The primitive accumulation of capitalism was bloody (mistake

Vern 2021-11-30 08:01:29

As someone who has never dared to watch a horror movie, this time he went to the cinema to see Scarlet Mountain in order to be worthy of the title of a fan. Trying to understand the plot through the English original sound + French subtitles is also drunk, but I feel surprisingly good after watching it! (This is really a relatively neutral evaluation. As a Dousen fan girl, my heart has exploded.

Of course, from the perspective of thriller movie fans or audiences who are looking at horror elements, I can fully understand the reason for the low score of this film: There is no highlight in the plot, the character is too typical, the crime method is not new enough (see which movie/fiction has seen similar crimes?), the horror setting is too old. Even people like me who have basically never watched thrillers can accurately grasp the point of time to cover their ears / closing eyes, and guess about what will be the scary part, imagine the horror film really reading countless people who see this movie will find this kind of cliché.

but Having said that, as someone who is not looking at the horror element to watch this film, this film is definitely not disappointing (of course, if you are also a Dousen fan girl, you will definitely think this film is praised), because I personally think this The core of the film is not horror, but "goth." The word "goth" is the word most used by Douson to describe this movie in the interviews I have seen before. After reading it, I feel that this is indeed the most suitable category for the film. In many ways, Scarlet Peak is a textbook-style Gothic story: English manor, run-down old mansion, declining aristocracy, fierce and absolute love, revenge, and horror are just spices used to set off the atmosphere of the story. So after watching the movie, I always feel vaguely reminded of a story I saw before, and then I remembered "Wuthering Heights"-another textbook-style Gothic novel.

From the perspective of love, this film is actually about the topic of "changing and unchanging" that is always the same in love: two people who originally only had each other, one of them gradually wanted more. So the other person found that the two-person world he used to be familiar with was just a small circle that he drew a prison. He lost control step by step in his powerlessness, and finally found the other half's betrayal and assassinated the opponent in despair. In fact, from the fact that the male protagonist is keen to invent, it can be seen that he is a person who yearns for change and has a positive and enterprising side. The female protagonist tells him not to be immersed in the past. Looking forward and changing places, he has actually made subtle changes. . Looking forward is a butterfly-like wife, looking backwards is the gloomy old house and sister. In this contrast, the male protagonist can't help but fall in love with the female protagonist's brightness, even if he knows he shouldn't, he can't fall in love with her. However, the elder sister of the male protagonist was fettered in the past because she bore more of the family tragedy. She shouldn't and don't want to be abandoned in the past alone, in this mansion. This is also the reason why the male protagonist does not return home at night to make her so crazy. Since I can't go, let's stay here forever. This kind of crazy and absolute love is actually typical of Gothic feelings.

In addition, I think the most funny thing is that the reason why the male protagonist brothers and sisters are so painstakingly deceives the marriage is actually for money! And the fundamental reason for wanting money is that the male protagonist’s creation requires investment! So this film should be the most straightforward interpretation of the original accumulation of capitalism is bloody forest (what is wrong.

Other feelings. Although the story is not new, but the overall narrative rhythm of the film is well grasped. Foreshadowing. Moderately satisfactory, such as the mother’s ghost warning at the beginning (though I am more inclined to think this is the heroine’s imagination after reading it), and the pen given to the heroine by the father, which shows the father’s feelings for his daughter, and his love for the father is also the later daughter. The reason for the Lord’s outbreak, the metaphors related to the butterfly, and the passage where the male lead sister read the book to the female lead to test whether they had sex. The whole can be considered justified, and there is no problem in getting a passing score in narrative.

The scenes and costumes are absolutely pleasant surprises. Some pictures can be directly cut off and used as desktops, and there are oil paintings in many places. The setting of the old house is quite stunning. The exquisite and decadent ruin style hints at the decayed life of the brothers and sisters in this place. The dilapidated stairs and railings remind the old house’s glory and reflect the fact that the brothers and sisters have been living all the time. In the past, there was no real way out of the gloomy family. When the hostess went to the old house for the first time, I was still wondering how this kind of western-style manor had a patio. When I looked up, I found that it was leaking. . As a result, the photographer got a fair reason for lighting from the top, providing a more dramatic scene for this dramatic story. The clothes of the two heroines are also very beautiful, whether it is the prom dress or the regular dress, they are low-key and exquisite aristocratic style, which does not give people a sense of cheapness. It can be seen that they are very attentive.

In terms of roles, first of all, of course, I still have to talk about the male protagonist. I feel that this setting is simply tailored for Dousen. Of course, as a qualified actor, his/her acting skills should be able to support him/her in any role with any characteristics. However, I still feel limited by appearance or temperament, each actor still has his own best or suitable type of role. For Dou Sen, this kind of gentleman-type character with a touch of melancholy temperament is simply familiar, of course, as a movie fan, I still hope that he will challenge more style roles!

In addition, Mia’s heroine is also good, although it is not a three-dimensional role modeling, at least there is no problem that thriller heroines often have too stupid/too weak/too Mary Su and so on. The heroine has a kind of fantasy novelist temperament, maybe it is this temperament that attracts the male lead? In addition, I would like to complain about the name Edith is the standard for girls in the Anglo-American high society of the 18th and 19th centuries. The few shots of the model worker are really amazing, and the performance is impeccable. The mystery of abstinence in the first half and the hysteria in the second half are impressive. The second man... he didn't die, it was good.

So "Scarlet" may not be the best thriller, but it's definitely worth watching, especially for fans of Gothic (and Dousen fans (the unabridged version has small benefits!)

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  • Michele 2022-03-29 09:01:02

    A pathetic classical song, atmospheric and poignant, perfect!

  • Michale 2021-11-30 08:01:29

    The model worker stabbed her brother in the face and looked really painful. . But the most exciting place is that the heroine and the model worker fight three hundred times with a spade and hatchet in the snow.

Crimson Peak quotes

  • Edith Cushing: You're monsters. Both of you!

    Lucille Sharpe: Funny. That's the last thing Mother said, too.

  • Thomas Sharpe: [from trailer] Where I come from, ghosts are not to be taken lightly.