These days I have been adding new films. There are popular films in the awards season and films I have been looking forward to very early (such as this film). Why write such a title may be a personal habit. When watching a film I always search for similar movies I've seen before and compare these movies. So, after watching this "Back to the Past", the first thing that comes to mind is the most recent "Focus", and the second One is in 2007 (check the next year to avoid miswriting...) "Zodiac" starring Mark Ruffalo (yes, he starred again), JJ, and RDJ. It is worth mentioning that, The director of "Zodiac" is David Fincher, a master of suspense in the film industry nowadays. There should be many fans who have seen this film, and the director of this film, Alejandro Amenaval, also I have filmed "Small Island Cry", so I naturally thought of taking out these three films together. It may be a bit of (nonsense) from the stories, actors, scripts, etc., if there is something wrong, welcome to communicate together, but , Swearing is forbidden, eh
Let’s talk about this film first, starring Emma Watson and Ethan Hawke. These two actors have a large fan base, and the first collaboration will definitely have different sparks. This is not what the audience wants to watch. ? In addition, Ethan Hawke has been quite fond of suspenseful themes recently (such as "Destination"), so these are also several reasons why I have been looking forward to this film before. The genre of the film was posted "Thriller". In fact, after watching it, I felt that posting "Thriller" was the right choice, because the film actually failed at the point of "Suspense". The story as a whole is " The daughter accused the father of sexual assault, and the father pleaded guilty for losing his memory. The police and the psychologist together helped the father recall or go back to the entire incident (click on the title of the film "Back to the Past"), which dug up the "Satanic Cult" "The crime, in the end, proved that everything was a lie made up by the daughter to escape the failed family of her own life, that is, there is no sexual assault, cult, sacrificial rituals, etc. at all. The story is actually quite simple. Why is this film in? "Suspense" was a failure, because during the entire viewing process, except for Ethan Hawke’s nightmare, which was more "catch people", Emma’s forced tears and the director’s excessive emphasis on rendering the atmosphere, etc. It shows or betrays the ending. At least I lost interest in the movie when I saw the middle, and then watched the progress bar several times (I rarely watch the progress bar when I watch movies, especially suspense movies... ), and then verify that the ending happened. On the other hand, "Zodiac" and "Focus" are much better than this film. The first two are based on the perspective of reporters (and the police). Finally, it is concluded that for the audience, there is a strong sense of substitution, that is, you are following the protagonist to explore the entire case, rather than as a bystander, to ridicule or contempt the entire story, of course, this is also the composition of the entire cast There is a great relationship. Both "Zodiac" and "Focus" are investigating cases with a group of several people, each performing its own duties, so that the obstacles to the audience's understanding and interpretation will be much smaller, belonging to and For the wonderful group dramas, in these two group dramas, "Focus" is obviously much better than "Zodiac". As for the reason, I won't say much about it; and this film, "Back to the Past", the whole case Almost all of the investigations were conducted by a policeman played by Ethan Hawke. The viewing angles that the audience can choose are limited. Ethan Hawke wanders between the victim and the suspect, the church and the police station. The entire perspective is relatively monotonous. Where the director does not explain clearly, it will cause the audience’s doubts and even stagnation. Unlike "Ten" and "Ju", which have more diverse angles, the audience can sort out their ideas more clearly, of course, more suspense. Movies or thrillers are not all like "Zodiac" or "Focus", there are multiple perspectives for the audience to choose from, such as "Closed Island", "Small Island Cry" (also director Alejandro ·Amenawar's work), but obviously, unlike "Small Island Cry", the director is defeated in this work. The narrative is chaotic, the suspense is insufficient, etc., are the taboos of a "suspense film" Imagine a two-hour movie that most viewers can guess or predict to the end when they see it in 30 minutes or one hour. What is the meaning of this "mystery movie" or "thriller"?
Speaking of the actors, Ethan Hawke’s performance in this film is quite satisfactory and normal. After the filming of "Pre-Destination", he is relatively well-versed in this type of film. On the other hand, Emma does not. How to add points to the film has reduced the suspense element of the film a lot. In fact, this character should be the protagonist in the film, but the sense of existence is very weak and weak, except for a few "confusing" crying scenes to win the sympathy of the police officers and In a show with a belly exposed, it seems that nothing happened to her, and as mentioned earlier, it is precisely because of the character’s “unsatisfactory” that most of the audience foresee the end in advance, so this is also a failure of the film. It can be said that Emma's acting skills are flawed, but it is more because the director's shaping of this role is not full enough and lack of development space, which further weakens the role of this role. Looking at "Zodiac", it is also an investigation case. In fact, whether it is a reporter or a police officer, the identity of the subject of the investigation does not have much effect. Here you can also refer to "Memories of Murder" and "True Detective". The investigative subjects of "Zodiac" include both police and reporters. What is higher than this film is the ability to direct the story of the speech. In this film, David Fincher hides his own "liberty", namely There is no crazy story or character like "The Seven Deadly Sins" and "Fight Club". It is actually an ordinary case, but Vinci has captured the audience's "curiosity" very well, slow pace, almost no climax, Many dialogues and so on, you will see that he is telling the story seriously, rather than deliberately trying to scare you somewhere suddenly like this film, maybe in the end he didn’t scare anyone, but disrupted the whole thing. The process of this film, similarly, "Focus" is even higher than "Zodiac" at this point, which has left the film a few blocks away. In fact, this year's "Focus" is similar to this film. It is extremely high, all related to religion, and major events are dug out from the case. Some people may think that the group drama of "Focus" is too brilliant, and the film is not qualified to compare with it even if it is focused. It’s just a single role that is a perspective to compare with this film, or "Focus" is better, the reason is still very simple, it is better than the story, a suspense film or a drama with a suspense nature, do the best The degree is to lead the audience, or lead the audience, to give the audience a strong sense of substitution. Obviously, this film did not do it. Throughout the whole film, there is only a sense of coldness and darkness and a sense of distance. The director deliberately wants to create a thrilling atmosphere. However, he may have forgotten what kind of story he wanted to tell at the beginning. All his ambitions have melted into Emma’s tears. Things must be reversed. The more you have to hide the truth.
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