A confession of revenge destroyed by Tetsuya Nakajima.

Jacey 2022-03-25 09:01:15

If you eat a bunch of 1-dollar stinky tofu on the street today and think it tastes good, but the person next to you tells you that the stinky tofu doesn't taste authentic at all because it is not authentic stinky tofu at all. what would you do? If you bought a 999 yuan "iPhone 4" on Taobao today, you would think that it is very high-tech, but the person next to you tells you that this "iPhone 4" is a copycat and it is really different. How do you answer her? Someone answered this: Fortunately, I have not used the real "iPhone4". Not sure if this answer is a bit self-deceiving?

If you think my previous review of this film was not at all in-depth or objective. So let's have a good analysis, shall we? First of all, in the original novel, Moriguchi's confession was in a solemn atmosphere at the beginning. I think in a solemn atmosphere, if you want to express "pencil falling", it would be more appropriate to express psychological frightened image skills, right? Leaving aside the atmosphere, even if the atmosphere is noisy at first, it may even seem to be deliberately noisy, but when Moriguchi mentions some key words, it suddenly becomes solemn and then becomes lively again like a neurotic. This should not be called "visual shock". ? I don't understand how disrespectful Japanese students are, but this kind of clockwork-like performance is really surprising, and the tension in the middle of the original book has completely disappeared.

Let's take a look at the story setting, shall we? There is actually another advertiser in the original book, that is Xiaozhi's sister who is studying in Tokyo. In the movie, this section was completely deleted. The heroine Moriguchi, she really injected the AIDS virus into the milk of Xiaozhi and Watanabe in the original work, but the milk was later transferred by the husband who "persuaded Xianshi" - in fact, from the beginning of the injection of milk, she There was no mercy, and the series of revenge that followed were all follow-up actions after she discovered that the milk had been transferred. The setting of injecting AIDS has become Moriguchi's lie. Although the change is abrupt but acceptable, the character setting in the movie is really messed up and staggering.

In the novel, Moriguchi did not set up an imprecise trap for Watanabe to drill like in the movie (the reason why the trap in the movie is not careful is because Watanabe must know the address of the university where his mother is, so he would only put himself before 's website was pasted on the university's forum to attract mother's attention. And if Moriguchi just left the address and didn't say "I'm mother, Watanabe-kun, come and see me", why would Watanabe muster up the courage to go? What about his mother? You must know that before that, he was also hit by the weakness of "Oedipus but he was too late to see her". Even if he went to see his mother, he was shocked. If Watanabe didn't plan to blow up the school What's the point of Moriguchi's trap? It just hurts Watanabe's heart? Judging from Moriguchi's handling of Nao, this is far from enough. So, why did she design such a risky and predictable rate of return Such a low trap?) In the novel, the meticulous she patiently followed the situation and waited for a good opportunity, and finally seized the opportunity of Watanabe's "taking the initiative to meet her mother to learn the cruel facts and decided to bomb the school" to design a terrible counterattack.

The setting of Meidai is particularly amazing. She doesn't believe that the teacher will inject AIDS blood, so she firmly believes that Xiaozhi and Watanabe are not infected with AIDS, and ignores the fact that in the original book, she secretly brought their milk cartons home for inspection. Knowing the truth is the setting, "Well, I kissed Watanabe-kun because I believed that Mr. Moriguchi would not be able to inject. I already knew that I would not be infected with AIDS." How illogical is this setting? And one of the biggest and biggest flaws is why Midai became a couple with Watanabe? Meidai's crush is obviously Xiaozhi who lives next door and has never bullied her! ! Meidai wanted to kill Mr. Werther because he pushed Xiaozhi, who had been secretly in love with him for several years, to a desperate situation! ! She didn't bully Watanabe not because she loved Watanabe, but because she felt that bullying Watanabe was unreasonable. Taking a step back, would you fall in love with a boy who knows in his heart that he has an "Oedipus" complex and has no thoughts on you at all?

Xiaozhi is even more morbid. He will keep scrubbing the things he has used because he cares about his family and doesn't want to infect his family. Excuse me, if the setting is "care about his family and don't want to infect his family", he will keep crying and screaming after being bitten by a wolf dog. Has the rabies-like roar kept irritating his mother? Is this to give his mother a little pleasure from the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau? And even if people with AIDS want to secretly infect others because they feel that God is unfair to them or can't stand discrimination, they still use a needle on the bus to secretly inject their own blood into others, right? In the original book, what Xiaozhi did sneakily at the convenience store turned into a blatant act with blood on his hands. Does Xiaozhi, like a Liangshan hero with blood on his hands, plan to paint in the convenience store? In the character setting, he did not dare to go to school because he was timid and did not dare to tell his parents about AIDS. I wonder if Dong Cunrui's bloody 7-11 bombing a bunker is Guan Yu possessed?

Finally, let's spit out that there are no other emotions in the whole film, only the robot mother who loves Xiaozhi wholeheartedly, no matter what Xiaozhi does, she is my good son! In the original book, the first conflict between Xiaozhi and her mother was because her mother couldn't stand the kind of child who didn't go to school and was lazy at home, but she didn't expect Xiaozhi to become such a person (she didn't know the reason why Xiaozhi stayed at home) , I just feel that Xiaozhi is avoiding the gossip that makes her embarrassed and at the same time she is afraid of other people's gossip, so she always wanted to ask Xiaozhi to go back to class, which caused deep conflicts). Moreover, when the mother learned that her son killed Mr. Moriguchi's daughter and Mr. Moriguchi did not intend to find the police to overturn the case, she thanked Mr. Moriguchi on the surface (although she kept scolding Mr. Moriguchi in the diary). According to the movie, is the mother who is angry and arrogant and angry with Mr. Moriguchi after killing a man really a man? And the reason why Xiaozhi finally killed his mother was purely because he wanted to go to prison and be punished, so he didn't just go insane, right?

In the original work, the psychological warfare between Watanabe and Moriguchi is the biggest highlight. But in the movie, all these are just words, and suddenly singing and dancing are suddenly dignified and I regard it as an "artistic technique" and don't complain. But I really can't understand when Watanabe suddenly slaps the table when he needs Moriguchi's seal because the competition work "Dengeki Wallet" is submitted for review. At least in the original book, Watanabe's tactics were not that bad. Some of his wise words and deeds in the movie were inexplicably turned into exaggeration. It's even more strange that the actors who appear from time to time laugh out loud. They deliberately don't say, is this laugh intended to imitate Stephen Chow? And this character in the original book makes people feel sad because her mother has always known about the "electric purse", but she started her new life selfishly, ignoring Watanabe's existence, let alone A tear was shed for him. And what is the meaning of the time-travel in the movie that the special effects are not good, is it to make the audience feel that "all mothers in the world love their children, and the character Watanabe deserves to suffer for himself"?

Although Moriguchi's crying scene in the movie is very touching, Ryuko Matsuko's acting skills are really top-notch at that moment, but please, Moriguchi in the original book is more sad than crying without tears, and his heart is stronger. He never cried once in the whole process. How about a creepy person? And as the planner of this whole revenge, she has actually been manipulating the situation in the dark. If the conversation between the cafe and the beauty is to introduce the needs of the plot, then what happened at the end? Do you want to tell the whole school, "This is my revenge" and get arrested by the police? And the coolest and most handsome last sentence of the full text "No, Watanabe-kun, don't you think this is the real revenge and the first step in your new life?" Yes! arrive! end! for! Varied! What! want! add! superior! indivual! "Kidding"! Hello! Mr. Nakajima, your whole play is really just joking with us, right? Minato Kanae should only say the last four words of the whole film when she sees this movie, right?

I explained in the recommendation that this movie really lost a lot of the essence of the original work because I really hope that everyone can see that it is actually a wonderful work that is seamless and logical, and I really can't understand why the director used a Such a logical way to direct this film. Just like when people around me who haven't read "Harry Potter" novels and only watch movies, I will tell them that they must read novels, don't think that it takes a long time to read novels, because they can't eat hot tofu because they are anxious, even Moriguchi The revenge is also step by step. Otherwise, not only will you lose the joy of reading the original book, but you will not even know what you missed after watching the movie.

Even if it wins the Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film, I still hate seeing it, it really can and deserves better. Just as I recommend Veronica Decides to Die to you, I won't deny that I'm eager to recommend the original novel to you. I don't mind if you disagree on my message board, or if you click "it's useless" unceremoniously, or even if you only read my stars and don't read me at all , but if your answer is: Fortunately, I haven't read the original novel. Sorry, there are different ways of doing things, since for you my recommendation can be "fortunately not seen", then it is worth "has put you on the blacklist" for me to deceive myself. Revenge has to be neat, don't you think this is the real revenge and the first step in our new life for each other?

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Extended Reading
  • Krystina 2022-03-14 14:12:25

    It’s been a long time since I saw such a shocking drama. The director who likes this drama handled it very well~~~

  • Jodie 2022-03-17 09:01:06

    Bold experiments in various aspects of film structure, photography, soundtrack editing, placing the characters in the lower half of the screen, successfully created a sense of depression, but the soundtrack was a little awkward, the final special effects scene was a bit overwhelming. In addition, many people who gave bad reviews said "too similar. MV" I want to say that the MV at least shows that this movie is beautiful, so it is not a reason to completely deny a movie to one or two stars, right?

Confessions quotes

  • Yuko Moriguchi: [about Shuya Watanabe] I was so disappointed to hear he wasn't being bullied anymore. I thought it best to surround him with hostile classmates until either he killed himself, or one of them did it for him. I guess you're a nicer bunch than I thought, yea?

    Mizuki Kitahara: [freaked out] Ma'am...

    Child at restaurant: [randomly gives Moriguchi a strawberry bonbon] Here you go!

    Yuko Moriguchi: [smiling] Thanks!

  • Text Message: Moriguchi's gone crazy.