With many questions , I downloaded this work, and from the beginning to the end, I read it carefully twice, and finally understood the subtext of this buddy, so it is, haha. Since I mentioned the latest film produced by netflix, I will take this opportunity to solve the film review directly!
What Happened to Monday? (Hunt Monday), a pure science fiction, thriller.
The background setting of the film: the future earth, population explosion, lack of resources, food shortage, serious greenhouse phenomenon.
The main characters of the film: the seven twin sisters (named Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and so on), Dr. Cayman, the sisters' grandfather Terrence, and Adrian, who is obsessed with Karen.
The general content of the film: After the inexplicable disappearance of Monday, the six sisters began to look for them, but they entered into a huge conspiracy (because Monday was pregnant and had twins, so she had no choice. In order to save her own children, she He only cooperated with Cayman and betrayed his six sisters in disguise), under the development of various intricate situations (hunting, anti-hunting), four of the six sisters were killed one after another, and finally Thursday defeated Monday and pretended to attend. Cayman's dinner party, and with the help of Tuesday and Adrian, revealed the essence (burning) of the so-called "freezing hibernation" plan to all the people present, and finally Cayman was arrested, and the whole film ended. (It's a bit complicated, but the actual story is simple and easy to understand, you don't need to use your brains at all)
After a basic understanding of the overview of the work, quickly enter the review.
I. The setting of the film with
no novelty can be said to be nothing new. It is both old-fashioned and vulgar. The strong imitation color makes the audience's first impression greatly reduced. Why do you say that? Let’s just talk about a few things.
1. Background setting. In the future, the population will be saturated, resources will be scarce, and the fittest will be eliminated. Similar settings appear repeatedly in many film and television dramas, such as "Human Removal Plan", "Blood Road", "Mad Max", etc. It is not surprising.
2. Character setting. The seven protagonists are played by the same actor. This idea is obviously not new. Let's just say that the film "Split" (released in 2017) is about schizophrenia. James McAvoy plays the role of more than 20 personalities. Great witch.
3. Title setting. The title of the film is "What Happened to Monday?", which easily reminds the audience of the date "Monday" rather than the person's name. Frankly speaking, this setting has certain gimmicks, but to say "new", it is completely impossible to talk about, after all, there is no hidden meaning in the name, and there is no such thing as "punning".
II.
Dedicated Casting Team Three impressive actors in the film - Noomi Rapace, Glenn Close, Willem Dafoe.
From the chat with Noomi, although I have some criticisms about her performance in the play, I think that she has not been able to interpret seven women with the same appearance and different personalities. Thinking about it, it seems that Noomi is a little aggrieved! how to say? Her hard work and dedication in the film are obvious to all. pity! Efforts may not necessarily produce good results (not necessarily a causal relationship), especially in the profession of an actor, which also requires talent and talent, which is commonly known as "ability problem", which has nothing to do with attitude. It's like, you ask a conscientious cleaner to solve "what is Goldbach's conjecture", what is the result? !
Let's look at the latter two, the Doctor played by Close and the grandfather played by Dafoe. Compared with Noomi, their acting skills are obviously one level higher, and they perfectly interpret the two supporting roles to the extreme.
The looming "sympathy" in Cayman's heart and the "unstoppable anger" after the terrifying plan was exposed were performed by Close, an old man in his seventies.
As for Dafoe's Terrence, it's just as good. As a grandfather, his love, cherishment and protection for his seven granddaughters, his various emotions are shown in front of the audience with extreme expressions and actions, which makes people move, and he is indeed a powerful Hollywood actor.
IV. Boring plot
As a sci-fi film, such a shoddy script (fighting and killing all the way), how messy the core trend (one will tell the sisterhood, the other will complain about the moral chaos, the other will analyze the sinful human nature, and the other will hold high humanistic care. , are just a touch of water), it is really unsatisfactory. Except for the first 25 minutes and the last 5 minutes or so, which are well-targeted, the other nearly 90 minutes of the plot is the rhythm of "killing", either driving on the road of "killing" or "killing", so the five sisters and The villains were killed one after another (which is in line with the original design of the director and screenwriter), who is left in the end? Embryos of two unborn babies from Adrian, Tuesday, Thursday, and Monday.
The film starts from the original seven people working together --> six people work together to find the eldest sister --> "bug intrusion" Rush --> the secret of the eldest sister and the doctor is exposed --> the three-person team stops Monday and Dr. Cayman's ugly plan --> The plot trend of the end of the play, the remaining two sisters + the macho man
, does not consider the rationality of the plot and the continuity of the story at all. Wherever it goes, it is simply a collection of bugs.
V. Innuendo Ending
Let's talk about the ending of the film at the end. Although the entire film is of low-medium quality, the last five minutes of drama are still worth recalling. This short paragraph condenses a lot of meaning. Parse slowly.
1. Monday's twin embryos and the two sisters who survived. To be honest, I didn't realize the meaning of it when I watched it the first time, but it suddenly became clear when I watched it the second time. This is a typical "self-deprecating", how do you understand it? Have you found the similarities between "twins" and "two sisters"? The Chinese character "double" can be translated as "two", and the Chinese character "two" can also be said to be "two". Does it unravel the meaning of this scene? Twins + two sisters = double "two", the screenwriter and director conveyed an important message to the audience through this picture - this film is very two.
2. "Tuesday changed its name" and "Thursday uses the past name". The "new name" represents a new life and a new life, cutting off the shackles of the old self; "the old name" can be understood as the continuation of the family and blood, not forgetting the past and remembering the history.
3. Dr. Cayman's final speech. Until the end, Cayman always believed that she was right and that everything she did was to save the future of mankind, so who was wrong? In my humble opinion, it is the "method of adoption" that is wrong! Take the story in the film as an example, the source of population control should be at the "front end" (that is, the child's parents), not at the "end" (focusing on the child), which will only be counterproductive and self-defeating. The director and screenwriter raised this issue with two intentions. The first is to speak bluntly about the extreme consequences of the "population explosion"; the second is to "think about the source of drinking water" to explore the solution behind the problem.
After watching the film, I am a little disappointed. Although my personal intention to watch the film is different from everyone else's (purely to understand the one-sided thoughts of that friend), as a film lover, such a low-profile plot is so unbearable I'm really sorry to the fans who sat in front of the big screen for more than 2 hours.
Director ★★★☆☆ (too much thinking, too little to do, just showing up)
Actor ★★★★☆ (the biggest feeling - hard work. As for acting, except for the three mentioned above, others are not called Acting, called show)
Plot ★☆☆☆☆ (very second)
visual effects ★★★☆☆ (full low-end version, but the texture produced by light and shadow, texture and special effects is good)
sound effect ★★★☆☆ (European style ) Hard rock, very general)
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