"The Wicked" and "Stranger Things in Paradise" are two unrelated films, but they were written together because they happened to be watched together. Still feel some similarities, such as about feelings.
The director of "Stranger Things in Paradise", Jiamusu, is very famous. This is the first time I have seen his movie, so I am not familiar with it. The scenes and characters are a bit cold, but they attract people to look down. When you first saw the male lead answering the phone, and then the female lead appeared, you knew something was bound to happen between them, but how it happened, I really didn't give you a chance to see it from the beginning.
Until the female protagonist buys things for the male protagonist, the female protagonist vacuums for the male protagonist, and then the male protagonist buys a dress for her, and the story begins. However, the time has come for the heroine to leave. The world is often so fiddling with people. Going back to "The Wicked", it is a story of "searched but lost, not looking forward to it", and found true love, but when he committed a monstrous crime and could not be free. Love, like this, happened when it should have been parting. So, the two films are similar in this respect.
At the end of the day, it's always an engaging topic, something that makes people want to express and resonate.
The parting of "Stranger Things in Paradise" is only a temporary parting, so it can be continued. But there is no need to say anything, just drive a car, cross the ice and snow, and then arrive at the spring flowers, feeling that such a journey has completed love, and then it just ends abruptly. The female protagonist returns to the motel and may fly to Europe with the male protagonist. This kind of misunderstanding is the most touching place in love. For example, if she takes off the skirt given by the male protagonist and throws it into the trash can, the male protagonist's friend sees it and doesn't break it, making the male protagonist feel intoxicated. The cruelty and impermanence of life are in these small details. A small detail, in fact, tell the meaning of the film. It's about the loss of love.
"Paradise" is still moving, no one said a word of love, but the emotion waiting for the audience to make up their minds is even more moving. I don't need language, just drive a car like this, go to see her for thousands of miles, and then take her to the south where she wants to go. That's enough.
"The Wicked" also took her away, and fled with him. As long as a little compassion, as long as a little concern, the man with a gray face was moved like this. He said that he killed someone to her who he trusted. They all shouted that meeting each other earlier would be a lifetime. Ah, maybe it's here, with a bit of acting, I don't think it's as good as "Paradise". Fortunately, "Paradise" has always been in a trance, both true and false. And "The Wicked" is too clear, without that layer of veil, there will be less aftertaste.
"The Wicked", the feeling of going to the point of no return, the despair and gratitude on the face are intertwined, waiting for the end of the day. "Paradise" is also, there is no luxury to talk about the emotional moment, it can only be moved forward.
In contrast, I prefer "Paradise", perhaps because there is no intention, and there is no trace of everything around this person, but you can imagine that this person in front of him has already explained everything.
Compared with a well-done and impeccable "drama film", the simplicity and subtlety of "Paradise" are infinitely more meaningful.
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