What we fear may be ourselves, what we avoid may be the truth

Margarette 2022-04-23 07:01:18

"The Island": a typical low-budget suspense horror movie

"The Others" was released in 2001. It is impeccable in terms of plot design and actors' acting skills. It can be regarded as a model and benchmark for psychological suspense thrillers. As a low-budget movie (the entire movie is almost nothing but the interior of the big house, plus a little foggy scene), it grossed $200 million at the box office. This film has no special effects of dazzling skills. It mainly relies on the advancement of the plot, the scenes and the faint background music to set off the atmosphere, and relies on the wonderful acting skills of the leading actors in silence to set off the appearance of horror and terror.

The script of this film is very creative, which makes people gradually deepen in the slowly advancing plot, and finally reveals the mystery, which makes people suddenly realize, sigh and admire the creativity and logical conception ability of the screenwriter and director.

What we fear may be ourselves, what we avoid may be the truth

Finally, I quote Bian Zhilin's "Broken Chapter": You look at the scenery on the bridge, and the people who look at the scenery look at you on the bridge. The bright moon decorates your windows, you decorate other people's dreams.

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Extended Reading
  • Isac 2021-10-20 19:01:31

    "The others", the most paradoxical part of this ending is that the "I" played by Nick Kidman does not exist, her children do not exist, her husband does not exist, her gardener and servants Does not exist. The strange noises she heard in the room were actually made by real people. Through the constantly fictitious people and facts around her, she must admit that the truth is only that she slowly becomes a fiction.

  • Jake 2022-03-19 09:01:03

    Except for the final ending, it still feels a little bit (similar to the sixth sense), the front is too long. I have no patience to see it. Compared with the sixth sense, the attractiveness is much reduced. In many places, it's just a mystery and it's very meaningless. Nicole's acting feeling really matches her appearance. An unspeakable feeling... I always feel that between raising my hands, there are a little drama-like ups and downs. In the movie, this kind of acting seems very unnatural.

The Others quotes

  • Anne: They're everywhere - they say this house is theirs.

  • Grace: So you say you know this house well?

    Mrs. Mills: Like the back of my hand, that is assuming the walls haven't sprouted legs and moved in the meantime.

    Grace: The only thing that moves here is the light, but it changes everything.