To put it bluntly, this drama is not bad, it's just weird. If the "horror" and "thriller" in the tag are replaced by "society", "family" and "plot", the ratings will be much better. When I opened this play, I thought it was a literary film when I saw the filter, the tone, and the atmosphere. In fact, it would be much better to go the way of literary films and feature films. In the brief contact at the beginning of the story, although I felt that the father had some shortcomings, I didn't expect it to be the source of "terror". I just thought it was a pig teammate. Unexpectedly, the only fear the children faced was their father. The core character of the whole story is naturally the father. His low self-esteem brings emotionality, paranoia, and madness. Sometimes he is full of self-confidence, optimistic and cheerful, and sometimes violent and unable to control his behavior. This is a typical manifestation of low self-esteem. His high conceit conceals his inferiority complex. Note that his "optimism" is not for children, but a common manifestation of low self-esteem. In fact, many people should feel the same way about this father's problem. They talk about protecting and cherishing themselves, but in fact they show a huge desire for control and possessiveness. They are emotionally very pitiful, like holding on to the last straw. The behavior is also very terrible, and what he does is hurting the other party. His intentions are not bad, but his actions are manifestations of various mental illnesses.
Both children are remarkable, and it is not enough to keep the children's actions in a planned way (the younger son escapes and then turns back, and the eldest son escapes without telling him in advance). He has been using his intelligence to deal with the situation, and there is no amazing performance, but it is enough. It can be seen that he is trying hard to make his brain vivid, and there is no obvious sense of "IQ offline". As for the fight between the younger son and the eldest son in the car, at that time, I thought it was just an ordinary routine, and it was normal for a child to be ignorant. On the other hand, it is also the existence of this father that causes the two children to have some flaws in their characters, and they act impulsive and reckless. There is no problem with the psychological grasp of the two. The younger son is closer to his father and wants to be his father's friend, while the eldest son is more indifferent. It was this attitude at the beginning. At the end, the younger son cried bitterly because of his decision, while the eldest son was more indifferent. The joy of surviving after the catastrophe and the pain of leaving his father were mixed and indescribable.
The breaking point of the story, the acting skills of the three actors are all good, the father suddenly kills the father, the eldest son and the father have a head-on conflict and fight, and the younger son finally kicked his father out of the car crying. The acting skills of the three are undeniable, full of emotions and infectious. However, the director does not seem to intend to focus on these three scenes, and spend more time on chasing and searching scenes, putting the cart before the horse. Imagine, if the film deletes part of the chase and escape from the content, and replaces it with more psychological descriptions about his actions, plus some clips from the past, and more shows that the child is affected by him. and personality issues. In terms of form, some long shots, slow motions, wide-angle fields of view, etc. are added, such as the picture of three people walking in the snow. It would be beautiful if they kept going from the far left to the far right of the lens. Then this drama can probably be placed in that kind of high-scoring drama. Or on the contrary, discarding most of the slow shots and expressing the father's paranoia and the children's fears with exaggerated grotesque and symbolic means, then although it is not a high score, it has a good sensory experience. The tension in the ending is not so strong, it may be a matter of editing techniques, the young son finally made the decision and kicked his father away, which should have been the biggest tear at the end of the play, but it didn't burst. In addition, in fact, the father can still shoot the tires and the like (the two are imprisoned after the shooting). If he is more paranoid and crazy, it is not necessarily the murder. The director wanted to go the way of a horror film instead of a drama film, but he didn't have a more absurd development, which was a bit boring. Unfortunately, the result is like holding top ingredients that should have been carefully cooked to discover the true flavor of the food, but the director wanted to make a pot of red soup hot pot and added all kinds of heavy-flavored condiments, but suddenly remembered at the end The ingredients are good, so the peppers are less, and there is no strong flavor. In the end, it does not have the stimulating feeling of red soup, but also destroys the connotation and nutrition of its own characters. It is infinitely regrettable. Also, director, what do you mean by stripping Holland but not giving a shot? Do you know how excited the audience is to see the trembling Holland undress piece by piece? It turns out that Neutrogena hasn't had much of the back-to-school season. It is said that the character design of the Netherlands this time is actually very similar to the bug, with nerd attributes, a little cowardly, loves to learn, and can speak foreign languages. It's just that Uncle Ben and Aunt Mei have cultivated him into an optimistic and cheerful sunny boy who can reduce tension by complaining. After he has the ability of spiders, flash's bullying is just too lazy to care. And the eldest son is miserable, he can only be unhappy in the shadow of his parents, always cowardly and introverted. It is conceivable that the eldest son will inevitably encounter people like Flash bullying at school, and there is no Ned or Harry, mj and Gwen are not even close, and have a crush on one liz at most. What can I do when I encounter flash? The family environment is so important, not the economic conditions, but the parents themselves. Thinking of it this way, the little bug with Aunt Mei is still happy and lucky.
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