last five minutes

Reginald 2022-03-20 09:01:34

The title is from a short review I saw, which is probably "the last five minutes are really shocking". Some movies may be really excellent, but they are only excellent for a few minutes, but this is called an excellent movie because of these few minutes.

I was thinking about this short review at the time, and with the attitude of giving it a try, I saw the time almost approaching the last five minutes. I also suspected that this was a temptation for others to keep reading and wasting time, because there are so many in front of me. It can be summed up in a few sentences.

After watching this movie, I finally understood that it was the last five minutes that were worth watching. It's enough to understand it before, and then skip to watch these five minutes. The people watching it are very worried and very emotional.

Looking at this 1931 film from a modern perspective, I think it is incomparable with many excellent suspense films today. The most obvious is the procrastination of the plot and the boringness of the long shots.

But there is no doubt that this film will eventually become a classic, and I will not swear it. If I say something arrogant, people who know it will naturally understand it.

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Extended Reading
  • Milo 2022-03-26 09:01:04

    The second half was amazing

  • Kayley 2021-11-12 08:01:24

    The tension of the black and white composition, the contrast between the silence and the rapid operation of the picture, the parallelism of the brisk whistle and the extreme anti-human behavior, the empty shots interspersed with the dramatic and exaggerated performances of the characters. In the era when the talkies were just born, movies could carry too many artistic techniques and social interrogations. Just like the Foxconn employee jumping from a building, individuals carrying social illnesses are a plague that has prevailed in every age.

M quotes

  • Woman in Crowd: Shoot him like a mad dog!

  • Man in Pub: Hey, it's fatty Lohmann!

    Everyone in Pub: [Chanting] Lohmann, Lohmann, Lohmann!