The Heart Stone is a 2016 Icelandic film. The film tells the story of Thor and Christian, two teenagers going through adolescence in an Icelandic fishing village. Thor lives with his mother and sister. He is the only male in the family. He is often teased and ridiculed by his sister. His mother doesn't care about him and suspects him of stealing fish. Christian is the only son in the family, his mother is cowardly, and his father is grumpy and often violent to Christian. That time, I went out to camp on horseback without the consent of the farmer, Sven. The next day, my father came in a hurry and scolded Christian the thief in front of his friends, kicking and beating him. Such two lonely teenagers naturally became a pair of good buddies, inseparable. Thor has a crush on Beth, and Christian and Hannah seem to be a "couple", and Christian wants to make a bridge to let Beth know Thor's heart. Who would have expected that in the process of getting along with the four of them, Christian found that he had feelings for Thor beyond friendship, which made the little straight man Thor very disgusted, and the boat of their friendship was on the verge of capsize. After Christian was rescued from suicide, Thor realized that he didn't want to lose Christian as a friend, and took the initiative to show him his sincerity and sincerity. The best thing about this work is the natural scenery. Summer in Iceland is even more pleasant, with polar days and very short nights. Thor, Christian, Beth and Hannah, the boys and girls rode to camp by Lake Ida, Christian walked out of the tent in the morning, the valley was ethereal, he walked to the grassy pool, the reflection on the water floated, the scene was beautiful, Christian Like Adonis who came out of Greek mythology, "Adonis by the water".
Adonis is a forever young vegetable god with beautiful and delicate facial features like flowers. Every April to May, the Adonis Festival is celebrated in various places to commemorate this beautiful man. Venus, the goddess of love, once fell in love with him at first sight and approached him as a hunter. Out of sympathy, he reluctantly accepted having her by his side. Legend has it that Adonis is actually not interested in the opposite sex, and it is also said that he is bisexual. When he was out hunting, he was attacked by a wild boar and died. Venus was devastated and interceded with Zeus, who allowed Adonis to resurrect every spring and return to the underworld every autumn. As for the mystery of his sexuality, there is no chance to uncover it. Back in the movie, Iceland is full of vitality right now. In mythology, Adonis, who has never been touched by the god of love, has a chance to wake up this time? Awakening is the re-understanding of people's perception, the realization of behavior goals that are more beneficial to themselves through their own experience, and a sublimation from thought to action. Throughout the whole film, the director's narrative is superficial, and he fails to dig deep into the relationship between the characters, so that people can experience, understand, and gain a real awakening in the flow and change of emotions and relationships. Thor, Christian, Beth, and Hannah are just pure curiosity and exploration of sexuality, and have not produced a real in-depth emotional exchange and emotional experience. Whether it is between Thor and Beth, or Christian's attraction to Thor, there is a lack of a chemical, a spark, a dream and a fantasy of divinity. Without this spark and fantasy, it can only be reduced to a mechanic. Stupid "acting", a kiss, a painting is not enough to trigger a real awakening. He even tried to awaken Christian's "glass" love for Thor through the scene where Thor went to the cliff to pick up seabird eggs? It is fundamental to mobilize or dig deep into the relationship between characters, let the emotions flow between the characters, and generate collisions. Take Hannah, for example, tap her energy, give her more roles, and let her drive and inspire Christian's heart and make him awaken. Christian's awakening is the foundation, the foundation, without which this work would be a source without water, a tree without roots. In the 129-minute duration, the whole story is boring and mechanical, the focus is not prominent, the explanation of the relationship between the characters is rigid, the rhythm is slow, and the redundancy is obvious. The final result is naturally unconvincing. Of course, the director grasped the first 12 minutes of the film very well, not to mention the scenery. 13/4-year-old teenagers are "little adults", and the hormones on their bodies are increasingly strong, which is bringing great changes to their bodies and minds. The fish caught in the sea are their targets: digging their gills with their bare hands and stepping on them. In groups of three or five, swaying around On the junkyard, smashed cars to destroy them, and fired random shots. Likes to cause trouble and fight. Misfire with parents. They are both anxious and excited about the changes in their bodies, their self-awareness is gradually awakened, and they begin to pay more and more attention to themselves. They are full of curiosity and desire for sex and the opposite sex, and they are fresh and shy at the same time. The director deliberately used a lot of upside-down shots to remind the audience to pay more attention, pay more attention to and respect these "little adults". The young actors in the film received 8 months of emergency training before filming. It is a pity that the congenital defect of the director's narrative ability still limits the performance of the young actors, resulting in their expression being rigid, deliberate, unreal, and looking more like a prop.
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