I myself am a big fan of brain-burning horror, thriller and suspense movies, and watching this movie is mainly based on the seven-high rating. How to say the feeling after watching, very depressing, but not very scary. Here are a few highlights and weaknesses of the film.
Highlights:
1. Actor's acting skills. The film's heroine nomination for Oscar will not be discussed in detail, I personally think that she deserves it. The emphasis is on sons and daughters. The actor who played his son handled several extremely difficult scenes with ease and was unconventional, which is very commendable, but the later (except the first paragraph) several crying scenes I personally felt that the handling was not very good, which is a pity. The actor who is the goddaughter can be said to be born for horror movies, which is completely natural. In the words of Chen Peisi's protagonist and supporting roles in advance, stop there and come out without acting. Actors with this temperament will be very convincing to play some classic scenes in horror films, such as soul possession and multiple personalities. It's just that I don't think the director has fully tapped her potential. The lines can actually be a little less. Generally speaking, when she doesn't speak, it's more scary than when she speaks.
2. Lighting. The lighting of this film is rare in horror films, and the main tone is dark, no matter day or night. Most horror movies choose to be in the middle of the night, highlighting the horror of the unknown. In this movie, it is clear that it is daytime outside the window, but it is like night in the house. This contrast highlights the helplessness and extreme depression of a fait accompli.
3. A car accident scene. This scene can be said to be very, very good in terms of the beginning of the vision to the mid-section, the climax and the subsequent ending. It can be said to set a new benchmark for the same type of film. Two of the four stars I played were given to this scene (the other two were the two points mentioned earlier). I won't go into details. If you have a chance, it's better for everyone to watch it for yourself. In short, I was very excited when I saw it, and it turned out that I could still shoot like this.
insufficient:
The main disadvantage is that the plot is weak and cannot support the atmosphere created before. The trailer is indeed very misleading. When I watched half of it, I believed that many people, like me, thought it was about a conspiracy within the family, especially when I heard the conversation at my mother's dinner table and she said that she had tried many ways. After having an abortion. I thought it would be better to shoot from this angle, but in the end it boils down to religion, which is more weird than careful thinking. There are a lot of foreshadowings, and I filled in more than half of them in the end, but I don’t think this is very important. There is still a difference between horror and suspense. It doesn’t matter if there are a few bugs. The most important thing is to create a feeling of fear afterward.
In recent years, most horror films, including The Conjuring 2, Hold Your Breath, etc., are using a sudden shock, which seems a little shocking. The first half of this film is well done, very restrained and restrained, but it is a pity that the second half And inevitably fall into the clichés. Here is a sci-fi thriller movie, the first of the Butterfly Effect, which is very in line with the scary standards mentioned above. There is no sudden scary scene in the whole movie, but the more you go back, the more chill you feel in the bone marrow. Personally, I think this is the trend that horror movies should have.
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