Excellent suspense idea

Rosario 2022-03-26 09:01:06

First of all, I declare that I have not read the original. After being stunned by various murder suspense about the murderer's speculation, I feel that this suspense has a new way. Who is the fake under the true feelings, who is the truth under the mask, is what I found out today is the truth? Do you want to trust your own judgment today? When I asked these two questions, I was taken aback by myself. It turns out that it is not only the characters who are sick in novels and movies who encounter this problem - every normal person is also troubled by the same dilemma and paradox. . Didn't someone say that when you wake up every morning, you are a brand new self.

This is the real suspense, because there is no so-called brain-burning step of logical reasoning, and two types of reasoning films and suspense films are strictly distinguished. All logic will be overturned on the second day, there is no accumulation of the initial state, everything is judged from scratch, so it is unresolved, so there are many doubts, even at the end of the film, the suspense is still suspense, what you think is not necessarily correct, Perhaps there is no right or wrong, life is inherently a myriad of possibilities for parallel development. Isn't it said that there are parallel worlds now, should we in the parallel world doubt whether our actions in the other world are right or wrong?

Nicole and Collins' performances are big names after all. It's a pity that I don't know why such a deep suspense film. It didn't unfold well. It was just a short story. Pleasure also has as many doubts and loopholes. The film is only over 90 minutes long. Do you want a tight feeling of urgency that makes you breathless? After all, the performance cannot fully explain the psychological dynamics of the characters, and perhaps a certain background narrative will be more helpful for viewers to understand the rich connotation of this suspense film. In addition, the scenes of the film are relatively thin. Although the patient's movement space is limited, the rich layers can also be expressed by the language of the camera lens and the clever lighting and furnishings. This aspect is also lacking.

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Before I Go to Sleep quotes

  • [first lines]

    Christine: Who are you?

    Ben: I'm your husband... Ben.

    Christine: What?

    Ben: We got married in 1999. That was 14 years ago. Christine, you're 40.

    [hands her her clothes]

    Ben: You had an accident. It was a bad accident. You had head injuries. And you have problems remembering things.

    Christine: What things? What...?

    Ben: Everything. You store up information for a day, and when you wake up in the morning, it's all gone. You're back to your early 20s. You'll be okay. Just... trust me.

    Christine: I'm scared.

  • [last lines]

    Adam: Hi. I'm Adam.

    Christine: Adam... When you wake up in the morning, Pooh, what's the first thing you say to yourself?

    Adam: I say, "What's for breakfast?" What do you say, Piglet?

    Christine: I say... I say... "I wonder what's going to happen exciting today."

    Adam: [sitting on her hospital bed] You remembered.

    Christine: Oh, Adam. Adam. I remember. I remember. I remember... Adam. My Adam.