- botched wax figure

Conrad 2022-04-24 07:01:07

A remake of the 1953 film of the same name. I haven't seen the 1953 version, so I can't make a comparison. But as far as this film is concerned, it is not pure at all. But film technology is improving anyway.

The impurity of the film makes the wax statues that should have been lifelike seem clumsy. What led to the impurity was the "gimmick" of the movie.

Gimmick 1: One of the two heroines

is Elisha Cuthbert, who is famous for her role as the daughter of the male protagonist in "24 Hours"; the other is the president of Hilton Group, who has been constantly rumored to be "icing on the cake" Eldest daughter Paris Hilton (Paris Hilton).
If the former is still an actress (to be honest, she is really beautiful and her acting skills are not bad), the latter is a "pure" vase for casual play (let's say she is a vase, I really don't know if she looks good enough) Not enough...).
She has a lot of money to play, but she always does strange things. With her in this movie, it always makes me feel that there is too much money.

· Gimmick 2:

The era of wax figures is advancing, and technology is advancing, so using high technology to "live" the wax figures of living people on the screen, this kind of realism finally makes everyone feel a little gratified. It's just too focused on technology, and the storyline has become difficult to scrutinize.
For example, at the end, there is a third son, um, that's the boy who carried the animal killed by the car on the road, but don't you think this ending is abrupt? He came out for a while at the beginning, although the plot went the old way—that is, he was a little scary but didn’t kill—but it was reasonable; however, there was nothing about the third son, and the photos were all of the two children, why? At the end he came out again? What does the director want to express with the police in the town? Will the police in town be turned into wax figures? Is it by his own strength? If so, that's too far-fetched.
In contrast, I hope that there is no such abrupt ending. Anyway, it's all clichés, so let's just leave something beautiful. After all, that kid didn't act like a bad guy.

Another problem with this movie is that the pace is too slow. God, the pace of the horror movie is too slow... I really don't want to watch it halfway through, but I want to know if the hero and heroine escaped. Oh yes, there is a bit of a novelty in that, with the heroine (the heroine must escape, hehe), her brother is no longer a boyfriend, and I applaud.

Of course it's not without its advantages. Advantages - I said, technology...Especially when the wax museum melted at the end, I remembered a fairy tale, the house in that fairy tale was all made of candy...I
have always dreamed of being able to live in a house made of food It's a lot of fun, putting aside all the practical issues (like whether I'll eat the house; even if I don't, other disgusting bugs like flies should eat it and multiply on it) happy things.

Of course, after watching this movie, I can't help but feel a little rejection of [Madame Tussauds]...
Fortunately, the wax museum outside the movie is always full of people, noise, and the most important sense of security.

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    Carly: Really? I don't think I could ever get used to it.

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    Carly: [sarcastically] Not really.