"Shark Beach", on the huge sea, only the heroine is struggling. What you can see is the shore, but what you can touch is the shark. At this time, what the movie needs is not just the plot, but the audience's sensibility to despair and comprehension of persistence. Just like "The Old Man and the Sea", like "The Rest of the Desert Island", man's biggest opponent is himself, against his own powerlessness and against his own loneliness.
What impresses me most is the determination and perseverance of the heroine when dealing with her leg injury, even a hint of heroism. Throughout the film, the heroine's emotional performance is in place, and the lingering despair is heart-wrenching. Perhaps, this is not just a single performance by the actors, but more of a tangible improvement of self-realm-feeling despair, overcoming despair, looking for hope, and welcoming hope.
The shark beach has always been a battle of the heroine alone. Fight with heaven, fight with earth, fight with sharks.
Life is, after all, a battle of our own.
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