Finely carved, finely carved

Angie 2021-10-20 17:26:24

Rewatch today and change the evaluation from four stars to five stars.
My teacher used this film as an example in almost all the film-related courses he taught. It can be said that "Stone Breaking Shocking" must be mentioned. But even if he likes the film so much, there are mistakes in the retelling, and he can't show the wonderfulness of the film itself just in case.
I always thought that this movie was so important because it was screened and successful in mainland China. I probably have a prejudice that action movies are no better.
This film can represent the most important features of outstanding films on this planet: layers of paving, meticulous carving, gripping, and wonderful. It's not that those films that directly reflect life and "slowly" are not good, but that film as a skill is far from that.
Griffith's "Last Minute Rescue" was brought to the extreme in this film.
There should be a shot-by-shot analysis of this film, and I won’t say anything about the plot.
Such films are worthy of being called blockbuster films.

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Extended Reading
  • Dessie 2021-10-20 19:01:57

    The classics in action movies, and the soundtrack is even more classic in the classics. The urgency of the plot and the sudden melody are really thrilling. The last missile finally made the plot not a false alarm, but a terrifying shock.

  • Camryn 2021-10-20 19:01:57

    Oops~ The dead old man is so handsome~ I followed the plot without knowing it, good movie~

The Rock quotes

  • Stanley Goodspeed: [while in the tunnels underneath Alcatraz] You enjoying this?

    John Mason: Well, it's certainly more enjoyable than my average day... reading philosophy, avoiding gang rape in the washrooms... though, it's less of a problem these days. Maybe I'm losing my sex appeal.

  • [after Mason has killed a Marine, the corpse's foot twitches]

    Stanley Goodspeed: [while in the prison morgue] You've been around a lot of corpses. Is that normal?

    John Mason: What, the feet thing?

    Stanley Goodspeed: Yeah, the feet thing.

    John Mason: Yeah, it happens.

    Stanley Goodspeed: Well I'm having a hard time concentrating. Can you do something about it?

    John Mason: Like what, kill him again?