I believe that many of my friends were attracted by the promotional posters of "Dangerous Water" before they bought tickets to enter the venue. Although I watched a video disc, I might as well start with the poster design of "Bad Water".
In the middle of the poster is a very clear female face, clearly letting people know that this is the "red face" in the film. The four sides of the poster and around the red face are surrounded by vine-like branches. The blue color of the lake corresponds to the image of water, and it makes people think that this is the scene of the bottom of the sea. A vague figure in the lower right corner seems to be looking for something with a flashlight in his hand. Look at the real thing. There seem to be several unnamed foreign objects hidden in the tangled vine branches... I
believe the audience is expecting to watch it soon. It's going to be a terrifying ghost movie, right?
We're all wrong, it's actually a bedside story, the kind of adults who talk to the kids at the bedside to get the kids to sleep.
"Dangerous Water" clearly tells the audience that it is a small movie, there is no horror and fright in it, there are no famous and popular actors, there is no twists and turns of the plot, and even the stunts are only acceptable. The whole film has only one central idea that the director or screenwriter wants to bring to everyone, and some trivial little ideas.
"Dangerous Water" is about people's rediscovery of fairy tales, and adults should also keep their innocent hearts. In addition, the director hopes to remind everyone that no matter how ordinary you are, you have the value of your own existence and your mission. Yep, old tune again.
What's interesting is some trivial ideas from the arrangement of content or the way of shooting.
Because she has to abide by the rules, the heroine Story always asks everyone in an unknown language, so the building administrator Hickeylan, who is the hero, can only ask her if she is not through the Korean female college student who is one of the residents. English-speaking mothers know bedside stories about water spirits. Obviously the two sides can sit down and communicate frankly, but they often choose a roundabout mode.
Everyone has the value of their own existence and will have his mission, which is the gist of the film. However, people often do not know what their mission is, and do not know which position they are most suitable for. Because they both made two mistakes. Either they followed other people's words blindly, or they were too subjective and thought that what they thought must be correct. Everyone in the film, including the heroine Story, doesn't know what their mission is. The reason why the plan to bring the heroine Story home in the film has failed many times is that in the final analysis, the wrong person was hired. In fact, everyone was not doing what they were supposed to do and made the wrong mission. The residents believed the building manager's words without a doubt, and assumed various "missions" that should not be performed by them. As a result, the mission was always not done well, and the heroine Story was also attacked by monsters. The same is true for the building manager. He, who wants to protect the heroine Story, naturally calls himself the "guardian" in the story, relying on the so-called clues given by film critics to search for other members in the story, but of course he is wrong. The subject finally found out that he was a "healer" instead of a "guardian", and everything was caused by his strong subjective "take for granted". They all say "beauty and trouble", but this time it was a big man with a beard on his face.
In the film, the devil who is responsible for maintaining the order of the water world and preventing the grass monster Scrunt from attacking Stoly in violation of regulations is called Tartutic. The long-awaited appearance of the messenger of justice responsible for enforcing the laws of the water world. What a bizarre setting!
The film directed by Night Shyamalan, after "Ghost Eyes", seems to have a worse reputation. This small production, under the constraints of resources, can better reflect the director's orientation. I wonder what will happen to the audience's reputation?
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