I really can't scold a clown for being serious

Laurie 2022-01-09 08:02:50

"Death Video" once amazed many horror movie fans. Pseudo-documentary style + enclosed space + apocalyptic living dead captured countless abusers. Two Spanish directors, Jaume Balagueró and Paco Plaza, also became famous. Two years later, the two collaborated again on "Death Video 2". Although the story is closely tied to the first part, it takes place in the same apartment building on the same night, and various high-tech pseudo-recording cameras have been fully upgraded, and the final attempt is The digging of the truth does seem to be getting bigger and bigger, but the evaluation of the harvest is far worse than the first one, especially the religious themes that make some unprepared movie fans feel all kinds of abrupt.
I remember the premiere of "Death Video 2" at the time. The two directors stood on stage and promised the audience that they would continue to film if they liked it. Maybe it is because the evaluation of "Death Video 2" was not as good as expected, or it may be due to other reasons, resulting in "Death Video 3" with only one director left.

First of all, I want to say that I admire the director named Paco Plaza very much. At that time, the creation of the second "religious zombie film" was bold enough to innovate. Even if the effect was not as good as expected, it is a good thing to have a new idea after all. When it came to "Death Video 3", Paco Plaza was even more unscrupulous, even completely overthrowing the style of the first two films, which surprised the fans of "Death Video" that was full of premieres.

[False record becomes history]
Unexpectedly at the beginning of the film, various false record shooting methods try to bring the audience into the festive, happy and joyful atmosphere of the wedding celebration of the hero and heroine. This passage was supposed to be the "title" but was abruptly extended by the director into the "first part". The accumulation of a lot of jokes can't cover up the problem of excessive lengthiness. It makes people unable to bear to say why they haven't started to bite. The overly obvious paving and hints of details also make this paragraph less interesting.
Until the living dead finally appeared.
The bloodbath wedding scene that lasted less than a few minutes finally made people regain the feeling of the first two, but at this moment, the professional camera of the wedding videographer was kicked by the male protagonist, and then the screen went black, "Death Video 3" The title appeared, and then the feature film began, but... unexpectedly... it is no longer a pseudo-documentary! Yes! "Death Video 3" completely abandoned the first two pseudo-documentary styles that can be said to be one of the biggest highlights! I don’t know how other fans’ psychological activities are, at least I was dumbfounded on the spot. As the iconic feature of this series, if even this is discarded, even the title won’t be established!

[Thriller becomes history]
Obviously, the director deliberately arranged this way. After suppressing the appearance of the title, he suddenly gave you a head when you thought it was "another pseudo-record". And because of this, I was so excited and curiosity by the director that I wanted to see how the "Death Video" that broke away from the pseudo-record was filmed to catch up with the horror and horror of the first two films.
So unfortunately, I fell into the trap of the director again, and my chin fell off during the next filming process.
After the feature film started, I felt all kinds of things were wrong, first of all, it gave people an extremely poor quality impression. The inferior quality here does not refer to the technical aspects, because the film is absolutely above the standard in sound photography, especially makeup. I am referring to the poor quality of the story, the illogical and dog-blood that makes people continue to play, such as why the living dead is more than a while and a while, and for a while, it is only a group action for a while, and it is clear that a living dead does not have a second one in the first second. Suddenly, a lot of people popped up in seconds. In the previous scene, the living dead were still chasing the living, and in the second scene, the living dead could only move slowly. In the previous scene, the living dead still stabbed anywhere on their bodies, just like humans. He died at the first shot, but in the latter scene, he must be brain-dead in order to die...Similar irrationality and inconsistency are not like the director deliberately. Do not take into account the details of loopholes. Maybe for the director, it's a spoof, just make it up to make everyone laugh.
From this, I gradually discovered that "Death Video 3" has become a spoof comedy, with every segment and every scene constructed from jokes and jokes. Some of the jokes are brilliant and smart enough to make people laugh. For example, the female friend that the heroine found later, the two cried and complained to each other when they were terrified of panic. It turned out that the two hated each other; but there were also jokes that were thorough. Pale, for example, the hero puts on the armor of Saint George to find the heroine. I don’t mean it’s not funny. It’s just a waste of jokes in a movie that spoofs the living dead.


That’s why I admire this director named Paco Plaza, and of course the producer who trusts him, risking ruining the entire series and offending all fans, "remake" the "Death Video" series into this one. appearance. Let alone the quality of the film, the courage to try to surprise you and to innovate at any cost is really worth learning from Hollywood filmmakers.

But back to the topic, what kind of film is "Death Video 3"? I mentioned earlier that it is a spoof comedy, and the target of the spoof is a horror movie of the living dead, so the main jokes in the film should be based on "spoofing the living dead". For example, the intellectual property supervisor looked as timid as a mouse, but at a critical moment, he picked up an iron rod and smashed the head of the living dead. The audience not only laughed, but was also satisfied with the pleasure of venting. It was very enjoyable. It's a pity that there are still too few such dramas, and most of them are replaced by the ordinary comedy jokes mentioned above, which is really a pity.
The part of the living dead in the film continues the religious theme of the second part. The control of the dead by evil spirits means the end of mankind. In the second half of a scene, a TV appeared, broadcasting the news about the isolation of an apartment, which connected "Death Video 3" with the first two in series. Remember the first episode where a woman said that her dog was taken to the hospital after being bitten? The dog went to the hospital and died, then turned into a zombie and bit an old man. The old man hurried to attend the wedding of the hero and heroine of "Death Video 3" without taking it seriously...

At the premiere, the leading actress Leticia Dolera said that the reason she likes this role very much is that the woman fights for love instead of fleeing in panic, which can also be said to be a manifestation of feminism. When implemented in the film, it became extreme feminism. The male protagonist didn’t do anything ass, and he killed less than five zombies from beginning to end. Basically, he seemed to be okay to wander around looking for the female protagonist. At the same time, the female protagonist did not hesitate to do anything with Zombie fights, all kinds of saws... The
director said that he had three purposes for filming this movie. One is to make everyone happy. Obviously he did it. In addition to the spoof jokes mentioned above, there is also a violent and bloody anti-mass killing scene that fans of B-level movies love. The heroine uses a chainsaw to divide the living dead into two. The protagonist poked the stirring rod into the mouth of the living dead...Although the atmosphere is far less than the magical horse in "There are Eyes in the Mountains", the visual impact is still very enjoyable; second, I hope everyone will be scared, it seems that he wants to The two types of horror and comedy are perfectly blended, but the spoof completely prevailed. Except for the scene in which the bus where the children were hiding was captured, the whole film did not have the slightest sense of horror, let alone fear; in the end it was. I hope everyone is moved. He is referring to the main line of love in the movie. If I didn't know what he said, I might think that even the love scenes are spoofs after watching the film... So where does the moving come from?

Compared with the same type of "Zombie Shaun", others can not help but provide a large number of living dead jokes to the audience while ensuring the integrity of the story and the logical fluency, whether it is the superficial description of the male protagonist’s love and friendship or the fans’ interpretation of the society. The mapping makes it an absolute masterpiece. On the other hand, "Death Video 3" has bright spots and new ideas, but the filming and production are very careless, once abandoning the most fundamental story aspect of the film, and using a lot of searched jokes and paragraphs to construct the plot; and when the film finally tries to be serious, it is even more clumsy. Cause the audience to laugh wantonly.
But then again, "Death Video 3" is like a clown, which is obviously playing tricks in front of you to make you laugh, and you are indeed amused all the way, whether it is really poke in its jokes. , It was because of its clumsy means that it was ridiculed, and in the end, there was still no way to call it undecent, only to say that entertainment is supreme and happy.

Looks like the fourth film is planned to start? I sincerely hope to return to the style of the first two movies as soon as possible, and that's the end of the innovation...o(╯□╰)o

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Extended Reading
  • Isobel 2022-03-28 09:01:07

    New zombie love? It can only be - rotten

  • Hailee 2022-03-28 09:01:07

    The bride is too handsome!

[REC] 3: Genesis quotes

  • Clara: Hoy es mi día.

  • Adrián: And what exactly are you dressed up as?

    John Esponja: As Sponge John.

    Adrián: That would be Sponge Bob?

    John Esponja: No. Well, you see, there was a copyright problem, and now the costume is called Sponge John. We are talking about a character that's got nothing to do with the one you're talking about. I don't want any trouble later on.