After watching this film, the most impressive thing is actually the little girl's acting skills. In my opinion, I can already catch up with the Fanning sisters! Whether it is from the emotional expression of the divorce of the parents, the innocence when trying to make friends with the fairies at first, the weakness when crying to the mother because of anxiety, the fear when facing the evil spirits directly at the end, every time The expression of each stage is very vivid. It can be said that one more point is boring, and one less point is lighter. For this film, her performance can be said to be perfect, but in terms of the overall story structure, especially the film's The emotional delineation of the characters in the story is understated, and in the end, when the stepmother died, the audience, I, didn't feel any shock.
First of all, as a father who should be very important in this drama, he has become a soy sauce for no reason... I can't help but suspect that this biological father doesn't care about his own daughter so much. A stepmother with a stepchild who has a gap will care so much about this little girl? The typical emperor is not in a hurry, but the eunuch is in a hurry. .
You can do it like this, but there is no description of very intense emotional conflict in the film, to pave the way for the greatness of love when the last stepmother died. In particular, the stepmother proposed to leave because of the safety of the little girl. This is the part where the stepmother's acting skills can best be shown in the film and the emotional conflict in the story. , urgency, and a sense of fear, and finally turned into a couple quarrel, a cold war, and then run away from home. As for the emotional interaction with the girl, there is basically no description in the details, except for the two hugging at the necessary writing point of the story. How to make the audience feel that the stepmother and daughter have a deep feeling? In the end, this stepmother, who should be sacrificed because of maternal love, is more like those who died in real life to save children drowning in the water. She is more inclined to act bravely and help the weak, rather than because of maternal love or family affection as others understand!
So far, this film can be said to be supported by the little girl alone, the father is playing soy sauce, the mother is absent, and the stepmother is too "regular". In this case, the interaction of characters did not occur, and the excavation of emotions was not in place, so the delicate emotional requirements that should be achieved with this picture style were not met. After watching it, there is only a feeling of drinking plain water, which is boring.
Let's talk about the real protagonist of this film - the little devil. They are indeed exposed prematurely, as other film friends have said, especially with so many close-ups arranged, making the film's horror atmosphere disappear and even produce an inexplicable sense of comicality. What is the most important thing about horror movies? Pay attention to the atmosphere and suspense, even if you keep the little devil in the film, you don't know what it is all the time! Because people are most afraid of the unknown! I believe that the director of this film did not understand the truth that being half-naked can actually arouse people's interest more than being naked! Fail fail. .
Most of what I have said here is what I think is insufficient. The whole work is also worth watching for the little girl's acting skills, but it is recommended that people who watch this film should not regard this film as a horror film. real. .
The above is a personal opinion, if you have any objections, you are welcome to raise them, but please step aside!
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