by James Berardinelli
The Woman in Black is a typical ghost movie that is often seen on the market today. It has all the basic elements of a horror movie: an isolated Gothic mansion, mysterious deaths, a cemetery, a tragic black ghost, unfriendly villagers, and a bunch of buried long-standing secret. All of this took place in Victorian England, when superstition often trumped science. And this story brings out these non-modern aspects. There is also a haunted house, but the protagonist doesn't quite believe these things. And those ghosts, as often seen, are not very friendly.
The title (The Woman in Black is adapted from Susan Hill's novel of the same name) is reminiscent of William Wilkie Collins' The Woman in White (1860), an epistolary novel known as the epitome of mystery fiction. Paradigm), only this time the woman in the mist is dressed in black. Certain storylines are also modeled after Four Hundred Years of Vampire Zombies (Dracula, 1992). Director James Watkins James Watkins did his best to render the atmosphere. It makes the woman in black reveal a creepy atmosphere everywhere, and some horror baggage is also thrown loudly, and it will not be booed like some movies. Of course, some people are too dull, that is, when Daniel Radcliffe (Harry Potter) searches the haunted house with a candle, the plot falls into a repeated cycle, making people feel that every part of this haunted house is Levels are all for scaring and on another level the same thing will happen again.
Arthur Kipps, played by Daniel Radcliffe, is a London lawyer who has a four-year-old son whose wife dies in childbirth. The last chance his company gave him was to deal with a case of the Eel Marsh House (Eel Marsh House) in a remote town, which was the late Mrs. Alice Drablow. legacy. In that nearby town, Arthur was hated by the residents and persuaded not to go to the house alone. Only an open-minded couple, Sam and Elizabeth (Ciaran Hinds and Janet McTeer), supports him and helps. But by the time he got to the big house, his worldview was shaken by a series of paranormal phenomena—murmurs in the dark, an easy chair that no one could shake, a music box that played without a reed, and, of course, There was the woman in black who revealed the breath of death.
Out of market demand, Daniel Radcliffe as the protagonist is indeed a good idea. If not, the film that hits the mainstream needs may end up in ignorance. But I have to say that Daniel is not suitable for this role. He looks too young and shrivelled, and despite a decade of Harry Potter honing, Daniel's performance is up for debate. His on-screen presence isn't even as good as those of those supporting roles. "Woman in Black" is already the second play Ciaran Hinds has played in as many years, (the first being The Eclipse - nothing to do with the one with the glittering vampires (referring to Twilight). City, Eclipse is a very literary horror film)), his gloomy image is very suitable for this type of film. He exuded a sense of confidence and convincing to the audience. And Daniel, his artisan performance reveals a world-weary attitude that doesn't fit his youthful appearance. In short, it just doesn't fit in with this drama. One of the job requirements of an actor is to convince the audience of something horrifying, while at the same time expressing the character of their character. And Daniel can't do either.
The film ends on a sweet and astringent note. It certainly wasn't a convincing ending, but it has to be said that he was brighter and more hopeful than the previous ninety minutes. All in all, it's a good ending, although it makes you feel like all of the previous stuff has nothing to do with this ending. While you may find this a bit far-fetched, even the most inattentive audience will understand that it's really over. The director's random slicing at the end of the plot exhaustion at least gives the movie a cinematic feel.
This is the director's second work. The first was Eden Lake (2008), starring Michael Fassbender and Kelly Reilly. The film, full of obvious Watkins features, was a huge hit after its release. Arguably one of the weirdest PG-13 (Parents Under Thirteen) movies I've seen recently. The film's production company is Hammer Films, the representative of British horror films. Hammer Films has produced some of the best monster films of the 1950s and 1960s, with Peter Cushing (Frankenstein, Sherlock Holmes) and Christopher Lee (Frankenstein) and Saruman, the white-robed wizard in The Lord of the Rings), is the company's favorite. Hammer Films has endured hard times for a few years, and now the company is synonymous with horror, lifelike stunts, and sincerity. And "Woman in Black" is one of them. Translated
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