The family relationship is the "rope" that maintains the family's longevity

Tavares 2021-12-22 08:01:33

"The Mousetrap" is actually the second film of DreamWorks. It was filmed in 1997. Even if it is bombarded with high-tech technology, it is not inferior.

I have two deep feelings when watching this film.

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First, I believe that many Hollywood fans will have a similar feeling, yes, "Home Alone". However, in "Home Alone", a child deals with two adults, and this time, a mouse is used to deal with two adults. "Home Alone" seems to be a kid fighting two dumb bad guys bravely, but in fact, through a funny and wonderful process of fighting wits and courage, it explains the short warmth and tenderness conflicts that exist in every family. I have to say that "Catch the Mouse" is impressive, and its meaning is brighter and more "adult". In "Catch the Rat", these two adults are not bad guys. They didn't come to the antique room to steal. The first half of the film uses a lot of space and scenes to explain the background of these two characters, so the two brothers It is the protagonist in the true sense, and the mouse acts as the catalyst for the story. There is an irreconcilable contradiction in this film, that is, the antagonism between the two brothers. The older brother is a cook. He wants to sell his father’s rope factory and antique house to make a comeback, while the younger brother doesn’t want to sell his father’s factory even though he has no money. Walking and developing on a track, and this was the only wish of his father before his death. Therefore, it can also be said that this mouse may be the sustenance of his father’s wishes. Through it, the two brothers found a common goal that can satisfy the wishes of both parties to develop: transform the factory into a cheese factory, giving full play to the strengths of the older brother, and satisfying. My brother’s determination to keep the factory. And the sentence "The world without ropes is chaos" also touched me. In my eyes, this sentence is "relative relationship of bloodline is the "rope" that sustains the family." Therefore, DreamWorks laid the tone of meaning, determination, harmony, and happiness when filming the film at the beginning, and it was already conveying such truth, goodness, and beauty when filming "The Mousetrap".

Second, the first glance at this kind of film will feel like a fairy tale. Every scene and every stage of this kind of movie has a pavement, and the next second has already laid the foundation for the next step. For example, when my brother is waiting for a trader to buy a factory, he encounters two sexy girls. You will obviously feel something happened when these two women appear, and this encounter is not a coincidence. Because of the entire scene layout of the movie, the focusing methods are all focused between the three of them, which seems unnatural. Yes, it is unnatural. The whole film does not feel "naturally", just like watching a carefully laid out "fairy tale". There is another key point. In this kind of fairy tale, music is indispensable. It can be said that it runs through the whole story from beginning to end. Like Chaplin's movies, the change of music is ups and downs with the development of the story. , This adds to the feeling of being "set". Since how the music will be played in the next second is written in advance, the development of the story has been stuck in the previous step.

This is a fairy tale. It is said to be a lie, because it is too beautiful, but we are still willing to read it because it is too beautiful.

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Mousehunt quotes

  • Lars: Some things are more important than money, Ernie.

    Ernie: Notice it's always the financially challenged who say that?

  • [first lines]

    Lars: [at their father's funeral, they carry his coffin down the steps of a cathedral] Hold your end up higher, you're not holding it.

    Ernie: I am too.

    Lars: You are not.

    Ernie: Don't worry about me. Hey, isn't that suit charcoal?

    Lars: No.

    Ernie: Looks charcoal gray to me, some gray polyester blend. Couldn't even find a black suit for your own father's funeral.

    Lars: It's black.

    Ernie: No, I'm sure it's gray.

    Lars: It's black.

    Ernie: Gray.

    Lars: Black.

    Ernie: Gray.

    Lars: Black!

    Ernie: Fine, it's black. It's the grayest black I've ever seen.

    Lars: It doesn't matter what color it is!

    [the handle on the coffin breaks off and the coffin slides down the steps]

    Lars: I'm sorry, Pop! I'm sorry!