Psychic Detective Film Review
Let's take a look at the plot first. The plot is probably about John, played by Anthony Hopkins, a retired old detective with premonitions and superpowers, who encounters a serial murder case. Next, find clues that point to another killer played by Colin Farrell who has superpowers with a premonition of the future.
Let's take a look at the lineup of the movie.
➤Director
Alfonso Puyat
I'm sorry I didn't get more information besides knowing that he made "Two Rabbits", let's see how this young director performs in the movie.
Let's take a look at the young director Alfonso Puyat's performance first~
➤In terms of slow motion
lens language, Alfonso Puyat used a lot of slow motion to create Trip-Hop and psychedelic feel, full of surreal attention-style graphics, bringing a psychedelic magic effect every time the two psychics enter their reverie.
➤Another
interesting aspect of the avatar special effect is that Alfonso Puyat used the recently popular avatar special effect to express the multiple actions of the characters. This special effect often appears in British movies, with The way the classic comic-style storyboards show action is in stark contrast. This way of expression also makes the film slow and psychedelic, just like the picture you see in your eyes when you are drunk and lying on the sofa. It has become slow, and it will not bring a strong sense of movement like a comic-style storyboard.
In terms of the plot of the film, which is known as the assembly of the four major screenwriters in Hollywood, it has the feeling of "Seven Deadly Sins" and "Foreknowledge of the Future". The theme of the final discussion is what will you do when you can play God. Under the proposition of discussing euthanasia, I want to sublimate the sense of redemption to sacrifice for love and take the initiative to take guilt because of compassion. Although the novelty is not enough, the depth is acceptable.
Before we look at the super competition of the two movie stars, let's take a look at the very interesting places.
For the audience, the most intuitive reflection of acting is the crying scene, how much you cry, how you feel, every point is difficult, if you don’t do well, it will become a domestic movie, just dripping water on your face a feeling of.
Every crying scene in this movie is well shot, and every supporting character's crying scene is so superb.
The green leaves are so beautiful, let's take a look at the protagonist!
Anthony Hopkins
Let's look at the actor first. Anthony Hopkins won the actor in "Silence of the Lambs" with only his eyes and voice. These are also the two sharpest weapons of the old man.
The first is the voice. Anthony Hopkins's voice is very calm, rational, speaking slowly, and can't even feel the fluctuation of the tone volume. Hearing a calm voice that feels like breathing has slowed down, you can't help but believe that a soul with such a voice must have seen countless stars.
Then there are the eyes. Anthony Hopkins used "Kubrick's gaze" extensively in "Silence of the Lambs", bringing a violent and cruel atmosphere, and the old man also independently developed the "Never blink" technique, Created a character who can see your scalp go numb.
In this movie, the old man starts to blink, so the transparent blue in his eyes is a little warmer, and he finds a little kindness in reason and wisdom, especially when he is confused, painful, and relieved, his eyes explain everything.
What still retains the elegant murderous atmosphere of "The Silence of the Lambs" is when Anthony Hopkins begins a long dialogue, He spit out his lines in one breath, and felt that the fragile old man was full of power at that moment, and this power suddenly held the aura of the entire space.
'If it weren't for the passing of time, I would still like to see more of your clear eyes, time and time again, forget the time, and sway all the water in the world. '
Colin Farrell
, a character who didn't appear suddenly until one third of the film was left, when he appeared, the director gave me a kind of "how come out of this point, without a little bit of precaution, it doesn't match the imagined plot." It's the same!" The
young actor Colin Farrell's face itself is relatively simple and honest, a bit like George Clooney. Every time his eyes appear in this movie, he will be a little nervous, nervous, and erratic. The expression of this neurosis is similar to that of Johnny Depp's kind of weirdo who is entirely based on temperament is different and more extroverted, a bit like Brad Pitt in "Twelve Monkeys" and Edward Norton in "Birdman".
Therefore, the young man's actions are also very nervous, erratic, and rambled, just like Robert Iron Man Downey Jr. who is inventing. IQ" or "superpower" wise characters are performed.
But it is a pity that in the face of Anthony Hopkins' free-spirited acting skills, Colin Farrell is still too young, and he does not do a good job of switching between "extraordinary" and "introverted", at least as a person who is crushing in the plot. The person who oppressed the old man, the one who brought the old man the most perplexing, struggling and difficult choice problem. In the final confrontation stage, he still lacked a little self-confidence. As a result, in the final confrontation stage, he should have been able to grasp a picture. He was toyed with by Anthony Hopkins. The feeling of applause.
The final summary of the whole movie is:
every part of the movie is very exciting, the performances of the two great actors are great, and the story is okay,
but
the director has assembled the parts of each Transformers level
that
are very separate and assembled into a key. You have three thousand lives!
First of all, because of this strange translation title "Psychic Detective" (Where is the psychic! Where is the Detective!), the movie will sell better, and the original literal translation of the title Solace "Consolation" is good .
Then, in terms of camera language, the whole narrative is a bit slow and procrastinated because of the large number of slow-motion insertions. For example, repeating too many flashback montages made me think my progress bar was a problem at one point.
As for the soundtrack, a lot of psychedelic rock was chosen for the main soundtrack, but oddly enough, the director imposed an opera vibe on Anthony Hopkins and made the character (John) an opera fan, with a reference to Puccini The "Bohemian" should be based on the atmosphere of the serial killer in "Silence of the Lambs", and classical music is more conducive to creating a suspenseful atmosphere. So the soundtrack of the whole movie kept jumping between the classical music in the suspenseful part and the psychedelic music in the meditation part. The editing was not very smooth and natural, and it was a little stiff.
Then the film also uses two pure MV techniques, at 19 minutes 45 seconds and an hour 1 minute 12 seconds, both of which are used in situations where Anthony Hopkins' character is confused and struggling. It was so sudden that I thought I had pressed the remote control to change the channel.
Then there is a very strange place. When Anthony Hopkins fell into a fork in the middle of the film, he arranged an unsuspecting killer and an inexplicable drag racing scene. It feels purely to show that the crew is very good Money, and, Anthony Hopkins' superpowers. The rock music in this section and the whole scene made me feel like I wasn't watching the same movie every minute.
The director has done a good job in every part, but more work is needed on the connection of each part and the shaping of the overall atmosphere. That is to say, this is a director who can make super military-grade parts. What he needs now , is to learn how to assemble Transformers.
Finally, the film also explores whether the choice to respect life and nature itself is humane or inhumane when we have the perspective of God when we have the perspective of God. In fact, the results are self-evident. Every life has its own The process, every pain is a prelude to Nirvana, which is the reason Anthony Hopkins went to stop the killer.
But at the end of the film, there is still such a sentence, when we watch as gods, we will choose this way, and when things happen to ourselves, do we still have the courage to face the pain that you have imagined and can't bear.
Therefore, at such a time, against all the reasons, to bring relief to the loved one, and to bear a certain kind of crime, it still sounds great. Moreover, rationality and so on can only be done by alien gods. This is the most human choice.
Sometimes
the greatest acts of love are the hardest acts to commit.
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