Sure enough, it was unexpectedly rainy and I was so happy to watch a cool movie with an AMC movie ticket for $5 on Tuesday.
David's family was originally happy, but as his wife Pamela passed away from cancer, he and his daughter Margot seemed to be getting further and further apart. On a morning when his daughter didn't return from an overnight group study session, David made several unsuccessful attempts to contact her. He called 911 after confirming his daughter's whereabouts with a number of related acquaintances. Participating in the detection of the case is Detective Vicky, who was awarded the Medal of Honor. The movie starts to get to the point. Vicky told David not only to tell him what he knew the day before and the day his daughter disappeared, but also to tell Vicky as much as possible what kind of person the missing person was and what kind of people he often came into contact with, so as to understand the behavior pattern and all the Tracking to the opposite end, so as to help the case detection. David was a little embarrassed that he didn't know his daughter as well as he thought. After many reversals, David followed the clues he obtained through his daughter Margot's computer, and finally found the real murderer, found his daughter, and successfully rescued her, and the relationship between the father and daughter was re-established. Happy Ending.
Overall, this is a very good movie. The reason why I think it is a cool film is because the film is complete in terms of storytelling, rhythm control, atmosphere creation, and presentation. What makes people happy is not only that the bad guys are subdued and the good guys are reunited, but also the smooth detection process. The narrative is complete, and the story line has multiple reversals. It may be that I watched a limited number of films. I enjoyed the surprise of the reversal. I couldn't guess the ending, but it made me pay attention to the process of solving the case. The twists and turns of the case detection made the moviegoers follow David to rule out the impossible. At the beginning of the chapter, when you thought that ta must not be the murderer, because the plot was too obvious, and reverse thinking told you that it must not be ta, the second half of the film actually "revisited the old story", leading the suspicion to ta again. When you think the truth is about to be revealed (●—●), the main man kills the big devil, and you think it must be like this, how can a beast like tatatata be like this, the director gasps and tells you, look at the progress bar, too yong. It's just that dangling your attention, you wish the girl was alive and empathy so I could watch this movie well. When BGM detected the most critical clues in the film, it felt like a horror movie, which made me terrified. I may have a psychological shadow on that model's photos in the future. Every twist and detail can be said to be related to one of the Internet, pop culture, social media and so on. The facebook, instagram, trumblr, etc. named in the film have become channels for David to "know" his daughter. As a "older generation", David used the Apple computer left by his daughter and logged into his daughter's various online accounts to find clues, and there were many humorous and funny bridges. Functions such as "recover password", live broadcast, and recent browsing have been intuitively brought to the screen, and facetime has become the most popular application in my opinion. The murderer is hard to guess. There is a clear distinction between good and evil, and the line between love and hate is unclear.
The movie is a bright spot. The story presentation mode is all unfolded in the form of screen projection. Instead of using the camera to shoot the actors directly, it is displayed "indirectly" with the facetime camera, webcast screen, video tape recording screen, etc. Therefore, there will be many cases because of the pixel problem. Blurred, very realistic. Sometimes it feels like a documentary. Character dialogue is also presented in the form of message input box on mobile phone, search bar on google page, and you cast comments on live broadcast station. I started thinking it was just a form of presentation and ended up filming the actors directly. I didn't expect to run through the whole movie, it is a very interesting viewing experience, and it is very immersive. I remember that another internet-related movie this year was shot in a similar way. The name is "Darkweb". Very interesting subject matter, the film is a bit of a thriller, the IMDB score is low, and there is no in-depth study.
The behind-the-scenes anecdote mentioned in the short comment that it takes two years to shoot 13-day editing and adding chicken legs to the later editing is very interesting. It's really not easy for a low-budget film to have such a presentation.
In addition, this is a movie starring Chinese actors. Not long ago, since The Joy Luck Club (?), another movie starring Chinese Americans, Crazy Rich Asian, has attracted a lot of attention. Also an excellent movie. It's not Cinderella's counterattack, nor is it the 50 Shades of Grey that are small and fresh in Chinese. Interesting anyway. But I mainly want to say that the status of Chinese actors in Hollywood should be more and more optimistic. I am very happy.
I think the film itself does not explore anything in depth, but a tiling of many problems and phenomena. In today's society where the Internet is developed (the movie case happened in 2017), what impact does the Internet, mobile phones, and social media have on our lives? How to express affection, protection and love to each other. This year's Sundance (?) Film Festival's film eighth grade (eighth grade) shows the current situation of teenagers' lives in the last year of junior high school life of an eighth-grade girl. wow" feeling. The film is a comedy, mostly a process of self-exploration. But I thought, that I thought it was a maverick, in fact, most of them have the same goal.
This film uses Vicky's mouth to expound a point of view, that is, it is impossible for parents to fully understand their children, and this fundamental lack of understanding of their children is not the parents' problem. It is impossible for one person to understand another person, no matter how close they live, even if they are under the same roof, they cannot help each other. Sometimes, after the knot in your heart, you can untie it yourself. But this cannot deny the importance of the process. I must grab the end of that tangled ball of thread, until you have the courage to pull the knot that is bothering you and me. David didn't give up, and Margot didn't give up either. Margot played the piano again, and the last sentence that had appeared in Margot's post-term condolence text and deleted "Mum must be proud of you" after "I'm proud of you" was sent out. The pain of his beloved wife's death has finally become a relief that will never be forgotten. I knew the director would use this meme, and I was a little moved.
In addition, there are quite a lot of network/life problems until the point of the film. When David found out that none of Margot's hundreds (?) Facebook friends was his daughter's true friend, he realized that he didn't really know her daughter, at least not to the extent that a parent "should" know her child. When David confronted the study group sponsor on the factime side, you don't know where my daughter is? Then why did you invite her to the study group, the other said, because when I want to apply to Berkeley next year, I wonder if our definition of "friend" has changed? The previous generation's definition of "familiar people" is, in our case, friends. Making friends just got easier. But friends, even close friends, are few and far between. Human energy is always limited. So, is the Internet bringing people closer or further apart? Wonderful said, has this debate been discussed in an issue? When I miss you, I walk into your Moments/Renren homepage (always stay in the 3G campus)/Facebook/ins/Weibo, looking at your past is like walking into your room, It's like visiting a museum. But when these memories are turned into data, "the deep feelings of contemporary human beings can only be preserved in this form." Feeling a little lonely. Margot's outlet is the You Cast live broadcast room, expressing her heartfelt heart to the fish_n_chip who often watches her live broadcasts. How to dispel the feeling of wanting to understand, should you read more? Many so-called "self-inflicted troubles" are involuntary.
Parents' love, especially father's love, is often unable to find a suitable expression, especially when the family experiences changes and life has many twists and turns. When David is sending messages to his daughter Margot, he always cuts and cuts, which is clearly out of love. It takes a long time to think about the wording. Because (thought) when my daughter went out for camping and didn't answer the phone, and when he still forgot to take out the garbage after he told him many times (when David didn't understand the situation on the first day of the loss of contact), David wrote a long paragraph, many of which were capitalized and added. A rough point, but it was sent to my daughter at the end, but "see you tomorrow morning". In the process of chasing me with the murderer, David is like making up lessons, supplementing the time that he really lacks in his daughter's life. He will find that most of his daughter's social accounts are not public. So, what kind of rhythm, way and angle should parents participate in the life of their minor children? It's really hard. Life goes too fast. My time there is very limited. A deep understanding of a person becomes invaluable. The question is, network data, can I get to know you better? I mean, the real you.
Does the dissemination of information on the Internet contribute to the discovery, discussion, and resolution of problems (including solutions through public power)? After the incident of Margot's disappearance was fermented on the Internet, it did attract more people's attention, and more people joined the volunteer search team. At the same time, more voices appeared on Twitter and YouTube video comments. Some people ridiculed and condemned David's failure as a father, some people "opened their minds" on Reddit (maybe there is a reason, I don't know the specific circumstances) to analyze the whole story of Margot's loss of contact, and some people rubbed the heat. The attitude of the initiator of the study group when he first received a call from David to find his daughter, after the incident of Margot's disappearance fermented the Internet and attracted media attention, the video release of his "best friend" (best friend) in tears and tears on YouTube is really ironic. Acting skills are really not for everyone, and so is conscience. I'm a little heavy on my words. It's like a tide, and you sometimes can't tell whether it's moisturizing and silent, or surging waves and winds.
Most things don't involve right or wrong, but the degree of control. The Internet is, and so is love.
Good night.
PS: The main screen of the computer at the beginning of the film is an antique version of Windows. It is still the classic desktop with blue sky, white clouds and green grass. Now because of environmental problems, the grassland (land?) has become rolling with yellow sand. I hope the mind can be slow to dry up.
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