Similarities and differences between thinking space and hypnosis masters

Fern 2022-06-02 15:47:15

I just finished watching "Space of Mind" on the sofa. At the end, after the protagonist woke up from his memory, looking at his peers with strange expressions in black hats in front of me, my memory jumped to "Master of Hypnotism." I watched "Master of Hypnosis" with my roommate in the bedroom a month ago. It felt that it was not so clumsy in the domestic suspense film, but this feeling was instantly shattered by the current sense of plagiarism. I went to Baidu, "Mind Space" was indeed released before "The Hypnotist".
Now briefly summarize the similarities and differences between the two.
1. The appearance of water.
In "Space of Thinking", the protagonist's wife committed suicide in the bathtub, so he was more taboo about water, and even the appearance of water in his memory seriously interfered with his judgment. In "Master of Hypnotism," the protagonist is impartial, and the actor is also afraid of water, because he drunk and drove, causing his fiancee and best friend to drown in the water. At the same time, water, as a key factor, affected their judgment, unknowingly deprived them of the initiative, and laid the groundwork for the outcome.

2. Hypnosis and anti-hypnosis.
This also links the two very well. Part of the movies after "Mind Space" are all descriptions of the male protagonist's memory. The vague black shadow is just his colleague who enters his memory in an attempt to help him get rid of the crime and find out the truth. In the process of entering Anna's memory, the male protagonist was unknowingly deceived by the false memory created by Anna. Similarly, the male protagonist in "Master of Hypnosis" is also anti-hypnotized by his own object in the process of treating so-called patients. It's just that the appearance of dark shadows makes the former even more confusing and even higher.

3. Trauma.
Regarding trauma, "Space of Mind" explained very clearly from the beginning that the male protagonist has left a shadow because of his wife's suicide, and the female protagonist, Anna, is suspected of being traumatized. The treatment of "Master of Hypnotism" is different. In the movie, the heroine’s psychological defenses are gradually dismantled from the perspective of the hero, but it takes a sharp turn halfway, suggesting to the audience that the hero actually hides some secrets. At first, the audience didn't know that, in fact, the male lead was the one who really needed to be treated.

Next, I would like to put forward some points that are contrary to logic in "Thinking Space".
1. Anna touched the hero's computer.
Anna is under surveillance around the clock, even if the original monitor was pushed down the stairs to be hospitalized, the surveillance did not end. From the last time he entered the memory, the male lead suddenly stopped Anna fainting, and one person rushed in and asked what happened. It was obvious that they were watching what they did in the room. That being the case, then why did Anna put the indecent photos on his computer when the male protagonist fell asleep in his memory? Didn't the watcher see any clues?

2. Blurred shadows.
Many people question the existence of shadows, thinking that the male protagonist should not see shadows, and I am more concerned about the logical confusion caused by the appearance of shadows. Assuming that Sombra’s technique is not as high as that of the male protagonist, it leads to the discovery of the whereabouts of the male protagonist’s memory, which explains the first problem. Then, from the perspective of the film’s performance techniques, the fragments and repetitions of tracking the shadow in the woods The small lens is also unnecessary.
Because what the black shadow enters is the memory of the male lead, just like the male lead enters the memory of Anna, he cannot change anything, but can only reproduce everything as a transparent bystander. And through the ending in the woods, the male lead said to the police that there is another person in the woods, indicating that the appearance of the dark shadow has completely affected the male lead's judgment and actions. This is impossible, because the black shadow entered his memory to check the truth after the male lead was arrested, so when the male lead was arrested, there was no such person in the memory, and he would not say anything to the police. There is another person in the woods. In a sense, the memory of the male protagonist has also been tampered with, because the appearance of the black shadow can only explain a logical error in time.

3. Anna's degree of freedom of movement
can be seen from a trap designed by Anna. She can do more than we imagined. Since she can stun her parents with sleeping pills, why must she leave it to the male protagonist until the end? Since she could make this trap, she would be able to enter and exit the whole house freely, why not run away?
Many people say that because her parents will continue to imprison her as long as she is still alive, she has to "fake death" to deceive her parents and then fly away. Isn't this contradictory to later sending photos to elude the male protagonist? Because her parents will not give up looking for her.
In addition, Anna is only 16 years old, how can she make a living alone in a strange place? If she leaves any credit card spending records or uses her assets, doesn't she expose herself in disguise? If not, how can she survive?

In fact, except for the interference of shadows, it is still a good movie.

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Extended Reading

Anna quotes

  • Anna: Will I know I'm in a memory?

    John Washington: It should feel like it's happening for the first time - but it will be different from the original event - because you unconscious mind will know that you've been there before. Also, me being there makes it different.

  • Anna: Maybe my step dad is the one that you should be testing for personality disorders.

    John Washington: Is he running around on a hunger strike?