Telling stories of human nature with sci-fi gimmicks

Aubree 2022-04-22 07:01:02

I watched "Ring Messenger" today, and I didn't think it was as difficult to understand as everyone said. Maybe at the beginning, I really didn't know what to say, and I couldn't even understand what "looper" was doing and what kind of story it had even after reading the subtitles. However, when the male protagonist himself falls into the pursuit of his future self and looks for the "Rain Caller", it is actually understandable. In fact, you can completely ignore the time travel emphasized in the plot. Personally, I think that it is completely the sweat medicine given by the screenwriter to the audience. Only the hero said at the end, "I saw a mother who would rather die for her child, and a man can kill for his lover." Then the hero committed suicide. To put it bluntly, it is a story about using high technology to tell human nature.

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Extended Reading
  • Jakob 2022-03-24 09:01:08

    An anti-genre that is difficult to define. It is a bit like a young director's work that can't control the rhythm, and it's like a veteran playing genre. It's too big...

  • Paris 2022-03-24 09:01:08

    For a science fiction story, if the director does not have the ability to "explain why" at all, then the story will not bring any thoughts at all! One more star for Lao Bu, it was originally a one-star product! ——Fack, my books a few years ago are better than this~~ How did the film get such a high score?

Looper quotes

  • Joe: Then I saw it. I saw a mom who would die for her son. A man who would kill for his wife. A boy, angry and alone. Laid out in front of him, the bad path. I saw it. And the path was a circle. Round and round. So I changed it.

  • [last lines]

    Cid: Where's Joe?

    Sara: He had to go away, baby.