This opening scene doesn't seem like a film review of a bloody movie, does it? I feel so too. . . Haha
the first half of the film, although with a lot of re-interpretation of this iconic series of some of the plot, but largely for nostalgic fans of the series, all the various protagonists return Woodsboro, but also to slow the mask goes on terrifying killer Slowly began to envelope the town. From the middle, the killer and Sidney passed by, the plot began to go back to the old path of the first three parts, and the killer gradually emerged from the water until the climax.
Objectively speaking, Weiss-Kleven did spend a lot of thoughts on this return. We must know that when youth passes, how to "keep youth forever" is a big topic (at this point, personally I look forward to next year's [American Pie 4: Reunion]), because from the first three movies, no matter who the murderer is and who the murderer’s target is, the essence of the whole movie lies in the handsome appearance of the young men and women and the resistance to the killer. The combination of horror makes people unpredictable about the murderer, the purpose of the murder, and the timing of the murder. This feature is director Weiss Craven's upgrade to his early classics [Especially Seen from the Mountain] and [Meng Ghost Street]. After the great success of [Scream 1] in 1996, movies of the same theme have sprung up like "I know what you did last summer" series, [Urban Legend], [Stranger Call] and also To a certain extent, it inspired the later [Death is Coming] series. They are quite different from such killer movies as [Texas Chainsaw Massacre], [Fatal Corner] and [Human Skin Inn]. In their movies, the killer is likely to be anyone. Looking at the handsome men and beautiful women, people never think that they will be murderers, but the way of killing is not special, it is nothing but white knives in and red knives out (except for [Death is coming]).
This has to be mentioned. In [Scream 4], the question of "who is the killer" has become a secondary topic for most of the movie. The movie puts the main energy on letting the audience Entering the lives of these protagonists 10 years later, slowly entering the world of horror with empathy, and almost abandoning the suspicion of who is the murderer, the biggest feature of the first three movies, this is really unexpected, and this is invisibly satisfying. At the same time as the fans of the series, it reduces the tension of a lot of viewing.
In addition to the tension of "Who is the murderer", another major feature of the [Screaming and Screaming] series is its tribute and banter to the themes of horror movies and all kinds of horror films. "At this time, you should stand up from the pool of blood, and I will kill you again." Such classic lines were so novel and rebellious in that era that [shocked laugh] It seems to be a vulgar spoof today. The film's movie is also popular all over the world at the beginning of its launch. In [Surprise 4], this feature has been carried forward, especially in the climax section, the lines represented by more than a dozen horror movies are also very amazing. The male protagonist holding a DV camera also makes such a few words from time to time in the movie. To show his understanding and admiration of horror films. Of course, there is also the entire ending paragraph, which is unexpected and reasonable. It seems vulgar but innovative.
On the whole, [Surprise 4] is not bad, but it can only rank third in this series, because the backbone of its story determines that it is impossible to surpass [Surprise 1] in any sequel in this series, the protagonist The fact that we are all entering the middle and middle ages is also doomed. [Surprise 4] No matter how hard you try, you can’t surpass the first two films. Therefore, we can only draw one conclusion: Craven has tried his best to make his fourth film. Creating new ideas and creating more joking lines is indeed a great gift for the fans of the series, but just like the law that the killer is destined to die and the protagonist is destined to live in this series, this series really deserves to live. Finally, it's bedtime.
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