Alas, I have to say...

Giles 2022-03-25 09:01:23

I've always wanted to write a movie review, but I've been too lazy to write it. Today, I don't know that the gods are so obvious. I feel like I have to write something in my heart. Otherwise, I don't want to sleep well. So I just clicked on a film on Thunder and took a look: "The Death of Ian Stone". Of course, after reading it, I mobilized all the brain cells, and I couldn't think of anything to say. This is probably fate, it cannot be forced.
Let's just say a few words in a vulgar way, and let me say something about my burning wish today.
The film assumes a non-human creature living on Earth. They feed on negative emotions like human (and non-human?) fear, pain, etc. It sounds similar to the "Dementors" in Harry Potter, except that Dementors eat all the good and leave all the pain, and they inspire your fears and eat them. In a word, the consequences are the same. Those who are smoked will be deranged in light, and turned into powder in heavy. This group of creatures just appeared suddenly to frighten people to get "fear food" at first, (they also look like "dementors", smoky humanoid... fainted, more and more like... orz) , and later found that killing people in a cruel way can get more and better food, so they began to become addicted to killing people like drugs. (It's really a stupid way to kill chickens to get their eggs. Fortunately, there are many people on the earth. If there is only one left to kill, you won't even think about living for long.)
Closer to home - the film is about two mutant species in this group of creatures, the protagonist lan stone is one, and the other is the old prophet who frequently looks for lan stone. They found a new food, which is love, of course the sincere love of human beings for them (I guess, because lan stone also has a stalking lover in the same family, their love can't be food, It seems that it must be human). The ability that eating love brings them is far greater than eating fear. Their power can kill their own compatriots, and lan stone has also put into action, killing a compatriot. So they both became public enemies of the entire race. Since the clansmen couldn't kill him and didn't want to be killed by him, they sealed up Lan Stone's memory, killed him every day and gave him a new life form, and Lan Stone's life changed every time he was reborn (I don't know How does this creature do it, it is necessary to compare the plot). In the reincarnation, the energy of the lan stone is consumed, and when he is finally too weak to kill his companion, he will be imprisoned and tortured, forcing him to say how he obtained this energy and promise to return to his compatriots (it is very confusing here) , such an omnipotent creature, this can't be seen, mentally retarded). ...and so on...and so on...here I omit a thousand words to describe the various methods of death...
the way to kill lan stone completely is to kill the human Jenny who loves lan stone. Finally, Lan Stone's compatriots finally knew the secret and wanted to kill Jenny, but Lan Stone killed Jenny with his own hands, and both were reborn and regained their lives. After that lan stone became a nightmare for his compatriots - alien hunters.
... Finally finished, this is not a horror movie, there is no horror at all. I watched it alone in an empty house at night, and I almost fell asleep. In any case, it can't be called horror; it's not a science fiction movie, it can't be said What a science; it's a fantasy movie at most. Maybe it takes an hour to describe a new species, but also to tell the love story of people and inhumans. It is really tense, but nothing is done well, the species is not well described, the love is not well behaved, and there is no suspense. . Forget it, I still don't talk, I withdraw, go to bed, I guess I will wake up tomorrow morning and I won't remember who Ian is and what Stone does.

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The Deaths of Ian Stone quotes

  • Medea: Ian, Ian, Ian. Silly name really. We could have chosen a better one.

  • [after Ian tries unsuccessfully to escape]

    Medea: [sarcastically] That was a very nice try. Really.