Gonzalez, who abandoned the multi-line narrative, would never settle for a bland story, so in a common theme about the suffering and struggle of the marginalized people at the bottom, the director took the father played by Javier Bardem as the point, and involved immigration issues. Illegal labor, father-son relationship, family troubles and other themes seem to cover everything, but the plot seems loose and out of focus. Many issues are just to the point, listing the appearance, but not delving into it, like a big tree with many branches, seemingly Vibrant and lush, in fact, can not withstand the wind and rain. Gonzalez focuses on the underprivileged and marginalized groups in Barcelona, such as sweatshops, illegal African immigrants who sell fake goods, but the interspersed same-sex plots are deliberate and contrived, as if to say "Since everyone has paid attention to them. It has been a fringe group for many minutes, so why not insert another same-sex fringe group?” It gives people a feeling of being on the fringe for the sake of the fringe. Not only does it have nothing to do with many themes, but it complicates the foreshadowing of the sidelines, loosens the plot of the film, and slows down the rhythm. The feature of the film's father's psychic is a design of different opinions. I personally think that for such an old-fashioned theme, adding such an arrangement can make the film play a little new, adjust the storyline, and make one of the themes of the film review - death This proposition is full of spirituality and destiny. However, bea, another psychic character in the film, is very abrupt. The director arranges such a character to find a way to express his emotions for the role of father, so as to achieve the purpose of self-salvation and reflection. Most of the time is focused on this father, and the characters' self-redemption and reflection have naturally run through, and such an arrangement seems too straightforward. Feel. But then again, for a director who is good at playing skills and structure (such as its predecessor "21 Grams", the director deliberately disrupted the chronological order, multiple clues and multiple characters are carried out at the same time, and finally it will be cleverly combined with one point) This may be It is the embodiment of his personal style and the reason why many fans are enthusiastically sought after. And the surrealistic depiction of death in the film (such as the dead characters climbing on the roof, floating the souls of the dead through the mirror), the shaky hand-held photography (such as the shaky hand-held photography in the early part of the film to show the swaying of the underlying characters Duckweed-like living state), the oppressive camera composition (for example, the role of the father is mostly in the corner), the creation of the atmosphere and the contrast of the theme are still very skillful, and it is very enjoyable to watch.
Because the film contains too many themes, each theme will be a very full story, but mixing so many complicated propositions into one film will be like a snake swallowing an elephant. Fortunately, the director's camera language and editing techniques, as well as Javier Bardem's precise and restrained performance, concealed the inadequacy of the script to a certain extent. So in general, Meicuo is still a decent film with occasional surprises.
At the same time, such a film also leaves us with such a question. In the face of the old-fashioned story themes, whether to let the old bottle give off new ideas by playing with skills, or to concentrate on polishing the script itself to inject new wine into it, the trade-off, for The director is indeed a dilemma
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