――Han Xi
’s horror films in Thailand have always stood alone, and the reason is somewhat regional. The Japanese have a strong sense of inferiority because of their strong sense of survival. The ending of many stories comes from that inferiority knot, so resentment has become the mainstream thought of Japanese horror films. Thailand is located in a humid and chaotic place, with a variety of cultural conflicts, so most of the horror films in Thailand imply a real mysticism and supernatural natural events.
But the "Conjoined Yin" we saw was almost a fairly Japanese horror movie.
Due to physical reasons, the two originally independent beings were forced to connect together. Ping and Pei got along day and night, and all actions involved each other. The idea itself is very dramatic, but independent thoughts cannot be independent at all in action, which is bound to cause certain contradictions. However, in the sub-line, the film uses flashback fragments to tell an extremely warm story. The sub-line mentioned here undoubtedly refers to the childhood life of Ping and Pei.
When we see various small details of life such as taking medicine and playing the piano, of course we will have an illusion of the living state of these two characters. It is not so much a conjoined person, Moruo said that these two characters have established It is a friendship, a friendship that is inseparable and caring for each other, a friendship that can make people feel warm and warm. But when the male protagonist appeared, everything changed.
The author is very strange about the male protagonist's love trend in his youth, but this is obviously a dramatic conflict beyond reality, so I won't go into it here. As a result, the hero's choice between Ping and Pei has had a huge impact on these two conjoined twins. Obviously, what the hero likes is Ping, but he takes a more indifferent attitude towards Pei. This inevitably cast a shadow in Pei's heart.
At this time, when we return to those childhood days, we suddenly find that the relationship or friendship between Ping and Pei may not be as simple as imagined. As two conjoined twins, their lives are absolutely terrible. Whether it is people's surprise or mocking and sympathetic eyes in reality, this is hostile to them, so we consider a problem. I am afraid that being indifferent is the intimacy between two people. The most important internal source of infinity, the physical connection is only an external manifestation. From some details, we can see the difference in character between Pei and Ping, one is peaceful, the other is stubborn, the other is kind, and the other is hostile. But no matter what, both of them actually yearn for a feeling of being cared for and loved.
The appearance of the male protagonist in his youth reflects this. He is almost the source of the tragedy. When his concern is only on Ping, it is a ruthless blow to Pei's desire. In fact, this matter itself has nothing to do with love. What's more important is that the teenage male protagonist represents a kind of social acceptance. He is also a deformity. shattered, resulting in a kind of hatred and jealousy. On the other hand, she still felt reluctant to part with Ping, because for Pei, Ping was almost her last hope and her last acceptance. The appearance of the young male protagonist actually broke the balance between Pei and Ping.
Some people say that this is the story of two women falling in love with a man. This is obviously a superficial plot, but the inner part is the psychological change of the character. Therefore, what we see is a kind of resentment, resentment caused by a narrow mind due to social factors. Because of this, Pei holds a grudge against Ping's love affair with the hero, so the split becomes inevitable, but the result of the operation is that Pei died of blood loss, and Ping gets his wish to become a dependent with the hero.
The history can be basically completed here, but the dead Pei has affected the real Ping due to the effect of grievance. The main line of the film is of course how Ping resists the soul of Pei who seeks grievances in the old house. Many detailed shots and rhythms are still there. Desirable, but basically did not cause too much panic, it is not necessary to go into detail here.
The film is obviously not satisfied with the appearance of ordinary resentment, so at the end, that resentment finally broke out into reality in an all-round way. All the facts are not what the audience saw. It is inconvenient to propose the final ending here, but its final plot point The setting is obviously to sublimate the theme even more.
As a horror film, "Conjoined Yin" has basically completed its mission, but it is a pity that the sense of fear in the soul has not been highlighted. The reason is that Pei and Ping are too different and have great differences with ordinary people. the distance. If only in terms of horror effect, the idea of conjoined body is obviously a failed idea. It cannot resonate with the audience. In the end, the audience will stay out of the matter and just feel some excitement with a very calm state of mind. But aside from the horror factor, the film's description of Pei and the direction of his heart are relatively successful.
There is no doubt that there is actually a very long distance between the viewing quality and the theme of the film, and even a sense of disconnection. Although its creativity is unique, and its final ending is surprisingly successful, this sense of distance is lingering. The main reason for this situation is precisely the split of the Siamese, allowing people to see the two characters Ping and Pei. As the saying goes, success is also Xiao He, and defeat is also Xiao He, so the script of this film is not very exciting!
2007-9-3 in Tongzhou
Han Xi
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