Some thoughts on the logical self-consistency of the heroine of "Tool Man"

Layla 2022-03-21 09:02:14

The heroine's existence logic is like a flaw, and half of it reminds me of a hot word of a game I played - tool man. A tool person means that although he is a person, he only plays the role of a tool. Whether it is from the audience's point of view, or the male protagonist's role needs and logical driving point of view, she is a perfect tool person.

A young girl who was learning to dance in a dance studio was pulled by a grumpy man by her hair, covered her mouth, and forcibly dragged to the girl's car. After the girl got into the car, she was still violently attacked by the male protagonist's rude language and behavior. She looked at the man carefully. She neither called for help immediately, nor tried to call the police or run away, but sat in the car and waited for the male protagonist to sprinkle on the roadside. finished urinating. And promised to pretend to be the beautiful and virtuous wife of the male protagonist, and must show the appearance of madly in love with him. Yes, she said yes. And under the constant chattering orders and demands of the male protagonist, she agreed.

In this way, the girl completed the role transition from a beautiful passerby to a movie heroine and tool person. From this moment on, the logic of the story is gradually smoothed out.

Half the time I was watching the movie I was wondering, what the hell is this girl thinking at this moment? Why is this girl doing this?

I noticed that the director has a passing shot of the female lead character's motivational logic. The male protagonist was next to the public phone in the aisle of the ballroom, called his mother, lied that he was on the phone in the lobby of a high-end hotel, and had a very good life. Then he was provoked by what was said on the other end of the phone, and he began to growl. At this time, the camera flashed by, and the girl's face with bright blue eyeshadow appeared in the camera, with a hint of curiosity and doubt that was imperceptible. She is sitting on the toilet next to her at the moment, close to the telephone outside. Then the camera cuts back to looking up at the male protagonist's face.

The girl in the movie, except her appearance - most prominently showing half of her breasts and blue dress, everything else is a mystery. As time goes on, the storyline of the male protagonist gradually becomes clear, and the girl just becomes the real girlfriend in the male protagonist's heart at the last moment, the last hope in the male protagonist's life, and everything about her is still a mystery .

From a certain point of view, the script's setting of the heroine character buffers her logical flaw as a "tool person" to a certain extent. Her family background, inner world, education level, past experience are blank for the audience of God's perspective, so that it becomes easier for the curious audience to draw some reasonable explanations from certain shots - because it is blank, so the possibilities of one's behavioral motives become infinite. People understand that things are based on their own experience. The audience has a variety of life experiences and experiences, and they can freely fill in the blanks of the heroine to understand her various seemingly "reluctantly unreasonable" motives and motives. move. As the saying goes, a thousand spectators seriously have a thousand Hamlets, which may have this meaning.

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Buffalo '66 quotes

  • Billy Brown: [in a photo booth with Layla] Let's look like we like each other and *span* time and do not touch me.

  • Billy Brown: Today's your big debut, your big break. This is acting. You're my wife.