"Scorched Earth" 8.0

Vivian 2022-03-18 09:01:04

This is a movie that absolutely cannot be spoiled. About two-thirds of the way through, I suddenly guessed the ending. After watching it, I was stuck in a gloomy atmosphere, and I thought I was a psychopath.

Two generations of family search, a woman's epic, could have been magnified to the panic and sorrow of the entire nation, because it was too coincidental to be a quirky plot, but collapsed inwardly, the audience no longer empathized, and it became absurd. For the speechless bystanders of the encounter, the sense of epic is also weakened. (The more I think about it, the more angry I get.)

The cruel mystery, the mother kept silent for a lifetime, and suddenly left three letters when she died, pushing the reluctant pair of children to swim up, and then bumped into the sword-like truth. The head was bleeding, and the pain went into the bone marrow.

I don't understand. It is better to let the mother endure it to death, and then give more love, curiosity and subjective initiative to the children, the story will be smoother and more shocking.

Although I don't like the story, Vivi did a really good job.

The camera, emotions, retractable, even if cold and restrained, are still ferocious and cruel.

In a sense, "The City of Scorched Earth" is the foundational work of Villeneuve, and this long step to the gods belongs to him, which is the first tipping point.

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  • Isaiah 2022-04-24 07:01:06

    It doesn't feel right for me. . Either the timing is wrong, or the brain likes it

  • Idella 2022-04-24 07:01:06

    I don't like this kind of straightforward narrative that goes to the market. The execution of individual scenes is indeed imaginative, but lacks a more internalized representation of the characters. The sister and brother's puzzle-solving journey is more like paving the way for a spectacle-like ending, and the process becomes tasteless. Fortunately, even in such a complex text, the director's unique image style can still be seen.

Incendies quotes

  • Soldier/Security Guard: Good morning, beautiful.

    Nawal Marwan: Good morning.

    Soldier/Security Guard: You want to go out with us Thursday night?

    Nawal Marwan: No.

    Soldier/Security Guard: Friday?

    Nawal Marwan: No.

    Soldier/Security Guard: Saturday?

    Nawal Marwan: No.

    Soldier/Security Guard: [shouting] We are very patient!

    Nawal Marwan: So am I.

  • Notary Jean Lebel: Will of Mrs. Nawal Marwan... To Notary Jean Lebel: Bury me with no casket, no prayers, naked, face down, away from the world. Stone and epitaph. I want no gravestone, nor my name engraved anywhere. No epitaph for those who don't keep their promises. To Jeanne and Simon: Childhood is a knife stuck in your throat. It can't be easily removed. Jeanne, Mr Lebel will give you an envelope. The envelope is for your father. Find him, and give it to him. Simon, the notary will give you an envelope... The envelope is for your brother. Find him, and give him the envelope. When the envelopes have been delivered you will be given a letter. The silence will be broken, a promise kept, and you can place a stone on my grave and on it engrave my name in the sun.