It's only 6.8 on IMDb, and the metascore is only 60+, which surprised me. The evaluation of this film is actually very polarized. The Guardian and two other media gave it 100 points, while one media directly gave it 25 points. I roughly looked at the bad reviews, all of which were compared with real events, saying that the film weakened the murderer's nausea, the thinking and perspective were not deep enough, and the performance after time was superficial.
I played 8 after struggling between 7 and 8 for a while.
I don't know much about this, but as a work of art, I think it's good.
First, the theme hits the heart.
Second, the first half of the film is very impactful, and the suspense and the rhythm are all at the master level.
Third, the second half is like a different movie. If the comparison is too obvious, it will indeed feel procrastinated and dull, but I think the art itself should be hazy, and the group-like performance is enough to trigger the collision of our multi-angle thinking. Rather than overbearing instilling a certain point of view in us. In fact, it was Villa's testimony that finally made me give 8 points.
In the end, it's really comforting to say that Villa is back on his feet and decided to go into politics in the future, there's a feeling that you can kill us, but you can never beat us. I remember Somerset Maugham saying, to the effect that adversity does not make people open-minded, but makes people mean and full of hatred. This may be true, but just for individuals, resentment is not necessarily a bad thing, he may be the driving force for us to forge ahead.
The murderer said that accepting refugees regardless of public opinion is fundamentally a violation of democracy. This sentence made me think a lot. Although I don't agree with his approach and stand completely opposite to his point of view, you can't say that his words are unreasonable. Indeed, democracy and freedom is such a contradictory thing. On the one hand, he promises himself, and on the other hand, he demands tolerance. It seems like an unsolved paradox. The world has been working hard for decades to pursue equality and oppose racial discrimination. It seems that great progress has been made, but the progress seems to be hopeless. To put it bluntly, the current peaceful coexistence may be a balance on a cliff. Once a contradiction like Europe is triggered, it will fall directly off the cliff. And whether racial discrimination can be truly eliminated, no one can guarantee. Maybe when strange aliens start to enter our lives, the earth will be at peace.
Well, suddenly pessimistic.
But as Villa said, we can still choose, choose to do what we think is right, choose to hold on to that little hope in the dark future, choose not to admit defeat even if we are knocked down.
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