From the perspectives of story creativity, logical self-consistent, brain-burning degree, and emotional strength, "Mirage" can only be said to be "okay", not excellent. Compared to "Invisible", it is much inferior.
With regard to time travel and parallel universes, I have always expressed my estrangement. Because I am not convinced, I can't like it, let alone be moved. (Unless it is a skit work like "Happy Death Day", which is clearly a funny and funny excuse to play, the tolerance for it can be much higher, and there is no need for logic to be strong.)
I’m not convinced of the time and space travel and changing history in literary works because I believe that historical events are caused by a combination of infinite factors. Any change in any factor will create a new path. There will be infinite development paths between the set starting point A and the set ending point B. So when you go back in time, how can you guarantee that only one of the factors will be changed while all other influencing factors will never change? So in the end, how can you guarantee to choose the one you want from the infinite possible paths? ["Happy Death Day 2" gives a solution: exhaustive trial and error. Anyhow, it makes sense. But in theory, there should be an infinite path from time A to time B, and there is no end to trial and error. 】
The most unconvincing thing about me is, why does the hostess insist on finding this daughter back ?
1. From a logical point of view
The hostess wholeheartedly finds her Gloria back, but even if she meets and loves David again, how can she guarantee that they will give birth to exactly the same Gloria this time? The number of men who ejaculate at a time is tens of millions or hundreds of millions. How can she guarantee that it is still the same sperm that won the race and once again genetically combined the same Gloria? What a low probability this is? The bigger and bigger possibility is that she will give birth to another daughter or still a son. It's not Gloria anyway. So what is she obsessed with? Wouldn't she be able to give birth to him one, two, three or four if she fell in love with Nico so much? Why don't you give birth to an unfaithful David? Obviously she didn't love David to the point of being so paranoid. —— Therefore, as the core contradiction of the whole film, the logical foundation of "Retrieve the Daughter" is not very solid and unconvincing.
2. From an emotional point of view
Well, literary works are not welcome. I am willing to back down, so please persuade me emotionally.
Why does Gloria, the daughter of the heroine, have to fight to death? Why is Gloria irreplaceable for the heroine? ——The screenwriter and director did not give a strong enough explanation for this. It is not enough to just shout the slogan "Mother's love is bigger than the sky". Even a touching story with maternal love as the core must be filled with rich details in order to radiate flesh and blood. The choreographer must interpret the irreplaceability of this daughter, and must present the deep and strong emotions of the mother and daughter in order to firmly impress the audience. [For example, why the heroine in "Spiritual Orphanage" (one of my favorite movies) looks for her son is very convincing: because the son is terminally ill, because the son is an orphan like her, because she has trauma, Because she has always embraced the ideal of caring and caring for orphans... In the film, the mother and child's heart, heart, liver, and liver are shown fully and completely, and the heroine's personality that is vulnerable to fragility and paranoia is also clearly portrayed. 】
In addition, the script is more deliberate, with heavy artificial traces and low brain burn, which is reflected in: 1. Soon after the police officer appeared, I guessed that he was Nico; 2. When we had dinner together, I guessed that Aito’s mother was out of state. She was the murderer back then; 3. In the first timeline, the old man inexplicably confessed that he was going to be buried in the slaughterhouse. This was purely to promote the development of the story of the second timeline; 4. The second timeline Here, the heroine woke up and found that the world had changed unbelievably, and thus showed a state of madness, and even reported to the police station. This episode was protracted and repetitive, and it did not conform to the heroine's high-intellectual personality and was unnecessary.
However, overall, as an entertainment film, it's pretty good.
Small supplement: Douyou questioned: There is no need to emphasize that Gloria is irreplaceable, because who is willing to go back to the past and rebirth a child different from the present? I think that if Douyou’s point of view itself, without any additional contextual settings, basically everyone will nod in agreement, but this film has additional settings for this proposition. Choose between children. Because according to the setting of this film, she must not meet and fall in love with Nico when she returns to the time when she has a daughter. True love or child, isn't this choice difficult? Obviously, between the two, the heroine chose the child. As an audience, I would like to see more convincing reasons. A little bit of blood, for example, it is difficult for the female protagonist to get pregnant, and finally gave birth to this baby; or this baby has a congenital disease, how can the female protagonist take care of and transplant bone marrow and other daughters to restore health, the mother and daughter share the joys and sorrows... …I’m talking nonsense, but I mean, the director, you have to explain the reason why the heroine chooses her daughter more fully and solidly.
According to the setting, the female protagonist is a one-off deal. Neither she nor the male protagonist knows that the finale can guarantee a double harvest of fish and bear paws. If they know, then they will happily change history together. , There is nothing to be painful, and the heroine does not need to be forced to death. right?
True love or children, this choice can even rise to the level of feminism to discuss. Choosing true love is to live for yourself, and choosing children is to live for your children. Today in the 21st century, do women still have to be bound by traditional maternal roles, and motherhood must be supreme and blood is supreme? ——Of course, this goes a long way, and there is no need for entertainment films to discuss this way.
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