At that time, I was a little unhappy when this film won the Best Documentary Award, and then I thought about watching it with Alex, and it has been delayed until now.
The photography and editing are really beautiful. Through his lens and introduction, I feel the wisdom of Octopus, especially in his commentary, he repeatedly mentioned "thinking like her". In just over an hour of film time, I have personified her, so When she turned pale and was taken away by a shark after laying eggs, she had a lot of associations, such as why do you want to reproduce? What is the significance of such a short-lived chapter? Of course, as the film said, it will have a lot of influence on the views of animals. By the way, I fell in love with the beautiful sea in Cape Town and I am glad that the human world has got rid of this situation of the jungle...
The only thing I don't like about the film is the director's commentary. Because unlike ordinary documentaries, the octopus has no way to speak for himself, and there is no way to speak on the bottom of the sea. It seems that he can only rely on the director to interpret the story behind the camera. However, he was very emotional and seemed to be unable to speak several times. I don’t know. Why I don't particularly like it.
In short, such a film should be the best, but, still, like the characteristics of each award-winning film, this award also shows that Oscar has left the third world behind and immersed himself in his own "advanced civilization". .
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