The three story lines of Wind Chaser, Father and Son, and DV Party are very clear. The plot starts with a low-key narrative and unfolds, and gradually pushes to the final climax, and then reaches the calm, hope, and humor after the storm. The structure is very clear and smooth. The most comfortable form, don't worry about not being impressed.
Although the plot is quite satisfactory, it is enough to show the beginning of love, the fragility of human beings in the face of disasters, the family that cannot be separated, the researchers' dedication to the storm, and people's understanding of ordinary life after the disaster. I like that there is no love between the male and female protagonists, only because of disasters and love for children, they are gathered together, breaking the traditional heroic route of saving the United States.
The roles are relatively simple, but the details of the actors are in place and the characteristics are well controlled, which is more than enough for a disaster film where the protagonist is a tornado.
I was rather cold, and I was calm when I read the whole story, but I heard the audience laugh together in the theater, and also saw that they cried because of the plot, so I insisted that the plot has reached the quality of a good movie.
The camera movement and editing techniques are more interesting, and the form of pseudo-documentary runs through the film, making the narrative perspective very unique. Regarding the issue of camera shake, I want to say that it is necessary to create a sense of tension. I also feel dizzy, but I think it is good to be dizzy. It is interesting to be immersed in the plot with the actors. For some malicious complaints that the definition is too consistent and it looks fake, I can only say, take a break, do you really want to see the scum quality of the face on the big screen? What is the core of other people to figure out first. Moreover, this form is not an empty form, and it is indeed necessary (the end of the film has pointed out that this is a documentary made to commemorate the producer who died young), don't go into details about the small details. .
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Starring Richard Armitage has also starred in South and North, MI5 and The Hobbit, but this face always seems to be forgotten. In fact, it's not because he looks too ordinary, but because the characters are so different and his acting skills are so good that people can't think of one place at all.
This is probably the simplest role I've seen him play, but there are still many details that make people sigh at his professionalism.
One is the glasses that appeared at first and then disappeared. I think he must have thought about this problem too - how can you explain that the principal needs glasses to read newspapers at the dinner table, but he has good naked eyesight when saving his son from the storm ? The answer to this question is "presbyopia" and "hyperopia". Don't say I'm obsessive, because in the play, when RA had to read the text without wearing glasses, he really started to read after holding the paper far away, which shows that he really created and implemented this detail.
Second, accent switching, as a Brit who has never acted in an American film or series, he has put a lot of effort into the accent in the show. RA mentioned in the interview that he not only imitated an ambiguous American English, but "strive to be more precise" - he wanted to imitate the specific accent of the place where the story took place. This kind of "Virgo" character that strives for precision (in fact, he is indeed a Leo Virgo), on the one hand, makes people feel a little helpless, but on the other hand, they will lament his dedication.
Three, deep water shooting. RA has severe deep water phobia because of the psychological shadow of falling into the water in childhood. However, he still goes to great lengths to get his hands dirty when it comes to diving into deep water and shooting rescue shots in the water. Enduring the psychological and physical torment, to take a few scenes where you can't even see your face in the end is worthy of some applause.
Fourth, those micro-expressions. Too many to list. This actor is very good at using micro-expressions to speak, but unfortunately everyone's attention is probably on the tornado and subtitles.
ps. As an original textual research party, RA likes to read a lot of relevant books and materials to enrich the character image, as well as open up brain holes for his characters and make short biographies. When he talks about his understanding of the characters, he talks endlessly and has constant textual research, which makes people often There is the illusion of "Am I listening to the teacher's lecture", so that he is dubbed "Middle Earth Hermione" by fans. Now that I have acted in a film that has no reference to paper materials at all, I think the difficulty is conceivable. Fortunately, he has done it well, so can we look forward to seeing him in an original role one day in the future?
(He starred in the TV series "South and North", "Counterattack", "Robin Hood" movie "The Hobbit" drama "Crucible (Purgatory / The Witch of Salem)"), the unreleased "Urban and the shed crew", and The new movies that are about to appear, all change from famous novels, bestsellers, historical legends or real history... This person is really drunk on the textualism and fanatical love of non-original characters...)
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Talk about some impressive points.
One is the part where the eldest son and his girlfriend left their last words with DV before they were submerged. With the performance of the actors, we can empathize with the pain and helplessness of the disaster Lingchi, as well as a kind of regret for the family, so it is very moving.
The other is the moment when the producer was caught in the sky by the tornado and saw the sunshine in the sky. In fact, everyone in the movie theater laughed, but after laughing, when they realized the fate that the protagonist was about to face, the entire movie theater was silent. That was the last calm before death. Even a few seconds of silence was long and heart-wrenching. I love this clip, they allow us to see together, through the eyes of the protagonist, the most beautiful view a person can see before he dies. I think, maybe this is the kind of grandeur and vigor that their group of wind chasers have always chased, so in the face of death, the protagonist still shows a relieved smile.
Finally, when the old man with the dog was sitting on the ruins and talking about the future that he might not exist in, he said that the life of an ordinary person is the best (to the point).
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