supernatural sense of hindsight

Ivory 2022-03-23 09:02:29

The Spanish director's previous work "Buried" made a big harvest at a small cost. An American citizen who was trapped in a coffin in a Middle East country used his mobile phone to beg the kidnappers for his life and scolded the insensitiveness of the motherland for working according to the rules. Getting it right, the director also greatly denounced the so-called overall situation of sacrificing the individual, realizing the stability of the country and abandoning the people (especially the lower classes). The structure of the coffin, protagonist, gadgets, and poisonous snake has created a work that has something to say. The new work has more investment, hired veteran actors, and has both factory and exterior scenes. Is it better than the previous work?

True or false or false and true, physicist Margaret and his assistant Tom went to the hazy mansion in the suburbs to investigate supernatural events. The red-based basement first had a mysterious atmosphere, creating a shocking effect, coupled with the good facial expressions of the parties and the upper body of the soul. The voice line interpretation is very convincing. There is indeed an incident of evil spirits harassing the living. The investigator uses technology and logic to knock down the vision. Claiming that she is a physicist like Tom, Tom was dubious, she went on to say that her occupation was a hair stylist, and the scam was exposed. On the return journey, Tom said to the inviter [fire which hair stylist!] There is a mystery in the small talk, but what I saw on the surface Or is it true? The woman with straight golden hair may really be a physicist, even though she claims to be a hairstylist, which profession is true? Tom is influenced by the deception and believes that what the woman is saying must be a lie, and he calls out righteously. When a man fires a woman who claims to be a hairstylist, how can Tom affirm her career? The scientific definition is to test the knowledge gained, to know if she is lying can be investigated, the assistant's provocative remarks are preconceived, unsubstantiated and unscientific The attack is to fall into a falsehood, masking subjective biases that may be the truth. Rodrigo Cortes uses the message of the character dialogue to give them a layered color, which is the director's specialty. He has two veteran actors (Robert De Niro and Sigourney Weaver) in the current production. There are too many elements in the movie, such as bluffing sound effects and contrived scenes. For example, a black woman is slow on the road, her eyes are fierce, she can't have a road, but she walks in Tom's car, posing like a The virus has entered the body, and it is about to break out. The zombie horror movies that choose people to eat have different styles. I understand that the director has the talent to make different types of movies, so don't show off like this. However, he did not take advantage of two trump cards, the physicist Margaret's son, played by the heroine Sigourney Weaver, accidentally became a vegetative, and she believed in medicine: a field derived from science that can wake up her son, the silver-haired miracle worker of the Great Hall Religion. Claiming that the spiritual hand of God can heal the terminally ill, that he has done wonders among the chosen believers, Margaret has hard evidence.

The film has thus far stated that science is more credible than supernatural phenomena (soul and theology), and the position is clear. As long as the argument is well-founded, no matter which side is supported, it is not a problem. Frequently, I have withdrawn my position. The second half of the film is obviously a supernatural film. The psychic Simon played by Robert De Niro has boundless mana. He can use [spiritual power] that cannot be scientifically explained to shatter glass, destroy reconnaissance instruments, and Under the eyes of the public, he floated in the air and used his palm to break his abdomen to heal the disease; the assistant saw his [soul] in a suit falling from the ceiling, the director did not use science to reveal the incredible supernatural phenomenon, and let the tricks commonly used in horror films fool the audience, and the science disappeared, Spiritual power is the best, should I believe in science? Or spiritual power? Rodrigo Cortes, please give your answer!

Patrick Chan on August 26, 2012

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  • Margaret Matheson: Ever heard of Occam's Razor?

    Policeman: Occam's Razor?

    Margaret Matheson: When I hear the drumming of hooves, I don't think unicorns, I think horses.

  • Tom Buckley: Listen to me. YOU are the only guy separating the world from stupidity at this point in time, okay?