The whole movie feels like a preaching. Although there are many parts that are well handled, it is generally too literary. Even at some moments, I feel that it is a mixture of literature and video, or it is a video to express literary works. At most, he is an innovative and subversive literary creation. However, the language of the film is too symbolic. With the narration, every detail becomes an adjective and slowly enters our brain.
Behind such a huge amount of information, what we actually see is an incomplete plot and fragmented emotional expression, which makes people feel that it is not coherent and refreshing enough. Especially the paragraph of the cake at the end is very strange, the foreshadowing is only a little bit, and the suicide of the girl at the end is reduced to a conceptual expression and a pure emotion.
This kind of hybrid style, I think it should be carried out around a main line. The characters at least need to have a purpose and a turning point, and the detachment is too straightforward, so stripping off the narration will appear a little empty. After removing the gorgeous pictures inside, the details that express emotions are even more empty. I think a good movie is complete. Even if all the adjectives in it are removed, it should still be a good movie. In this regard, detachment has not been achieved.
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