I think, for most domestic moviegoers, the integration of Western myths, legends and prophecies in the film is difficult to grasp, including me, so I can only comprehend the myths and stories behind it. Talk about the viewing experience and personal opinion in the context of deep prophecy.
From the perspective of horror movies, it is not "stunning" enough. I see the shadow of "The Shining", but in terms of horror, it is far less; from the perspective of suspense movies, it is "tense" enough, The level is far better than that of "The Shining". The suspense of The Shining is more of an unexpected surprise when the plot develops at first glance. Unlike this film, its plot orientation and suspense have multiple interpretations. A suspenseful movie not only captures the viewer's nerves and emotions with a strong attraction during viewing, but also forms different viewing impressions based on the audience's different absorption of the content presented in the movie after viewing. The desire to understand after the fact that the viewers who have various doubts in watching brings great attraction; and excellent and brilliant suspense movies often have a special tendency to interpret individual human beings, whether it is people's spiritual level, emotional level The level, the material level, especially the spiritual and emotional level are very common in good movies that advertise horror and suspense, such as "The Shining", "Deadly ID", "Split", "Fight Club", etc., this movie, The same is true.
The movie has a 1:1 aspect ratio, and the black and white film texture is stripped of color. For seven minutes at the beginning of the movie, there is not a single line. The sea with a strong sense of swallowing, the ships and people breaking through the waves, and the gloomy gray and white sea and sky appear a ray of light. The lighthouse, the isolated island revealed in the fog... everything comes on the stage against the background of the eerie and mysterious sound, and the ability to create a suspenseful atmosphere is too strong.
Time concept, erasure, social order, erasure, human desire, imprisonment. In this closed and isolated island world, I thought that there would only be a terrifying killing brought about by the erosion of the spirit, and then it would end, but this alone has made me the highest desire to watch movies, and I want to know the direction of the plot. And the character change, I even thought this was the sequel to "The Shining" halfway through, but what I didn't expect was that the subsequent plot trend really surprised me: it covers not only the discussion of a single issue brought about by spiritual erosion, but also rights, Humanity, desire.
A lunatic is enough to drive the plot of the movie to stimulate the viewer's nerves, but the only two people in the shot created by the director are all like lunatics: the young assistant Winslow's movie starts out the most normal, and as the movie plot develops, it becomes more and more crazy and out of control; Vic, the old sailor, started talking like a stubborn mental patient in power. He was irritable and irritable at first, and finally stabilized. The changing presentation of the two is simply the exchange of roles. This is the only remaining character space of the two to use such a plot development to set the mental state of the characters, which is cleverly conceived. And this is not the most amazing, the most amazing thing is that the movie is halfway through, and it happens that both of them are out of control to the peak and reach a meeting point. , the dependence on alcohol even went so far as to mix the alcohol used in the lamp with honey, and even the ambiguity of the identity and name, as if showing the state of two mentally ill patients who had suffered from mental torture. Then, after the two characters' spiritual lines intersected, the assistant Winslow continued to expand and lose his mind, and the old sailor Vic was increasingly portrayed as a spiritual controller. He not only controlled himself, but also controlled Winslow. He can smash the lifeboat with an axe when Winslow loses control and wants to escape in a boat, and chases the fleeing Winslow back to the house, but argues that all this was done to him by Winslow's loss of control. Yes, Winslow's spirit was so controlled and enslaved by him without knowing it. It was he who guided Winslow's spirit step by step to destruction, but the exposure of the contents of the work diary made Winslow rebel and go berserk. The funny thing is, The reason Winslow resisted was not the awakening of spiritual enslavement, but the prayer that the old sailor would not reveal, let alone fire him, so that his only dream of a better life in the future that could be realized in his heart would not be shattered. In the end, the desire for the beacon that symbolized rights could not let him get out of control. The final character status was completely reversed and rights were exchanged. When Winslow climbed to the top of the lighthouse and saw the lamp in his heart, he couldn't stop laughing, although I don't know what he saw, and the director didn't plan to let the audience know... This kind of open lens presents the whole movie as the most suspenseful light, and it makes the audience unforgettable... Until the end The suspense is released, and the uncertainty and multiple meanings are deeply thrown to the audience.
In addition to the above-mentioned advantages of plot and character characterization, the use of long shots and close-ups is particularly ingenious. The long shots create atmosphere and create suspense, and the close-ups analyze the mental state of the characters. The surreal shots that can't tell the difference between reality and reality, the representation of dream images, and even imaginary shots (mermaids, heads in fishing cages, are definitely Winslow's insane fantasy, because the old sailor came with him to this lighthouse, If he killed his ex-assistant, why would he appear here), blurring the reference to the sense of time, and even the seemingly real picture, it is difficult for me to judge whether it is true or false (such as the wet ration, Vic brought Winslow Digging up the grain buried under the lighthouse, since the two came to this place together for the first time, why did the old sailor know that this place has grain storage? Is this a tacit agreement between all lighthouse stations? Besides, the old sailor said The former assistant is insane, nagging mermaids and some theism, so is it the first time he has come to this lighthouse station? I am quite confused about this.) has led the viewer into the inability to distinguish the real from the fake, The chaotic state of virtual and real. The performances of the two actors are also superb, especially the "transformation" of the "Twilight" prince is impressive, and I have already begun to look forward to the reboot of the Batman series that he will bring.
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