I guessed the beginning but couldn't guess the ending

Genoveva 2021-11-17 08:01:28

The Stickman movie belongs to the "I guessed the beginning, but never guessed the ending" genre. The reason why it can tell this story so exquisitely is that it cannot be separated from the superb starring Nicholas Cage. In addition to the performance, it also benefits from its ingenious conception-the whole story only uses Roy's perspective as the clue from the beginning to the end. With him as the center, this special first perspective makes the audience know extremely limited information, which also makes the film Can selectively hide and selectively retain the truth, so that the audience has unknowingly experienced and felt everything that happened to him in the movie from his perspective, so the audience usually feels absurd when they see the ending. But they can feel the rationality conceived in the absurdity, so they will be amazed at the story while shouting deceived.
The magic of the movie is here. Leaving the setting of the first point of view, this is just a common story of a liar who is deceived by someone he trusts using the method he teaches. But because all the psychological trends under the spotlight revolve around Roy, the audience unconsciously perceives Roy's impatience, anger, and despair at the time of being deceived from being overwhelmed with strange family feelings. Waiting for various emotions, just like when Roy was dazzled by joy, we also felt joy with this once shrewd liar. We did not consider any irrationality or doubt the truth of the Angela girl. Existence, which allows the huge and hidden deception to be taken advantage of. It can slowly envelope Roy and the audience like an invisible net, so when the net starts to tighten and make a sudden move— -It is a fatal blow. Speaking of it, isn't this movie a scam that the director and actors united to set us up? To some extent, they are also "stickers", and we are the "lied" who are willing to buy tickets and are cheated the more tricks we get, the more we applaud.
In addition, the whole film also has a kind of precision in the architecture design and control plot: when I saw the first two-thirds of the film, I thought it was a warm family drama-a father lost and regained his daughter, and it was full of joy. But because of the accident that his daughter was involved in the accident, the father came forward; when he saw the last third, there was a big reversal, and the first two thirds of this third I thought was a lonely tragedy— -The deceived poor man searched painfully for the answer; I didn't realize it until the last small part. It was the best comedy ending-everyone was happy, not hurting the innocent, everyone had their own destination. Roy stopped his old business, healed his worries and anxieties, stayed away from evil, no longer had to worry about fear, was able to face the crowd, and had a happy family and a serious career-this kind of plot division was very accurately grasped The audience’s mentality of seeking "end stimulus" (research shows that no matter how bad the previous plot is, as long as the ending is impressive and memorable, most audiences will feel psychologically satisfied when they leave the movie theater. Otherwise, they will be The audience is defined as a terrible movie-watching experience), the amount of information is concentrated in the short and succinct ending, which is dizzying to look for evidence, and at the same time, it is endless in the reversal.

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  • Alverta 2021-11-17 08:01:28

    Not being spoiled, the first half is quite dull, so I thought it was a family warmth movie, thinking that OCD patients would be cured little by little by my daughter, or reunited with my ex-wife! When finally ushered in the reversal ending, I began to admire NicolasCage's acting skills, and meticulously portrayed the morbid state of relying on lying acting to cheat money for a living! The interaction between the father and daughter in the second half is also warm and peaceful, but they can't compliment the girl's dress when she finally appeared.

  • Elizabeth 2022-03-28 09:01:02

    In order to fulfill the responsibility of a so-called father's love, a person has spent most of his life savings, betrayed by his best partner, and sad; but this way he found the love of his life, I think it's worth it~

Matchstick Men quotes

  • Roy: Excuse me, hi! -

    Pharmacist #2: I'll be right with your Sir.

    Roy: [runs to other counter] Hi, I need a refill of this. No I don't have a prescription!

    Pharmacist #1: Sir, please wait your turn.

    Roy: I know, I know. B-but this; is an emergency.

    Man in Line: Hey buddy, ever heard a line?

    Roy: Hey have you ever been dragged to the sidewalk and beaten till you PISSED... BLOOD!

  • Angela: My dad's a smooth operator!