Relatively messy movie, I think it is very clear to sort out

Jaylen 2022-12-11 10:00:00

When I watched this drama, I thought it was some kind of sci-fi blockbuster, that kind of movie with strong visual impact, but I didn't expect it to be produced at a low cost, with just a few people coming and going, no cool pictures, no The so-called time travel, it turns out that it is just a machine that can transmit the photos taken in the future to the present, which is surprising. Although I felt deceived by the director at first, I felt that this was a water movie, and I didn't want to watch it anymore. But this play does have his brilliance, which is why the score is not low.
First, although this film did not incorporate too many scientific elements, it did not provide a theoretical explanation of the principle of the magical camera, which made the scientists hang up at the beginning. In this aspect, some advanced physical problems can be avoided. On the other hand, It also brought a horror atmosphere to this film, which can be said to lay the foundation for horror. This film adds bloody horror elements in many places, making this film more attractive, not too dull, and with the rhythm of the music, it makes people feel like watching a horror film. There are places where it's scary, nothing, but it's well rendered.
Second, the logic of this film is mixed. Some people think that the behavior of the protagonist in this film, one woman and two men, is very unreliable and fluctuates too much. One second is a friend, and the next second will be killed. Kill each other, and why do they always foolishly follow what the photo says, because they believe what the heroine said at the beginning, if they don't follow the photo, they will die, their IQ is good to catch chickens, in fact, this movie In the film, the brain is easier to use should be the male lead. As the painter of the heroine's boyfriend, he belongs to the person who can understand the principle of this machine. This film is very intriguing, and then I will analyze the whole logic.
Let me explain the perspectives of the three protagonists separately:
Male No. 1: "This machine can let us see the future, not just a day's future, and I can change him, as long as I don't do what he does." The reason for his last painting is, The scientist saw this picture a week ago, so he went back to the warehouse to find the bottle in the picture, and then died in the warehouse, so that the key was inside, and he could get out of the warehouse, so he wanted the scientist to see this picture picture. It can be seen from this that the male lead is still very selfish. According to his ideas, if he doesn't paint, then nothing will happen. The reason why he does this is because he is a person who thinks about himself first. This can be found in various details of the film. For example, I originally wanted to call the police, but I thought I could paint. In order to be able to paint, I asked the second male to take pictures. When the gamblers threatened the heroine, he did not come forward. When the second male was in deep crisis , intends to leave him alone, there are many more for the audience to dig for themselves.
Male No. 2: "This machine can make me a lot of money, as long as I post the results of the dog racing every day and take pictures, then I can see the day before, and I will never lose if I buy this way. Anyone who stops me from making a fortune will have to die."
How much do you think the dog racing can earn? There must be lottery tickets that can earn more than this one, like the Chinese welfare lottery. After a few swipes, you will get rich. After all, why do you need so much money? This guy always felt that he had to follow the photos, otherwise he would die. This kind of person is paranoid, so he killed three people without blinking his eyes, and he was cold-blooded. He said he liked this feeling. , and wanted to kill the male lead and the female lead. He was already at the mercy of the machine. Although he felt that he was in complete control of the machine, he didn't realize that he was crazy.
The hostess: "This machine can take photos sooner or later, but the first and second male only know that they can take pictures at night, so I will leave the photos in the morning to myself, so that I can summarize the mistakes of the previous day every day. , so that I can see and correct the mistakes I made the day before."
The female lead finally killed the male lead. After that, she posted a piece of paper on the window, "Don't get caught by the window." She felt that this would remind herself of the previous day, and the male lead would not abandon her after that. he. She is also a selfish person. According to her point of view, then she should be able to change many things before. The second male may not die, and the other three may not die either. But she doesn't care, she only cares whether her relationship with the male lead has deepened.

To sum up, the common characteristic of these three people is selfishness. And I want to make it clear that this camera cannot change the future, it can only predict the future, and the character determines the fate. This is not the so-called fatalism, but a logical reasoning.
Assuming that the heroine's point of view is true, then she will make adjustments after receiving the current information the day before, so things in the future cannot happen, and naturally she will not have memories of the future, so imagine that you are the The person who transmits future information, you don't know anything, which means you don't know what the consequences will be if I don't follow the instructions in the picture, because you can't see it, so the heroine has no practice test This method works, and it's impossible to verify, because she can't go back with her current memories.
So can we think that in fact the heroine has not changed anything at all, but is just constantly passing on the information written in the photo the day before. Suppose that this photo is really transmitted to the past, then the future cannot develop into the present situation, but becomes a new branch, which can only be explained by parallel universes.
Time travels, but people do not travel, so as mentioned at the beginning, people should not try to challenge the power of nature.
No matter what the reason is, what you see in the photo is bound to happen, just like the last piece of paper fell off, the photo was taken exactly a week ago, and the one who posted the seal was the night after the person was caught. 's photos. Finally, another picture came out, that is, the curtains were drawn.
In fact, there are still some things that cannot be explained in this film. I think it is the problem of the film. Regarding the scientific principle of the camera, I think it can be explained by a parallel universe, and I intend to fill the gap.
If there are many universes, then there must be many branches. The time sequence of each branch is always different. Some come first and later. If information can be transmitted from a fast to a slow one, then that time and space can be changed. The development of her will lead to different results, but the person who transmits the information cannot realize this result, because her past cannot be changed, and there is only one timeline.

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  • Callie: [reading from Bezzerides' journal] I know the rule of time and causality is that one should not attempt to change the future. But under these circumstances, it seems to be a risk worth taking. If I believed in God, I would pray today that no greater harm will come from what I am about to do.

  • Jasper: Don't fuck with time.