Not very interesting

Selmer 2021-10-13 13:05:31

It feels normal. The key plot of this film is from the mouth of the lame. You can't tell whether what he said is true or false, so in the end, no matter what the truth is, it will not make people feel particularly surprised, and the director played various narrative techniques throughout the process. Trying to increase the suspense with this, it just makes me feel dizzy and tired, in fact, no matter what you do, everything is the lame in charge.
I think a good suspense film should leave a considerable amount of space for the audience to participate and judge. For classics such as "Rear Window", the audience has the same perspective as the hero in the film and can obtain the same amount of material. While the hero makes step-by-step inferences, the audience can also make their own judgments and remain suspenseful.

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The Usual Suspects quotes

  • McManus: We gotta bury him.

    Hockney: With what?

    McManus: With our hands.

    [McManus starts digging]

    Hockney: Oh, this is nuts! It's dry fucking sand, McManus. When he rots the surfers are gonna smell him a mile away!

    McManus: Dig, you fuck!

  • McManus: You run and we're gonna be digging a hole for you, you got that?