Fish Tank--An Unattainable Future

Frederic 2022-06-13 14:45:36

It just promises us an unattainable future. The name Fish Tank has been heard for a long time, and the director's shocking red-road before has made me feel at ease despite the speechless incomprehension of the Scottish accent. The same goes for fish tanks. Intense techniques, subtle characterizations, and swaying shots only make people feel calm. It is not the calmness of midnight, nor the calmness of the hoe returning to the field. It has weathered the storm, staring with indelible suspicion. Other than that, there is nothing else to do.

Mia is a name that I both love and hate. She reminds me of two people in my life who influenced my life at some point. One is the role of Jenny in the L word, and the other is the supervisor of my master's thesis. I always hate these two people more than I love them.

In this story, Mia is a girl who only loves to dance. (Or maybe she's also interested in sex, but she's certainly not as charming as dancing.) She's making trouble, and she may seem rebellious to the audience, but that's just the appearance of fear and helplessness. Otherwise, she would not have been moved by a few gentle movements, resolutely tried sex, and resolutely failed.

Giving up was the best thing she could do. The truth of give and take has been said a million times. Audition was an exciting thing for her. However, when the music sounded, she saw the well-dressed old ladies under the stage, and the competitors who wanted to wear their underwear as shorts. She didn't even want to make a symbolic twist. No. Those powder cakes and costumes, those gentle words, are not as good as a car-stealing gangster turning around and leaving. "Noble", there is no need for the foil of more victims. What's more, the world is obviously out of shape, and those inherent assumptions about stereotypes really go against the world.

Some say Mia's decision to leave home is a form of growth. I beg to differ. I think she's just fighting in a different way. What's the point of staying here if anger and sabotage can't help with your bad mood? If staying here is bound to make you angry and grumpy, why stay? Leaving is a survival instinct, and it is too inspirational to rely on the edge of growth.

This girl is kind and responsible. Otherwise, he would not have rescued the kidnapped child, nor would he have looked at his mother with pity.The scene of a family of three women dancing hip-hop together is a bit warmer. In this movie, this emotion is really rare. The director arranged this scene without any good intentions. The younger sister sent the elder sister out and they hugged each other for a long time. In the end, he turned around and chased the dog; that is, he didn't cry to become Meng Jiangnu, and he didn't wait to become Wang Fu Shi.

The last scene: The balloon flies higher and higher. The camera slowly rose with the balloon and stopped at the place where she once lived. However, the balloon didn't stop flying, and after a while it left the camera's field of view-it disappeared, like many things.

Is this balloon a metaphor for the hope of getting out of trouble? Or, after all, we can not see the despair of the future. Although I hope it is the former, I have to admit that that hope is unattainable after all.

Good movie.

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Fish Tank quotes

  • Tyler: [buries face in Mia's abdomen] I hate you!

    Mia: [tenderly] I hate you, too.

  • Mia: [shouting to Keeley's father] Can you give Keeley a message for me? Tell her I think her old man's a cunt!