Violent and bloody aesthetics

Kaelyn 2022-04-23 06:01:02

To be honest, the status of "Human Skin Inn 2" in my mind is much higher than that of "Human Skin Inn 1" and "Human Skin Inn 3", because my viewing order is 3.1.2. According to my past experience, as a series, the more I watch it first, the more exciting it will be, and the more I watch it later, the more clearly the routine will be understood.

But this time, it's really the exact opposite. It's 2.1.3. Although 2 is the last to watch, I think it is the most exciting, 3 is the first to watch, and the result is the worst, and I almost gave up. Interested in this series. Regarding the question of 3, I will put it in 3. Here, I will only talk about 2!

First of all, the first feeling, the overall picture tone of 2, is my favorite movie style, rich, deep, and very thick! I watched 1 and 2 consecutively at the same time, so the feeling is particularly obvious. The color tone problem of 1 is a kind of indifference, a feeling of indifference to all things in the world, including human life, which is in line with the setting of the movie. But when it comes to 2, it is not just such a kind of indifference, rich tones, it is a kind of more profound thinking about human nature, and even a kind of counterattack! So when I first saw this tone, I knew that this part is no longer just about telling stories, but also reasoning.

Second, show the aesthetics of violence and blood to the fullest! In the story of 2, it was replaced by 3 highly educated students, obviously not comparable to the previous three diaosi. And their appearance is a body art class, so the aesthetics of this 2, I think, are in place! The first female VIP, who was full of ritual, filled the bathroom with candles, bathed in human blood, and carried the blood of a virgin girl with body temperature (although I didn’t explain it, but I feel that Lorna’s personality is mostly a trait) Flowing on the lady's carcass first, my God! There is no GC in an instant (ca, will I be too perverted~.~). Then there is the middle-aged man in the room, playing classical music in front of famous paintings, cutting pieces of raw meat and eating it from a living person. This kind of bloody beauty is completely absent in the other two films! Perverted art.

Third, there is ample room for over-interpretation. Here, one of the points I want to express is that movies need to be over-interpreted! why! Because over-interpretation is the truest embodiment of life. For example, you said something in front of your friend that you thought was very insignificant under the circumstances, but in reality, it had a profound impact on your friend. This is the normality of life full of such accidents. Many times, the director may not really think as much as we think, just think that in the situation at that time, doing this is the most appropriate, but we can come up with completely different things, this is the charm of the film, It is the charm of life, which I think is missing in many literary works.

For example, the most exciting thing I saw was that I saw the netizen Han Xi commenting on the part where the heroine cut off Stuart's genitals, saying that Stuart itself is an image of a strict wife management similar to a eunuch, Being beaten back to the prototype by the heroine, at the same time, Beth also completed a process of killing men and replacing them as a woman. I think it's wonderful! I'm just expounding, interested friends can go back and see Han Xi 's analysis of this film.

Finally, let's talk about the shortcomings of this film: the plot is too much, not unexpected. In fact, when I saw the title, the burned relics, and when Whitney said that the heroine's money could sell the whole of Slovakia, I had already completely guessed the ending of the story. Moreover, when I saw the obvious characters of the two male villains After the difference, I instantly guessed the ending of the two male villains. The result, sure enough, was exactly what I expected. 0.0

Although this shortcoming made me lose my curiosity about the direction of the film's storyline, it made me more able to concentrate on enjoying the surprises this film brought me in the details.

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Hostel: Part II quotes

  • Stuart: I am strong. I am fucking Hercules!

  • Riccardo: I knew you were a tease, you fucking cunt.

    Beth: What the fuck did you call me?

    Riccardo: I called you stupid fucking American cunt!

    Beth: Fuck you!

    Riccardo: You know what? The train to fucking Prague is long, you bitch! We'll come see you.