1. Why do black directors discuss race, immigration, and human rights? I saw some comments that this is a movie that seems to want to convey something, but it is superficial. I think that on the one hand, the audience's taste has been raised, and on the other hand, the director does not have the "thinking" or the "ability" to offer deeper insights. The reason for saying that there is no "thinking" is because, if you divide the movie into three categories, one is that you don't want to tell the audience anything at all. The most important thing is to be cool. Valentine's Day or New Year's Eve, or the action design is gorgeous, with dazzling special effects. The other extreme is the philosophical line, in which a single line can produce a large essay. And "Us" is in the middle of the spectrum, "Unwilling" is just a B-level thriller, but it can't come up with more original insights. As a result, the audience was dissatisfied, but this dissatisfaction was completely predictable. It was a bit like when the Department of Architecture was completed, the professor listened to a round of ideas expressed by everyone and said that choosing his hometown as the theme can be said to be "nostalgia", but more likely just a sleight of hand. "We" gave me that feeling. Black directors, like to use black actors, like to discuss human rights issues, wow, it's a politically correct summary, but if all they bring out are just clichés, it is reasonable to be said to be lazy. 2. The hole in the story is because of the limitations of the way it is presented? There are also many comments who are dissatisfied with the loopholes in the story setting, or feel that many details have not been explained. I think logical loopholes are indeed undesirable, but is it also a shooting technique to deliberately focus the lens on certain themes? I often think about movies, albums, stage plays, YouTube short films and even Douyin short films. What are the necessities and differences in the existence of these different audio and video media? The way of presentation should also be based on different platform characteristics, and focus on different places. For example, "Us" is a "movie" that only lasts about two hours at most. Of course, it can be shot for three hours like It, but whether the audience will pay for it is another matter. So, perhaps this time limitation allows us to "forgive" its deliberate bias? I think the audience can accept that it hides a lot of details and does not discuss it, but it cannot accept the logical incompatibilities. Judging from his recent works, this director seems to have such a problem, and would rather have a story with tension and an explosive plot. Regardless of whether it is a little bit sacrificed or deliberately withholding details, including "Get Out", I don't think it's any better than this one. This "Us" is actually quite suitable to be expanded into a one-season series, but after all, it is just a movie now, and the screenwriter or director is too greedy. If you can't explain it completely within two hours, don't make such a big pie. . 3. The reason for the horror of the thriller There seems to be a kind of "trend" in the way of the thriller. When Saw was popular, all kinds of torture films were popular. It seems that "terrifying" is related to unexpected killing methods and a lot of bloody violence. Or use all kinds of sudden grimace and flashing scary pictures to create an atmosphere. This kind of jump scares is both simple (at least the shooting arrangement is very simple) and effective. And the director of "Us", according to my impressions of "Get Out" and twilight zone, likes to use weird looks or the incongruity of facial expressions to make the audience feel discordant, and further because of this disobedience and fear. "Hereditary Doom" actually takes this route a bit. Just imagine if the sister who died at the beginning, the hysterical mother, and even the son, if they weren't so bizarre, would "Hereditary Doom" really be scary? ? All in all, I think "Us" is really a mediocre film at best that doesn't feel like two hours wasted, but again, it's not representative or worth seeing again and again. The reason for the horror of the thriller The way that the thriller is scary seems to have a "trend". In the era of Saw's popularity, various torture films were popular. It seems that "terrifying" is related to unexpected killing methods and a lot of bloody violence. Or use all kinds of sudden grimace and flashing scary pictures to create an atmosphere. This kind of jump scares is both simple (at least the shooting arrangement is very simple) and effective. And the director of "Us", according to my impressions of "Get Out" and twilight zone, likes to use weird looks or the incongruity of facial expressions to make the audience feel discordant, and further because of this disobedience and fear. "Hereditary Doom" actually takes this route a bit. Just imagine if the sister who died at the beginning, the hysterical mother, and even the son, if they weren't so bizarre, would "Hereditary Doom" really be scary? ? All in all, I think "Us" is really a mediocre film at best that doesn't feel like two hours wasted, but again, it's not representative or worth seeing again and again. The reason for the horror of the thriller The way that the thriller is scary seems to have a "trend". In the era of Saw's popularity, various torture films were popular. It seems that "terrifying" is related to unexpected killing methods and a lot of bloody violence. Or use all kinds of sudden grimace and flashing scary pictures to create an atmosphere. This kind of jump scares is both simple (at least the shooting arrangement is very simple) and effective. And the director of "Us", according to my impressions of "Get Out" and twilight zone, likes to use weird looks or the incongruity of facial expressions to make the audience feel discordant, and further because of this disobedience and fear. "Hereditary Doom" actually takes this route a bit. Just imagine if the sister who died at the beginning, the hysterical mother, and even the son, if they weren't so bizarre, would "Hereditary Doom" really be scary? ? All in all, I think "Us" is really a mediocre film at best that doesn't feel like two hours wasted, but again, it's not representative or worth seeing again and again.
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