Remember when Universal Pictures swore to open a dark universe?
Let’s recall with you again. In 2013, Universal was envious of the various universe developments of other film labels, so he also took out his own materials and put together a plate. It was originally called Universal Monster Universe, but later it was generally called Universal Dark Universe. .
The dark universe focuses on horror, adventure and action styles. In this universe, there are Universal’s signature mummies, Van Helsing, Frankenstein, and his brides, vampires, half-murlocs, werewolves, invisible men, and so on.
Regarding the inventory of the film and television works of "The Invisible Man" , if you are interested, you can go out and turn left to watch my previous video.
Frankly speaking, at the beginning, I was looking forward to the Universal Dark Universe. Compared with the monster universes like Godzilla King Kong of Warner, the monsters of Universal can resonate and empathize with the audience more. Those characters’ mental journeys are closer to those of you. People are also better shaped.
At the beginning, Universal was full of confidence, drew a big pie, and recruited several top first-line stars, including Tom from "The New Mummy", Johnny Depp from "The Invisible Man", and even Angelina Jolie interested As "Frankenstein's Bride", Dashi Johnson intends to participate in "Werewolf", Scarlett Johansson is expected to serve as "Black Lake Monster" and so on.
As a result, the first shot of Tom's "New Mummy" was cool, and the coolness was a bit thorough, which almost stopped the dark universe for a while, and Johnny Depp, who originally participated in "The Invisible Man", also let everyone dove. .
As a result, the Universal Diablo Universe has dimmed from the first film, and other film shooting plans in the future were either postponed or cancelled.
Why do I want to mention this again, because the "Invisible Man" we are going to talk about today is the one that has suffered the most. Originally, "The Invisible Man" was a dark universe movie that followed "The New Mummy".
But the official now claims that "The Invisible Man" has been removed from the dark universe, and the production and release dates of other dark universe movies are all unknown. This is currently the most official explanation.
So in a strict sense, the new version of "The Invisible Man" is an independent small-cost thriller that will not be related to any universe, but is it really that simple? Universal is really willing to abandon such a large invisible man IP. Isn't it included in the dark universe discussion? We will analyze in detail later.
The "Invisible Man" I’m going to talk about today, Universal Pictures is right with a small and broad calculation, and finally Universal Pictures has a movie work starting with "Cats" that will make them feel proud (I can still How long to use).
"The Invisible Man" was inspired by the famous science fiction novelist HG Wells's novel of the same name. It was made into a film and television work as early as 1933. Since then, the invisible setting has been continuously improved and made into a movie.
So far, the latest version of "The Invisible Man" has a very good reputation. After watching the movie, I also feel that the quality of "The Invisible Man" is quite good in the category of horror.
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Let’s talk about the impression of thunder. Popular IPs like the Invisible Man are actually difficult to integrate into the director’s style. For example, in 2000’s "Transparent Man", the director was the famous Paul Van Hoven, but the movies that came out still have a lot of The heavy business model structure, of course, can be regarded as a characteristic if some shame shots belong to the style of Paul Van Hoeven.
And now this "Invisible Man" is directed by Ray Warner, who has always been the queen screenwriter and executive producer of Wen Ziren's team. He has developed "Chain Saw" and "Latent" series, the more famous last one. The work "Upgrade" is also refreshing in the action scenes, and he is a relatively promising new director.
This "Invisible Man", perhaps because the cost is only 7 million, gives the director a relatively high degree of freedom. There are many shots in the film, which once made me feel Wen Ziren's internal taste, such as pulling the bed sheet and taking pictures of the heroine sleeping. At that time, there were those bridge sections where the heroine's bed sheets were stepped on.
The film truly discovers the characteristics of the invisible person itself, and makes a fuss about the scheduling of the horror atmosphere. The film soundtrack adds to the film a more treacherous atmosphere.
"The Invisible Man" is about Cecilia played by Elizabeth Moss (trailer content). A husband who has a strong desire for control, monitors her every movement all the time, and Cecilia, who feels suffocated in life, decides Escape from the prison-like family.
Not long after Cecilia fled, her husband committed suicide, but she became an invisible person to avenge Cecilia, which made others think Cecilia became crazy.
Believe me, if Johnny Depp played the invisible man, the first point of view would still be the invisible man.
But because there is no top star, the film’s creator changed his strategy from the script. For the first time in the film, the invisible person is not used as the protagonist, but placed in a dark place, allowing the audience to follow Cecilia’s perspective, fear and fear with her, and be mad together. It's not a demon, and even once gave people an illusion. Is it true that Celia is crazy?
The real meaning of this kind of operation is to make good use of the "invisible" setting to achieve people's depression and anxiety. The sudden shocks in the film and the scenes of the camera shooting at an empty corner make people feel Don't dare to look directly, these cheap lens language scheduling can be overwhelmingly different, allowing the audience to also experience the horror index of tens of millions of panic makeup special effects.
I have to mention the unique Elizabeth Moss. For most of the film, she is acting against the air, but we can still feel the emotion of being imprisoned by thought, surrounded by fear and losing freedom.
Elizabeth Moss has a big face and big facial features. She hasn't felt any advantage in the previous TV "The Handmaid's Tale", but under the big screen, the slight expressions on her facial features, pain, sadness, fright and despair, are all It is also amplified and conveyed, and it also resonates with the audience.
This movie is really unintentional to the rhythm of the willow and willow. It seems that the IP setting of the invisible man has returned to the public eye, and even grabbed the edge of "The New Mummy".
Of course, this film can actually be better. After all, the layout is very small. The film is essentially about the disharmony and tearing of the face between a husband and wife, and it lacks a lot of room for extension of the invisible person's discussion.
For example, the excessive lack of the story of the invisible man in the film can be regarded as a small regret. And what is the background of the invisible suit. In addition to the desire to control others, the Doctor of Optics has specific achievements in scientific research. We don’t know what it is, but it has something to do with the production cost of the film.
Also constrained by production costs, there is the choice of actors. Although Elizabeth Moss plays the leading role as the heroine, other actors are also very important.
As far as the current film is concerned, other roles, especially the casting of Doctor of Invisible Optics, as far as the current actor Oliver Jason is concerned, there is really nothing impressive.
It is said that the original creator of the role of Doctor of Optics was to find Amy Hammer who has a perfect sexy male figure in "Please call me by your name".
In addition, I really want to make a negative review on the trailer of "The Invisible Man". There are too many information and story lines exposed. As a result, almost 1 hour before the main film, I feel that I am watching the detailed version of the trailer. The fragments that get a good frightening experience, because the trailer is shown prematurely, so there is a lot of freshness.
If you haven't watched the trailer, try not to watch it. This will give you better results when watching the movie.
But from another angle, it can also be understood that the narrative in the first half of the film tends to be too flat, so that the real excitement of the film is the moment when the invisible person appears.
Overall, this low-cost "Invisible Man" exceeded expectations and is worth recommending.
Spoiler in-depth analysis
What makes me feel that the surprise of this "Invisible Man" is nothing more than the speed of the film in the last half an hour, and the reversal and upgrade of the film.
After everyone thought that Dr. Optics committed suicide, the doctor relied on invisible revenge on Cecilia, making everyone think Cecilia had a delusion. In the end, the doctor even killed Cecilia’s good sister by using the knife to kill. Put the blame on Cecilia.
Cecilia, who was imprisoned in a mental hospital, finally learned that she was pregnant, and it was a turning point because the doctor had always wanted to have her own child, and through this method, Cecilia's life was more bound.
So Cecilia cut her arm and pretended to commit suicide, and forced the doctor out, so that everyone knew about the existence of the invisible man. After some duel, the invisible man appeared, but found that the person in the invisible suit was the doctor’s brother. , And the doctor was kidnapped by his brother and locked up in the basement, all the mastermind became the doctor's brother.
So what is the truth? The answer is definitely and must be Dr. Benbo.
The video here does not clearly explain whether all of this is the work of the doctor, but the film actually hints a lot.
First of all, from Cecilia’s words, we can know what kind of person the doctor is. There is a detail. Their docile dog actually uses a cruel collar like an electrode ring, which shows that the doctor is a controlling desire. Very strong person.
The most important clue is also the cell phone information. In the film, Cecilia found the doctor’s cell phone in the attic and received a surprise SMS. At the end, when the doctor and Cecilia had a meal, the doctor also said surprise lines, Doctor His usual vocabulary exposes his lies.
In addition, there is also a little girl in the film who has taken the anti-wolf spray. The invisible doctor was in the room at the time. It stands to reason that he should be able to know this defensive behavior, but the invisible person behind was hit by the little girl’s anti-wolf spray, which also shows that they are not the same person. .
So the question is, the film repeatedly raised the question that Doctor of Optics is rich and talented and attracts countless girls, why does he keep stalking Cecilia, a suburban girl?
This may be that the easier to control the person, the less challenging it is, and the most challenging existence is if you are uncontrolled but controlled by yourself.
So the doctor likes to control the uncontrolled Cecilia to satisfy his perverted desire for control.
At the end of the film, Dr. Optics originally thought that through various threats and damage methods, he finally regained control and let Cecilia return to his side again.
But she didn't expect Cecilia to put on another hidden invisibility suit and kill Dr. Optics. Under the surveillance video, she pretended to be Dr. Optics and committed suicide by herself with a knife.
This reversal is indeed a big surprise.
You can say that Cecilia is blackening, because after all, this is the murder of her husband, and more importantly, if Cecilia intends to have a child, it may be difficult to explain to the child that she killed the child's father herself.
But this can also be understood as Cecilia's weakness and timidity from before, and she was gradually forced to become a deadly, tough and rebellious woman.
Cecilia's killing of Doctor Optics is actually the only way to regain her freedom, because as far as the current evidence is concerned, there is no way to put Doctor Optics on the charge of murder, but she has to find a way to solve it.
But what surprised me more was that after Cecilia finally killed Dr. Optics, she took the invisibility suit and left.
Perhaps from a legal point of view, the couple did not get divorced, and the surveillance video captured the couple’s reconciliation, but Dr. Optics “suicided” because of guilt, so the inheritance right should be given to Cecilia or the doctor’s child. .
Therefore, it is proved by the same reason that Cecilia has money and a stealth suit. Is it a disguise that can be understood as the first generation of "invisible women" was born.
Of course, these films did not say clearly, but the final scene of the film, Cecilia's steadfast eyes, looked like a superhero who had determined his position in life and was ready to shine.
Perhaps due to the uncertainty of the global dark universe, the entire "Invisible Man" was indeed made according to an independent film. After the subtitles were released, the film did not have any easter eggs.
But you know, sometimes the direction of film production is based on the reputation and box office of the film in reality.
Wasn’t Warner DC’s "Joker" an independent movie, but now we are planning a sequel, and we also want to create the beginning of Warner's version of the Diablo Super British Universe.
Therefore, the imaginative ending of "The Invisible Man" is actually very open. It can even reconnect with the global dark universe, interact with the characters in other films, and work together to save the world.
Of course, the most important thing about this ending is to pave the way for the sequel of "The Invisible Man". This is the most routine operation. What else will Cecilia encounter afterwards, and what she will do with the invisible suit. These are all worth making a fuss about in the sequel. .
In general, if the reputation of "The Invisible Man" continues to be produced by the original crew, whether it is returning to the dark universe or adding a sequel, it is still worthy of high expectations.
If you like horror and thriller movies and are also interested in the subject of Invisible Man, then the latest version of "Invisible Man" is best not to be missed.
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