The film discusses a hot topic in the current era, that is, an in-depth discussion of people's right to privacy. From the various depictions in the film, it can be seen that what the director wanted to express was so complicated that every detail was not handled well. The emotion and irony expressed by the director can be more or less felt by the audience, but the emotion cannot reach a burst point, so the so-called science fiction horror film ends in a sudden.
In the Internet age, people's right to privacy deserves people's attention and in-depth thinking. This is a very valuable issue in itself, and it is very close to our lives, but also very far away. The film unfolds this, coupled with the so-called movie version of "Black Mirror". At the beginning, the background of the story is reasonable and convincing, and it has a good impression. However, the subsequent narrative and the motivation of the characters are not. It was a mess, and felt a huge gap.
The first thing worth talking about is of course Mae played by Emma and Annie played by Karen. Although the performance of the two in the film is not brilliant, the close-up performance is also remarkable. The acting is in this film. It's not a big problem, after all, the lineup is mediocre. From Karen's capable executive outfit to her messy hair later, while Emma started as a casual wearer, she later became mature and began to enjoy the eyes of everyone. The stylist still has a bit of work. But as mentioned in the previous article, the transition between the two took place too quickly and it was too inexplicable. If Mae was influenced by colleagues in the circle company and catalyzed by various social activities in the company, and began to change from a white obsessed with work to the focus of everyone’s attention and willing to enjoy it, then Annie’s changes make people feel at a loss and At a loss. From the beginning, when Annie took Mae to visit the company, it can be seen that she is in a state of satisfaction and almost pride for her company. She even participated in all the "secret plan" decision-making witnesses of Eamon Bailey, although she said She did not agree with the "secret plan", but after developing so many projects, she chose to accept it. When Mae began to act as a "spokesperson" and became a transparent person to promote the products of the circle company, she suddenly So he changed his appearance and began to "speak with each other" to Mae and even criticized Eamon Bailey's behavior in public at company meetings and slammed out the door. The motivation of her role is unclear, but just like the good person card who persuades her girlfriend to turn back in most films, the director needs her to give the heroine a "loyal advice" at the end.
In the first half of the film, there are many fragments that are irrelevant to the general plot, but seem to have profound meaning, which creates the illusion that the director is laying the groundwork. First of all, the female congressmen who reported the circle company in the news report, and the female congressmen who were dealt with later, seemed to mean the dark or evil plan of the company’s senior management and the fierce conflict that followed. However, in fact, the executives excepted the so-called Apart from developing this system and brainwashing company employees, other things seemed to be caused or caused by the heroine, who did not show their purpose or interests at all, and it was inexplicable. Another example is that Kaidon takes Mae to the basement to see where the real self data is stored. Mae has gone through so many twists and turns and seems to have seen nothing, and these data have no effect on her. When I thought Kaidon said to Mae the truth. The promotion of my system will infringe on people’s privacy and is a wrong behavior. When I developed the system myself and felt remorse, it would make the heroine more sober than the other employees of the company. Mae just nodded, which did not produce any effect on her future behavior. The whole clip becomes dispensable and meaningless. The role of Kaidon is also designed to be unnecessary. His presence or absence is his own business, and it has nothing to do with the development of the whole plot. In the role of support or assistance, the heroine still insists on doing her own way, forgetting his words.
The director is too "greedy". He wants to touch on any topic, and the scenes are too scattered. He wants to say that the company infringes on personal privacy, so he hints in all aspects, why the infringement, how to be infringed, and the infringement caused. What kind of consequences, but he would not be limited to this. He also said that social phobia cannot be integrated into the Internet age, the contradiction between tradition and modernity, and what he said is too one-sided. The performance of the single character of the carpenter Mercer is unconvincing, and only fragments can be obtained from his few words. The information, the specific content is not displayed, and his behavior of being tracked by a camera behind him and driving away is actually in line with a normal person's practice and cannot explain the problem. He also seems to want to call on the company to maintain "integrity" and abandon the practices in the film, but he really didn't show it. All the above are so disorganized that the viewers can't grasp the core of his thoughts. They can only say that what he said is right, but they don't know why he is right.
This movie is probably criticized as mentioned above. The director also drew a circle for himself. Walking in it always feels fulfilled. In fact, it is impossible to get around it. And the film itself, in fact, has some licensing points.
The irony is more obvious, whether it is the blind worship of Eamon Bailey by the employees of the company at the staff meeting, or the amazing number of people watching soul search in the society, and the exaggerated reaction of the masses, you can feel it. Obtained by the creator's disgust and spurn on this aspect of ancient times, the viewers can also realize similar phenomena and problems in reality. The topic of "people" can't be discussed in any way.
An interesting clip in the film is the question-and-answer dialogue between the two when Eamon Bailey invited Mae to the podium for the first time. Eamon Bailey wanted to brainwash everyone into the benefits of being a transparent person by asking questions, while Mae echoed the question, in which he asked "Do you know that others will perform better when you are supervised by others", "Whether When you learn that everything you say and do is known, you will not commit a heinous crime"... I think these issues are the most worthy of discussion in this film. As a movie viewer People can't help thinking about these questions, and then come up with answers that agree or disagree. It can be seen that the director has worked hard on the design of these issues and invested his own thinking.
Another point is about kayaking. Mae would always go kayaking when she was feeling down, just like that night when she was alone in the river kayaking while the people watching the boat were not there, but she encountered wind and waves. In the follow-up episode, it was because the tiny camera recorded Mae's trace that she successfully located her and saved her. She actually didn't know that there was a camera. She thought she was a person, and kayaking was a kind of vent and relief when she was depressed. She only wanted to hide in her heart and didn't want to share it with others. In my opinion, in reality, everyone has a secret that they don’t want to be known to others. It belongs to only oneself. One can enjoy it wantonly and bury it deep in his heart. This is the one in privacy that cannot be violated. Part of it.
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