fatal id

Afton 2022-04-20 09:01:23

This is the first suspenseful movie that I think about my own personality after watching it. The movie tells the story of a criminal with multiple personalities who, with the help of a psychiatrist, destroys the evil personality and retains the good personality. The tension of the rhythm and the successive reversals of the plot did not surprise me too much, after all, this is the standard configuration of a suspense film. But after watching the ending, I realized the director's intention, or what I understand the director's intention is. The personality of the little boy finally kills the personality of the kind prostitute, which also means that the psychiatrist's treatment fails. This makes people think, why is the personality of the weak boy the ultimate big boss? I remember at the beginning, the psychiatrist said that the criminal's multiple personalities were formed from a very young age, and the abuse of his parents when he was a child was the beginning of his psychological distortion. However, the doctor ignored the personality of the little boy in the process of treatment, believing that he was weak after all and would not constitute a social harm. But in the end, the evil little boy personality became the only personality of the criminal. Actually, I think this is a metaphor: the imprint of a person's childhood experiences is deeply ingrained in the heart, and the little boy personality can kill all the adult personalities, which aims to illustrate the stubbornness of this personality. Just like a lot of research in psychology now is to analyze the influence of the family of origin on a person's personality. And my current lack of self-confidence and not daring to try new things also stems from my childhood experiences. Childhood experience is the cornerstone of shaping one's personality. In the future, it can only be added, repaired and decorated, but not demolished and rebuilt. Maybe this is what the director wants to express, but the film uses extreme methods. This question seems to be a limitation that cannot be surpassed by human beings. Just like me, I desperately want to get rid of my self-confidence, but even if others don't notice it at all, and even think that I am talking and laughing, I can see it clearly. This kind of state of mind is just like what is said in the movie: I walk up the stairs and always see a person who is not there. Today he is not there again. I hope he disappears forever...

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  • Teagan 2022-03-22 09:01:25

    It's not a nutritious film, the atmosphere is not bad, but unfortunately there is no reasoning element at all: the opening card of "the prisoner suffers from mental illness" is clearly seen, and the next step is one by one that does not require any logic Just kill the past, it doesn't matter who you kill first and then who kills who, when you're halfway through, you're afraid that the audience will be too stupid to guess the ending, and then let all the corpses disappear, what a considerate screenwriter haha~~

  • Hillary 2022-03-22 09:01:25

    This film is packed with a lot of details, but the main line of the story is too thin. It only relies on a combination of multiple personalities to support the hotel murder. It is messy and pretending to be mysterious. There is no story at the beginning. In the secret room and house numbers and other old-fashioned jokes, and then forcibly stuffing multiple personalities into it and saving a book, it is simply challenging the audience's bottom line, and there are still people who give five stars?

Identity quotes

  • Dr. Malick: Who am I speaking to?

  • Ginny: You remember that movie where the ten strangers went to an island, and then they all died, one by one? And then it turned out they weren't strangers, that they all had a connection.

    Larry: And you don't mess with the wrong guy when he's gettin' revenge!

    Rhodes: Shut up!

    Ginny: I'm just saying that maybe's there some connection between all of us.

    Ed: Like what?

    Larry: We're all in Nevada.

    Rhodes: Shut up!