Dystopian Frigidity and Discounted Beauty

Adaline 2022-03-27 09:01:18

/*Only personal impressions*/
For the plot introduction, I went to see "Equal Ethnic Group" with Yan of the two leading actors.
The perfect human being in the future world is rational and calm, but lacks emotion. In this kind of setting that may be sympathetic, "Only I know you best in the whole world", recovering emotions = sick male and female protagonists sprouted love, like Adam and Eve on an isolated island, only you let me experience the difference from the original pale The passion of life. In order to protect this hard-won heartbeat, we need to resist the old, the shackles, and all the shackles that prevent us from obtaining emotional freedom.
Individuals have always been interested in dystopian settings, but that doesn't avoid its clichés. This strict definition of human character traits reminds me of Divergent (excuse the thinking that crosses). What's more, the debate between reason and emotion is not a new topic for a long time. The whole film is not thought-provoking or touching.
In terms of the plot, there is no special novelty, and the first half is even slightly procrastinated, and the dramatic contradictions begin to break out in the latter part. However, these contradictions make the whole film more romantic. You miss me and I miss you, but we still meet in the end. True love conquers all, and even though I have been injected with the cure, I can still remember my love for you. All of this is a routine, even a little embarrassing. No, it should be said that it is a romance film in the background of science fiction, full of all the elements of ups and downs. So, how does such a plot work?
Speaking of the faces of the male and female protagonists, I am deeply impressed. Nizi still has a beautiful face in a prosperous age, and is tougher than "Warm Corpse". But the heroine is really haggard, especially her eyes, and in terms of acting skills, she can always see the shadow of "Twilight". Talking about the sense of CP again, the embarrassment of confusion, I always feel that there is something missing (perhaps sexual orientation) between the male and female protagonists, although there are sparks in the film.
There are still bright spots in the whole film. I personally like the shooting style of the film, although there is a sense of confusion in stepping into Muji. But regardless of the composition, or the embodiment of the simple style, it is very artistic. Furthermore, the performance of emotions in the whole film is still good. The male and female protagonists watch from a distance, to be cautious, to touch the body, and then to the unity of spirit and flesh (forgive me for using such a vulgar word), and the emotions are gradually rendered. It is intentional to stack up with layers.
Overall, it's okay to see, that's all.

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Extended Reading
  • Reynold 2022-03-19 09:01:07

    Too simple too naive! Lobster is much higher than this movie! Such stupid two people are not worthy of such precious forbidden love! I'm furious! This shot is basically a dynamic Nic photo album with so many close-ups!

  • Liam 2022-03-23 09:03:01

    Use shallow focus to imitate "touch", use old-fashioned white clothes, gray walls, blue glass, Ambient+ classical music and cool to distorted color palettes (and very intuitively let the audience see the front and back changes of cool and warm colors) to create the so-called "frigidity" atmosphere. On the one hand, these tricks are indeed intuitive and effective, but on the other hand, it completely exposes the lack of the director's imagination. With this little creativity, it's not much better than THX 1138 40 years ago... Nicholas Hoult played a version of Romeo and Juliet after the "Warm Corpse", relying on a few familiar faces Actors are full of Samsung.

Equals quotes

  • Employee: [about jumper] I hope they find someone to cover his work.

  • Silas: I could never have imagined what love felt like. It's strange. Like a little tornado going around and...

    Nia: Yeah. That's why I was so scared of it at first.