"Twelve Years a Slave" I watched a long time ago was not a good viewing experience. It was basically an "Oscars" mentality at that time.
This kind of mentality probably started from "The Hurt Locker", because at that time, I just started to contact movies, and the Oscars were basically the temple.
Later I learned that in some concepts, he was just a TV show.
But competition and winning are still difficult to refuse in human nature. Those photos after the top won the award last year can be confirmed.
In the past few years, there have been many films with a look and feel between "12 Years a Slave", "Moonlight", "Get Out", etc. In fact, when I watched it, I didn't really understand the emotions in the film, the characters' thoughts, and behaviors.
There really is a real distance. These films are neither my backyard nor the tourist attractions in the desert. In fact, I want to say that there is actually a learning cost (process), maybe it will be better after reading more?
So, in fact, when Widows, Green Book, If Beale Street Could Talk, and Us all got together, I found that I couldn't tell the difference between them and the directors of these previous films. corresponding relationship.
After taking the time to take a closer look, it turns out that "If Beale Street Could Talk" corresponds to "Moonlight"; "Us" corresponds to "Get Out", and "Widows" corresponds to "Twelve Years a Slave".
Haha, this is interesting? Because watching the trailer for "Widows" is quite the type.
These are my previous thoughts.
After reading it, my heart is lying, Elizabeth is so beautiful (a tall white girl).
Going to that stop is the existence of supermodel level, which is quite eye-catching in the group of four.
Then there are the scheduling of a few scenes, which is amazing, the camera movement is basically hidden in the camera. The concept here is relative to, for example, "The Bourne Bourne", which can feel the existence of the camera. After all, a person will not watch things like this every day when he has nothing to do. Another example is some films with many long shots. For me, the camera stops. After a long time, I will unconsciously make up a lot of off-camera recordings, photography, assistants, and light positions? Of course, this also depends on skill. "Hiding the camera" shows that the rhythm of the film is still good.
There is another point in the overall perception, that is, it feels a bit split.
Daniel, the one who stabbed the disabled with a knife, every time he appeared, I had a Hong Kong movie that was a visual sense. The cruelty of Hong Kong gangsters, including the rhythm and character performances in some places, is a bit like the gangsters in Hong Kong movies.
But the three factions in the Hong Kong film (two gangsters and the government) have not been established here. Daniel's opponent, Veronica (Widow No. 1), obviously has no cruel scene, and the other opponent, Colin Farrell, has no side either. Remember when old Tom (Colin Farrell's dad) died at the end?
Therefore, in fact, the overall atmosphere of the film is not like the Hong Kong and Korean films that make people feel like they have entered another dimension (killing people casually, torturing people), but still in a civilized society.
Everyone is still in a civilized society, driving big Lincolns, raising small dogs that cannot bite people, and conducting democratic elections.
In this big atmosphere, people's behavior is a bit divided, such as Daniel's cruelty, the lack of police, and the happy ending.
There are several arrangements in the film to show Veronica's grief, which is actually a bit deliberate. One action created 4 widows, and it turned out to be Veronica's saddest. When the film develops later, these sad scenes in the front have somewhat damaged the sense of teamwork.
In the film, the dog has been used too many times. The dog's sense of smell is a terrier... From the first time Veronica entered the warehouse, it was relatively normal, and then I felt that the dog was very prop.
When it comes to props, I actually don’t like the set of the warehouse. It’s too deliberate. It’s like the set in a long-running film. The lighting arrangement is very casual. It's hard to imagine that there are so many light sources in the warehouse of a group of robbers. If this is an emergency, how can they be turned off all at once. . .
Also, the whole robbery scene feels so random, I feel like buying a car, buying a few guns and getting a safe combination can be used to rob like this in Chicago... I couldn't stop thinking about "Hell or High Water" when I watched it. ”, in fact, this is a film with a good atmosphere, and several robbery scenes in the film are Western, the law of the jungle.
The social feel of "Widows" makes the later heists lack realism.
But, I actually like Veronica's smile at the end, and Elizabeth's performance throughout the film.
This film later reminded me of "Crazy Flowers at the End of the Road". How should I put it, maybe I prefer the fate of regret.
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