This film review mainly talks about several aspects: the uniqueness of this film montage, the high level of the theme to be expressed, and the large gap in the final ending, as well as how to leave the audience with suspense, and finally say what the film really wants Express something.
First of all, let's talk about the transition and editing of this movie, which is very unique. The idea of transition has always been blunt, but there is rhythm and meaning. This kind of transition saves money and achieves artistic effects, and directors who don't have much money can learn from it. First of all, this movie has a brilliant transition from the eyes! That is, the trouble of explaining the plot is less, and it adds a bit of depth, such as: at the beginning, the eyes of the crow, the eyes of the corpse, and finally the blue sea and blue sky reflected in the eyes of Amo; Moreover, Amo has been a montage shot since he was a child. Enough, this shot is only one second, in order: looking back, hitting, and montage transforming from a child-like ignorant face in childhood to a murderous face in adulthood. This transition is smooth, fast, cost-effective, and neat. The next transition is even more subtle, a white light, the screen is all white, and it jumps directly to the fighting plot of wind and fallen leaves in the woods. This is all tough, but because of the rhythm, it has the meaning, and the music, it seems to be fluent. White highlights the innocence of the girl Amo like a piece of white paper, and the intensity of the instant whiteness also reflects the cold-blooded character of the killer. This transition is entirely a low-cost bandit-style approach of violently raping the audience, but it has reached an artistic level. The new height is worth learning from! We can compare the light of the candle in "Once Upon a Time in America", and then pull it to the lights of different time and space. It is also a transition, but I heard that it is almost the most expensive transition in "Once Upon a Time in America". Of course, such a transition has a unique artistic effect. If the funds are abundant, the transition of "Once Upon a Time in America" is obviously better. If you are willing to spend tens of millions or even hundreds of millions of dollars to pursue that one percent. I have nothing to say about artistic effects. If I would do that, art must pursue perfection, otherwise I would be a profit-seeking businessman rather than a director. But it's not that even a director can afford to burn that kind of money. If your reputation is not big enough to overwhelm you, investors will definitely not let your temper, so we have to learn to survive at low cost. However, the forest behind the white light is one thing that puzzles me a lot. After the transition to the forest with deciduous leaves, what is the white light behind? Will there be white light in the woods? Art can be expressed, but it can’t be too freehand. It cannot be like the flying saucer on the ground and the flying saucer in the sky in "The Good Man in Three Gorges". There are many strange peaks of success, but my personal opinion is very disapproving). The real art is not to rape the audience by making a fool of yourself, even if you disdain to be plain, at least you have to show the profound theme on a logical picture, unless you are shooting a science fiction film, or like the director Wong Kar-wai. A style, although director Wong Kar-wai Although montages are used a lot, and there are many teachers who criticize Wong Kar-wai’s style, so far I have only seen whimsical ideas. I have not seen a random lens. Every lens can stand and has its artistic fulcrum. In line with the logic of the theme. Of course this is my personal opinion. Therefore, "speaking thoughts" is a very clever way. It is better to follow the audience to see what you want the audience to watch, but you have to have the ability to control the field so that the audience can control the entire screen and the audience pays attention to the point you want to express. If the white light behind the leaves is removed, it can not only appear the gloomy woods, but also reflect the cold-blooded mood of the killer, it will be closer to the theme, of course this is my personal opinion.
Secondly, let me talk about the thoughts expressed in this film. This is what I think is the most paradoxical thing about this film, which is inconsistent. The film has been discussing a topic: If you want peace, do you want to end war with war, or awaken the conscience of mankind? I saw a highly skilled screenwriter and also a director who pursued fame and fortune. The director did not express the thoughts the screenwriter wanted to express, but lowered the good script.
At the beginning of the film, what we want to express is that human beings are trying so hard to express a kind of thought, that is, to stop war by war. From the innocent smile on the girl killer Amo at the beginning, to when she and her companions killed their best friends, to holding back tears to see the wicked slaughtering the village and not being able to draw their swords to help, and finally to the way of life of the wandering artists. Longing for, and finally completed the mission, floating on the surface of the sea, the blue sea and blue sky reflected in his eyes. These all the time reflect Amo's yearning for freedom and his aversion to killing. She kept asking herself: "Can killing people really bring peace in the world?"
Still the same sentence, good and evil are in the heart, not in the form. As long as the world's utilitarianism is not eliminated, the killing and war will never end. This It is what the screenwriter wants to express in this film.
The film is over by the blue sea and blue sky in Amo's eyes. This is the most appropriate end point, and I think it is also the point where the screenwriter hopes to end. However, the director was not reconciled and wanted to guide the audience to watch the sequel, so in the end Amo still left with a murder mission. The height of the script was reduced from the theme of war and peace to the theme of Amo going to kill, and the film ended here. . The director thought he had left the audience with suspense, but he didn't know that this approach had made the film dull. I must admit that this is a director who is good at making action movies, but not a highly thoughtful director. Because you go to watch the action shots in the film, it does not cost money, and the effect can be achieved by using the slow-motion upgrade and the fast-motion switch. This kind of expression is also a shame for the director who has spent a lot of money to make the movie look like a video game. This is worthy of recognition, and it is also something to be learned and borrowed from.
I understand, the director is going to rack his brains to leave a suspense for the audience, so that he has the opportunity to shoot the next time, and then receive a job and make another money. It's really hopeless for a screenwriter to meet such a director. My personal opinion of the director's behavior is: riding a donkey looking for a donkey, guarding the treasure and begging for food. The real suspense is not to tell the audience that the story has not been finished, but that the story is finished, but it leaves people with endless thoughts. In this case, you don't need to leave any suspense, the audience will naturally pay attention to the sequel.
The script is very high, it has risen to the heights of war, humanity, and good and evil, but the director finally pulled it down to the level of revenge and killing. I can't tell.
Speaking of suspense, I would like to give an example. When I was doing training in the past, a business man said: "Looking at how successful my business is, do you want to make an image? For future generations to admire!" I said, "We must make one, otherwise future generations will not have it. If you have the opportunity to knock your ears off, there will be no chance to write on your body: XX is here for a visit." He said: "There will be so miserable?" I said:. "The ancient statue is probably this fate, you do not believe can go and see"
above is a typical case of not giving people the suspense, the real suspense is In people's hearts, living in people's hearts, what is the use of your stinky skin? I have to carve him down, it's really nothing to do. Therefore, people who will leave suspense always do things well, so that they can not be forgotten, and the director who will leave suspense will make his artwork nearly perfect, and people will urge him to make a sequel. I have always had an idea, which is not necessarily correct, but my opinion: It is better to do your own thing if you make popular. Art is interlinked. Anything can become art at a certain level. In the business world, your customers will not buy your goods because they have a good relationship with you. They buy your goods precisely because your goods are good; in the film and television industry, The audience will not watch the sequel just because the director left a suspense, but because the first episode was shot at a high level, they have an unfulfilled desire; in the interpersonal relationship, people will not remember you because you are exquisitely carved a statue again, precisely because of you Only when you are a good person can you live in people's hearts forever. Therefore, a generation of empress Wu Zetian set up a monument with no words, and leave the merits and demerits to future generations. Anyway, she is the only female emperor who governed the country prosperously during her tenure. This is a kind of boldness, but also a kind of wisdom. I hope we can learn a little bit from the wisdom that has been handed down.
Finally, I want to talk about war, peace, and the mapping of technology to our reality. We invented gunpowder, and we used gunpowder to make fireworks, and we were very happy to play. But other countries used our invention to make gunpowder into foreign guns and cannons. Some people also say that we are not smart, why not use the power of gunpowder to conquer the world? Instead, let foreigners use the gunpowder we invented to hit us. From a survival perspective, guns should indeed be invented sooner. However, if humans have been using gunpowder to make fireworks entertainment, how many people in the world should be saved from the slaughter of war, and how much joy will be added.
Technology has been developed for so many years, I only see the earth being destroyed by technology and war. It’s a pit today, the water will be polluted tomorrow, the forest will be cut down the day after tomorrow, and then many animals will be extinct, and the ecological chain will be destroyed. I thought I was alive even if I had to cut myself off, including today’s smog, it made me want to breathe in the fresh air. What I admire most is that human beings do this every day, and they are still very happy day by day. This sentence is a bit early, but this is my opinion: sooner or later, human beings will be forced to desperately by technology.
Not only "Girl Killer Amo", war and peace are an eternal topic, and this film reflects what people should do in the age of war. Amo is just an ordinary girl. The only difference is that her relatives died in the war. She should live with hatred or live like a girl. Can her soft shoulders bear the responsibility of stopping war by war, and is it the best way to resolve war? And should people who learn martial arts kill people like a killer, or live a wandering and happy life like an artist? Amo's eyes are full of envy of the artist, but the cold knife has been stained with too much blood, even if the butcher knife is put down, can he become a Buddha right now? Amo, after walking so far, can you let go of your guilt for the dead? Will your eyes still show the pure joy of learning art? Who involved you in the war? Who is it that made you lose track of your advances and retreats? The sword cannot stop killing; while the heart can have common people.
(Deleting the ending, until the blue sea and blue sky) This is what this film really leaves us to think about.
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