The lives of otakus seem to be monotonous and unremarkable, but who can guess what they really think in their hearts? Maybe every otaku fantasizes in his heart that he will be able to come to a fantastic opportunity without leaving home! The movie "Rear Window Cry" is far from the wishes of the majority of otaku. This rhythm of youthful yet thrilling story seems to make me return to the rainy season when I was seventeen, and have a youthful daydream.
But from the title, we can easily classify this movie as a horror genre, but it is different from the horror movies of the past. The director was able to cut down on the gory footage and sensational sound effects, and replace them with sunny pictures and lighthearted background music. The film tells the terrifying murder in a youthful tone, giving the audience a fresh and refined feeling.
At the beginning of the film, it did not set off the horror atmosphere and set the tone of horror like other horror films. It is a harmonious picture of a father and son fishing happily in the river. With the blue sky, clear water and lush trees as the background, and accompanied by the hearty laughter of the father and son, the beginning of the film makes the audience feel unexpectedly comfortable. The male protagonist, Kyle, tells jokes with his father, which sets off the love between father and son and the harmony of the family. Of course, this kind of comfortable picture as a horror movie will not last long. On the way home, Kyle's negligence while driving caused his father to die in a car accident, but Kyle survived. Seeing this, we thought that the movie would cut into the scary part, and even guessed whether there would be a ghost and ghost plot separated by the yin and yang of the blessing. However, the director's brilliance lies in his fine-tuning of the film's progress, and the subsequent development of the story seems to be kept in mind outside of reason, but also within reason:
A year later, Kyle was reprimanded by his Spanish teacher for sleeping in class, perhaps not yet coming out of the grief and remorse of losing his father, when the teacher mentioned his deceased father when Kelton Out of control wounded the teacher, and he was also charged. Because Kyle was under the age of 18, the judge finally sentenced him to three months of house arrest at home. Back home, Kyle was forced to put on an "ankle ring" that would transmit GPS signals 24/7 to a modem-like device fixed at home, which would then transmit the signal to the urban surveillance system. Use this to judge Kyle's whereabouts. The green and red lights on the ankle are used to show if Kyle is within feet. In this way, the hero Kyle's voluntary otaku life began.
As a digression here, the director arranged the place where the story took place, Kyle's home, in a suburb far away from the hustle and bustle. Under the sunlight, the single-family Tianshi courtyards make the audience feel warm and comfortable. Just imagine if the storytelling were moved to an apartment in a high-rise downtown area, and there's no denying that the movie would be even more eerie. But this will fall into the stereotype of traditional horror films. You must know that Hitchcock's "Rear Window" is an unsurpassable monument in the same type of horror films.
Closer to home, Kyle's otaku life didn't start out as thrilling as we thought. Instead, it started in a decadent, dimly lit room, endless games, TV shows of all kinds, stray dirty clothes and leftover snacks...all when it comes to mother's It stopped after a severe ban. But my mother is always busy with work, so Kyle has to stay at home alone more often. As Kyle himself said, chronic boredom can have side effects. So when his good friend Ronnie came to visit, Kyle's side effects - voyeurism - were fully revealed: Mr. Piercy and Mrs. Dust were not cheating on the maid at home, and the little guys next door would hide in the room Sneak peeks at adult channels, neighbor Robert Turner, who shares many similarities with the serial killer mentioned in the news, and of course, Kyle's head-scratching new neighbor, beautiful girl Ashley...
In the past, voyeurism always made people associate with psychological darkness, and felt that it was perverted and disgusting. It seems that the helmet should belong to the perverted killer who will play next. But the director subtly gave the voyeuristic behavior to a boy who is slightly rebellious but has inner sunshine. Through Kyle's eyes we no longer feel that "peeping" is a dirty word, because we also see the beauty in it. For example, Kyle regularly "watches" Ashley's swimming and yoga performances every day. This act of the ignorant teenager made us feel cute. In the rear window of his home, Kyle uses "peeping" to satisfy his youthful curiosity and release his youth that has nowhere to vent. There is a detail in the film that Kyle, who returned home, never dared to enter his father's study. There is no doubt that his father's death has always been an insurmountable psychological obstacle for him. Coincidentally, Ashley's every move can only be observed through the window of her father's study. Perhaps it was the deep love for Ashley in his heart that melted Kyle's fears.
The director also seems to be deliberately continuing the love between the two, even as a branch of the film. When Ashley kisses Kyle affectionately for his true confession on the balcony, we almost forget it's a horror movie, and with its hilarious moments, it feels more like a teen romantic comedy . Many people complained that the preamble of the movie is too long, but I think this is the director's genius. Compared with other horror films that use small details to create a primrose horror effect, the director ingeniously uses the whole film to stimulate the twists and turns. Nerves of the audience: The movie cuts to the mainstay of horror while the audience is indulging in Kyle and Ashley's sweetness. Kyle Ashley and her friend Ronnie discover through investigation that their neighbor, Robert Turner, looks more and more like the red-haired serial killer reported in the news. At this point, the thrilling manager on the other end of the otaku Kyle begins.
Every helmet is because of curiosity, even the sunshine boy Kyle is no exception. It is the constant curiosity that gives Kyle the motivation to keep investigating.
Although Kyle's thrilling journey does not occupy much space in the film, the plot design does have ups and downs, which really made the audience sweat. First, the three cooperated to steal Robert Turner's garage code, and then Ronnie sneaked into the garage under Kyle's command to find out. The original lighthearted and witty film process suddenly took a sharp turn, leaving the audience unwittingly tense and short of breath. As a horror film, "Rear Window Horror" successfully achieved the expected sensational effect here. Coupled with the dim picture and creepy music, it gave the audience a feeling of being caught off guard. In the film, the advanced DIY electronic products used by Kyle and the others in the two operations fully demonstrated the creativity of today's young people. The director did not forget to highlight the power of youth even in the terrifying atmosphere.
The climax and the most horrifying segment of the movie is that Kyle sneaks into Robert Turner's house alone to save his mother. At this time, the bravery and courage shown by Kyle made it impossible to connect him with the rebellious teenager of the boxing teacher. Just imagine if it wasn't Kyle's mother Erhuan being the beautiful and sexy Ashley who fell into the clutches of the film -- this kind of hero saving the beauty storyline is old-fashioned but after all, it suits the appetite of young people. The director is probably trying to convey a message through such a plot design: seventeen-year-old ignorant teenagers can taste the sweetness of green love, but family and close relatives are their eternal warm harbors. In addition, this plot design can echo the death of his father at the beginning of the film. Kyle made up for his mistake in killing his father by saving his mother, and also completed his spiritual redemption.
The ending is naturally a happy ending. Kyle ended his sin and gave birth to his mother. He also lifted the house arrest with his excellent performance, and his love with Ashley continued sweetly.
In today's film industry, commercial films are very popular. As a high-box-office film that caters to the audience, "The Rear Window" can't escape the commercial atmosphere, but it has injected a fresh and refined power into it, like a wisp of unbridled sea breeze. For the audience who have seen enough commercial films, they wiped away the tiredness on their faces.
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