useless time machine

Zelma 2022-12-25 00:24:10

It’s been a long time since I saw a movie that left a deep impression on me. The German movie “Gate of Rebirth” I watched today really surprised me.
In fact, its main line is still very old-fashioned, and you can understand it by reading his synopsis: "In a peaceful suburban community, the famous painter David Andernach (Mads Mikkelsen) Eisenbart (Valeria Eisenbart) drowned in his own swimming pool while he was fooling around. The incident led directly to him and his wife Maya (Jessica Schwarz). )'s marriage broke down, and David, who was sad and self-blaming, gave up on himself and tried to kill himself at one point. After being pulled back from the brink of death by his friend Max (Tim Seyfi), David followed a mysterious and beautiful butterfly through a passage. , unexpectedly returned to the moment when the accident happened 5 years ago, and successfully saved his daughter's life. The tragic life seems to have turned a corner, but the subsequent series of chain events made him fall into the whirlpool of fate and it was difficult to get out... "No matter it is the little girl at the beginning Falling into the swimming pool and drowning because of catching butterflies or the butterfly leading the male protagonist to another parallel time and space all indicate that this is a typical butterfly effect movie-although you can go back to the past, things are often not as you wish, and in the end you You will find that you do not have the ability to save the tragedy. Just like many suspense movies must have a schizophrenic protagonist, you can tell the end of a movie about the butterfly effect after watching it. If you watch it too much, it will only feel boring. Not likable, it all depends on how the story is told.
Some people say that this is the German version of "The Butterfly Effect". Although the 2004 version of "The Butterfly Effect" is loved and admired by many people, it is definitely not my favorite. I remember that I watched more than half of it a few years ago. Can't watch it anymore. For the sake of his beloved and his family, the male protagonist tries time and time again to change his fate, but fate is always joking with him. In the end, it's either you are unlucky or I am unlucky. In short, there is no worst, only worse. A few years ago, I thought that a good movie could make people think, but now I think that as long as a movie can tell a story well, it can definitely be called a good movie. In these two points, I think "Gate of Rebirth" is much better than "Butterfly Effect". First of all, I think its storytelling is much higher than that of "Butterfly Effect". "Butterfly Effect" makes me unable to What I have to endure is that the rhythm of the whole movie is that the male protagonist regrets doing something wrong TT → I found that I can go back to the past! → Hurry back and make up for it ^^ → Hey~ Why is this person unlucky! → Let's go back again TT → Huh~ Why is this person unlucky again! → Go back again TT → Why is it bad luck to change this person again, damn it, you have to go back~ Until I finally realize that "a very small thing that seems to be irrelevant on the surface can bring about a huge change. We will never It is impossible to change the traces of the past." Just saying this, you have to go back to the past countless times, and the time machine will be broken by you, okay Sao Nian? ! ! !
I appreciate the pace of "Gate of Rebirth" slowly and clearly explaining one thing. The personalities and psychological changes of all the characters are described very delicately. The emotional explosion at the end of the story also seems reasonable and brings many unexpected joys. For example, how does the daughter accept the male protagonist when she sees that the father of this time and space has been killed by the returning male protagonist; how the change in the male protagonist’s personality after his return is taken into his heart by his wife; The mistake at the beginning, the helplessness and contradictions; not to mention the horror and suspense that the fat white-haired uncle brought to the whole movie. What is commendable is that the film also gave us a touch of warmth at the end: "Everything has changed, but in fact it has not changed, our daughter left us again, but at least she is alive; you and I are still relatively silent, but This time we can face each other hand in hand." The whole film is almost 360 degrees from the beginning to the end without dead ends, every minute is very exciting, and there is no time for me to pour a glass of water and go to the toilet. The only bug that I talked about from the beginning to the end was about: "Man, after you kill the cannon fodder version of yourself, please throw him to the other end of the time-space tunnel, so that you are dead over there, and this is where you are. You are alive, and everyone is so perfect, how come there are so many things in the back! Is there a paste in your head???!!!" But the director needs this bug, otherwise the story will not go on. . . So for me, this is a rare good movie, I recommend it to everyone here, there are almost no spoilers, please don't worry! By the way, there is one more thing to say: although the male protagonist is an old man, he is still quite tasteful, and his eyes are still very deep; although the female protagonist is not very beautiful, her acting skills are still good, even in a low-cut dress. It's very good-looking~ The children are so good to see it, it's like a Barbie doll~ and the tragic death of the male protagonist friend, let us deeply understand that the key to being a good friend is to be a base friend, otherwise you will only be a base friend. Insert a knife ==~ Okay, congratulations~

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The Door quotes

  • [first lines]

    Leonie Andernach: We were going to catch butterflies! Mom will be home soon. Please!

  • [last lines]

    Nachbar: Shit!