[This film review will spoil the entire core plot of the movie, please read it after watching the movie! ! 】
The same thing, the three protagonists see different content, and the story progresses from shallow to deep with different perspectives:
[Protagonist (Bill) perspective, which is also most of the plot sequence]:
- Cobb, who was randomly tracking every day, found himself and invited himself to commit crimes together
- Break into the home of a strange woman whom Cobb has stepped on
- Stealing girl photos and personal items, Cobb hid one of the girl's earrings
- Changed his appearance after parting ways with Cobb, leaving behind the girl's belongings he stole
- Encountered a strange girl who had stolen before, and learned that she was being threatened by the bar owner, and promised to help her break open the boss's safe and steal evidence of her so-called boss (photo of the girl)
- Steal the boss's safe with a claw hammer under the guidance of Cobb, and knock him to death with a hammer in a hurry after being discovered (halo)
- Was told by the girl that he was used by Cobb, who was suspected of killing an old man, and that he, who is similar to Cobb's body shape, would become a scapegoat to replace Cobb
- Go to the police station to surrender, and was told that there was no case of the elderly being killed, and the girl had been killed, and the hammer he left at the girl's house became the murder weapon. Cobb has disappeared, and he has become the only suspect in killing the girl.
[The girl's perspective, the perspective occasionally interspersed in the movie]:
- Falling in love with Cobb. Cobb told her that she had caught Bill, instructed him to approach Bill, and by insinuating that Bill would steal the bar owner's safe, so that Bill would be caught on the spot while stealing, so as to replace Cobb as the murderer of the old man's murder.
- The girl takes pity on Bill and tells Bill the fact that he was cheated on by Cobb after Bill comes back from stealing. Bill said he would turn himself in.
- Cobb came to the door and told her that he was asked by the bar owner to kill the girl with the claw hammer that Bill left at the girl's house.
[The perspective of Cobb is the dark line of the whole film and the whole picture of the whole incident. hardly shown in feature film]:
- Entrusted by the bar owner to get rid of the girl. To this end, Cobb has to find a way to kill her and find a scapegoat to replace her.
- Found out Bill was stalking himself, and after stalking Bill found out that he was a friendless homeless man, a good scapegoat. So think of a good way to kill the girl. First of all, she made up a fake story for the girl: she was a suspect in the murder of an old man, and she was looking for someone who could replace her. So he asked the girl to cooperate with him and coaxed Bill into stealing the bar owner's safe, so that he was caught on the spot.
- Approach Bill and show him his abilities. All the information I gave myself in my communication with Bill was made up. When he stole the girl's house with Bill, he deliberately asked Bill to leave the girl's belongings as evidence; he stole the girl's earring he found and put it on Bill's body; made Bill use the credit card of the homeowner he stole before and signed it; told Bill's The address of the home is actually that of the stolen homeowner. Hiding all the evidence that he and Bill knew each other.
- In order to make Bill a suspect in the killing of the girl, make a connection between Bill and the bar owner. Instruct Bill to use the claw hammer when he is tricked by the girl into stealing the boss's safe. The person sent to capture Bill on the spot was knocked unconscious by Bill with a claw hammer, which was also expected by Cobb. This prompted Bill to decide to turn himself in after learning the "truth".
- After Bill surrendered, Cobb killed the girl with the claw hammer left by Bill, making the illusion that Bill pried open the safe in order to get the password, tortured the girl cruelly and killed her. Due to the identity disguise made during the contact between Cobb and Bill, Bill was unable to provide evidence of Cobb's existence to the police, and eventually became the only suspect.
[Foreshadowing and the Tianluodi Net under Cobbbu]:
1. Cobb found a traveling homeowner ahead of time, stole his home and pretended it was his home to Bill. At the same time, the homeowner's credit card was given to Bill and signed by Bill, making the illusion that Bill was the thief who stole the homeowner. During dinner with Bill, Cobb also talked about sneaking into the house while the owner was traveling.
2. While stealing the girl's house, Cobb pretended to hide the girl's earring in a drawer, but actually put it on Bill. So later when Bill looked for the earrings in the girl's drawer, he didn't find them.
3. It was previously suggested that each of Bill had a box, so Bill stole the girl's box containing the items under the psychological effect, which became the evidence that the police finally found that Bill stole the girl's supplies.
4. Instructing Bill to use the claw hammer when stealing the bar owner, which indirectly led to Bill knocking out the guy who came to arrest him, and finally surrendered himself under pressure.
After clarifying Cobb's perspective, we find that he told Bill and the girl two different stories, the girl is the outer layer of being deceived, and Bill is the inner layer of being double-deceived. The perspective of Cobb in the whole story is the perspective of the script. He manipulates the two main characters to achieve the ultimate goal (kill the girl, blame Bill), and also achieve the final effect of the movie. However, Cobb's vision of God makes it too omnipotent, and all the actions of other characters are expected by Cobb, which is somewhat unreasonable. for example:
1. Cobb couldn't guarantee that Bill would fall in love with a girl. If this premise cannot be achieved, the final result will not be achieved. But we can explain that Cobb's ability to figure out people's hearts is very high, predicting that Bill will fall in love and obey the girl's words.
2. Cobb also cannot guarantee that Bill will choose to tap the witnesses when he is caught stealing the boss's safe. If Bill didn't resist, he'd be arrested for stealing, and the culprit for the girl's death would be gone, and Cobb would have to find another target. Of course, it can also be explained that Cobb has mastered Bill's psychology perfectly.
3. Bill doesn't necessarily leave the eyewitness's claw hammer at the girl's house. If it didn't stay, Cobb would have to use another weapon when he killed the girl. But this doesn't hurt the layout, because the evidence left in Bill's house (the girl's earrings and other items, the money in the bar owner's safe, etc.) can already construct an illusion that Bill is asking the girl's safe password, stealing the cash and destroying the body.
As Nolan's Virgo, this film has a very proficient level of narrative in terms of plot sequence, layout and structure, and director Nolan's ability to control complex narratives is beginning to show. Although there are still some characters who predict all the flaws, the flaws do not hide the flaws. In addition to the plot story, the details such as psychological description and in-depth observation of life are more humanistic, and it is an excellent finished film.
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