isn't the movie good enough? Is Graham the only one who likes it, or even the rest of the audience and critics? Will this be the Waterloo of Langley's career? Or is the film too abstruse and too majestic, and the audience needs more time to settle down their emotions and digest their ideas, so they can't give accurate feelings in a short time, either like it or hate it? It's like the reaction to the end of the internal audition?
It could be the former, it could be the latter, it could be many other different situations. Graham has no way to know, because he has no way to express his feelings on behalf of others, he can only represent himself——
He likes it, he likes it very much, he likes it crazily, which is comparable to the position of "crazy love" and "drunken folk songs" in his mind, even more than "gravity".
Because the theme of "gravity" is too philosophical and rational, it brings a kind of high-level thinking in the grand pattern; The theme of "Star Trek" is more emotional and closer, which can be said to be more sensational and simpler, but it is more moving for ordinary audiences.
In the eyes of the audience, Graham's knee trembled slightly. He had the impulse to sit down and let himself escape from those eyes; But in the end, instead of sitting down, Graham straightened his knees and waist, proving his point in a more determined and fanatical way
You don't like it? It doesn't matter. I like it. That's enough. It's the only thing I need to care about.
Film and all other arts are the same, everyone has their own aesthetic taste, but the same work can reflect different reactions in different audiences, because others like it and choose to like it, that is to follow the trend, or even can't say its excellence; It's appreciation if you think you like it because you like it. Maybe it's just because you resonate with the artwork, which belongs to you. That's the most important thing.
The appreciation of art is like this: insist on yourself, refine yourself, and evolve yourself. Sometimes, the works you like may just touch the excitement of the mainstream public; Sometimes, the works you like may not be known all over the world, even the creators themselves have forgotten; Sometimes, the work you like just meets another person who also likes it, so there is a fetter between the two souls.
It has nothing to do with the mainstream and the minority. It has something to do with yourself. This is the right way to appreciate art.
Is that selfish? Too subjective? Too self? But art and aesthetics, concept and taste, preference and preference are born from subjective opinions, aren't they? Just as some people like apples and others like bananas, there are no two identical leaves or two identical souls in the world.
No one needs to apologize for their own taste in art appreciation. The most important thing is to stick to yourself.
As a result, Graham's backbone is more and more firm, and the frenzy and agitation are breaking through the shackles of his chest and becoming a butterfly. At the moment, the deep feelings and resonance are all transmitted through applause, showing everyone his support and love for this work.
"Pa PA. "Pop."
Even if he's alone, so what? Don Quixote has never been a mainstream public. Even if he is the only one in today's Chinese theater, it doesn't matter.
The last scene of the movie reappears in my mind
The lonely and lonely Cooper left Murphy, came to the apron alone in the night, took tars, got on the spaceship, and then embarked on an unknown journey again. That pair of deep eyes with a touch of loneliness, but flashing a faint light of hope, so quietly tells the story of a hundred years in the process of the soul stirring Star Trek, firmly goes to the unknown again, and starts the journey of looking for brand.
At the moment, so is he.
The smile on the corner of the mouth bloomed, Graham raised his chin with pride and pride, and really began to enjoy the loneliness and loneliness of this moment.
Paul Walker turned his head and looked at Lan Li beside him. His eyes were full of tears, but he couldn't find an accurate expression
The fetters of Cooper and Murphy remind him of meDo. For meDo, he is willing to complete this interstellar crossing; Cooper and brand's friendship reminds him of Langley. During the journey of Hollywood Vanity Fair, they are all lonely, but Langley has always been unswervingly on the road of pursuing his dream. Even if everyone doesn't understand, Langley still doesn't give up, which makes him willing to follow Langley's steps and develop his new life.
In Cooper, Paul saw too many emotional fetters, as if he had returned to those sleepy days again. After experiencing so much darkness and suffering, he finally came back to meDo and Langley, and finally touched the sunshine of California again.
When Cooper chose to embark on the journey of looking for brand alone, Paul had been completely defeated. After waking up from that long dream, all the accumulated emotions, all the repressed emotions, all the forgotten pain, all burst out at this moment——
He didn't cry when he learned that he had survived; When meDo fell apart in front of him, he didn't cry; He didn't cry when he stood up again, when he was discharged from hospital, when he came home. He was just glad that he had a second life again. Joy and happiness occupied all the space in his chest and brain. He kept smiling, just like that.
To this day.
He just like a fool, sitting in the same place, cheek deeply buried in the palms of his hands, crying, tears can't stop, hot hot temperature almost burn fingertips, open all defense and all defense, so surrender, and then fragmented.
He used to be so close to the God of death, but he finally came back, back to meDo, with the company of lanli, those thrills, those fears and those blankness. Now he finally came back, hit his heart hard, let all the emotions completely burst out.
When he raised his head, Paul just looked through the misty tears and looked at Lan Li. A "thank you" lingered on the tip of his tongue, but he couldn't say it. However, he stubbornly refused to look away, and then he stood still.
Langley noticed the burning eyes, turned his head and saw Paul's embarrassed face. His smile was blooming in the corner of his mouth, and he patted Paul on the shoulder. "Jesus Christ, people who don't know why still think I refused your confession. Ryan is nearby. Are you sure it doesn't matter? Do you need to say hello to him in advance? "
Such a light and humorous joke made Paul laugh from tears, but he couldn't stop his tears. Then he laughed instead of laughing or crying. The whole person looked like an idiot, and finally he could only shake his head helplessly.
"What?" Ryan Gosling, who was sitting behind Raleigh and Paul, saw the gesture, looked over and tried to widen his small eyes. He asked curiously, "I just heard my name."
Ryan's reaction made Paul more and more unable to laugh and cry. Without saying much, he stood up and gave his own applause to Lan Li.
Maybe that's the best response.
Ryan didn't know why, so he looked at Lan Li, just like a curious baby, with question marks waiting for an answer, "Hey! What's going on? " But Langley just shrugged his shoulders and didn't say much. Ryan couldn't press any further. Finally, he just stood up with Paul and clapped.
As far as Ryan is concerned, he likes the film, but he doesn't go crazy. He prefers gravity; Even in Nolan's works, he prefers "Batman: The Dark Knight" and "Inception" - of course, Ryan will not deny that "Star Trek" is still a masterpiece, especially the whimsy of wormholes and black holes, which has indeed brought visual shock experience, coupled with Langley's delicate and powerful performance, This proves once again the fact that movies should belong to the big screen.
If he has the chance, he also hopes to go into the cinema again, just to enjoy the powerful impact brought by the perfect combination of visual effect and human emotion; However, what he is more curious about at this time is how lanli chooses his works? Why is the script so good! But he didn't know about the project at all? What the hell is going on?
Graham Hughes.
Paul Walker.
Ryan gosling.
And then there's Bradley Adams and countless other people in the audience——
It turns out that it's not that the audience hates this work, but that they need more time to digest it. The huge and grand theme has set off a storm of reflection in their mind. One question mark after another fills their whole brain, almost bursting their brains. That kind of taste takes a little time to precipitate.
When the excitement and turbulent emotions were slightly calmed, the applause from their ears awakened their consciousness, and then one audience after another began to stand up. Finally, the huge sea of people occupied the entire screening hall, and the tsunami of applause came!
Graham is not alone.