I don't quite understand why so many people don't score high.
I personally think this is the most meaningful movie I have watched in recent years. After watching it, I sat in the cinema and calmed down for a long time, and was shocked by the death of the last little poor (Miles).
Let's talk about the whole scene first. From the beginning of the hotel courtyard, the boundary between two places and a distant shot from top to bottom, I think the director is very thoughtful. And the telephoto is a long lens drawn from the close-up, without any editing. The stay of the telephoto lens is just right, and it doesn't make people feel tedious, but it can also feel the insignificance of people, and there is a sense of emptiness.
What shocked me the most in the scene was the background when the poor little employee died. He was lying in the middle of the hall with light behind him, perfect symmetry, and fully echoing his beliefs. The director pulled out a long lens for the little poor close-up, and stayed in the telephoto for a few seconds, giving the audience an emotional reaction time, not long or short, just enough to arouse everyone’s sympathy, sadness, and then continue to pull it. Let Darlene and Father Daniel come forward and continue the plot.
Besides character creation, I think every character is very plump, and the only possibility that is not plump is Billy. After all, he is not exactly the protagonist of this movie.
Everyone has their own story, their own past. Everyone is not simply a good person or a bad person.
What touched me the most was that in the last group fight, Xiaopoi couldn't pick up the gun because of PTSD. Darlene said to him, "It's OK, you don't need to help us." What kind of person he was. In this kind of scene, no one really has a way to calmly comfort a person. Besides, he is a stranger. "Go get the fucking gun and help us!!!!" I know this is what I will say and think about.
The director's rhythm is perfect. When telling everyone's story, the pace is relatively slow, and every detail is told. This part is also a part that most people think is lengthy and can reduce the length of the film. But everyone's past and present are well integrated by the director, and it is obvious that their present is intertwined and something is about to happen. So I would like to know their past more deeply. Because everything they have done in the past will affect their choices now. But the movie is not blindly lengthy. When Father Daniel drugged Darlene, Darlene suddenly increased the speed; when Dwight was killed, the speed suddenly increased; when Billy was attacked by Father Daniel, the speed increased when the whole fighting scene began; The most wonderful thing is that when Xiaopoi overcame his PTSD and picked up the gun to show his strength, the speed entered the climax of the audience, and there was an unprecedented shooting angle.
I am not a professional film student, but this film really allows me to see how talented the director is.
Just a little bit of my own thoughts. Everyone has different eyes for watching movies. But in this era when there are more and more popcorn films, I hope that more people can calm down and enjoy some films that need to be felt with heart.
View more about Bad Times at the El Royale reviews
