2 Always wondering: Who is the audience that the audience agrees with? In my case, it should be Bill, Dave and Miles. Not James. Among James' three companions, each has its own story and personality. Among them, Miles is the most sensitive and introspective, and the one that is most easily recognized by people (most of the people who watch the movie are small and fresh). In the film, he also has one of the clearest and most subtle changes in his inner world—from not being enough to intervene at the beginning to helping in the end. The depth and richness of his emotions should enable him to understand James’ decision best, allowing him to be the first to rush into the water at the last moment, even here his impulse should be to pull James back and be able to see it at the end. Hold James' eyes and finish everything calmly (or rather, get lost in James' eyes). Indeed, James is the protagonist, but for the audience, the script or film should show the dilemma of the living: first, how to face the friend’s dying, and then how to face the friend’s request (this is itself a The ethical dilemma that plagues us), and finally, how to re-examine one's life after the friend leaves, and how to survive after complicity with death (this is a philosophical issue). This problem is obviously more important and more relevant. The post-James life of these three boys, especially Miles, how he will face this terrible black hole, because his inner war should be extremely tragic, which makes me deeply fascinated.
3 I was thinking, maybe the reason why the film was not successful enough was that James was too much inked, but not enough or in-depth for the other three boys. At least, Miles gave a glimpse of it, and felt that there was a lot of space. (In other words, is BC too good? Diverting the attention of the director?) Or, is the director not really touching the core of the story? What if BC is playing Miles?
4 In the past few days I have seen Samsung, there is a photo that has been in front of my eyes, lingering: it is a work photo of Benedict, wearing that gray-blue shirt, lying wet by the pool, that look, it should be He was taking a picture of James when he was drowning. He looked tired, his eyes were sad, confused, and pitiful. How sad and sad this scene should be.
5 This is the film about death: about the positive meaning of death in life, as far as James is concerned, it is an independent choice, related to his heroic belief in life, and at the same time, it is also about the unbearable truth and cruelty of death, too. It's cruel, so I can't face it, and I can't attack it directly. (I remember once read the short masterpiece "The Flies" by the New Zealand female writer Mansfield. The cruelty of that work and the silence in the face of death are more direct and deep. In contrast, Samsung is really refreshing. )
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