Insomnia because of tormented conscience is the same as insomnia because of missing a lover. The film "Lost" uses insomnia as a line to lay out the whole story, squeezed out the essence of this unremarkable plot, and its narrative skills can be said to be quite high. In my opinion, the director has accurately grasped the point: insomnia itself is not exciting, the torture of conscience is difficult to move people, and the contradiction of choice and the predicament of survival can arouse deep resonance. Detective Dormer is faced with a dilemma: between punishing the guilty and protecting the innocent, which is more important? And after further digging and thinking, this dilemma is still confusing on more levels. How can an individual bear the utter failure of his own hands when a sacred cause has in some sense overlapped with his life? While protecting a few innocents, if more innocents will be sacrificed, how to choose? In the struggle between good and evil, if pure good has to pay a price that is almost absurd even if it wins even a small victory, what reason is there for pure good to stick to? Do means and ends have completely independent value coordinates? If they are not independent, when the two overlap or injure each other, who will really listen to the voice of the actor? The film threw these questions to the audience at once, and although it was dashing, it did not reduce the weight, and it was overwhelming.
The film lineup is very strong. Godfather Al Pacino's acting skills are impeccable, with one look and one turn, the man's charm cannot be concealed from the inside out; Hilary Swank's inner strength among women can sweep thousands of troops, which is better than the one in "Boys Don't Cry" before this film. The tomboy, and the female boxing champion in "Million Baby" after that, she has a lot more gentleness and delicacy in this film, and she feels more beautiful; Robin Williams, a talented comedian, has a natural elegance. Under the excellent acting skills in this film, it makes people shudder. The eagerness to tell the murder on the phone brings a real killer to the audience without the camera. His interpretation of the villain is not only qualified.
The film's director, Christopher Nolan, wasn't very well-known when he made the film, but the mention of his most recent hit, "Batman Begins," must have been a hit. In the film "Lost", his directing talent has been fully demonstrated, whether it is the rhythm of the narrative, the chase scene, the one-man show, and the opponent's scene, all of which are shot in a consistent manner, with a masterful style. He is only 30 or 60 this year. As a director of commercial films, his future is limitless.
Personally, although the emphasis, connotation and scenes of "Lost" and "Pirates of Fire" are almost the same, in terms of overall level, "Lost" can completely compete with "Pirates".
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