director Neil Jordan's production is not abundant, only one work is produced in an average of two or three years, and the accumulation of rich resources often does not disappoint. "Crying Game", "Interview with the Vampire", "Michael Collins" three films strung together his glory in the 1990s, but it may have reached the peak. The works of the past ten years are like tomorrow's flowers, and they can't beat the waves .
"ONDINE" is a new work in 2010, and it also won a lot of awards at the Irish Film Festival (Best Actor, Best Supporting Actress, Best Set and Best Sound). But the messy narrative thread, the specious language, the pale emotional portrayal—these three are enough to put the film in the dark. Seeing the middle section guessing that this is a healing reality film wrapped in a fairy tale, Ondine just imagined the beauty, and finally fell into the stereotype of gang murder, and the gullibility of the townspeople is unbelievable, and the twist in the ending is even more hasty. Jordan intends to use the most ordinary lens and narration to show the various situations of life, but ordinary does not mean bland, nor does it mean suppressing all the drama - it is also the way of ordinary, "Crying Game" will have the moment when Dell's real body is revealed Panic, just like Claudia's fierce grief and anger in "Interview with the Vampire", but in "Ondine", it is all hidden, deliberately so? However, it is inevitable that people will be emotionally frustrated, and the director's self-talk is achieved.
If I rate it out of 10, 5 points only, 2 points for the music, 1 point for the performance, 1 point for the face of Alicja Bachleda-Curus, and 1 point for the scenery of Ireland.
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