Speaking of Robert Pattinson, two lines of information immediately popped into my mind!
1. The male lead of "Twilight", Kristen Stewart's ex-boyfriend
Two, looks outstanding, acting is mediocre
Subjective and one-sided arguments have been haunting and lingering. Until today, the author was fortunate enough to come into contact with the movie "good time", and finally took off this pair of "tinted glasses".
American movie "Good Time"
Genre: Crime, Drama
Main Cast: Robert Pattinson (as Connie)
Story overview: After the bank robbery, the younger brother Nick is controlled by the police, and the escaped brother Connie makes a series of crazy moves to rescue Nick.
Release Date: August 11, 2017 in the United States
As a film with a distinctive style and unusual style, the Safdie brothers once again showed their extraordinary talents to the world in film language. Good ratings, high popularity, it shows everything.
Next, let's follow the camera, walk into the story, and chat while watching.
I, star actor, acting big bang
Robert Pattinson presents a top actor performance!
From Edward in Twilight to Eric in Metropolis, Lawrence in Desert Queen to Henry in The Lost City of Z.
In recent years, Robert Pattinson has been constantly trying new roles, broadening his acting career, polishing and refining his acting skills, and challenging the limits. Along the way, stumbling and growing a lot! The ignorant big boy who was once "the young eagle spreads its wings and hates the sky" has now transformed into a mature actor of "the eagle spreads its wings and swallows the world".
In the play, Robert continues to challenge himself, playing Connie, a tragic character full of contradictions.
(What is "inner conflict"? On the one hand, he is not doing his right job and delusional gain for nothing; on the other hand, he is particularly concerned about his brother Nick, who is mentally handicapped)
When all the negative emotions (life dilemma, realistic pressure, inner entanglement) came together, Connie lost her mind and embarked on a road of no return.
This way, the five flavors are mixed, and all kinds of emotions are criss-crossed.
Tension during the robbery -> panic when running away -> anxiety when learning that Nick was taken away by the police -> helplessness to rescue Nick due to insufficient ransom money and inability to "open the back door" -> anxiety when going to the hospital to rescue her brother -> discovery Anger after rescuing the wrong person -> Excitement when using clues provided by addicts and finding a chance -> Anger when the plan failed -> Confusion when finally caught
This series of complex emotions, perfectly interpreted by Robert Pattinson, is amazing!
(As an aside: In a way, Robert Pattinson and Daniel Radcliffe have a lot in common in terms of actor self-cultivation and self-experience.)
II, electronic music, high burst audience
The addition of Oneohtrix Point Never (Daniel Lopatin) makes the music arrangement of this work completely above the plot, which is particularly prominent.
The roaring electronic movement and dreamlike visual images are enough to make the audience get lost in the psychedelic atmosphere created by the director and the music producer, unable to extricate themselves.
However, the strong soundtrack is a double-edged sword! It has its obvious advantages and also its significant disadvantages.
As far as the advantages are concerned, everyone can be fully engaged in the process of watching the movie, just like a chicken blood, crazy obsessed!
From the perspective of shortcomings, this kind of setting routine is quite grandstanding, and the form is greater than the content!
III, handheld camera, rough, psychedelic, sensual
The extensive use of handheld shooting is another noteworthy aspect of this work. Although the shaking of the picture and the randomness of the use of light have made many audiences criticize, but in all fairness, perhaps only this kind of picture texture can seamlessly connect the manic and psychedelic background music.
Crazy, crazy, rough, dark, messy, illusory, the image style of this work is really inexplicable!
IV, story fragment, scattered, boring, hesitant
If the director Safdie brothers can write the script carefully, if the music producer Daniel Lopatin can restrain some inner restlessness and passion a little, if the concept of the film can balance the proportions of the plot, music and picture, maybe the quality of this work will be improved again. . Too bad it's just an "if"!
in my opinion. The strong soundtrack directly devours the weakened narrative, and the direction of the plot is like "drinking drugs", which leads to hallucinations. Relying on Robert Pattinson's life-threatening role in the whole process, it is impossible to support the whole story chain, especially after the second half of the plot (that is, from "Connie is sitting in the car listening to the addict's self-report"), the rhythm is suddenly messy, Then the subsequent narrative part fell into disrepair...
Throughout the whole film, the strong performance of the work in music is still unable to fill the extreme lack of plot saturation, and the whole film presents a sense of "formalism". Although the viewing process is refreshing, but when the song ends, how many memories can this psychedelic and dazed spring dream leave the audience?
Director ★★★☆☆ (strong style, more paranoid than "Heaven Knows What" they directed 3 years ago)
Actors ★★★★★ (Robert Pattinson's leading role + Benny Safdie's cameo, good match)
Plot ☆☆☆☆ (single-line plot, very weak, weaker than the soundtrack and pictures)
Visual effects ★★★★☆ (hand-held shooting, very casual and emotional, but not everyone can watch it)
Sound effects ★★★★★ (The psychedelic electronic music is awesome, and the plot is complete; the ED "The Pure and the Damned" presented by Iggy Pop is also eye-catching)
Recommendation ★★★☆☆ (For the plot party, this work is purely "chicken ribs"; for ordinary audiences, this film will never make you boring)
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