While surveying a telegraph line in 1861, Western Union engineer Edward Creighton (Dean Jagger) is severely injured in an accident. He is discovered by Vance Shaw (Randolph Scott), an outlaw on the run from a posse. Forced to travel on foot after his horse was hurt, Shaw at first considers stealing Creighton's horse, but changes his mind and takes the man with him, saving his life.
Sometime later, following his recovery, Creighton returns to Omaha, Nebraska and plans the construction of a telegraph line from Omaha to Salt Lake City, Utah. Facing considerable opposition to the line from Confederate soldiers, Indians, and outlaws, Creighton elicits the help of his sister Sue (Virginia Gilmore), foreman Pat Grogan (Minor Watson), and assistant Homer Kettle (Chill Wills).
Looking to put his outlaw past behind him, Shaw arrives at Creighton's Western Union office looking for honest work and is hired as a scout by Grogan who is unaware of his past. Creighton recognizes him among the men and allows him to stay despite his suspicions. Creighton also hires tenderfoot Richard Blake (Robert Young), a Harvard-educated engineer as a favor to Blake's father. Shaw and Blake are both attracted to Sue and vie for her attention, but their romantic rivalry is cut short when construction of the telegraph line starts on July 4, 1861.
After work commences on the line, one of the men is killed apparently by a mysterious band of cattle-rustling Indians. Unconvinced that Indians are to blame, Shaw rides out to investigate and follows the rustlers' trail to the camp of Jack Slade, a former friend and cohort, whose gang committed the killing disguised as Indians—the gang Shaw left following his last bank robbery. Slade reveals that they are working for the Confederacy to disrupt Western Union because they believe the telegraph service will help the Union. Shaw rides away and returns to the line. Not wanting to turn in his former friends, Shaw tells Creighton that a large band of Dakota Indians stole the cattle, and recommends that they simply replace the herd and not risk a fight with the Indians.
Sometime later, a confrontation takes place between men working on the forward line and a band of drunken Indians. When one of the Indians tries to steal some equipment, a nervous Blake shoots him, ignoring Shaw's order to remain calm. After word arrives that the main camp is under attack by other Indians, the Western Union men rush back to help with the defense. At the main camp, Slade's men, who are again disguised as Indians, steal the Western Union horses. The company discover the ruse when one of the wounded Indians turns out to be a white man. Forced to buy back their stolen horses from Slade, Creighton becomes suspicious of Shaw's involvement, especially when he admits to knowing the gang.
Soon the U.S. Army arrives and announces the Indians have now refused to allow the telegraph lines to go through their territory in response to Blake's shooting of the drunken Indian. Creighton, Shaw, and Blake ride out to convince Chief Spotted Horse to allow them to build the line through Indian territory, even though the man Blake wounded was Spotted Horse's son. Creighton is finally able to persuade the Indians to allow them passage, and work continues until the company approaches Salt Lake City.
Sometime later, Shaw receives word that Jack Slade wants to meet with him. On the way to see Slade, Shaw is captured and bound by Slade's men. Slade says his group is going to burn down the Western Union camp and they don't want Shaw to interfere. After Slade and his men ride off, Shaw escapes from his ropes but arrives back too late to prevent the fire. He helps rescue some of the Western Union men from the flames and burns his hands in the process.
After the fire, Creighton confronts Shaw for an explanation, but Shaw does not reveal what he knows and is fired by Creighton. As Shaw leaves the camp, he tells Blake that Slade is actually Shaw's brother and that he, Shaw, will find Slade's gang and stop them from interfering with the telegraph project. Shaw rides off and finds Slade and his men in a nearby town. At the barber shop, Shaw confronts his brother, whose gun is concealed under the barber's sheet. Slade shoots Shaw through the sheet. Shaw fights back in spite of his wound, killing some of the gang members, and then dies. Blake arrives and continues the fight with Slade who dies from his wounds. Soon after, the Western Union line is completed and the workers celebrate. When Sue laments the absence of Shaw, Creighton tells her that Shaw can hear them.
可能是本片的一系列副标题:《防疫时期的母女亲情》、《我们与思觉失调症的距离》、《我的渣男父亲》、《从蓝色忧郁到阳光普照》、《家道中落之高考女生卖房记》、《中年失业母亲求职记》、《关于超市主任爱上我妈这件事》、《火神的眼泪之“捕蜂捉蛇”特别篇》
一般吧。可看可不看，比诺兰第一集是差远了。很多节点都是好莱坞旧时代的技巧，特别是情感节点，还有一些很儿童智商的对白，许多技巧都不太高级。真的是抒情多，太多了！kiss都这么多，也是没想到。好久没有听过音乐这么满这么俗的“大黑暗片”了。前几十分钟像极了watchmen的节奏。还用了通俗歌曲。稍微有意思的大概是雨夜追车戏。70分钟之后，节奏开始稍微让人难受，因为太慢了，满脑问题，诸如如何换衣服吃饭睡觉吗导演其实是不是想拍机器人等等～反叛关进去对话那段快睡着了。演的哪里不对，大败笔！多送男主一个🌟，愿他下部演更好。
五星冲7分吧，挺喜欢，前半部分的视听（音效），两位女演员的表演，建筑和河水的物喻，恰到好处的黑色幽默（驾照+蛇），还有黑泽明的海报（搬家也要带上），结尾致敬《红》
「“每个人都有难堪的过去，只是大小不同而已！”」
当一个长得像米歇尔奥巴马的人告诉市民应该相信警察的时候，我就非常确定这坨仨小时的玩意就是民主党建制派嗯造奥巴马流量的反动宣传大毒草。为了把超级英雄电影带回到前小丑时代，甚至需要塑造一个有菲尼克斯面相的蝙蝠侠然后让他成为一个真的蝙蝠侠，全片与小丑对仗的内容如此之多以至于所有的体面正道反思都成了欲盖弥彰。究竟谁越界了？究竟谁在滥用暴力导演你自己心里没ACDE数吗？川壬上台能拍小丑老毕登上台就只能拍这种垃圾你们好莱坞上上下下都应该扪心自问一下!
所有人都端着一副“我正在参演一部蝙蝠侠歌剧”的刻意模样来使劲演。这一版蝙蝠侠，没有双面人生，还刻意逃避了钞能力和花样装备，只有一面倒的颓废忧郁，竭尽所能地装作一个普通人，是真切确实的无病呻吟。寥寥的几场打戏，忍者变莽汉，像极了明明手残却要近战打老头环的我，笨拙得一言难尽，毫无“蝙蝠”风采。那拙劣的身手、有限的装备、一路靠莽的打法，这样的蝙蝠侠，到底凭什么成为哥谭恐惧的象征？只将“希望”、“复仇”、“正义”、“恐惧”挂在嘴边，实在难以令人信服。明明才第二年，已经为了全片黑暗歌剧风而献祭了人设，未经沧桑，已是中年蝠，完全拔苗助长。0.5倍速加持下，制造了极其煎熬的3小时大型催眠现场。
乍看风格割裂，实际贴合于疗愈过程。贾静雯和小女生演技很棒，剧作上部分对白稍显尴尬。
也不差也不好的一部电影，除了还不错的表演，别的都没啥可说的。人物的转折太过生硬，意象安插的太过刻意，结尾又让人摸不着头脑。生活中很多事都不是绝对的一泻千里吧，普通人嘛要么认命要么继续抗争，也许有用也许也无用，但无愧于心就好。新年快乐，希望新的一年大家都能够破除迷雾，逐浪前行。
好家伙，这一个个的，偷窥、窒息、跟踪、捆绑、胶带、望远镜、紧身衣、烟熏浓妆、低成本cosplay，通过各种猥琐刺激视角表现出来，加上一本正经的文艺配乐，天哪天哪，好变态，好喜欢！！
看完感觉……就这？？？这也能拿金🐴？？？钟孟宏越拍越回去了
钟孟宏舒缓的镜头调度和影调，还是熟悉的叙事方式，但比较前作《阳光普照》，多了些刻意的痕迹，演员演技一言难尽，主题表达显得过于生硬，本该挑战大女主演技的戏，但贾静雯的表演没有层次，自始至终，显得有些怪异，说不上来的奇怪。在电影文本上，导演提示了三处“瀑布”，来照扣片名。第一处，是女主离婚后患上了某种情感障碍症，耳朵里不断出现瀑布的声音，而她也在努力往外走，寻觅声音的出处。第二处，是房子外罩扣的蓝色塑料布，墙皮整修开始后，阳光透过塑料布，照在屋内宛若置身于瀑布之中，成为重要的视觉表意元素。就像女主对前夫评价时那样说道，“感觉很压抑，很不舒服”，亦勾连了她幻觉中常出现的瀑布。第三处，则在影片结尾，溪水暴涨，上游无预告泄洪，导致女主的女儿被冲走，后被救起；明喻了身处生活之流，及无法抗拒的命运现实。
贾静雯这次表演四星级，影片整体质量三颗星，最后的温情部分还是挺感人的，却没法达到大佛的高度，或者是标准太高了，客串明星不少……
之前看了很多差评差点错过这部，整个节奏和氛围非常打动我。瀑布是因地势/阶层/心理状态之断裂而产生的高低差，但同时也是水流宣泄而下直至回归流动的平静——钟孟宏用蓝色滤镜做到了。
贾静雯控制的好好，王净也很出彩，喜欢陈以文骂人考驾照的梗，喜欢黄信尧性感的声音。尽管蛇出没和结尾洪水爆发的点能猜到，但是仍是一部佳作。前部分看进去了，后半部分的力度就出来了。
青春逆反的女儿因母亲重病而由抗拒转变为主动关心家庭的故事。新冠疫情在本片中不再是简单的背景。王净的演技令人眼前一亮，比起贾静雯来有过之而无不及。
疫情确实把隔阂放大了，把问题
确实是渐入佳境的，但需要熬过至少半小时。
很台湾，也是台湾很拿手的家庭题材。钟孟宏与自己没署名的分身中岛长雄一起掌勺，保证了影片的摄影水平和整体质量。影片用瀑布命名，既是贾静雯精神上的屏障，也是影片里墙面修复的那道蓝色幕布，更是疫情时期人与社会的屏障。那一堵似有非有的“蓝色幕布”带来了隔离，压抑，惊恐。影片前半段拍出了惊悚悬疑感，正在以为反感的精分家庭戏码要上线的时候，忽然阳光普照。女儿的理解、保姆的情分、家乐福的主任、房屋中介的经理、女儿的同学、医院的病友等，都像一道道强光穿透了瀑布照亮了贾静雯的心。一切都会好起来的！贾静雯的演技说不上惊艳但也可圈可点。接了钟孟宏的戏，在这样的短名单下拿下最佳女主也算是实至名归。
摄影还是特别喜欢，那个大楼带口罩，然后全家蓝色，这样的一个合理动机的，现实落地全民口罩的反映，确实就已经很厉害了。
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