The defeat of meaning

Virgil 2022-04-30 06:01:04

The film was made to make people forget the lens, the lines, and the scenes, and leave a long-lasting shock in their hearts. The story of the film has this potential, but the rest of the medium is so widespread that it becomes a work with words greater than meaning.

1. The photographic techniques that frequently appear at the beginning and in the middle to create suspense are very uninteresting, making a story with infinite connotations into a single event.

2. The good and evil in the story are worth exploring. Before Ben’s first ambush scene with Framer, the Sherlock Holmes-style revenge story was always there, but after the detective appeared, it gradually deviated from the track and became a gunfight. According to the previous The biggest core of the story should be the "question." I think the best ending is: Framer still doesn't know who he shot and killed, and Freddie and Ben died together.

3. The video tape is very interesting when it comes out.

4. Because of this arrangement, Framer's insistence on truth (the character's soul) is not obvious.

5. The last gunfight scene cannot be said to be a failure, it is simply torture.


In contrast, look at the Red State.

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    Richard Dane: [Shocked] You're gonna kill your own son?

    Russel: I can't well chain him up now... can I?