Boredom makes people turn into villains (spoiler alert)

Casey 2022-01-28 08:05:19

What this movie wants to tell the audience through the mouth of the old man from the tower early in the morning——

"What's the terrible part of a sailor's life, ask ye, lad?

Tis when the work stops when ye're twixt wind and water.

Doldrums. Doldrums.

Eviler than the Devil.

Boredom makes men to villains,

and the water goes quick, lad, vanished.

The only med'cine is drink.

Keeps them sailors happy, keeps'em agreeable,

keeps'em calm, keeps'em...

Stupid."

Old Thomas, who was alone as a lighthouse watcher on a very remote island, became a villain who liked mind control to play with others until he collapsed and died because of boredom.

The tower-keeping assistant Thomas, although he was bullied and deceived by him and dare not speak, but at any rate he is also a cruel character who has avenged his public revenge and failed to save him. Although his spirit is approaching madness day by day, the young people always have backlashes. strength.

Just as Blue Beard's wife couldn't control her desire to open that deadly secret room, Thomas eventually walked into the tower lamp room where the old villain had always forbidden him to go.

What did he see?

Could it be that mermaid?

This film seems to imply such a terrifying desperate situation-there is only pure depravity, no light redemption.

The black and white blurry vision, dull and monotonous sound effects, and violent and crazy performances really make this movie very unique (but not unique), and those who love reasoning can also see through some settings (such as two people getting drunk and waking up at night). , The old villain told the assistant that many days have passed, but in fact it is impossible, because the assistant’s beard is still the same length as yesterday. With their drunken energy, it is impossible to trim the beard carefully. The tableware happened in the transport ship. After coming, the man's beard can't be seen for a significant long period of time.) As far as I am concerned, I can see the end after a short period of time.

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Extended Reading
  • Seamus 2022-03-26 09:01:05

    interesting. The one-to-one black-and-white format, haze, thick, crazy, swaying light and shadow full of hints, space, and composition, all exude a strong sense of Tal Bella's vision. Storms and raging waves, surging desires and killing intent, the interweaving of various symbols and metaphors, and the "Shakespeare scolding" that is overwhelming and swallowing mountains and rivers, all these elements did not help to achieve the "stage drama" of the film, because The use of audio-visual language and space still belongs to the "movie style". The gorgeous Shakespeare-style lines may only be used to make the film "allegorical". When did Pattinson act so well? Completely wash away the strange temperament, teach people to look at it with admiration. To get rid of the positioning of "traffic niche", it seems that it is still necessary to avoid the vampire Mary Su blockbuster, and choose more literary films for training. I will never call you Nenniu Wufang again.

  • Arturo 2022-03-18 09:01:04

    [The Witch] The director’s new work is very ambiguous. It combines a psychological thriller and a magical horror film. The superficial themes include the collapse and madness caused by long-term isolation, father killing and power struggle, the suppression and transformation of male desire, and identity The puzzle of identity. In terms of materials, in addition to ancient Greek mythological references such as Prometheus, Poseidon, and Siren, it also subtly uses a variety of metaphors in the cultural history of the image of "tower" and "lighthouse"-transcendental. The eternal world (the unrecognizable or timeless field of time), male power, signposts, arrogance, spiritual isolation, imprisonment and danger. The 1.19:1 format and high-contrast black-and-white photography with dark keys give people a strong sense of retro. The chirping of seabirds, the sound of ocean tides and the sound of fog whistle are endless, and the incoherent narrative and broken editing are enough to make the audience dizzy and confused. Together with William · The crazy performances of Dafoe and Robert Pattinson are definitely exciting. (8.5/10)

The Lighthouse quotes

  • Ephraim Winslow: Goddamn your farts! You smell like piss, you smell like jism, like rotten dick, like curdled foreskin, like hot onions fucked a farmyard shit house. And I'm sick of your smell. I'm sick of it! I'm sick of it, you goddamned drunk. You goddamned no-account, son-of-a-bitch-bastard liar! That's what you are! You're a goddamned drunken, horse-shitting, short, shit liar. A liar!

    Thomas Wake: Ye have a way with words, Tommy.

  • Ephraim Winslow: If i had a steak... . i would fuck it.