Many people hold this film to a very high level. I think from a technical point of view, it is indeed very high, but in terms of ideological realm, it can only be said to be novel (relative to that time). In my eyes, this film is still relatively straightforward. White, basically the essentials were finished by John doe sitting in the back seat of the car.
This article is not going to try hard on the ideological side, but looks at a branch that runs through this serial murder case - the love life of Mills and his wife Tracy, and their personalities. This line is rather fragmented and needs to be juggled around to sort out the meaning of the entire film. A lot of the movie reviews I've read are based purely on guesswork. Responsible film reviews should make logical inferences based on the information given in the film.
Regarding their acquaintance, the film explained through a meal, and the characters' characters can be seen everywhere before and after the meal.
Tracy calls and invites somerset over for dinner, and mills is surprised and surprised. In fact, Tracy did this to make him and his partner work better. Mills didn't understand it, or he understood it but with great emotion, indicating that he is actually immature psychologically and has a young and young personality.
Then come to eat. Through the first conversation between Somerset and Tracy, we learned that Mills and Tracy met in high school and made an early agreement for life. Somerset said that there are very few things like love at first sight. Tracy smiled and said that at first glance, he thought he would marry this man. Guys, because she has never met such a funny person. At this moment, she looked at the mills in the pet room next door, like a child, lying on the ground and mingling with the dog.
It can be seen from this that in high school, Mills easily caught Tracy, because his frankness moved Tracy. It's a better way to say that, funny also means funny, no matter what, he can make Tracy happy.
In this relationship, Tracy may have always played the role of a sister or even a mother, and she has become an indispensable support for Mills psychologically. This can be seen from the eyes she looks at Mills when she speaks, and it can be further confirmed below.
In the second half of the film, somerset receives an unexpected call and Tracy asks him to talk. Here we see the sharpness of women, who has captured somerset's inner world at the dinner table and believes that her own heart can talk to it.
In the cafe, Tracy revealed her heart, according to which we can describe the life trajectory of the young couple after the clues provided by the dinner party: the hot-blooded police detective Mills is determined to have a career, so he takes the initiative to dispatch to this sinful rainy day In a city that flows like sewer and water, Tracy, a gentle people's teacher, accommodated him and followed him here, but she and her frizzy husband were deceived by the real estate agent and moved into a house too close to the subway, with limited financial resources. , unable to relocate, only to be settled.
Mills got his wish and worked as a police detective, while Tracy couldn't find a job because of her visceral dislike of the city and the scarcity of local educational resources. In order not to affect Mills' career, Tracy did not tell him about her pregnancy, but came to talk to somerset specifically, indicating that she felt that it was not suitable to talk to Mills, because Mills was still a childish man, or a man who loved her But an incompetent man.
She is also not good at socializing. On the one hand, the city is indifferent to people (when she encounters rape, she will shout "fire"), and on the other hand, she is introverted.
Mills often goes out to work on cases for several days without going home (sleeping with somerset on the sofa outside the police identification department office), the beautiful young woman is alone in a room making crazy noises, and the anguish in her heart can be imagined.
But even so, Tracy still loves mills without any regrets. One morning shortly before the film begins, Mills carefully gets out of bed so as not to wake Tracy, but the phone still rings, and he receives a call that the "Justice Warrior" is going out to end the crime. Tracy smiled and said that before ending the sin, we must end this shit first. This detail shows the love between the two, and also shows that Tracy is more mature and realistic than Mills.
In the cafe section, Tracy fell into the dilemma of whether or not to have children for Mills' career, which further reflected her psychological care for Mills.
At the end of the film, Mills returns home tired, hugs her in bed and says "I love you, so much", she closes her eyes and softly responds "I know".
These details let me appreciate Gwen's extraordinary acting skills, which are not inferior to the old actors. When somerset said, "If you decide you want this child, then take good care of him", she instantly collapsed emotionally and her facial features were distorted. It seemed that this was not from the show, but brought the experience and feelings in real life into the play.
Gwen doesn't have many roles, but her performance in only a few scenes has moving power, that look, that look, only a woman who is gentle and passionately in love has, and at that time, the most loved man in the world was in her. in front of you. David Fincher had ulterior motives for this pair of golden boys and girls to play.
To sum up, this is a pair of miserable mandarin ducks who are deeply in love. They are very simple and may live a happy life in a city with a comfortable environment, but in a sin city like this film, it is difficult for them to avoid being damaged. Destiny, and the eldest child, Mills, cannot take on the responsibility of protecting his wife. In the end, the beautiful, lovely, gentle and sensible wife was beheaded. Mills pulled the trigger and made a big mistake. I sighed again and again. It's not worth it for Tracy...
Mills may be a loser, but he is by no means worthless. In fact, he was only wrong. It's too simple and frizzy, but his blood is full of energy, like a cheetah. Although he doesn't read, thinks less, and is impulsive, he is a good player after being carried by old hands and tempered by cases, and when time teaches him to calm down.
Besides, although Somerset guides mills, it is also influenced by it in turn. In the part of tracing John, Mills was chasing after him, somerset whispered "mills" in his throat, indicating that he was worried about the safety of Mills, and then chased downstairs, but unfortunately he was too old to keep up, when he ran , mills have been knocked to the ground. I believe somerset feels guilty here. As an old detective, he didn't help his partner. Not long ago, he was in the car talking to Mills about the number of shots fired in his career. One shot, missed a shot, and Mills is young and gentle, but he can't even remember the name of the person he hit for the first time.
If these are just my guesses, then in the bar, Mills was speechless in defending Somerset, which clearly confirmed that Somerset realized that compared with Mills, he actually has shortcomings: his own charge has been in the long run. It was wiped out in his career, which at a critical juncture may affect the safety of his partner's life.
In the last segment of the film, he saw the van approaching and excitedly stepped forward to stop the car. This behavior was driven by this mentality, because in this case, no one knew whether the bread was armed or not. If so, go to the People who stop the car are in danger. The old policeman's previous mentality was to stay without risk and retire until he retire, and making such a brave move at this moment is obviously influenced by Mills.
Originally, I just wanted to write about the relationship between Mills and Tracy, but accidentally got somerset involved. Basically the relationship of the three is that Tracy takes care of mills a little more, followed by somerset. Mills did not protect Tracy in turn, but inadvertently affected somerset's ambitions. In the end, the angel-like Tracy became the most unfortunate sacrifice in the serial murder case. Mills' enthusiasm was extinguished, and somerset also had time to sigh, but his recognition of the second half of Hemingway's famous saying also proved that after working with Mills for the past seven days, he The original plan after retirement - get away from here, find a job, build a house - has changed, he will roam around, guarding the last of the seven deadly sins from being realized - that is to try his best to fight for mills to survive. mentioned below.
At the end, refute the online remarks that Tracy is not dead. The evidence for this remark mainly includes:
1. The time between John killing the actress (a crime of pride) and turning himself in is short, so there is no possibility of killing Tracy;
2. John has always used a knife to kill people, and he never did it directly;
3. Tracy did not commit the crime In any of the seven deadly sins, John has no reason to kill her;
4. In the end, somerset said that the world is worth fighting for, to help mills protect Tracy.
My reason for objection is:
1. The time of the actress's death is not clearly explained in the film. She may have died a few days ago, but John arranged for the police to find out on this day (calling to inform), so he still had time to kill Tracy. The specific time was when Mills held Tracy in his arms. The night after they said "I love you, so much" (which turned out to be Yongjue), which is when they went to investigate the scene of the actress' murder. He went to the police station after killing Tracy without washing his hands;
2 and 3 can be combined. In the part of killing Tracy, he appeared as a jealous person and led mills to finally execute himself, completing the last second of the seven deadly sins (the last one was the crime of anger of mills). Killing Tracy was for the sake of truth. The accusation of being jealous of himself, and then triggering Mills to commit the crime of anger, in order to complete the "morality", he must kill Tracy himself. And he didn't say that his code of conduct included the rule not to kill himself;
4. If Tracy was alive, the mills in the final arrest car shouldn't have such a downhearted look.
In fact, somerset said that it was worth fighting for, to protect Mills alive and walk with him (I will be around), and the policeman also promised him to take care of Mills. why? Because in the game link of the seven deadly sins designed by John, mills is the last link, the sin of anger, and the perpetrators are all killed (the lazy person can't live without death, a flashlight can scare him to death), mills He can't die. Once he dies, John's masterpiece ("work") will be completed. Somerset must protect him and let him show himself as a beloved wife and a punisher, so as to give the story a bright background and give society a little bit Positive information, let the "example" set up by John shattered.
In the end, Tracy was killed, and the family's defense was poor (mills and somerset went out to work on the case that night, the house was brightly lit, Tracy looked around in a trance, then John could come in and kill her effortlessly), bang Ryu's subway sound (which drowns out the cries and struggles) and the indifference of the city people are inseparable.
No wonder somerset doesn't acknowledge Hemingway's first sentence. This world is not beautiful, not a bit.
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