One-of-a-kind beauty

Marcelle 2022-04-19 09:01:11

Before watching it, if you told me that Yimei was going to play this kind of role, I would definitely doubt it. But in the end, there is still no escape from the "Law of True Fragrance", and Yimei once again proved herself with her strength.

The subject of fine-pointing is considered to be rotten in movies on a global scale, and good movies are emerging one after another. In contrast, this film is not particularly outstanding in terms of subject matter and plot, but the idea of ​​"would fine points be a new way to guide human evolution" impressed me deeply. And the director at the end of the movie also allows us to see what the human brain looks like to a higher stage of development.

The actresses mainly play the role of foiling Yimei. Even Anya, who is the female number one, doesn't have many bright spots (of course, her figure is really bright). The director is very good at intriguing the audience's appetite. The female characters are all childlike, and have a good figure in line with European and American aesthetics, and the scale of nudity is just right.

The biggest highlight of the whole film is Yimei's acting skills. He can fully express the changes of different personalities. In the later stage of the movie, I can already tell which character he is playing through a change in his expression, which shows the depth of his skill. In addition, the tone, expression, and temperament of different personalities (including women and children) can be fully matched. This is no longer a simple matter of one person playing two roles. What's even more terrifying is that this is only a short film of less than two hours, and the characters can stand up in such a short time, which can really be said to be an amazing performance.

It may also be limited by the time of the movie. The so-called "24 kinds of personalities" actually show only four or five kinds. The female characters are basically vases except for their fear and panic. Anya's eyes at the last moment showed a little bit of acting skills, but unfortunately it's over, I hope the sequel can take it to a higher level.

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  • Marcia: [as Claire struggles with door] It doesn't matter if you open that door, Claire. There's a second locked door.

    Claire Benoit: He's gonna come in here again any second now, and we're not gonna let him take one of us out again. We just screamed and didn't hurt him, because we were afraid he'd get upset. God, that's victim shit!

    [with her hands in her hair:]

    Claire Benoit: Jesus! We should fight him! We should drop a crazy-ass bomb on him!

    Casey Cooke: [quietly] I saw him carry one of you in here and lay you on the bed like you weighed nothing. One punch from him would knock one of us out.

    Claire Benoit: I took... I took six months of Kenpo karate class. And you distract the assailant with pain.

    Casey Cooke: Everything is so easy for you guys. You do one thing, you can predict the next thing.

    [shakes her head]

    Casey Cooke: It's not the way it's gonna be in this situation.

    Claire Benoit: We're not getting out of here! You're saying you're not gonna fight with everything in you? You know, the only chance... the only chance we have is if all three of us go crazy on this guy. We have to hurry!

    Marcia: We need you, Casey. Claire's smart. Let's listen to her. I'll do it, but you're gonna do it too. We can win.

    Casey Cooke: He'll hurt us. No, shut up. Both of you.

    Claire Benoit: [to Casey] You're gonna pick your miserable self up and help us get out of here.

    Casey Cooke: Blow me. And your six months of karate at the King of Prussia mall can blow me too.

    Claire Benoit: No. No, you can't, can't do this today. You can't do this right now. Why do you do this? Why do you act like this? Why do you act like you're not one of us?

  • Dennis: [to the three captives] Patricia has reminded me that... I was sent to you for a reason. That... you are sacred food. And I promise not to bother you again.

    [shuts door as he leaves]

    Marcia: Maybe he has a dog or something. You think he's gonna feed us to his dogs?