I don't know what Stephen King's original is like. But this film, directed by Frank Darabont, broke out again after he peaked after filming "The Shaunke Redemption." Not to discuss how small the fame of the entire movie actor is, just from the fact that the time of the story described in this movie only happens in one day and one night and the space is only around a small supermarket, it is enough to show the director's time in such a short time. It takes a lot of skills to turn a story into a movie in such a small space. From this point of view, it can be said that this movie is very interesting, just like the dark flower filmed in Hong Kong in the early years. Of course, this alone is not enough. To Qifeng is good at performing in a small space with an expressionless but black and chic gunfight and the emotion that is difficult to detect in retrospect after the bullets whizzed past. This is almost completely real hand-to-hand gunfight. It makes people feel crazy and enjoyable to watch, but in addition to this, it makes people fall into an inexplicable depression. And Frank Darabont's use of this technique is equally vivid, or even better, he can make people depressed and almost suffocating.
I don't hate the ending of the movie, although I have enough reasons to hate it. If you like "Miracle in the Green Mile" and hope that the director will also give a touch of warm romantic light in this film in the midst of extreme despair, then please don't watch this film. Since this film did not want to be the main theme film from the beginning, let people reflect on it to the end.
Humanity's fear of ignorance makes most timid people stay in a place they think is safe and unwilling to change, even if they know they will die. For pioneers, those with lofty ideals may not succeed, and they don't even realize how foolish their choices were until they know the truth. It is a difficult question to choose between the annihilation of human nature and the redemption of self. The extinction of human nature is just to survive, and it is understandable. Self-redemption is to maintain the belief in the heart and kill oneself. However, when those who have no humanity are annihilated by those who have a stronger desire to survive, when those who have redeemed themselves find that the light is in sight, what are they going to do?
Perhaps, there is a third way to explore in this world. It's just, I don't know if we have the courage to clear the fog.
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I don't want to describe the content of the video too much, it's pointless. Because I can't grasp what Frank Darabont is trying to say, it's too broad, I don't even want to grasp the deeper meaning, it will only make me break down faster. The harder he thinks, the more completely he falls into the fog.
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