This movie should be thrown into the trash heap of history

Lambert 2022-09-17 08:17:35

Before watching the movie, I glanced at the movie reviews, and there was a lot of scolding, and I thought: Someone must not understand, I have to read it carefully! As a result, I fell asleep in the first 5 minutes of the movie. The camera lens was too shaken and the color tone was too dark. I felt dizzy when I saw it. It was boring, the shaking was even worse, and there were even no aliens. Fortunately, when the movie was over, it was a fragrant sleep. There are a few flaws in the movie that still need to be investigated.

1. Mirror. It is understandable that the camera shake is to pursue a sense of reality and make the audience immersive, but in the opening scene of the racing car, the camera is more exaggerated than the car, isn't it a bit too exaggerated? It was funny at first, but then I found that every shot was shaking, and there was no one steady shot, which made me a little bit angry, the shots were sometimes shot from different weird angles, sometimes from under my feet, sometimes From the top of the head, according to normal logic, this kind of strange angle should be the perspective of a certain character. However, it is not. This is completely the director's willfulness. I'm a little crazy.

2. The screen is too dark. The whole movie is so dark that it can't work, and it's rare to have a few brighter shots. Especially when the much-anticipated aliens appear, I believe everyone wants to see the close-ups. As a result, the director puts the aliens in the shadows, which are blurry and hazy. Why don't you just play mosaics, director? ! Is the cost too low to be afraid that the audience will clearly see the 5-mao special effects and complain about you? If this is the case, then you think too much as a director, because there are too many things to complain about besides special effects.

3. The plot. Originally, I happily wanted to watch a sci-fi action movie in which aliens invaded the earth, but ended up being fed a mouthful of political conspiracy. How do they rule the earth, and what is the purpose of aliens ruling the earth? What has changed on Earth in the 10 years of alien rule? Why do Freedom fighters suddenly want to rebel? These issues that should be made clear are not listed in the movie.

4. Sound effects. Sound effects and background music can be described in one word: Noisy! It's just so noisy! Noisy bar music everywhere I go, the background music is abrupt when aliens appear, and it looks very special. Finally, the fat man came to the old friend's house. I thought I could finally calm down, but the woman immediately returned. I turned on the gramophone, I was speechless, would it kill me if I was quiet, director?

5. Actors. Too many black actors are used, and the picture is already dark. Black people, in the dark, are simply invisible people and can't see anything clearly.

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Captive State quotes

  • Kermode: [on the resistance] They don't exist

    William Mulligan: [snorts] That's what they said about aliens

  • William Mulligan: [on the resistance] They're still out there

    William Mulligan: [following the bombing] What if they failed on purpose?

    William Mulligan: [looking back at a crime wall/board about the resistance] There/They're Not Gone