Form is greater than content

Oliver 2021-10-20 17:46:30

In the popular words now, this film "IQ is flawed."

Roughly speaking, the performance of almost all the characters in this movie is illogical. In the first part of the opening scene, the specially selected sharpshooter was almost a soy saucer in the border ambush. He was injured and ended early. Instead, the small accounting universe of the Ministry of Finance exploded. If this is barely enough, then the escort prisoner who caused the death of the little accountant is incredible. Now that the characters are set to have one character and one weapon, whose work should be more credible for the armed escort? As a result, the sharpshooter left like nothing, and sent a civilian accountant to escort the prisoner. Isn’t it funny? What's more, from the overall point of view, since the special commissioner already knows that there are ghosts in the police station and that he has insufficient manpower, he is obviously in crisis and needs to be cautious. It is not too much to protect the witnesses of four people together. He suddenly IQ is offline, doing things like a child's play! As for the magic of the sharpshooter, it is also manifested in the court chase. The leader went out to question the murderous killer. As the only core member and armed force of the team, he did not protect and support the safety of the leader, sitting in a chair without moving!

The commissioner’s performance is the most failing of all the roles, so I won’t go into details here, just say that his behavior is contradictory. In the opening ambush, killing the opponent made him feel heartbroken. He seemed to want to say that he was kind-hearted, but at the train station he suddenly started killing like a cold-faced killer. Hurt, I'll talk about it later). At the end of the court chase, he knew that the other party was the culprit of the old detective’s death, and probably knew that he was the one who threatened his family ("probably" it can be assumed that he did not see clearly at night), and occupied during the gun battle. When he took the commanding heights, he hesitated. Did he forget the tragic death of the old detective at this time? When the prisoner threw himself into the snare, the law had already surrendered, but he started to kill because of his stiff mouth. Does the tragic death of the old detective need to be reminded to come to mind? He returned to the door of the court. What was the sharpshooter doing? The leader was in a shootout. He didn't help (so trusting the leader's marksmanship?), but carefully discovered the list of jurors!

The scene of the train station is also a lot of flaws. In addition to the above, the most ridiculous thing is that the mob took the hostage. From the screen, there is the street behind him. At this time, the sharpshooter is in the basement, and the commissioner has almost reached the bottom of the stairs in order to save the child. At this time, the mob. Man can advance and retreat freely. Jin can shoot at the special commissioner whose back is facing him. Retreat, just run out of the gate and it's done. Anyway, the special commissioner was mainly here to catch the old accountant, and a little guy ran away, which has nothing to do with the overall situation. As a result, he did the most impossible thing to do, grabbing the old accountant, as if to negotiate. Just to save his life, he should take the old accountant and run away. What can be negotiated? If the old accountant is killed, the commissioner won't chase him? If you don't kill the old accountant, then you talk about Mao, what bargaining chip do you have? In short, the character in this play is not at all tenable except to show the bravery of the special agent to protect the baby in the shootout, and the only magical shot of the sharpshooter in the entire movie.

That killer is also ridiculous, he has a chance to escape, and he can see that the commissioner will not kill him, he can escape calmly, but he chooses to climb up and catch him. As a killer, I don’t know that his crime is better than selling bootleg alcohol. It's much more serious. The boss sentenced him to 13 years. He has a good chance to sit in an electric chair!

In short, due to the unreasonable logic of the characters' behavior, the actors' shaping of the character's character is invalid. As a result, the film became a photographer's film because the form was greater than the content, and the role of the screenwriter and director failed.

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Extended Reading
  • Verona 2022-04-20 09:01:11

    20110621 kyxq Brian DePalma's early works, young Costner, old De Niro, old Connery, the story is about the four tigers fighting against evil forces in the American police during the prohibition period. The black and white contest, the plot is very simple, it was a typical Hollywood production at that time, and there was almost nothing new and bright except for De Niro's performance. The middle station passage is a tribute to the Odessa steps. Movie music is good.

  • Lila 2022-03-24 09:01:16

    Some characters are very tasteless, and the children's scenes and slow motion are deliberately uninspiring. I like Morricone's soundtrack very much, but I didn't hear any surprises this time. Is it because I watched it too late?

The Untouchables quotes

  • Ness: I have foresworn myself. I have broken every law I have sworn to uphold, I have become what I beheld and I am content that I have done right!

  • Malone: [holding him against the window of the cabin in Canada] You're gonna talk, pal. You're gonna beg to talk. Because somebody's going to talk!

    [walks out of the shack, and holds the dead body of a gangster Ness shot]

    Malone: Hey you, on your feet! We need you to translate this book! And I'm not going to ask you a second time! I'm gonna count to three.

    [places gun in the gangster's mouth]

    Malone: What's the matter? Can't you talk with a gun in your mouth? One... two... THREE!

    [pulls the trigger, blowing the corpse's skull cap off]

    George: [screams] Don't! Okay! I'm going to talk! I'll tell you whatever you want! What do you want to know?