This film was very popular a few years ago. From time to time, I can see the introduction of the film in today’s headlines, and even praise words, such as the milestones of American horror films, subverting the traditional shooting of the past, and often too much praise. It must be reliable, good and bad, you must feel it yourself, but when evaluating good or bad, you must have a certain level of knowledge accumulation and appreciation, otherwise it will become the other extreme where everyone is not me.
I have basically never watched American ghost movies. For nearly 30 years, I have watched American people play ghosts and zombies. I feel that American horror movies are mainly based on tastes, not paying attention to the horror atmosphere and inner activities. The portrayal is too far from the Eastern horror film.
Although the subjective feeling of 30 years is not representative, Eastern and Westerners have different views on ghosts. The soul after death is called a ghost, or a beaten sofa, or a blood coat, or white. Pupils, just like a thousand people have a thousand Hamlets, and Westerners call the soul after death a ghost, which may be a problem of translation, but in Western film and television works, people should be foggy after death. , Just like a cloud, in terms of no horror, even some of the images are somewhat cute.
The film did not bring out any horror atmosphere in the first 30 minutes. From the background music and the camera's perspective, the color of the film does not show up. This is a horror film, which makes it difficult to enter the movie. The same subject matter is Thailand, Japan, and Korea. Coming to shoot will definitely create a piercing chill.
If it’s a Thai ghost movie, I don’t even dare to go to the bathroom right away. But after watching this movie, I don’t feel that way. Comedy makes people laugh, and horror movie makes people shudder. I went to watch an American horror movie again after thirty years, and it was still a horror movie that received rave reviews. I felt extremely disappointed. There was no innovation. Several horrors used the most inferior scary method of sudden attack.
Although this film does not represent the entire American horror movie, it can be seen in the eyes. I think the reason why American ghost movies are inferior to Eastern ghost movies is for several reasons. 1 The history of the East is longer than that of the United States. These excellent works of Zhiyi reflect the ancient Chinese exploration and imagination of the unknown world. 2 Buddhism is dominated in the East, especially in Thailand. Buddhism emphasizes the six paths of reincarnation and karma, while Christianity says that the practice of this world is for heaven in the world to come. , 3 The United States has always tried to explain the supernatural phenomena of ghosts from a scientific point of view, and we Orientals regard ghosts and gods as superstitions, which are mysterious and mysterious things that cannot be explained by science. From this perspective, the United States Ghost movies will not be classics, but those walking corpses that have been mutated by scientific experiments can be handled with ease.
Hong Kong’s ghost films have fallen, and there are too many themes involved. Any attempt is to follow the path of the predecessors. Occasionally, there are unexpected whims, but they have not been resonated. Japanese and Korean ghost films have been popular in the past few years, and they have also entered For underestimation, in contrast to Thai ghost movies, whether it is from the storyline, creativity, and horror atmosphere, the actors’ acting skills can be called masterpieces. In a country where Buddhism is prevalent, since it is believed that there are living Buddhas, there must also be demons and ghosts. On the road to Buddha and becoming a demon, sometimes there is a difference in thought. These creepy films not only stimulate people’s senses, but more importantly, they give people a kind of deterrence. At the level that cannot be touched by law and morality, there are also meditations. The ghosts and gods in the dark, they are exercising the right of arbitration of karma, making people feel awe in the vacuum of law and morality, and can restrain themselves. This is the deep meaning behind fear.
As for ghost films in the United States, trying to use science to explain these phenomena often makes people feel that science is pale and beyond its power. American films are well-made and of high quality, but at least the ghost film is really a shortcoming. There is indeed something here. The values and aesthetics of Fang people are different, but like the Titanic, Forrest Gump, Shawshank’s salvation can touch the Orientals, why is it that American ghost films are difficult to scare the Orientals? Isn’t it strange?
At the end of writing, I found that this was Wen Ziren’s work after checking the information. This also allowed me to verify why there is such a trace of oriental color in the film. Wen Ziren always had ideas and efforts for integration, but he was ultimately defeated by American values.
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