Energetic old guy

Miller 2021-12-23 08:01:57

Compared with the first two parts of the Old Woody London trilogy, "Match Point" and "Scoop", the plot of "Cassandra's Dream" is much simpler, without much suspense and twists and turns, and most of the time is used to express psychological conflict. So although the rhythm is as tense as always, it still makes people feel relaxed from time to time in the second half-for example, when Ian is killing his brother Terry, this kind of suspense fatigue is rare in the first two parts.
Of course, the repeated torture of "should or not" in "Cassandra's Dream" was rarely mentioned in the first two parts. "Match Point" was worried all the way, and Wilton carried Chole to seduce Nola until the latter. The focus of the killer is expressing anxiety and nervousness. There is not much time to ask yourself "Should you kill or not". After the incident, he pretended to be innocent, and finally got away with impunity by chance. In "Cassandra's Dream", Terry is deeply guilty of self-blame and cannot extricate himself, and Ian finally punished the crime with unexpected death, putting an end to the "crime and punishment" trilogy. What’s interesting is that Terry, who was at the end of his life and had more reasons to kill and exchange for silver, hesitated and repented beforehand. Afterwards, he regretted betting on this one. However, Ian was able to think like Wilton, and went straight to the future and the beauty, in Old Woody. Under the camera, wine, wealth, wealth, fame and fortune can even kill people.
The evaluation of the film is generally not high. As a senior intellectual, Woody has too many "pointing out" details in the film, but the plot is mediocre-as far as he is concerned. This low-cost movie is more like a stage play. In the movie, Angela, played by Hayley Atwell, is a stage actor. In the second half of the film, there is also a dialogue about Greek drama. In addition, the same is true for the old Woody's lens setting when the actor is in dialogue.
Colin Farrell actually performed well. The panicked look reminded me of the "Phonebooth" a few years ago. Without Scarlett Johansson, it would be hard to imagine that she would not be able to grab the show.
Woody is old, but he is really energetic, the next "Midnight in Barcelona" has come to Barcelona again, just look at the synopsis, the new film is much hotter.

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Extended Reading
  • Darion 2022-04-21 09:02:44

    Sometimes when we make one wrong decision, we already imply that the next one will be wrong, and it is useless to deceive ourselves.

  • Ladarius 2022-04-22 07:01:39

    If it wasn't a Woody movie, I'd give it an extra star, although I think it's the best of the London trilogy, but it's not as fun as it used to be when watching Woody. OST sounds great.

Cassandra's Dream quotes

  • Terry: What are you thinking?

    Ian: That then was then. And now is now. And we've done it and it's over.

    Ian: And it's always now.

  • Ian: You think we've committed some kind of unnatural act, but we haven't. The whole of human life is about violence. It's a cruel world, Terry.