the brink of pain

Hassie 2022-03-16 09:01:03

The motive for going to the theater to see this movie is very simple. I heard that the 3D effect under IMAX is very good.
Before watching it, I naturally made some speculations about the storyline of the film—through the posters—perhaps story routines like Alice in Wonderland, The Legend of Nazia and other magical feature films.
But what I never expected was that it turned out to be a romantic film with a strong tragic color.

Sedora: "I thought I would be lonely for the rest of my life, but I didn't expect to meet my real son."
At that time, the smile on her face was full of sunshine, happiness, and infinite vision for a better life in the future. of desire. Even just thinking about it for a moment, that smile is enough to melt the coldest heart in the world.
But how could Sedora know that the future, or the world, is tens of thousands of times worse than her original worst prediction.

How could she know that she was tricked by her sister into thinking that the person she loved betrayed her.
How could she know that she would eat the poisonous apple prepared by her sister for her, so that she would lose all her kindness and become an ugly monster.
How did she know - and I didn't know until the end - that her sister's deceptions and calculations turned out to be true?
When the hero and heroine (not Sedora) walked into the dark room at the end of the whole film, my heart kept saying, don't kiss, don't kiss, don't kiss.
But the plot is out of my control, the moment the male protagonist's kiss goes down.
Is there a more miserable girl in the world than Dora?
Of course, I know that in real life there are naturally too many.
But every time you know that there was such a simple, tragic encounter behind an extremely evil villain. No matter how outrageous she has done, you will still feel unbearable, and you will still feel sorry for her.
At the end of the whole film, I feel depressed.

The screenwriter smothered my mood to watch 2. Who would want to see a movie where the hero of a heartbreaker is defined as a righteous character?
But anyway, at least this plot setting made me think about something. It is also for this reason that this film has been sublimated from a 3D casual film with a similar plot and only stunts to a "love epic" that is close to tragedy. It's a weird genre where you don't want to watch 2 anyway, but think 1 is worth watching.

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Oz the Great and Powerful quotes

  • Oz: [drawing on the ground] Here's the plan. The wicked witch is the triangle. Monkey, you're the X. I'm the O. China Girl, you're the squiggly line.

    China Girl: I wanna be a heart. Can I be a heart?

    Oz: Fine, fine. You're a heart. Now, heart stays here. As O makes his way over here, X counters thusly. Clear so far?

    [Finley sneezes]

    China Girl: Bless you.

    Oz: Good work. You just sneezed away the plan.

  • Annie: I need to tell you something, Oscar.

    Oz: That's never a good start to a conversation.

    Annie: John Gale asked me to marry him. That's why I've come. I thought you should know.

    Oz: I think that's wonderful, Annie.

    Annie: I said I had to think about it.

    Oz: Men love that answer.

    Annie: I wondered what you thought I should do.

    Oz: You could do a lot worse than John Gale. He's a good man.

    Annie: So are you.

    Oz: No. I'm not. I'm many things, but a good man is not one of them.

    Annie: But you could be. If you wanted to.

    Oz: That's just it. I don't want to. See, Kansas is full of good men. Church-going men that get married and raise families. Men like John Gale. Men like my father... who spent his whole life tilling the dirt... just to die face down in it. I don't want that, Annie. I don't want to be a good man, I want to be a great one. I want to be... Harry Houdini and Thomas Edison all rolled into one.

    Annie: That's all I ever wanted for you, you know. Greatness.

    Oz: Then you understand.

    Annie: I do.