Watch the movie after reading the original

Lamont 2021-12-19 08:01:17

The first 20 minutes felt very good. The feeling of the blockbuster has already gotten, but after meeting Aiwen, the whole movie becomes the love triangle of Mary Su Romance Youth. It does not present the content of the book well, so that it makes People feel that they are looking at the running account. Obviously, the director didn't have a good sense of measure.

First of all, this film does not have the scenes of "Independence Day", and it does not have the elements that a blockbuster should have: the macro background, the ups and downs of the plot, the solo of the protagonist's halo, and the frontal counterattack against aliens (such as "Battle of Los Angeles") Okay, do you want to use feelings as an absolute clue? Still not, the various details of Casey and Evan in the original work, the reasons for their love together, Casey’s complex psychological changes, etc., all Being passed, Casey finally killed four soldiers because he saw Evan hide his gun, and then suspected (surely) that Evan was an alien? ? ? (What?) What is even more incomprehensible is that Evan vomited without hesitation, right? A bunch of nonsense without mentioning the point. Are aliens parasitic bugs in the human brain? How did you get into Evan, who was originally a human being? Casey didn’t ask, and ran away in a hurry, and finally slipped into the other’s base, and the two of them kissed like this (director, you tease me, when did the two of them have such a good relationship?) Ok, the emotional scene was also completely defeated, It is neither a blockbuster nor a plot, so what does the director want to express

Next, let’s talk about the Ben Parrish, oh my god, this kid is a genius. He successfully realized that he was the fifth wave, and successfully persuaded a bunch of brainwashed kids, giving people a feeling: director In advancing the plot, everything seems logical.

Then there is Evan, he is an alien! Aliens, pay attention, they also have a mission. They will give up killing because of a girl. The original story says that he injured Casey’s leg, and he saved Casey. It directly shows that Evan is in the race from the front. Difficult choice between

The biggest flaw of the film is to fully restore the original work. In order to finish the whole book, the director must leave the beginning and the end. However, time is limited and can only be deleted from the middle. However, the plot must be coherent, so the details are deleted, just like a book. If you haven’t seen the original work, you would definitely give two stars too much.

One star for the original work, one star for the actors

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The 5th Wave quotes

  • [last lines]

    Cassie Sullivan: [narrating] The Others see our hope as a weakness; as a delusion. But they're wrong. It's our hope that lets us survive. That lets us bend, but remain unbroken. It's our hope that will let us win one day. It's our hope that makes us human.

  • Sam SullivanCassie Sullivan: [singing in union as Sam drifts off to sleep] Bones, sinking like stones, all that we fought for. Homes, places we've grown, all of us are done for. We live in a beautiful world, Yeah we do, yeah we do. We live in a beautiful world.