just a ghost story

Rogers 2022-04-20 09:01:40

For an atheist, it's basically just a ghost story you'll talk about in your dorm room, and that's it. To be honest, I think adding some illusory elements to a suspense film will not only fail to add to the mystery of the story, but will only become a lousy excuse that cannot be justified. Once the characters are invincible, the plot can only be so.

The content of the story is really lacking, and it cannot be included in the list of suspense films at all. It is completely different from the previous story with the phone booth as the background. And there are not enough clues, which is even worse for such a thin story. The people who died are very innocent, and they didn't explain the ins and outs from beginning to end. It feels like because you are a supporting actor, you are a sinful demon who will judge you by explaining your past a little bit, and accept your fate! The screenwriter is obviously unable to control so many characters at the same time, but in order not to let the audience solve the mystery at once, he had to bite the bullet and stuff a bunch of people into the elevator. A lot of people say the ending sucks. WELL, I think there is still a role for sublimation at the end, but what are those in the middle? It's not that the lights go out and people hang up to make the progress compact! It's just a vain nervousness. After all, normal people are still horrified by things like other people dying.

However, its implication is still very positive, not only to persuade people to face their own faults calmly, but I think more importantly, to have a heart of tolerance. If the former is devil, then the latter can be compared to god. Devil often appears, but there will always be god, this is my idea.

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Extended Reading
  • Keely 2022-03-28 09:01:02

    The horror effect is not bad. There are two places in which I was really scared at first glance. It feels like a good theme, but it has not been fully explored and played well. There are also unclear and inexplicable places in the plot.

  • Dominique 2022-03-26 09:01:05

    The claustrophobic space syndrome, the wonderful inversion of the opening

Devil quotes

  • Old Woman: You think this will make you good? You're not good.

    Tony Janekowski: I know.

    Old Woman: You think you can make up for the choices you made?

    Tony Janekowski: No.

    Old Woman: You think you can be forgiven?

    Tony Janekowski: No.

  • Old Woman: Damn. I really wanted you.