The first thing that attracted me to this movie was that three real people starred in their own righteousness to the masses, and there was also a shot of the spencer rushing to the armed terrorists in the trailer.
As a result, all other parts of the movie are quite boring.
I think that some Hollywood movies now fall into the vicious circle of "based on true story", an event that attracts everyone's attention. If it is interesting, it must be thoroughly explored. The Boston Marathon bombing produced two movies, one The part "Strikes on Boston" talks about how to deal with terrorists, and the part of "Strong" talks about how to deal with the trauma. The quality of the film is different. I think that "Strikes on Boston" is at least well organized in the limited event material. There is a main line, and the whole plot is compact, and "Strong" is an inspirational story of a disabled person in addition to the event itself, not to mention that this inspirational story is not very exciting.
I think the most important point of a film telling a story is not its own influence, but whether the story has twists and turns, whether it can make people attracted and moved, and the potential that is worth tapping after the story.
I watched "Disaster Artist" at the end of last year, because the behind-the-scenes story of "The Room" was very interesting, so although the shooting level of "Disaster Artist" was average, the finished movie still had a good comedy effect.
"I, Tonya" I watched a few days ago, the plot itself is a well-known story for many Americans, and its excellent editing, the contrast between the heavy core and the relaxed form of expression, also made the film achieve a good expression effect.
Even the director’s previous "Captain Sally" is a short and concise story, but the director puts the focus and the climax of the plot on the part of the questioning after the crash, which gives the story a deeper connotation.
And if we look at the story of "Leaving Paris at 15:17", three young men subdued a terrorist on a train. Sounds good, right, but the whole incident is probably less than two minutes. In order to expand this incident, the film spent a few minutes later to describe the protagonist rescued a passenger who was shot. Even so, this incident occupies only a small space in the movie.
So is there anything worth digging into the story itself? No, just three ordinary people.
So in fact, this is not a story worthy of being adapted into a movie. On the one hand, it is so short that you add slow motion to only occupy a small part of the length of the movie. On the other hand, the connotation and background behind it are not There is not much to discuss. As a result, this movie failed in the selection of materials.
A short event can actually be changed into a good movie. For example, "Billy Lynn's Midfield War", although it is only a few minutes of war, but with excellent film technology and reasonable discussion, Billy Lin En's perception is much better. .
Looking back at "15:17", what did the movie say in the first 2/3 of the space?
The growth of the three children is not a well-behaved problem child.
As the protagonist of the story, Spencer has always wanted to go to the battlefield to help others and worked very hard. However, because a test failed, he missed his goal. But another partner became a soldier and found a German girl.
Then the three friends went to travel...
First I went to Rome, then Venice, then seemed to be in Germany, then went to Amsterdam, and finally boarded the train to Paris.
The filming of this section is simply meaningless. It doesn’t have much meaning except to show that these people are living big and small boys, and the truth in this movie is really quite real, those I have been to. Scenic spots, as if revisiting the old place.
But I am watching a movie! They pick up girls, they go to nightclubs to dance with hangovers, they visit the attractions, they take selfies, and they have a relationship with them being heroes! ! !
This comes to the point that the film wants to emphasize: real and ordinary people can also become heroes.
To say that those few people are ordinary people, I am determined not to believe them. One is a soldier who has gone overseas to perform missions, and the other is a strong man who has undergone rigorous training and has excellent physical strength, although he is not a formal soldier. As for the black man, He didn't seem to play a big role in subduing the terrorists either.
Therefore, it should be that ordinary American soldiers can also become heroes.
Then it was real. The movie even made three characters appear in their true colors for this kind of reality. I have to say, I ate this gimmick, so I watched this movie, but this technique did not achieve the desired effect. , After all, the movie took too long to describe their daily life, everything is fine, the text is very life-like, but it is already so boring, in the middle of their conversation in the morning after a hangover, they can obviously feel alex (That guy who has been to the battlefield) has a very unnatural performance. Of course, they can’t be blamed. After all, they are not professional actors. Even to some extent, it is better than professional actors in many domestic TV dramas.
However, this does not conceal the weakness of the script. It is a large plot with no ups and downs like a running account. Just a few jokes are used as an adjustment. This is indeed real life. Everyone’s life is generally so boring and day after day. But this is also the reason why our lives will not be made into movies.
Speaking of the stories on the same train that I've seen recently, Nimlensen’s "Commuter Rescue" is undoubtedly more popcorn, and even more attractive. It is worth mentioning that the intention of the opening of "Commuter Rescue" is to show Get on the train day after day, so the movie uses very clever montage editing to connect different days and different weathers into a journey from home to work. Although there are technical flaws, it is already a very good one. At the beginning, at least, much better than "15:17".
In short, the acting skills of the three leading actors are worthy of recognition, and the script's attempt to pay too much attention to the details of life makes the plot boring. Reality is very real, but life always needs some filters to make it better, isn’t it?
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