"Searching" involves a lot of topics, such as missing teenagers, parent-child relationship, network technology, narrative form and content, and small town-style reasoning samples. These contents can be discussed in two dimensions. One is a novel narrative that captures the audience's attention. way, one is the story itself.
The way of narration is relatively novel and the rhythm is also good, but if the shell of this form is peeled off, the core of the story cannot stand scrutiny. The key to solving the mystery (three quarters of the way) and saving her daughter is that a company called MemorialOne used the most recognizable model photo on the Internet as a thank you picture, if Jay Chou of Korea hadn't discovered the hidden behind the youcast live video through this The identity of the account is not as she thought it was a 20-year-old girl who worked in a fast food restaurant in Pittsburgh. It is difficult to detect the lie of the police officer Vick and follow the clues. After Vick surrendered, he could grasp the details and judge that the daughter might be lucky enough to survive. The main clues and driving force of the reasoning were discovered by my father through social networks. Because he had to fight against the "containment" of the inactive female police officer, he actually played the role of a detective. From the youcast live video to the comparison of the same scenery on the tumblr photo is the first joint, which leads to the location of the daughter's accident, from the car photo in the news to the ice fin team's game mentioned by the younger brother is the second joint. , but this branch is useless to solve the case, it only shows how the father does not understand his daughter (the need for drug use, and giving up learning the piano for fear of recalling her mother). Text messages, files, these offline or semi-online data I think are more important than the information on social networks, and my father spent most of his energy on social networks (facebook, tumblr and youcast) in my opinion. As far as my personal "rich experience" in dealing with search engines is concerned, I am not only familiar with these technologies, operations and follow-through routines, but also know how limited, one-sided, and unreliable the information they provide.
In terms of the content of the story, the factor of solving the puzzle is greater than the ethical meaning behind it because it serves the needs of drama, market demand and rhythm. Three important points are: 1. The parent-child relationship is not as we imagined (in the plots of "the father doesn't know much about the daughter" and falling into the water, it is reminiscent of the more stereotyped similar work "Silent Confession"); 2. People Hypocritical presentation on social networks (showing "she is my good friend", recording video with tears, etc.) indifference (even aggressive replies) when it has nothing to do with oneself, malice in the face of others (defamation, speculation, accusation and consumption) and spectator-like attitude (the footage recording the shocking scenes in the theater); 3. The plight of teenagers growing up, the identity crisis of ethnic minorities, and the potential impact of juvenile disappearance cases on the community, etc.—all were resolved after the case was solved. , the audience is immersed in the joy of reunion or the satisfaction of solving a mystery case, but forgets that such cases almost always end in permanent disappearance or death in real life. , but also reminds us how complicated and difficult to redeem the truth of similar events. All of these, because of their seriousness and their far-reaching impact on the community and followers, are more than the weight that can be carried by a sample of reasoning that fits perfectly in a commercial film. It can be said that the turning point and unfolding after three-quarters of the time has greatly dispelled the depth that the case described in this film could have achieved, and the plot and the puzzle-solving itself are too accidental, not completely credible, and almost forcibly achieved. The tragic spirit and appearance of the story are marked with "completeness". While the ethical meaning of the story is weakened, the integrity of the narrative is also sacrificed. It can be said that after three-quarters of the story, the whole story collapses.
It is not that a story can only infect people and have real weight if it becomes a tragedy, but first, in reality, the probability of people missing for more than 72 hours and surviving is very small in reality. The chance to survive is on very random and accidental small joints, which highlights the "whimsical" direction of the story and the weakness of the story itself.
January 8, 2019
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