After watching "Mandy", I was very angry, and I deliberately flipped through the online reviews, but I was pissed off again!
This film is the new work of Nicholas Cage this year. Let me suppress my temper and complain and analyze this film...
On the screen. The lighting and colors of this movie are not very particular. The typical B-level film effect is placed in China, which is called the effect of the ghost film on the Internet. In order to highlight the terrifying and dark atmosphere, and express the extreme and demonic nature of the cultists, this film uses a dark environment, bloody red, weird blue and oppressive dim yellow and other pictures to cooperate with each other. The problem is that the frequent changes in the second half of the screen processing will not only produce visual aesthetic fatigue, but also make the audience feel embarrassed to dance without using this technique well. The light is either an abrupt swath or an unpleasant clutter. Some scenes during the viewing process reminded me of the dialogue between Tang Seng and Guanyin in the desert in Xingye's version of "Westward Journey". In 1995 or earlier! If there is still a saying of "50 cents picture", it is also extremely appropriate to put it in this film.
Let's talk about acting. When grading, I was going to give one point, but I couldn't bear to give two points in the end. Let me clarify that at least one point and five points are for Cage's acting skills. It is actor Andrea Riseborough who plays Cage's wife in this film, although the film is named after her character, although the first 20 minutes amount to her solo show, although she is a stage actor by birth (everyone We all know that stage plays require more careful crafting than film and television plays). But her acting skills are really mediocre and have nothing to say. Not to mention more Cage comparisons, I think cult leaders are better than her. Of course, judging from the quality of the film, it cannot be ruled out that the director/script did not give her a chance to show her acting skills, which can be seen from Cage's performance throughout the film. The only clip that saved Cage's audience, I think it should be at the beginning of the second part of the story, where the husband vented his pain in the bathroom about losing his wife. There is also the "steady as Mount Tai" performance of several other cult members that must be mentioned, which neither shows the heresy and fanaticism of the cultists, but also loses the emotional transformation during the development of the plot. All that's left is the spoken lines and the zombie face that eats dead flies!
Next, let's analyze the sound. It can be said that compared to other film elements, the dubbing and sound effects of this film are basically passable. It's just a basic pass. There are also places for deductions. For example, in the part where the husband made weapons for revenge, the soundtrack obviously seems to be taken from a blockbuster and directly synthesized for use, which has no texture or grade. Another example is the sound effect of Cage when he went upstairs from the basement after self-rescue.
Finally, let's analyze the editing (montage) of this film. In the later stage, the director splices the story development point of the film with the animation and editing that conform to its content, further explain or continue the content, indicating that the director still has ideas for the content presented to the audience.
On the whole, this film is a film that fails to tell the story, so that after watching it, I don't know what I'm doing at all. I even feel that the murder of the previous part of the wife is a little far-fetched compared to the later husband's revenge and murder. And it’s not easy for a director to be able to put Hollywood stars, “50 cents screen”, “50 cents sound effects”, “50 cents acting”, “50 cents script (old-fashioned relatives in distress, embarking on a journey of revenge) Road)", (stainless steel axe, plastic armor, etc.)", "50 cents special effects (artificial plasma, artificial plasma, artificial plasma everywhere)" It is not easy to collect in one film. This may be why I am extremely angry and laugh The reason for it!
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