Calm, restrained, depressed

Stan 2022-04-21 08:01:09

8.1 points, I personally appreciate this kind of calm and restrained movie. Some movies about school violence, such as "School Situation", "The Spring of Triangle Grass", "Report Teacher, Weird, Weird, Monster!" "Wait, I know that it is very pitiful to be subjected to campus violence, your feelings must be vented, but every campus violence movie you see is like you crying and howling, is it annoying to watch too many? After all, the movie is an objective statement, not a subjective experience. Every time you are as sad as you have experienced it yourself, and it feels like a miserable sale. I saw some videos of burying bamboo rats on the Internet. Of course the farmers are pitiful, but most of them cry at every turn. It's really annoying to watch too much. The only one who posted a farewell video a few days after the incident, did not cry, did not make a fuss, was plain, but gave people a genuine sadness. Sadness is greater than death, but the road ahead will have to stand firm. I personally appreciate the style of this movie. As for the hard quality, although it is a Palme d’Or award-winning work, it does not reach that level in my mind. The movie is a kind of depressive cushion for the rain and the wind. I like it very much, but I spend a lot of time shooting people and walking with long shots. I really don't understand the meaning or beauty of it. . . So in the end only scored an upper-middle score.

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  • Eloy 2022-04-24 07:01:15

    Each character is not really "cared for", but is reduced to a coherence of events that "assembles" different, discrete temporal objects. Whether it is limited to the continuous guidance of the camera’s line of sight by the coherent actions of different individuals in the same space (canteen, library, basement), or the follow-up shots that are closely attached to the same individual to complete the transition between different spaces, “real time” can be constantly emphasized. , the picture equivalent to real time allows the power of silence and death to expand. Therefore, it is a betrayal of characters and a betrayal of time, but it maximizes the fermentation and diffusion of emotions.

  • Shania 2022-04-22 07:01:38

    Too many long shots and it's dull

Elephant quotes

  • Acadia: Hello.

    John McFarland: [startled] Hi.

    Acadia: What's wrong?

    John McFarland: Nothing.

    Acadia: You were crying.

    John McFarland: [shrugs] Yeah.

    Acadia: Is it something bad?

    John McFarland: ...I don't know.

    [Acadia kisses John on the cheek]

  • Alex: [after Eric gets into the shower with him] Well this is it. We're gonna die today. I've never even kissed anyone before, have you?

    [Alex and Eric start kissing each other]