"Orphan" (Orphan), released in the summer of 2009, Hollywood production, the genre is drama/horror, the director Jaume Collet-Serra born in 1974 has directed a few low-cost Hollywood movies such as "Wax Museum of Horror", screenwriter David Johnson has participated in the production of "Miracle in the Green Mile" and "The Shawshank Redemption". In the cast, the acting heroine Vera Farmiga has played the role of Madolyn in "The Departed". The North American box office of the film is about 50 million, with an imdb score of 7.2, and more than 8,000 people participated in the review.
Hollywood production, let's discuss it lightly and happily.
Kate and John are a couple with a bit of a "past": Kate's alcoholism, husband John's betrayal of his wife, and on top of that, the hapless couple just lost an unborn child. But the husband and wife saw Esther, who was very artistic and distinctive, when they adopted them. Well, this is where the tragedy begins. As a Hollywood production, blood plasma has appeared in the film, but not much; horror sound effects, and deliberate horror camera skills (close-up follow-up, foreground occlusion, empty shots, etc.) have, but not many; devil monsters The supernatural and supernatural are not involved at all. Under this kind of introduction, I feel that this film should be a psychological horror film. Dreams, dual personalities, childhood memories, ordinarily should be greeted, but...nothing. So what's so scary about this movie?
Suspenseful. From this point of view, the story of this film is the foundation of the whole work. It was originally the story of a perverted third party, but when this third party appears in front of you in the face of a 9-year-old cute girl, I believe No one will have any dikes about it. From Esther hurting classmates, killing nuns, and revealing her ferocious nature, the atmosphere built before the film to discuss Esther's "Different" or "different" immediately changed, revealing the evil habit of nature early. The blood girl began to destroy the heart of Kate as a mother step by step. Later, the story pattern began to change gradually, and the rapid increase in rhythm stimulated the adrenaline of the audience very well. The evil side threatened, controlled, provoked, and tortured one after another, and the director did his homework well. The film almost didn't "render" but just "show" Esther's cunning and Kate's helplessness. It is also from here that the film begins to tell Kate's loneliness intentionally or unintentionally. The little daughter who can't speak, the husband who is not firm in his stance, and the son who has no musical skills, all these not only give Esther a chance to take advantage, but also give the audience more extension of the theme, and the film also adds some thickness.
In the second half, the film can almost be said to have climaxes. To put it bluntly, you can think that she is bad, but you can't think that she is so cruel and perverted. On the basis of the overall smooth rhythm, the director also deliberately controlled the use of cheap horror effects, and revealed the mystery to us in a very stable, even unhurried manner. It is worth mentioning that the whole film has undergone a certain decolorization process. The film's flat tones and light composition, combined with the gothic style of the terrorist Esther, a kind of cruelty that must be reported in the age of cold weapons covers every part of the film. a scene. The director also uses the same method to deal with the very important night scenes of horror films. Indeed, the use of point light sources only exists on the edge of the blade. The final scene under the fluorescent light is a breakthrough in the tone of the film, and it is also the last step to bend the audience's nerves. a straw. From this point of view, I am more fortunate that I watched this movie in the afternoon.
In fact, there are not many shortcomings in the film, and the overall level is relatively balanced, but in the process of watching the film, the first impression I saw when I saw this girl was that she was definitely not 9 years old. Later, I mentioned that she did not want to watch it. Dentist, I basically understand this. I even listened to the teacher in class about the disease she had... From this point of view, the film underestimates the audience, and this kind of rash suggestion diminishes the film to a certain extent. suspense. And the rhythm of the first part of the film is a bit slow. The worst thing is that the film makes Esther torture Kate. I think she did a good job, but she should be able to do better and more cruel, the film and Esther are a little less Excavation of the previous shadows of the Kate family. After all, the purpose of perversion is never to kill, but to scare people. It is worth mentioning that the girl who plays Esther is actually 12 years old, and - I think she looks a bit like Cecilia Cheung.
In a nutshell, this film is a children's thriller/suspense movie with a story first, qualified director skills, and unexpected actors. The fly in the ointment is that it's not particularly scary.
2009/10/21
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