There are few thriller movies recently, and this one is my favorite, so I brushed it several times, and watched many details many times. The movie is generally dark, and the three stories are linked together, showing mostly the evil side of human nature. What struck me the most was the story of the first Jenna. The actress is great, and she plays Jenna's gloomy, lonely, and neurotic way well.
Jenna lives in a wealthy environment, but is undoubtedly a sad person. She has received psychological counseling and one-on-one private tutoring since she was 10 years old, which proves that she has serious psychological problems and is completely unable to integrate into the collective environment of the school. Although she likes to paint, her painting style is gloomy, reflecting her dark inner world. It may be her genes that cause her to be like this, or it may be formed the day after tomorrow. From the scene in the restaurant in the film, she calls the man opposite her mother Dan, so she can tell that he is her stepfather, or her mother's boyfriend. Regardless of her mother's attitude towards her, perhaps because of the accumulated conflict she has lost most of her patience, but it is certain that her mother cares about her, tries to understand her situation, and spends a lot of energy, time, and money Wanting her to get on the right track can be inferred from the few lines her mother has. But Jenna painted her mother as a devil with blood-red eyes and a bloody mouth in her sketchbook.
Maybe the lack of father's love made her suffer from mental illness, but it is certain that she was originally a cruel and cold-blooded animal.
There was a scene where she was waiting for her airbnb male roommate in the restaurant. A fly flew onto the table. Most people waved their hands to drive the fly away, and she slapped the fly to death without hesitation. Even the airbnb aunt will not easily kill the cockroaches in the house. This may be the aunt's "good" side to show her not killing, but I personally think this setting is to set off Jenna's cold blood.
She woke up after being drugged, fled to the utility room while the old airbnb couple killed her boyfriend's father who committed suicide, and saw a sawn torn corpse. Although she was startled, she didn't panic, and she was quick and rational. escaped there. I sensed her indifference and indifference to the life and death of others.
She is always very negative when looking at things. She said that the endless ocean will freeze to death in 10 minutes in the sea, and that the birds flying in the sky will be starved to death if they don't fly around in search of food. Everything in her is inseparable from death. She also wanted to die, chatting with her airbnb male roommate, saying that she would be more happy to be killed by a hammer like an ant.
It can be concluded that Jenna has never made any good friends since she was a child. The boyfriend she met after she went to college should be her first close relationship with someone else. But she still thinks about how to end her life every day, how to show that she is devoted to nothingness without turning back, and leave this cold and ruthless world. For some reasons we don't know, she did not take action herself, but took advantage of her boyfriend's depression, forced her thoughts of wanting to die on her boyfriend, and pressured him to commit suicide by jumping off the building. She doesn't know what love is, and she doesn't have the ability to love because she's cold-blooded. Even a boyfriend who suffers from depression will express his love for Jenna tenderly and will be willing to give up his life for her. It's not the world that's cold and ruthless, it's Jenna.
At the end of the film, Jenna returned to the old couple's home on airbnb, and willingly accepted the removal of the three officials, and was permanently fixed under the floor of the room, becoming a living person. Many film critics think that Jenna is a punishment for herself. I personally think that if you want to punish yourself, why should you choose to put yourself in the hands of a pair of perverted criminals? She herself said that she likes a happy death. And she is cold-blooded. Even if she regrets, she cannot make such a choice simply because of regret. Personally, I feel that Jenna has experienced life danger and found that she still has the desire to survive, but she doesn't really want to die. In addition, my situation is even worse, and I am worried that my relationship with my mother will go through another vicious circle. Looking through the sketchbook, she remembered that the boyfriend who had been sincere to her was gone, and she was still alone. She recalled what the airbnb aunt said to her, this is an ugly and cruel world, it is better to be a plant, so she finally made this decision. When she was carried under the floor, she could see that her eyeballs were removed, her ears were also removed, and her tongue should be gone. Since then, she will never have to touch the outside world or hear the noises that have been bothering her. , and the aunt took care of her, so she finally showed one of the few smiles (and she even had a faint dimple).
Jenna's story is heart-wrenching. Some people, although they look like individuals, have no hearts, no desires, and no feelings. In the film, there are many close-up shots of Jenna's mansion. This kind of material wealth she has had since she was a child is something that most people would never dare to imagine in their lives. However, no matter how beautiful people and things are, they can't bring a trace of sunshine to Jenna's empty and dark heart. The film specially creates such a strong contrast, which is even more difficult to understand.
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