This is a brain-burning movie, but it made me feel tormented, especially after the second review, I tried to find countless excuses for this movie, but I couldn't convince myself. The conclusion is that it's really not good.
Below, I will first arrange some nodes to understand what the story is about.
Premise setting: There are two spaces, one is the real world, the other is the dilemma described in the film, which is cyclical and inescapable, people encounter major setbacks, and negative emotions of self-blame will make people's hearts, similar to the soul or subconscious. things, locked in this "non-existent" predicament world for 35 years.
Dilemma section:
The boatman leaves the train predicament (the train part was briefly taken without details)
Boatman, child, and Reuben got into the raft dilemma together when they were young, because of the accidental death of the child
Boatman and Reuben spend 35 years on raft, boatman dies of hardship
The boatman has experienced train + raft for 70 years.
Reuben grows up fat after 35 years, changes his name to Robert
Robert, Mom, Daniel, and Sister, get into road trouble together, because of the accidental death of the sister
After 35 years, Robert, mother die of hardship
Fat Robert has experienced a total of 70 years of raft + road.
After 35 years of growing up, Daniel got into a police car and turned into a policeman
The police, younger brother, and elder brother entered the corridor together, because the elder brother died unexpectedly
After 35 years, police officer dies in plight
The police have experienced roads and corridors for a total of 70 years.
After 35 years of growing up, Daniel entered the elevator and turned into a waiter Carl
Carl, Bride, Groom, Enter Hotel Dilemma Together After Groom Accidentally Dies
At the end, the bride always died in the elevator.
Daniel has experienced the corridor + hotel for 70 years, and it is unknown whether he died in the predicament.
Reality part:
1. Little Ruben felt self-blame (probably failed to save him) because his little friend drowned unexpectedly, and experienced a downturn in his life. When he grew up, he became a fat Robert. He blamed himself for stepping on his sister's asthma medicine, and experienced it again. Life was at a low ebb. Although in reality, my sister did not die, I kept arguing with my mother in the rest of my life, and went to the road of no return, where I drink and go to prostitution. I finally cut my wrists and died in the bathtub.
2. Little Daniel felt self-blame for not bringing backup medicine. He experienced a downturn in his life. When he grew up, he got married and had children. He was quite happy. Suddenly he became a policeman. The policeman blamed himself for accidentally hurting his brother, and experienced a low ebb in his life again. Although his brother did not die in reality, he was imprisoned for catching rape and murder in the rest of his life. After he was released from prison, he jumped off the building and committed suicide.
3. The younger brother felt self-blame because his elder brother was shot. He experienced a downturn in his life. When he grew up, he became successful in his studies, got married and had children. Suddenly turned into a Russian waiter Karl, Karl accidentally caused the groom to be stung by a bee and felt guilty, and once again experienced a low point in life.
Subject:
What the film wants to express is actually very clear. It is said through the mouths of old policemen and old Robert. Our hearts will be tortured because of some things, but life is very long. When young people grow up, they will be more positive and optimistic, and they can forget about the past. Unhappy, this symbolizes the predicament of the psychological shadow. With the arrival of the 35-year period, the subconscious of young people can leave the predicament, and real life becomes happy, but the elderly have no time and can only sink in pessimism , and the subconscious can only die of old age in the predicament.
You see, how bitter your heart is, please be optimistic and let go of your heart.
Question and answer:
1. Why did the old policeman and the old Robert both ask each other for help and not enter the elevator/police car?
A: Even if they don't get into the elevator/police car, they can't help them. This symbolizes their desire for help in real life. Finally, they both enter. It also symbolizes that reality can't help the two old people. The old people can only despair. suicide in.
2. Why did the police get into the police car and the younger brother got into the elevator in a difficult situation?
A: If giving up the police car and the elevator is equal to help, the police will not be able to take care of the younger brother in catching rape and murder, not to mention that you are still a hooligan and shot the elder brother, so why did the younger brother struggle with a gun before entering the elevator? Probably wanting to express the kindness of his younger brother and paving the way for a happy life. Such a person deserves happiness. He once said that if his brother died, he would kill the whole policeman's family. He once pointed a gun at the policeman.
Robert's couple quarreled and his younger brother didn't want to care. "I don't have a mother" in the play shows that he has hatred for the two of them. I am afraid that Robert's degeneration is also what his younger brother likes.
3. Are the two 35 years before and after the two predicaments the same person? Why 35 years and not some other number?
A: I don’t think so. Little Ruben and fat Robert, little Daniel and the police, especially the Mexican-turned-Russian brother and waiter Karl, have no clear evidence that they are the same person. If they are the same person, it will lead to more unreasonable points. The most direct thing is that the names have been changed, the same ball? Then why did the director do it. Little Ruben is a fat man, Robert is a fat man, and the predicament and the predicament are closely linked? I don't know, I guess the director himself doesn't know either, or maybe he thinks that if you shoot this way, you won't understand it, and if you don't understand it, you will think it's better.
If they are understood as completely different people, there will be a sense of reincarnation in 35 years. Every 35 years means a lifetime. Before they enter the predicament, they will be stunned like drinking Mengpo soup. Daniel was young in his last life. When encountering big setbacks, self-blame, and in this life, people only encounter big setbacks when they become middle-aged police officers. What does it mean when the old policeman shouts "I am Daniel"? Yes, it looks like the same person again, I can only interpret it as dying and seeing past lives. Then what if the director's setting is purely their subconscious, and they have the habit of suddenly forgetting things and changing their names? So this logic loop is what I think is a failure. In any case, I can't convince myself to accept the whole thing. The above explanations are actually very strong.
4. What is the purpose of the story?
A: The story is sloppy and obscure, full of symbolic, allegorical, and legendary things, and the logic is not rounded. As for the expression of the theme, it is simple to persuade people to be optimistic and positive, but lack of sublimation. The whole film focuses on the performance of horror, and happiness is the core of optimism. The horror loop space is just packaging, the whole film is about packaging, and the core is at the end. Oh my God. Please don't tell me that the abyss of pessimism can better set off the other side, and accept that it can't. Please don't tell me that the director is just to express the abyss of pessimism, sorry, if it is, it is called lack of sublimation.
5. How are the characters in the film?
A: It's quite satisfactory, there are pros and cons, and after doing it twice, it won't take long before you forget the characters in the play.
Such as: mother is blunt and rough, which provides rationality for later real-life quarrels, which is an advantage. And the fat man Robert, who is so patient with the child, can't stand it. The follow-up relationship will hit Robert far more than the asthma medicine that broke the little girl, because the little girl is not dead, why does this make the soul go into the abyss of self-blame?
From just a few words, it can be seen that this policeman is unruly in handling cases. Threats can be used as a means. He is an old fritter in the police circle. Such a person can go into the abyss of self-blame for shooting his brother? Is it more desperate to kill an adulterer and go to jail?
Everyone else's character is optional, and changing them all has no effect.
6. What are the things that the film symbolizes?
answer:
35 years corresponds to a lifetime. In the end, whether to die in the predicament or get out of the predicament depends on the degree of enthusiasm of the person. Like the younger brother who was buffed by the older brother, he will reach the peak of life.
The red book corresponds to fate, it is all recorded and cannot be escaped.
The hamster corresponds to the state of the trapped beast, and it is difficult to escape the wheel of fate. When the younger brother got into the police car, the hamster fell out of the cage, which symbolized that the younger brother was freed and redeemed in this life, and the police began to torture in the next life. There were also hamsters in the bride and groom, and for no reason, they were forced to release the hamsters.
The vending machine that suddenly appeared in the corridor has no correspondence. This package of food is not a symbol, it is forcibly added. You can completely ignore the problem of diet. This space is just not hungry, but there is no limitless bottle and can. , it is not good to create a horror atmosphere.
Road rubbish, including car shocks, corresponds to Robert's rotten life.
The little bunny doll symbolizes the younger sister, who is the reason why the younger brother and the two adults can still talk.
Painkillers correspond to the high-pressure professional life of the police. Perhaps the pressure from the leadership forced him to handle the case as a hooligan. In fact, he has a good heart.
The discarded bamboo raft shell, broken poker, and hamster cage correspond to discarding the dark and inferior past.
The younger brother took out dollars, books, headphones, apples, coats, potato chips, needles, envelopes, small bottles of glue from his backpack? Wallet, for copy and paste.
7. Why is the bride dying in the elevator at the end of the film? instead of Carl?
Answer: I don't know, but according to the previous rules, Calder should die of old age in the second 35 years, and the bride should leave. I can only give a guess, whoever is optimistic will leave, and whoever is pessimistic will stay, not necessarily for 70 years. Then, just as I was thinking about it, I suddenly found that the bride had a red book in her hand, what the hell! Shouldn't the red book be in Carl's hands? Is this elevator not the hotel's but another new dilemma? Could it have skipped the hotel dilemma Carl's death of old age? Why? Who is the child who took the hamster in the bride's hand? Is the child the bride's? pregnant? Why is the director so confident that the audience will pay attention and understand? Sorry, maybe I really hope you don't understand.
8. Does this film have any advantages?
A: Yes, the details of the arrangement are not perfect, it is more important. There are so many pieces of props in this film that the cleaning staff are outraged. They specially named Daniel's room. A shot came over, a small train, a painted bamboo raft, and a small police car. I can still agree with the little fun. The LATE FATE of the police officer's neck tattoo at the beginning is a belated fate.
9. The name of the hamster in the film is Jiamen. In the opening chapter, the younger brother says that the policeman is from Jiamen. What does that mean?
A: There are so many specious things in this film that make you feel connected, but in fact there is no evidence, so the head is big, and it is contrived to say that it is ugly, and it is contrived.
To sum up, movies with this theme are very logical and detailed, and if the logic is not convincing, I can only think that it is bad, the theme is boring, and the stalks such as circular space have long been the excitement of the horror cruise in 2009. , The level of 14 years is not surprising, the characters are sloppy, the pictures are average, the music is average, and the editing is very difficult to watch.
Two stars, right?
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