The movie (theatrical version) has two directions: movie plot & content hint + whether theatrical cut affects viewing.
1. The plot and atmosphere are summarized in two words, fairy tales-but the original version is an adult fairy tale, and the theater version is a PG-13 fairy tale.
The setting of the monster itself, the atmosphere of the whole story, including the soundtrack, dressing, lighting, and so on, are very similar to the director’s previous well-known work "Pan's Labyrinth", but this time it has been fully upgraded and the protagonist has been ignored. 'S little girl became a dumb girl, and sex and other elements were also added.
The same special photo with the same color tone.
The whole story is very floating. Some netizens looked dumbfounded after reading it, and felt that the heroine's own death would tire the two good friends.
I said this is wrong.
I don’t even bother to consider the heroine’s motives, because everything is unreasonable:
it is normal for the heroine to see that it is beaten and cannot bear it; it is normal for the
heroine to feed
it ; it is understandable for the heroine to play music to it;
Then you two are in love? ? ? ? ? ? ?
Then the heroine learned that it was going to be rescued by vivisection, which is understandable, such as the rise of ET and the Ape Ball; after
all the hardships risked her life to save it, she had sex with it?
The two communicated through a little sign language from beginning to end. How do you think that the other person is the same as you?
I really feel that even if this monster is not like it is now, it is a cat-man-dog-man gorilla, it will not hinder the progress of the plot.
And the gorilla plot is more normal.
The role of this monster is to finally explode and abuse the villain. That's just a little bit of benefit.
The presence of the male protagonist is not as strong as the villain, and the emotions between the two are even more difficult to empathize, making the whole story like the female protagonist alone.
The dreamlike lighting and soundtrack, as well as the cool colors all accentuate the film’s "dream" feeling, making the originally unreasonable plot add fairy tale color and become acceptable.
As far as the plot is concerned, I am not convinced that it can beat "Three Billboards".
If it hadn't had a voiceover and had more political content than "Three", it would never have won.
The background of the story is set in 1963, both the hottest period of the Cold War and the budding period of the civil rights movement. The female protagonist’s dumbness can also be seen as a political inability to speak and be ignored. The agent also said, "Who cut your vocal cords?";
The two friends of the heroine, a black female colleague who has been ignored by her husband for a long time, and an unsuccessful old painter whose sexual orientation has become fascinating are all marginalized people who do not get social recognition.
The setting of monsters is a big success for all marginal groups, unable to speak + minority groups + interracial love, the worst is that it is so ugly.
For Oscar, who is eager to separate his relationship with Weinstein, a politically correct film with a decent plot and a good atmosphere is the best and best director, which can at least cover the various scandals surrounding the Oscar;
as for the "Three Billboards" ", taking the actress and the male lead is also considered to encourage the actor.
2. This time the radio and television editing was too much, which greatly affected the viewing experience and audience understanding of the entire movie. I'd rather watch it at home than go to the cinema.
In the beginning, the heroine masturbates in the bathtub every morning, and the egg timer is used to count the time. It has multiple functions:
first, it shows that the heroine lives alone and single;
second, adding ambiguous colors to the eggs and sending eggs to monsters is a sign of emotional germination;
The third is to pave the way for the clouds and rain in the bathtub and even the bathroom for the two later;
real shots on the theater line (I did not turn on the flash in the first row).
There is no sound here again. If you haven't read the original version, who knows what the heroine is doing? I can't help but rub the mud.
The two people dancing in the water in the bathroom is the climax of the whole film. The two have achieved the body and mind here, at least the heroine feels so.
This is also the most important thing in the whole film, which shows that monsters have emotions to communicate with. He and the heroine have emotions. This is why the old painter who had always resisted monsters later became understanding and accepting. It becomes human.
Then the theater line was cut like this.
What I can't stand the most is that the important scene of this villain was deleted, which completely cut down the connotation of the story.
He covered his wife's mouth in XXOO, and the foreplay is also very simple and rude. This paragraph also has an important role:
one reflects this person's possessiveness and control desire;
second, it shows that he is towards the heroine The covetousness of the
heroine lays an important foreshadowing for the subsequent development; the third reflects the social authority at the time, and the behavior is disrespect or even contempt for women, and the heroine and the monster together are not only to break the discrimination, but also to make a strong voice and resistance.
How about the theater version? Sorry, delete all of them.
Needless to say, everyone knows that in a movie, the protagonist decides the lower limit, while the villain decides the upper limit.
This scene expands the villain to the point where "the people in power do not allow marginalized groups to speak". He is more than just an agent pursuing fame and fortune; he chasing monsters is not only to keep his position, but also possessions. The fear of personal safety being violated drove him away.
When the monster struck his throat with a claw, he also lost his voice-combined with the admiral's threat to him, he was also deprived of his right to speak like the heroine.
The cutting process works the other way around, reducing the format to the level of ordinary curious movies and greatly reducing the level of the movie.
Summary: I
'd rather watch resources at home than watch a castrated movie in the cinema. This is my last tenderness.
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