GLOBAL公司派遣员工Steve Butler(马特·达蒙 Matt Damon 饰)和Sue Thomason(弗兰西斯·麦克多蒙德 Frances McDormand 饰)到一个以农业为经济支柱却蕴含丰富天然气资源的小镇,试图说服当地居民和GLOBAL公司合作,一起开采天然气,此举也将振兴当地的经济。Steve本以为这是水到渠成的事情,却遭到了当地高中的一名教科学的老师Frank(哈尔·霍尔布鲁克 Hal Holbrook 饰)的反对,Frank提出要整个镇上的人进行投票,以决定是否开始天然气的开采。而一名来自环保组织“雅典娜”的年轻人Dustin Noble(约翰·卡拉辛斯基 John Krasinski 饰)的突然出现,他以自己家乡因为开采石油气而遭到破坏为证据,更加剧了当地人民对开采天然气的抵触。Steve在当地认识的一名颇有好感的女性Alice(罗丝玛丽·德薇特 Rosemarie DeWitt 饰)似乎也对他失去了信任。Steve能否顺利完成公司的任务?
Page 1 In a fancy restaurant, Steve meets a corporate executive who is impressed with his sales abilities. Steve explains his achievement by the fact that he was grown up in a farming community. He believes that the only way out for these farming people is to sell their land to the nature gas company.
Page 4 Introduce the simple farming life.
Page 7 Steve meets his partner Sue, who chooses a stick car that Steve doesn't know how to drive. They go to a local store to buy outfit so that they can pass as a local. They meet a very smooth shop owner who likes Sue.
Page 10 As they are driving, Steve and Sue are surprised at the mini ponies. Steve and Sue go to different houses with great human skills. They are welcomed by the local people because they want to have life-changing money and best education for their kids. (OPPORTUNITY: THE JOB HAS BEGUN.)
Page 14 Back at the hotel, Steve got the promotion as the VP of the land management and Sue talks to her son online.
Page 16 Steve meets the senior supervisor who threatens to object the plan if he is not paid. But Steve is able to convince him to take very little money to coorperate with him.
Page 20 In the bar, Steve meets a very nice girl Alice, who convinces him to do "absolute madness" . Steve embraces the opportunity to connect with the local people.
Page 24 The next morning, Steve wakes up in Alice's house, hanged over as Sue is on the phone talking to his son again.Then they attend the city hall meeting where the senior supervisor's effort of convincing everyone onboard is resisted by Frank, who tells everybody the limitation of the fracking process. (CHANGE OF PLAN: MEETING RESISTANCE)
Page 29 Steve comes to the podium and tries to convince the teacher that fracking process is an almost perfect process. And he is stunned to see that the teacher proposes to vote and has brought a lot of people to stand up against such a decision. And the leader is very unhappy that Steve has downplayed the potential worth of the place.
Page 34 Sue is very unhappy about Steve’s performance. So is the boss on Skype. He wants to pull them out before Steve promises him that he can change the mind of the whole town.
Page 36 The next day, Steve goes to the local café and the waitress tells him not to worry about the teacher. But he also meets a suspicious environmental presence, who goes to talk to the teacher and provides him with evidence of previous screw-ups.
Page 40 Steve tries to talk to the environmental guy, unsuccessfully. And Sue is being invited by the storeowner to sing in public to win public support.
Page 42 In the bar, Sue’s karaoke is a disaster while Alice gives Steve her phone number. Dustin comes up to the microphone and tells everybody not to say yes to the proposal. He turns out to be a much better salesman than sue because he sings very well even if he pretends that he doesn’t sing.
Page 48 Steve and Sue wait for Dustin outside of his motel. Steve fights with him while Sue hands him a bag of cash, which he accepts. But the next morning, Dustin is still working against Global, which pisses Steve off. Dustin is more confident than Steve. (POINT OF NO RETURN)
Page 54 The next morning, Dustin goes to Alice’s school to teach the kids about the damage that fracking can do to the farm. Meanwhile, Steve is already feeling hesitant about selling the idea to the excited people who think that they are going to get rich. (RISE OF THE ANTAGONIST)
Page 60 The waitress is no longer friendly but Destine is connecting well with the locals. And a local who has lost his brother in Iraq is not happy that Steve is lecturing him on American’s dependency on foreign oil and Global is exploiting the poor.
Page 63 So Steve decides to hold a town fair to connect with the locals. Then Steve goes to Alice’s place and she tells Steve how she inherited the big farm from her family of generations. Steve is even more reluctant to do the sells pitch.
Page 67 When a bunch of angry locals want to pick a fight with Steve in the bar, Steve lectures them on the prospect of having “fuck you” money.
Page 71 As Steve works building the town fair, more people sign contracts. Global also sponsor kids’ baseball. (Slow montage)
Page 76 Steve is destroyed with he sees Alice going with Dustin on a date. He is even more destroyed when he sees a poor people buy a race car because he thought he is going to get rich. The next day, the town fair goes to hell because of the pouring rain. (EVERYTHING IS LOST)
Page 79 The teacher invites Steve and Sue to his house for snacks. During the talks, Steve talks about how his Iowa town was wiped out and the teacher worries the consequence of selling their land even though he needs the money too.
Page 84 Steve receives a package in which contains evidence proving that the environmental guy was a liar. He even goes to Alice showing her the evidence to prove that he is not a bad guy. (FINAL PUSH)
Page 87 WhenSteve confronts the environmental guy, he finds out that he has always been working for Global and making sure that people will go for it.
Page 92 Steve can finally see things clear when he meets a girl selling lemonade, who moves him with her integrity. As he is trying to convince everybody to vote for Global, Steve finally tells everybody the truth. Although Steve is fired, he feels freedom and relieved.
Page 100 Directed by Gus van Sant.
我是带着任务来看的,若是平时我不会去看这种电影,环保这种题材怎么想都没什么吸引力,如果你是那种用脑袋看电影的人,一定会觉得这部电影很不错,好的影片是能够让人思考的,而不是一时的快感,当然这因人而异,但能够评奖的影片,必然是有思想的,怎么还不到140字啊。。。哇还没到。。。没什么可写的了
基本上把马特达蒙的电影全部看了一遍。当我看见许多评论说这部他难得亲自编剧的电影温吞平淡的时候我就决定最后来看,因为我觉得他写的剧本肯定有其价值,应该慢慢看。并且在看这部电影之前观看了GVS的一些作品,文艺片像是爱达荷,大象,还有他们上一次合作的杰瑞,稍商业化一点的心灵捕手也看了好几遍。不得不说温柔平缓是GVS的风格,我也做好了准备来观看这部节奏舒缓的应许之地。
有些可惜的是当时看评分较低一开始没打算看,就毫无顾忌地翻看了大部分影评并了解了剧情,所以我没有体验到那个反转带来的高潮。但这并不影响我看完电影之后进行回味与思考。如很多影评所说,这部电影真正要表达的不是环保,而是对于现代化的反思。电影里面我觉得他想表达的东西很多,选择一个平缓的节奏是对的。也有很多留白,由你来见仁见智,这就给看完后的回味留下了空间,并且片中问题每个国家都在发生,回味的时候联系现实思考,更多了一份苦涩感。
我觉得我回味出来的几点很有意思:
1 环保者是假的,但他说的都是真的。主角有目的地欺瞒与环保者有目的地坦诚形成了一个对比,大公司的不择手段触目惊心,可怜的村民腹背受敌。同时环保者揭露出的污染真相让我进一步感受到了主角的负罪感,他经常说的“i am not a bad guy”更像是他的自我辩解。
2 大公司是老辣的,没有假环保者主角真不一定能成为优势方。在与环保者竞争的时候,主角想出的扭转局势的办法是办一个嘉年华,强势地用金钱去说服他们。有纯朴的支持者来帮他的忙,这个计划看似有戏,最后却被一场大雨彻底毁掉了。有一幕他与女孩站在河边时天很明显是要下雨,做出这个计划的男主确实是欠考虑。这证明了公司一开始的不信任是正确的,也进一步动摇了主角,他也许确实干不出名堂。
3 在多方面的因素的结合下,老头在院子里与他的对谈让他开始真正发生转变。先是环保者的宣传势如破竹,接着拐走了他的女孩,又遭遇意外天气反击计划大败,此时他感觉像个loser,处于最脆弱的时候。这时老头招呼他,问了有关他家乡的事情,原来他是从一个穷途末路的相似村庄逃出来的,是一个失乡之人。聊天的最后老头丢出一句“我担心他们的未来”,与前面希望传承土地的农民,拿了钱就去买跑车的村民,还有老头问他他们要何去何从的问题摆在一起看,本来就脆弱挣扎自我怀疑的男主内心那颗反抗的种子应该就开始萌芽了,他与老头站在了同一方。他可以守住这片土地,留住这里的纯朴的人,谋求新的出路,因为一但卖给公司,那就将万劫不复。这与爱情并不完全有关。
4 他只是暂时守住这个村庄。现实的问题并没有得到解决,他的反抗是无力的。片尾从他被炒掉到见女孩那里,我心里没有放松,只有苦涩。他不仅要忍受贫穷,还要面对小镇不可避免的衰落,除非有比拿环境换经济更好的办法,但我目前想不出来有什么他能做到的更好的解决方法。从部分村民对于合同的接受甚至高兴的表现来看,小镇的环境被卖出是迟早的事。
现代化的代价总是高昂的,而且人们面对环境与经济的对立时往往都会选择经济,尤其是对于处于经济崩溃边缘的人来说。这也造就了越来越多的失乡之人。片中的主角与他所做的工作之间的关系非常讽刺,失乡之人创造更多失乡之人。
写的有点困了,文笔不好,意识又不清醒,就这样吧。无论如何,我认为这部电影节奏非常好,呆萌的剧本确实是很坦诚平淡地说出了他看见的问题,有直接表达的地方,有留白的地方,也开放式地没有给出解决方案,因为这些问题现在几乎不可被解决。最近看了很多电影,塞得东西太多而导致重心失衡节奏不稳的电影其中也有不少。这一个剧本虽然平淡,但看完之后会感觉要讲的东西安排的恰到好处,不得不说他当年心灵捕手的编剧功底还是在的。
在利益面前,人们会怎么抉择?要环境还是要cash? 让人们各自选吧
卖了土地换取更好的生活,不好吗?
结尾逆转还挺有意思
男主角这个倒戈有点突兀啊。。到底是因为被妹子勾引还是发现被公司捅了一刀?。。
这个节奏,简直是Gerry一样的噩梦
1.贾森·瑞特曼+索德伯格。2.最后的反转不难猜到,全片就是一个hoax。3.没有范·桑特的范儿了,调子很中庸,能源话题可以看到些许隐喻,结尾很正义很主流。4.各演员均无突破,卡拉辛斯基还是一副Jim面孔。
结尾不难猜,但是现在已经很少去猜测结尾了,为什么有些人不愿意享受twist出现的那一瞬间时的心情呢?
很好!
不太喜欢结尾温情,有点把格调做小了。这个故事大部分时间很暧昧,在态度上也是模糊不清的,不过反转很不错,更明确了主题。马特·达蒙与约翰·卡拉辛斯基都是我很喜欢的演员,总有说不出的好感。片中达蒙和罗斯玛丽都在这两年跟艾米莉·布朗特合作过,然后约翰·卡拉辛斯基又是她老公,幕后推手么?三
好温情的电影,当经济利益与环境产生矛盾,该如何抉择?马特达蒙自编自演,少了年轻时的锋芒,多了一些成熟与笃定。
好一般。
若无隐患,何须阴谋。无远虑者,必有近忧。
虽然编剧和表演上都有不尽人意的地方,但我还是觉得小马的作品,比小本拿奖的那个好。很舒服的电影。
很遗憾结局让整片的主题从“融入”降低到“阴谋”。本身施害方与受害方的主次调换是很有趣的点,却白白让刻意为之的反转打破了一切。
确实,主流到庸俗。
略显平淡
很主旋律的电影,大公司资源开发和原住民环境破坏之间的冲突,最后的小twist太可以被预料了,好希望能享受到一个电影中小小的一个惊喜啊,可惜了。好喜欢马特达蒙。
编剧不赖,走上商业路线是阴错阳差,马特·达蒙本来就是个才子
平淡温吞得该有的东西都模糊掉,看得很累很无味
两颗星给风光,呵呵。