"No!" A heart-wrenching voice sounded, with an indescribable tragedy. The woman in the picture pounced on the ground and hugged her child on the ground in disbelief.

Unfortunately, although she and him had seized the time, the naked child still couldn't stand for too long in this cold weather. The woman opened her mouth and held the body of her child with trembling hands, but she couldn't even howl. She could only look at him like this, look at him with sad and blank eyes, and then gradually became empty.

The man who pointed a gun at the soldiers of the Northern Army was also stunned. With an incredible look, his lips trembling and wanted to say anything, but he couldn't say a word.

The Northern Army soldier who was originally kneeling on the ground was frightened. Although he did not do anything obvious just now, he even wanted to add a piece of clothing to the child frozen outside, but in the end he did not take it. However, his two companions had been killed and the child was already dead, so he probably couldn't survive, so he immediately saw this opportunity and ran away. Even if he knew that he couldn't run, it was better than staying in place and waiting to die.

The man happened to go forward to comfort the woman and made a half-squat movement. For a moment, he didn't know whether to pull the trigger first or squat down first. At this moment, the woman who had been pounced on the ground suddenly snatched the gun from the man's hand like crazy, aimed at the soldier who had just escaped a few steps, and pulled the trigger without hesitation.

Bang! The gunshots, and the last Northern Army soldier fell down and fell to the ground and never got up again.

"Sara..." the man screamed and looked at her worriedly.

The woman's body was shaking, as if she might fall down at any time, but she slowly turned around, and her face was calm. Although she had no expression, her empty eyes gave people a feeling that there was nothing more sorrow than death.

"You go." She said, then sat down in the mud, and held her back to him, holding the soldier's left behind, ignoring the body of her child.

"We... should we..." the man shook his throat and said with difficulty, his eyes full of sorrow, which made people unable to bear to look at them.

The woman did not respond, sitting there for no idea what she was doing, her shoulders swaying slightly, as if she was crying, but there was no sound.

The man stood in a daze for a while, then suddenly thought of something and changed color and shouted: "Sarah, no!"

Then, without any hesitation, Sarah grabbed the loaded gun, pressed against her jaw and pulled the trigger.

Bang, the second gunshot sounded, and the woman fell to the ground, and the man who could not stop all this stood there in a daze, still holding his hand out. After a while, he knelt down, covered his face with his hands, and started sobbing silently.

As the downward camera stretched upwards, the tragic scene gradually became blurred and then slowly faded out.

At this point, people were about to tense from that "no" and relax their nerves. There was a sound of exhaling everywhere. Sean heard it very clearly, especially Mingla sitting in front of him, which was obvious. It is said that Mingla had a very strong argument with Weinstein here. Mingla wanted to use Sean's suggestion to make Sarah commit suicide, but Weinstein was worried that the audience would not accept it and asked to use the original script.

After all, a child died here. Although according to the rules, there is no scene of how the child died and there is no corpse. It is hard to say what the public opinion will react, not to mention that it was done by the soldiers of the Northern Army, which is a bit politically incorrect.

But Mingla refused him toughly, and the two of them had a very unhappy relationship. However, in the end, Sara committed suicide as required by the director. However, even so, Mingla was still worried. After all, no one could be sure of the audience's reaction, so when everyone was unanimously amazed, the big stone in his heart fell to the ground.

Of course, it is also possible that everyone thinks this is too bold and the sounds they make means they are not optimistic, but Sean is more willing to believe that this is an recognition of Mingla. Because even he saw this, he was somewhat attracted by some, the tone and framing were almost perfect, and the right cut showed all this so well. Mingla's skills burst out here, and with the excellent acting skills of Sean and Natalie, the despair and sorrow were conveyed perfectly.

In fact, Natalie should be able to do better. At least in Sean's opinion, if she changes herself, there are several places that can kill the child and the motivation to survive will disappear. After the feeling of walking dead is better and more accurate.

It’s not that he deliberately wanted to pick things up. It was just a kind of impulse. After seeing the almost perfect plot, he instinctively hoped to be more perfect.

In fact, he was also quite dissatisfied with his performance. For example, the scream he shouted when he was dissuading Sarah. At this moment, from the outside of the screen, especially after the thorough dedication of "The Aviator" and further gained some insights in his acting skills, he felt that he should obviously make his feelings surge.

Well, both him and Natalie are only in their early 20s. Natalie has never been a mother, nor has he witnessed such extreme events. It is no longer easy to achieve this level.

In any case, this climax allowed the audience to vent their emotions that had accumulated in the previous few dozen minutes but were unable to vent due to slow pace and insufficient ups and downs.

Although this is a tragedy, it is like someone who is troubled by depression for a long time, laughing or crying can relax him. The relationship is like a dam. When the water is full, it will be released, no matter what means it is used.

However, this also caused in the end, after finally seeing Ada, Inman immediately had a conflict with the security team. When the ending of Inman finally died in Ada's arms came, he was not infected enough.

Although I went through a lot of hardships and returned to my lover from the battlefield, it was indeed a tragic time to die by her side soon, but compared with the mother who lost her child, it was incomparable.

Even so, when the real ending came, Ada took her daughter who was shot and lived a difficult and happy life with Ruby's family, and the feeling of hope was rare and valuable when comparing the previous two tragedies.

So, after the movie ended, there was still warm applause from the audience.

Of course, there are still regrets. If Sarah's child's death is placed in the middle, the rhythm will undoubtedly be better. After the audience has enough time to accept one tragedy, the arrival of the second tragedy will be more shocking, and the two tragedies can better highlight the theme.

And the Washington Post looks at it this way: "Mingra's new work "Cold Mountain" still maintains a distinctive personal feature, which can be used as postcard images, and a long and long plot that makes people want to be drowsy, well, at least the first half is like this.

However, later, he probably realized his problem and made some changes. While the two tragedies made the whole movie fluctuate violently, it also seemed particularly heavy. In particular, the single mother Sarah committed suicide due to the death of her child, which was unimaginable.

Although this dilutes the shock caused by the hero's death, it makes the whole movie more ups and downs. If this plot is placed in the middle of the movie, the effect may be better.

In any case, although the movie has a lot of problems, Mingla finally did not let Charles Fraser's novels be covered with dust."

However, "Variety Show" is another view: "Mingra was ambitious to make "Cold Mountain" into a masterpiece, and spent a lot of money to go to Europe to shoot, but this was a failed attempt. He did not reflect on the shortcomings exposed in his previous works, and he became more suspicious.

Yes, from the picture alone, this is still an exquisite movie. Mingla uses delicate techniques to rely on the serious abstract themes of glory, responsibility, and loyalty in flying shrapnel and the life-like dialogue of characters, and gradually restore the turbulent and uneasy North American 19th-century custom paintings. The ugliness and beauty in human nature alternately appear, intertwining in this scroll.

However, this may be a movie worthy of repeated appreciation, but it is more suitable for playing in a special art cinema rather than a big release. Too delicate will only make people feel pretentious and bored.

If it weren't for the slight change in the second half, Sarah's suicide in huge despair made people feel sympathetic, and this movie would undoubtedly make people drowsy."

After all, the same thing is said. The pace of "Cold Mountain" is too slow, so the major media don't give high points. Most of the five-point system are between 3 and 4 points, while the ten-point system has 8 points, but not many.

As for the actor's evaluation, many people gave Shawn and Rachel high scores. Although Natalie's appearance time was short, she added a lot of points because of Sarah's tragic plot. She did play very well, so she also had a high evaluation. Only Nicole was rated as a normal person.

"Roger is right. Sean can't tell the age at all in the movie. Whether he is looking at his lover in the screen with melancholy and worried, struggling in the trenches in sadness or pain, or trying to go home without hesitation, you will not associate him with 23 years old - to be precise, he was only 22 years old when filming. The most typical scene is that when Inman and Ada met, Ada, who failed to recognize the other person, let him leave. In the close-up of the camera, the natural sense of vicissitudes that naturally appeared on him could not be faked.

Also exciting is Rachel Weiss. Before "Cold Mountain", everyone's impression of her was Evelyn in "The Mysterious City of Tomb Raiders", so when she appeared on the screen with a rough and uneducated, but at the same time, she spoke a southern accent and was straightforward, many people didn't react. What's more rare is that she always maintained this state and always showed the carefreeness and enthusiasm of the southern country girl, and no one could connect her to Evelyn.

In addition, Natalie Portman's performance is also eye-catching. Although there are only more than ten minutes of scenes, the role of Sarah is undoubtedly the most tragic and miserable in the whole movie, and she interprets this tragedy to a deep point. Only Nicole, probably because the character's personality restricts her and needs to keep her more restrained. Therefore, in the comparison of these three characters, except for a few highlights, they are all mediocre in other aspects." - "Hollywood Reporter"
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