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.
新冠时期的电影，很现实也很温情，但陈以文一出来就破涕为笑，还有家乐福牛奶区打工的黄导…包容了数个社会问题，导演风格沉稳，镜头如旁观者娓娓道来，有几分是枝裕和的味道，人物之间情感关系拿捏到位，女儿过分懂事了55～可惜结尾设计得有些平淡，没有十足爆发力将之前的铺垫推向震慑人心的一刻，总体来说还是不错
有好有坏整体不如阳光普照 坏在节奏有点奇怪以及整体空洞 刚开始都有点鬼片的感觉..也有出彩的地方女儿配合妈妈扮卫兵的地方真是破防..以及那段清唱太美
钟孟宏21年的新片，贾静雯表演出色，相对于《阳光普照》，本片的母女情似乎更温情、细腻了一些。以疫情为背景的家庭故事，我觉得影片隐喻:那些常年积累的情绪如同瀑布，如不沟通，不释放终将卷走亲人。相比较而言，还是更喜欢《阳光普照》。
疫情的隔离突如其来，母女间的隔离早就存在，照顾与被照顾的身份在转换。变故逼人成长，陪伴消解磨难。和阳光普照很像，这很钟孟宏。
从第一视角去拍思觉失调患者，剧本创作的难度很大，最后能够在叙事上成立，已经相当难得；对社会现实的呈现就比较差了。
去年这个时候的惊喜是《扎导正联》，今年这个时候的惊喜是《新蝙蝠侠》。等待五年的电影，开场的雨夜，直升机，探照灯，罪犯，黑暗，浑浊，伴随着《Can’t Fight City Halloween 》的独白是全片最惊艳的地方。可惜故事推进缓慢，却每次刚给出谜语蝙蝠侠即刻给出了答案，完全不给观众思考的时间。然而也是这种钝刀割肉般的惊悚与压迫恰好应证了弗兰克·米勒的那句话：“对我来说，蝙蝠侠从来不是喜剧角色。”
疫情期间，全球商业区都没出过好货，这部去看超英大场面的观众铁定失望，90分钟处的追车戏是整部电影唯一的大场面，华纳穷疯了另辟蹊径走侦探路线，但将近三小时的破案剧真心臭长，嘴炮推进，故弄玄虚，阴郁气质的韦恩碰上谜语人这类疯子，显得刻意深沉又格格不入，各类线索和几大角色，对趋近真相毫无用处，只能是拖时长的顾左右而言他，回归普通人设定的韦恩招术全靠拳头硬，陈年破事被再次提及，毫无化学反应的生硬情感，都是编剧和导演穷途末路的困顿之举，深度不及诺兰，场面比不过施耐德，只为新人蝙蝠侠的名号创立的穷酸项目，处处可寻的捉襟见肘，映证着院线市场的满目疮痍。★★
成年家庭生活就是不断拉扯的漩涡啊，导演这次把叙事对象对准女性，设定放在后疫情时代，讲得仍是一些古老的故事，另外有人说贾静雯演的好的实在get不到...
台湾总是能拍出一种细腻的感受，这很厉害。总能直接带给观众切身的体会。
有佳句无佳章，“时代的一粒沙落在个人头上就是一座山”的台湾案例。
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。
①成人之后，我们将犯什么错误？②我们会和自己达成谅解吗？③生活会越来越好吗？
难看死了！又臭又长！做作、老套、自我沉迷、极度冗长！画面阴暗就算了，关键强光闪瞎眼啊，生理虐待了属于是！看的过程真的是如坐针毡、如芒刺背、如鲠在喉！！！！
钟导稳重的又一次发挥，不惊不徐缓缓展开，母女角色的调换让人坐看生活突然的坍塌，四面八方。但导演终究是善良的，结局让小静幸存下来，留下希望。
但是，哪怕人物的完整让我收回其他指控，瀑布意象的引入真是有够矫情的。
张力还是有，关系也刻画得妙。疫情期间的戏，很多人物的口罩怎么不戴好？
简简单单地 让人感受到窒息，绝望，女儿的成长，他人的善意，成为生活的希望
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虚假的哥谭：黑老大一手遮天，收拢市长，警长，检察长，结果却可以允许电视台随意揭穿自己的丑闻。真正的哥谭：打人事件发生后当地新闻媒体缄默，四个女孩竟然没有一个家属出来发生。蝙蝠侠的工作还是太easy了。遥想当年另一个蝙蝠侠贝尔去山东看某盲人，带着一张肿脸落荒而逃，哥谭到底在哪里一目了然。
怎么这么drama，弯弯电视剧即视感，所有的铺垫都是为了揭开下一个drama，妈妈突然就疯了，女儿突然就长大了，然后最后突然水来了就死了。还有台湾人讲台湾腔念台词真的是很怪，贾静雯还好一些，小静和精神病院那个女孩都是瞪着眼睛直视对面，语气四平八稳一字一字念台词，讲完毫无感情。
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