atypical shooting movie

Xzavier 2022-04-24 07:01:15

If it weren't for the last 20 minutes, the whole movie is very beautiful.

The pianos of Beethoven and Chopin;
the campus in winter, with falling leaves.
The pretty girl and the grey-haired gentleman;
how harmonious everything is.

The director hopes to use this harmony to reflect the theme of the film: violence, or murder, should be well designed (but I don't know why I seem to be less reflected.)

Even if it is shooting, the killer is so calm, like playing a video game , Killing is a game, fresh life is just the accumulation of scores and the promotion of grades, just like the dialogue between two killers in the movie. Everything was so normal, even BENNY went to death so calmly, as if to meet the bullet that belonged to him.

Reminds me of the Chinese martial arts novel: Killing invisibly.

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  • Alex: [after Eric gets into the shower with him] Well this is it. We're gonna die today. I've never even kissed anyone before, have you?

    [Alex and Eric start kissing each other]

  • John McFarland: Excuse me sir, don't go in there!