Passable

Lee 2022-06-13 19:35:51

Books to read first. What the movie gives me is that most of the details pay more attention to the original work, which allows readers to match the words with the pictures well. If you have only read the novel, because you have not experienced this exotic environment, Chinese readers are prone to a sense of alienation. I am not satisfied with individual details, such as the use of some music abruptly, especially the music of Jack in the rain, and the casting is too beautiful and neutral, and some metaphors are not handled well enough.

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The Cement Garden quotes

  • Commander Hunt: There is nothing ugly, I never saw an ugly thing in my life, for let the shape of an object be as they may: light, shade and perspective will always make it beautiful.

  • Jack: Wonder if they're watching us now.

    Tom: Who?

    Jack: Mum and Dad. Think they're in Heaven?

    Tom: Don't know about Dad but Mum's in the cellar.

    Jack: What do you mean?

    Tom: She's in the cellar under that big metal case and all that hard stuff.