First of all, of course, the perfect narrative structure. Numerous flashbacks and interleaving are smoothly connected by the two diaries. Many foreshadowings and suspenses with magic veils finally have simple and cruel answers (although science fiction elements are added). Some people say that the film is a bit lengthy. I think in terms of the suspense setting, it is just right. The fight and revenge between A and B need to be laid out enough to trigger the final fatal climax. When my friends watched it together, I was thinking, he was asking questions, I kept up with the rhythm of the movie, and I guessed the result in time (though I didn’t want to accept it), all the links were deducted, and he had to start again after the end" Flashback".
Secondly, there are a few issues that everyone discussed. Borton has shown (or is emphasized as) from the beginning that he is a very talented magician. He always tries to innovate instead of seeking other people’s secrets, so we are all caught Leading to the road of blindly and superstitiously genius, just like the last sentence of the movie, we did not try to find the answer, we would rather simply believe in the magic of seeing, in fact his greatest talent (it is indeed a gift from heaven) It is because of his twin brother, it is this unique condition that makes him more suitable for magic innovation. Regarding the issue of copying and twin brothers, I prefer to believe in the latter, because Borton and Fallon have different personalities and preferences. Everyone has seen this. In the choice between sarah and Ovilia, in the final quarrel. Medium, and the copy person may not have this difference.
Regarding that copying machine, although it is not the one I am most willing to accept, I did see it in similar movies. I saw a movie that also took place in modern Britain many years ago. The name seems to be "The Devil's Biochemical Man." (Or "Devil Transformed into Human", "Devil Transformed into Life"), there is a plot to copy humans, but the machine is not perfect enough, which led to the birth of a half-human, half-animal creature. So this kind of technology for copying humans may be what Westerners have always dreamed of. For a person who is possessed like Angie and is not gifted, maybe science fiction is the only way out.
Another question is about if Borton knows or can guess the secret of Angie’s last migrating shadow magic (after all, he gave Angie the keyword Tesla), why he still can’t help but go under the stage so much. Witness that hidden secret with your own eyes, why? Because 100 games, 100 games, if he knew it was a copy machine, then he must be crazy to know the whereabouts of 100 Angies. If I remember correctly, Borton emphasized this when arguing with Fallon, and the result was horrible.
In the end, I have always been on Angie's side during the entire viewing process, because after all, the original victim was him, and as a person who lacks talent and persistence, he is more likely to inspire my sympathy, and his final ending is also Even more desperate, he shattered his life into pieces (suddenly thinking of the Horcrux in Harry Potter), struggling piece by piece in the airtight water tank "painful" (feeling of a sailor), copying the original hatred Source, and paid hundreds of times the price.
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