Imagine a room where every wish you shout can come true as long as you are in it. So what do you want? In the movie "Wish Room", Matt and Kate shared such a "good thing". Matt is an uninspired painter, and Kate is a good translator. The two bid farewell to the bustling New York and came to the countryside, ready to start a leisurely slow life. The film begins with a close-up of the old house they are about to move into. The snow-like dust by the windows, the discolored furniture, the worn printed wallpaper, and the flickering sconces on both sides of the dark corridor set the gloomy tone. The new house needs to be renovated, and the old house needs to be renovated. Matt and his wife did not (money) to hire workers. Kate found a dead bird in the living room and planned to find a place to bury it. But in a flash, it disappeared. Matt picked up a metal piece like a key, and then found a hidden iron door with matching keyholes. He went in to investigate, but the light went out. The electrician who came to repair the circuit had no intention of revealing that there had been a murder case in this old house - the unidentified young Roy killed the young couple who lived here. At night, Matt, who had been busy all day, walked into the hidden cabin to treat himself with whisky. One bottle was not enough, and he wanted another bottle. Suddenly, the lights flickered a few times, went out, and when they turned on again, there was a bottle of wine on the floor that had been empty, a bottle of the same wine. The next day, Kate saw the hut piled high with all kinds of things, and was surprised where they came from. And Matt was excited to show off the oil painting in his hand, which was a "Self-Portrait" by Van Gogh. Under Matt's guidance, Kate also learned the mystery of this room - just say the name of an item and it will appear out of thin air. Her husband's joy dispelled Kate's initial concerns, and the valve of their desires opened wide. The two of them danced in costumes, played cosplay sex games, and temporarily put aside all their troubles and only embraced bliss in the midst of drunken gold and fine wine and delicacies. However, the next day, Kate, who had everything, sat unhappily on the swing. It turned out that she and Matt had two children, both of whom died unfortunately. Matt encourages his wife to try again with him, but Kate fears losing a third child. Matt didn't know how to comfort Kate, went for a ride alone, and came back unexpectedly "happy to be a father". It turned out that Kate chose a shortcut and made a baby directly through the wish room. Matt was naturally reluctant to accept such an outrageous thing, and warned Kate, where did the child go back to! Of course not Kate Tolerable, Matt couldn't do it (couldn't speak), so he had to adopt the baby. After experiencing the "Happy Daddy" storm, Matt was determined to figure out the principle of the wish room, and the only way was to go to the mental hospital where Roy was imprisoned to find the answer. Before leaving, he grabbed two handfuls of banknotes from the pile of dollars he had made a wish. Unfortunately, the trip yielded nothing, and Roy only warned him to get out of there early. On the way home, Matt fills the car and pays to find a handful of dollars in his pocket ashes. He did several more experiments and came to a conclusion: Anything created in the wish room will turn to dust once it leaves the old house. He chose to keep it a secret until Kate, unwittingly, went out with the baby. Hearing his wife's panicked cry for help, Matt couldn't bear it and rescued the baby. The strange thing is that the baby who was just a few months old has grown into a boy of seven or eight years old in a blink of an eye. Kate named him "Shane". She teaches Shane to read and write, but Shane is grumpy and aggressive because she can't hang out. Matt found a blueprint. It turned out that the old house itself was a huge machine. The walls and under the floor were densely covered with wires. Shane also learned the mystery of the wish room. He even built a whole forest in it and built a snowman. There was a sudden phone call from the mental hospital. Roy said a lot of words, and even quoted Nietzsche's famous words, just to tell Matt that Shane can get real freedom only if Kate, who created Shane, dies. . Kate, who eavesdropped on the phone, knew how to save her and planned to drive herself to kill herself. In the end, I couldn't give up. A scolding broke out between Matt and Shane, who stayed at home. Facing Shane's questioning, Matt couldn't bear to tell the truth. - You have no father or mother, you are just made in that room! It will grow old after going out until it turns to ashes! Because of the unequal force value, Shane relented and offered to let Matt tell him stories. Kate, who had been racing all the way back home, saw the father and son sleeping together in harmony, her eyes were moist, and she felt that everything was going in a good direction. At such a warm moment, Matt proposed to do something inappropriate for children, and repeatedly assured that Shane was asleep. Then a pair of eyes in the crack of the door watched the whole process. In order to get Kate back from Matt, Shane has grown into a strong lad through self-mutilation and learned to use a gun without a teacher. After some quarrel, Matt and Shane scuffled together, and Kate, who was accidentally injured, passed out. Kate opened her eyes and saw Matt looking at her with concern. After the pain, she accepts Shane's death and prepares to live with Matt. On the other side, Matt woke up from the coma, and it turned out that he was the loser of that fight. He struggles to find his wife and realizes that Shane has held Kate hostage in the Wish Room. In order to save his beloved, he had to cut through the wall. According to the details of life, Kate distinguishes that Matt in front of her is a counterfeit, and wants to escape in horror, but fails to do so, but is knocked out by Shane and starts to do what she loves. Matt finally arrives, and after rendezvous with Kate, after a tough fight shuts Shane out of the old house. In the bright sun, Shane ages rapidly. Kate watched it all in pain, but there was nothing she could do. A month later, when Kate found out she was pregnant, she looked up and looked into the camera as if asking the audience what she should do. This film mixes elements of various types of films, such as suspense, love, science fiction, and action. It thought it could cater to audiences with different tastes, but it was a mess, and it didn't tell the rules at all. A dark dish. The plot setting of the film is quite reasonable. There are not only the selling point in the early stage - the room that makes your wish come true, but also the reversal in the middle period - the things you get from a wish cannot be taken away, and the explosion point in the later stage - people and androids decisive battle. But why can't the audience have a sense of identity and substitution, so that the entire viewing process is free? The reason is because the characters in this movie are all serving the plot, like a marionette, without any distinctive character. In the case of Matt, the main character, overall, he is a husband who loves his wife, which is clear. But once there is a plot involving Shane, he starts to sway from side to side. At first, he was soft-hearted and gave up killing babies, which can still be attributed to not wanting his wife to be sad. The hidden artifacts in the middle will disappear when leaving the old house, which can also be attributed to not wanting the wife to worry. But after that, knowing that the baby will be in ashes when going out, but only pretending to stop it a few times, isn't it afraid that his wife will be sad afterwards? Why can't I tell the truth at this time? (Screenwriter: Because Shane had to grow up!) Also, Matt's purchase of a pistol and a ghost amulet is inexplicable. Is it just for Shane to shoot him when he's an adult, just for Shane and Kate to exchange emotions and say something about being together forever? Also, after Kate came back from a suicide attempt, his sudden sperm hit his head, apparently just to serve the plot and let Shane follow suit in order to lead to the final outcome. In fact, Roy from the mental hospital is the best at acting as the screenwriter's microphone. He only appeared twice in the whole film, the first time Matt went to him, he just ignored it, and said cool nonsense that seemed to be incomprehensible. The second time, he took the initiative to call, and he took the time to deliberately in two-thirds of the film. Matt asked, and he said a lot, perfectly fulfilling the mission of pushing the plot to a climax - and then continuing to dive. Of course, Roy's words are still quite critical, such as this sentence, "God must die." This is not only the setting given by the screenwriter to allow the artificial man to be free, but also the "headline" of the entire movie. It tells us what the film is trying to convey. Let's go back to that old house first , back to the giant wishing machine. Just looking at the structure, it is actually very simple, consisting of only two parts, energy and wires, similar to the time machine in "Back to the Future", which can be attributed to the product of the "steampunk" spirit. "Steampunk" has an optimistic fantasy about technology, believing that technology is omnipotent and can invent and create anything, which just fits the function of the wish room. But the whole film does not show a "steampunk"-style optimism, but downward. Or, it is because the wish room can create everything that Matt and Kate are swallowed by nightmares. And Shane, the poor android, is reminiscent of clones, who are also fatherless. Combined with that sentence, "God must die," what the film wants to tell us is self-evident. Maybe one day in the future, we can really have science and technology comparable to divine power. When that day comes, I hope that "Gods" can think about it before creating all things, and think about what may happen after that. After all, freedom is priceless.
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