trapped beast in the net

Velva 2022-03-24 09:02:06

For a movie, a good director and a good actor are not half the battle. But nothing is absolute, and the bigger the brand, the less able it is to achieve a perfect ending in reality.
Think about which one on the poster appears alone is not a big name who can support a play alone? Melancholy male god, Latin beauty, sexy femme fatale, ruffian bastard, swinging cowboy. The character modeling alone makes people unforgettable. Throughout the film, everyone on the screen is showing their charm, and the audience under the stage is like falling into the fog. A large net covered everything in it, as if the beastmaster was trapped, but unfortunately, the audience who did not know why had to curse in unison.
The baseline of the story revolves around the encounters of the various people involved in the drug network, and the thirst for money cannot be hidden behind a good life. The stable gold-sweeping network collapsed under meticulous planning, and the blows one after another made the male god face the ruthless muzzle of the "hunter" like a fledgling bird, unable to resist and swallow the bitter fruit. .
It's a good thing to say, but the judges are not satisfied. I only have a fresh memory of a few jaw-dropping scenes, but the overall story structure is not flattering. Not enough foreshadowing of the out-of-control network, that is, the performance of the leading actors is also unsatisfactory and lacks strength. It's no wonder that even more first-line actors and big-name directors can't change the quality of the movie, because the level of screenwriters determines that this story can only be remembered by the audience as a few surprises.
It is not easy to know the screenwriters of domestic dramas after watching them.

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Extended Reading
  • Sandrine 2022-04-20 09:01:46

    Lots of inexplicable conversations that make people drowsy, but it's normal for Ridley Scott to smash things...

  • Lina 2021-12-19 08:01:11

    The most disappointing movie of 2013 is none other than this one. It shows us another possibility that top directors + top casts can create. The director's cut version or the extended version has saved many of Ridley Scott's works, but unfortunately this one is not among them.

The Counselor quotes

  • Westray: The point, Counselor is that you may think there are things that these people are simply incapable of... There are not.

  • Reiner: Women like you.

    Counselor: All right.

    Reiner: Do you know what they like about you?

    Counselor: I'm a good fuck?

    Reiner: Right! No, they can sniff out the moral dilemma. The paradox. "Moral dilemma." Yeah, they're drawn to it. Not sure why. Maybe it's just that lacking any moral sense themselves, they're fascinated by it in men. Men are attracted to flawed women, too, of course, but their illusion is that they can fix them. Women don't want to fix anything. They only want to be entertained. The truth about women is you can do anything to them except bore them.