Better than watching two people chat is watching one person call

Wilburn 2021-11-30 08:01:24

在看这部电影之前,我以为《爱在黎明破晓前》三部曲已经足够冒险,观众就盯着俊男美女聊天,盯了90分钟(记不清啦),但庆幸男女主角够漂亮,三部曲也算带着观众游览了三个城市的日常街景,顶重要的是,聊的内容也够有趣。这三个要素使得电影成为经典。而这部《活埋》,导演冷酷地骈弃这三大要素,没有美女,俊男狼狈到根本没法在乎他的外表;没有街景,只有狭窄到只能做平躺和蜷缩两个动作的棺材内景;没有活泼精致的聊天内容,有的是一通又一通欺骗的、冷漠的电话。整个影片96分钟,我们就盯着男主角躺在棺材中打电话,还有比这做的更绝的事吗?(《blue》不算,导演本身就没想鸟谁。)
影片开始,在伊拉克做卡车司机的美国男主从昏迷中醒来,发现自己被关在封闭的棺材中,挣扎无效,焦虑症发作,崩溃、哀嚎,粗口,怨天怨地。继而发现棺材中的手机,看到一线希望,稍稍理智下来,给能想到的一切人和有关部门打电话——911、家中座机、妻子手机、妻子闺蜜、FBI、国务院、自己所在的公司……这里有些缺陷,所有人在接到电话后,都表现出难以置信的愚蠢。911一再不可思议地确认这是从伊拉克打来的求救电话(至于这么惊讶吗?你们国家和伊拉克多么大的孽缘全世界都知道哇),在确认之后,表现出对繁复规章的木讷遵从,以及对受害者的冷漠态度。其次是妻子的闺蜜,居然没有意识好朋友丈夫声音激动到嘶哑,依然对其态度斤斤计较。不过反观他妻子90分钟都不接电话,最后居然回拨说自己没带手机,这种情商/智商倒是可以匹配闺蜜。
During the period, the terrorist who buried him in the coffin called and demanded a ransom. After the male protagonist negotiated with the head of his country to no avail, all parties performed first. His company fired him in time for unwarranted charges. The State Council repeatedly ensured that he did not notify the media (seeing here that the male protagonist was too honest), and then began an endless mode of comfort. Until the male protagonist has guessed its meaning, from mania, fear, collapse, hope, disappointment, despair, and irony. In the end, he knew that no one would come to rescue him, recorded his will, and fell asleep (fainted?) In the middle, I thought there would be another scene to show the face of the person in power, discussing in a clean, comfortable and safe office How to deceive the male lead in the next step, until he physically shuts up. But no, this has a better effect. The people in power are so far away that they can only get a little clue from the phone—name and status. The director does not allow the audience to leave the suffocating coffin for a minute. He wants you to empathize with the hero.
At this time, the biggest irony of the film appeared, the name mark white. The name that was rescued from the hostage rescue team's population is all the hope of the male protagonist. However, at the last moment, the person in charge on the phone became more and more passionate, almost like shouting over his head to rescue him. In the film, there are digging sounds, the roar of helicopters, and noisy human voices. Where the coffin broke, sand rushed in and swallowed his body greedily like sea water. He moved his body to let the sand fall as much as possible under his body. , His head got closer and closer to the top plank. The phone violently encouraged him: "Stay for another three minutes!" Suddenly his wife called and said that she hadn't brought her mobile phone when she went out, talking verbally that I love you and I love you, and everything was suddenly full of hope. Seeing that the male protagonist's face was about to be squeezed by the sand, on the other end of the phone, the voice of generosity to rescue him suddenly became calm, which was a curtain call for his performance.
"Sorry, mark white was dug out."

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  • Dan Brenner: Why the hell did you make that ransom video? Now your captors have no choice but to follow through!

  • Paul Conroy: It's over, isn't it?

    Dan Brenner: No!

    [long pause]

    Dan Brenner: Yeah.