Lu Hua's life is back on track and he has become idle again, but because of him, the British side has let a movie slowly ferment under people's word of mouth in just three days......

Due to the gradual loss of Cleaver Film Company, 50,000 films is already the largest order in recent years, but these 50,000 discs can only be regarded as a small order in the eyes of the disc reproduction company, so it is normal to rank this batch of orders at the end of other orders.

The production capacity could not keep up, and a large number of outsourced purchases began to queue up to buy them in the second half of the night, resulting in only a small number of British natives buying the CD of "Effect".

But after watching it, this small number of people broke out with a super high response on the Internet, which attracted the attention of many movie lovers, which also has a lot to do with Mickey, after all, there are few well-known European directors at the time, and there are few people who know a little bit about movies who have not heard of his name.

Driven by curiosity, people went to the video store, only to return empty-handed, of course, unaware that the person who bought the large number of CDs was not a British, but a fan of someone in China.

They also thought that those netizens heard the news faster than them, and bought the disc before they did, which made them more eager to know what the movie was about.

So, in this situation where demand exceeds supply, scalpers are naturally born, these scalpers are no one else, it is those who are ready to send the disc to China, but they temporarily regret it, and lie that they did not grab the CD.

The original price of 23.9 pounds for the Blu-ray disc has now been fried to 50 pounds, but even so, there are still a large number of movie lovers who grit their teeth, stomp their feet, pay the money and take the goods and leave, and happily run home to call friends and prepare to watch the movie.

Buy double the happiness with double the price, these can buy the disc at the original price in two days, but the unjust boss who has to increase the price feels that it is worth it.

Of course, this happiness started with getting the disc one step ahead of others and ended at the beginning of the movie, but it didn't last long.

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The room was terrifyingly quiet, and the six people sitting on the sofa looked at the letters that were slowly flowing upwards on the TV with solemn expressions, until the whole movie was over, and these people took a deep breath at the same time, and even kept rubbing their chests, as if they had just lost their breath from drowning.

"Wow...... Really...... It's sharp enough. ”

The white man with gold-rimmed glasses was a little speechless, and he couldn't think of a better word to describe this silent film, so in the end he could only stumble and use the word sharp to describe the content of the film, and the others were basically equivalent to mute, just nodding their heads in line with the man's words.

"It's not early, it's time for me to go home, Raul, you guys keep playing, I'll go first." ”

"Then I'll go too, it's time for me to pick up the kids from school, goodbye Raul. ”

"Then I'll see you tomorrow with you. ”

The man with gold wire glasses, got up to send these friends away, in fact, he was quite ashamed, he originally called a group of friends over to watch a movie and chat, but in the middle of the movie, they all chatted dumbly, and after apologizing again and again, he saw that all his friends left, so he closed the door and cleaned up the popcorn and drinks on the table.

The disc was pushed out of the player, he picked it up and looked at the front of the disc carefully, there was some silence, he put the disc back into the player, the TV appeared again, he sat on the sofa, touched the stubble, and watched it again.

His name is Raul Smith, and he is an editor of an entertainment magazine and a part-time freelance writer.

I called the editor-in-chief of the magazine and asked him if he could write a review of The Effect, only to get a negative answer, because the reviews for this and the next issue had already been decided, and they were all given money, and they had no space to leave for a movie that they hadn't been asked to promote, unless Raul didn't mind that the review he wrote was the same as the ad slot.

This was not Raul's expectation, so he didn't dwell too much, hung up the phone directly, looked at the protagonist Kyle in the TV, and sighed unconsciously.

People always say that it is a happy thing to treat one's hobby as a job, but it also marks what kind of job, like Raul, once his hobby is linked to money, he makes a living from it, and restricts him to the rules, then he will gradually lose his favor for his hobby.

It's true that he's lost most interest in writing film reviews now, and if he had realized that a decade or so ago, he wouldn't have taken that path.

Now he has a deep understanding of how subversive it is to write film reviews for money, but now even if he figures it out, it is useless, he is destined to continue to pick up the pen to support his family, be bound by money, and write mostly praise film reviews for those movies that few like and most don't like.

And those movies that he really likes, but can't get on the magazine page, most of them can only be released on the Internet in the form of anonymous or nicknames like now, not for money, but just to keep the fire of love unextinguished.

With no friends around him, he can seriously watch every detail embodied in the movie, and sigh for this, can you say that this movie has no shortcomings?

But it was covered up by the director and editor in a good way, making people quickly forget the shortcomings and devote themselves to the plot itself again, and it is also because of such detailed processing of the plot that fans will feel chilled.

He used a notebook to write down every turning point, every shot detail, every important line, and finally when he finished watching the movie again, the notebook was full of six pages of text.

This is the professionalism of a professional film critic, first of all, we must understand the main creative team of the film, especially to have a clear understanding of the director, his style, personality, ability, and outstanding aspects must be mastered in place, and secondly, we must also know the fundamentals of the actors, and anyone can talk about it casually.

There are also various details of the movie, whether there are excellent plots borrowed from other movies, whether the plot progress is reasonable, how the actors perform, how the colors are used, whether the lens transitions are in place, whether the costume design is good or bad, whether the music is pleasant and appropriate, and whether the editing techniques are superb, all of which need to be considered.

In the end, all the advantages and disadvantages are combined and given a specific score, it can be said that every film critic is a strong mouth, just like a gourmet, they may not be able to cook, but they are really good at eating.

At first, he had already guessed that this was a tragedy before he watched "The Effect", and according to what he knew about Mickey, Raul knew that he was a typical pessimist, always liking to play some sad tones, touch the hearts of movie fans, and achieve the purpose of shocking moviegoers.

It is undeniable that this man who has been in charge of the camera since the age of twenty-five is really talented, but each of his works reveals a kind of disgust that is so strong that it cannot be dissolved, and while watching the movie, it is imprinted into the hearts of every audience, which is a kind of black magic in Raul's view, which makes people's thoughts pessimistic and negative, so Raul actually doesn't like director Mickey, because the meaning of his works is not worth advocating.

But now Raul feels that he still underestimated this ghost, and this time he brought the work not only melancholy and pessimism, but complete despair, exposing the ugliness of human nature.

Raul is half an insider, and he vaguely knows the inside story of Mickey's imprisonment, but Raul doesn't know what happened to Mickey, but he can now conclude that Mickey's change in style must have a lot to do with the bad life of more than a year before, which will make his style and thinking evolve from pessimistic to outright extreme.

And the cold wind brought by this extreme style made this film critic, who doesn't like Mickey very much, can't help but get lost in the wind and snow, and can't help but want to write something for this movie, this kind of magic ...... It's scary.

He got up and went to the bathroom to wash his face and relieve his emotions, he returned to the study and turned on the computer, turned the notebook to the first page and put it on the desk, took a glass of water, took a sip, organized the vocabulary, and began to cheer for the director he didn't like to bring the latest masterpiece after nearly two years of dormancy.

"It's been a long time, this is Sonic (pen name, from my childhood favorite animation "Sonic the Hedgehog"), and I haven't released a new movie review for about two months, because the quality of theatrical films in these two months is ...... It's still bad enough, so this time I turned my attention to the videotape market, which I hadn't paid attention to in a long time. ”

"Many people may think that there are no works or directors to pay attention to in the current videotape market, in fact, I think so too, after all, the gap between the production investment of theatrical films and videotape films is getting wider and wider, and videotape movies have become synonymous with shoddy production, not "Revenge League" This kind of garbage film that confuses the masterpiece is an A-grade film that satisfies people's thinking about airplanes, and it is completely possible to wait for the time to replace this once brilliant distribution method with the Internet. ”

"But today, I dug up a treasure in the stinking quagmire, or Pandora's box, this movie is the new work brought by director Mitch Taylor # "Effect", of course, don't expect the video tape market for this, because Mickey was not originally at the level of video tape movies, but left the film industry for more than a year, and at the end of last season, he played the qualifying tournament, and the result fell out, which has nothing to do with whether the video tape market is rising, just a special individual. ”

"If you are a pessimist in this movie, then please don't watch it, the connotation and thoughts shown in this movie are definitely not suitable for you, believe me, I am for your good, and similarly, kind-hearted audiences should not watch it, in order for the pure land in your hearts not to be polluted, otherwise you may be sad and not sleep well for several days. ”

"Okay, without further ado, back to the movie itself, Mitch Taylor, I don't need to say more, except for "Birdman", it's all good works, of course, in my eyes "Birdman" Actually, it's also a good work, but it's not suitable for most people, this ghost has been caught in a D-smoking scandal, you may think it's normal for an art practitioner to smoke D, but what's interesting is that I heard that his blood test and urine test were not positive, but he was still sentenced to one year and six months in prison for drug driving, I don't know the inside story, but it definitely has something to do with the old club, fuck capitalism, I can only say so much. ”

"Maybe there was such an experience that his style became more dark, which made me and my five friends feel seriously uncomfortable after watching it, but it was also because of the connotation of the movie that I made up my mind to write a review for this movie, in fact, I hated Mickey before......"

"The Effect" has become a hit in the videotape market, which many people have heard of, and even been fried by scalpers to double the price, and I really dare to ask for the price, but as a film critic, in order to understand the information of popular movies for the first time, I still reluctantly bought it, insert a sentence, if you want to see it and can't buy it, you can send me a private message, you can take it for forty-five pounds, you can pick it up, you can pay on delivery. ”

"That's the end of what I said about Mickey, what we're going to talk about next is the Asian star Lu Ze, I rarely watch Asian films, so when I see an Asian playing the leading role, I do feel a little awkward or uncomfortable, but he quickly untied the knot in my heart with his superb acting skills, and the acting is so good!"

"Maybe you're like me, you've never heard of this actor who can definitely be called an excellent actor before, let alone know everything about him, so I'll come to popularize science today, in fact, this actor is still relatively difficult to find on European search engines, and you can only find that he has been selected as a candidate for Best Actor at the 2020 Cannes Film Festival, and other information is relatively blank. ”

But this does not mean that this Chinese actor is not excellent, on the contrary, he was the winner of the three major film festivals in China, don't think that the gold content is not high, because so far there is no second person to win this honor, and the four actor trophies are enough to prove his top strength, and the gap between him and top European and American actors...... The only thing that is bad is the skin tone. ”

Since his first participation in the movie in 2016, he has participated in a total of six films, but he has never played a supporting role, it can be seen that his status in the agency is very high, and all the resources are tilted to him, but judging from his performance, it should be. ”

"The entertainment industry in China has developed rapidly in recent years, especially in the film market, the box office has repeatedly reached new highs, but the quality of the movie is not as beautiful as the box office, from 10 years to now, there are only 21 movies with a score of more than eight points in Huaxia films, and Lu Ze alone has contributed five, accounting for nearly 40% of the excellent films in China in the past 12 years, and the results are the only criterion for judging whether an actor is excellent, and he, I don't need to say more, right?"

In this movie, his performance is worthy of anyone's praise, creating a likable and respectable image of a teacher, and in the subsequent public opinion and even violent attacks, the character's emotional control and personality transformation are also pinched just right, and I can't find any shortcomings, science popularization is here, let's enter the plot. ”

First of all, Mickey put forward several topics worth pondering, family, children, soul, religion, morality, good and evil, and herd mentality, the content is too rich, but it gives contrasts and negations everywhere, one link after another, and finally through the fermentation of various psychological effects, to achieve a depressing effect. ”

"First of all, the family, Karls's family has a stark contrast with Kyle's family, the constant quarrel on the battlefield and the warm harbor make people's mental state completely different, which leads to the first effect, this is a very popular experiment before, two pots of flowers with the same environment, the same care, one is praised every day, the other is abused every day, within a month, the praised flower will be more lush, and the abused flower will wither, this experiment is currently not named, and the authenticity has not been confirmed by myself, but if it is real, then the natural mentality of people living in the two families will be completely differentThe next topic is brought up, kids. ”

"Is a child's nature good or evil? This is something that philosophers all over the world are thinking, of course, it is closely related to the child's living environment, and because of this, I have reason to believe that Judy's mind is not good but not really evil, because of her age, she still longs to be loved by a gentle person, so she "loves" Kyle, which is completely reasonable, but because of the evil that comes from the family, she destroys Kyle. ”

"It can be seen from the attitude of the parents towards Judy that they love this child, but under the quarrels of the adults, her flower is constantly withering, until finally she and her boyfriend return to their hometown, and when she meets Kyle, she lied to her boyfriend, to say that it is absolutely impossible to forget Kyle as a person, as long as she does not have amnesia, then this is the answer given by Mitch, Judy has crossed the age of ignorance and has become a real villain, very scary, isn't it?"

"This is really worth reflecting on the education of families and children, don't think that if you care for your child, he will become a kind and excellent person, sometimes your casual words will also change the child's life, so when you want to start a family, you should first prepare for future frictions, use a rational way to resolve the conflict, when you are ready to have a child, you should also control your own details to avoid affecting the child's mental health. ”

And the topic of soul freedom is divided into three types of people, the first type of Kyle, the second type of Karls, and the third type of villagers, the first is Kyle, who is kind-hearted, unwilling to do evil, and feels that dirty money will not be earned, not so much because he left the real estate finance industry himself, but because of the exclusion of his peers, he had to leave, but for this reason, he really had two years of soul freedom, but then, the slander of others, everyone was gold, he could not prove his innocence, he valued the slander of others, and he could not show the light wind, in fact, at this moment, he had lost his free soul, which is why on Christmas DayWhen Judy asks him again if he can get free souls by studying, he gives a very different answer than the first time in class. ”

"Kars, this character can be summed up in two words, cowardly, he wants to get out of the shadow of his father, but because of his education and vision, he can only be trapped in the village like other farmers to marry a wife and have children, he wants to change, but has not made any practical action, of course, the binding of his wife is also the reason for his current result, that sentence You are already a father of three children, the lethality to him is indeed too great, just like all of us, will be like Kars, facing the same dilemma, if you don't make changes when you are young, then when you get married and have children, and then want to change, it is already difficult to climb to the sky。 ”

But his fault is that he accepted his fate when he shouldn't have been, but after he accepted his fate, he was still delusional, so that his dreams and reality were very different, which made him depressed, and he used alcohol every day to kill his sorrows, trying to find himself in his dreams, but he was interested in the free soul proposed by Kyle, until in the end, he knew that Kyle was innocent, but he didn't say a word in his inner torment, because he was afraid of tearing off the collective fig leaf and causing the whole family to be isolated, maybe only then would he remember that he was already a father of three children, so that he would not drink heavily, so that he would not quarrel with his wife, but chose to be silent, and the tragedy of this character lies in his cowardice, resulting in him never getting the freedom of his soul that he longed for, and so did the hate. ”

"Finally, there are villagers, first of all, everyone has a sense of victimization, and they also hope to find a reason for their unsatisfactory life, just like those who claim to have no talent, the really talented people have a good life, and they will not put "I just lack a chance" This kind of shameful words are said in a grand manner, so these villagers, in fact, have no shame, they have become beasts, they just want to vent their anger oppressed by life, no matter whether the person being vented is innocent or not, and no matter who he is, in fact, it is similar to school violence, maybe this is the inferior nature of human beings, venting has become an instinct, only for themselves to live more comfortably. ”

"The paradox of human beings may be that we can put our own shame very low, but we can't accept the touch of others, otherwise we will blow up immediately, so in the end, even if they know that Kyle is innocent, they don't agree with Kyle touching their shame, on the contrary, for their own cheap shame, they continue to carry out atrocities against Kyle, then it leads to the concept of victory and defeat, the concept of good and evil has been explained very thoroughly in the movie, the winner is justice, but there has to be another one, they are naturally the winners compared to Kyle, because they are numerous, Kyle alone is difficult to argue, this is the reason for their victory, then victory equals justice, quantity equals victory, so is quantity equal to justice?"

"The saddest thing happened, they can brainwash themselves, pretend to be the righteous party, do evil things, they can do whatever they want, wantonly bully Kyle and even Catherine, vent their dissatisfaction and inexplicable anger, so they are the ones who have really obtained the freedom of their souls...... That's why I hate Mickey, it's so uncomfortable, Kyle isn't free, Kars isn't free, and in the end these villagers get the kind of soul freedom they both dream of?...... It's insane. ”

And religion, in fact, the movie does not specifically attack religion, but only uses religion to concretize a phenomenon to satirize the so-called law does not blame the public, and the crime is committed by everyone, so it should be borne by everyone, not by a small number of people, or simply no one bears it, as for the herd mentality, needless to say, the movie is clearly described, especially pure children, at this age it is especially easy to leave a false impression on themselves and "hurt" others Add it to yourself to get the attention of adults, but you can't be responsible for your words and deeds, this is what Huaxia calls human nature evil. ”

"As for the scene that impressed me the most, it was not Christmas Eve, but the scene where Catherine was leaving, and I believe that Kyle didn't really ask for an apology from them, because of his understanding of human nature, he naturally knew that he would never wait for a sorry, and for the purpose of this reason, the electronic lock on his foot could understand. ”

"Even if everyone knew that he was innocent, but still put electronic shackles on him, and continued to abuse him in this village on trumped-up charges, he couldn't run, or he couldn't run away, and the reason why he didn't tell Catherine that he was handcuffed on his feet was because he knew that no matter how hard he struggled, it would be useless, the police wouldn't do it, but the villagers would still do it, even if the outside world knew, the police could prevaricate with the investigation, he couldn't run away, he couldn't break free from the shackles, he could only send his lover to escape from here, this deep despair brought me the same cold in body and mind。 ”

"As for why he didn't leave the village, maybe it was to leave a thorn in the hearts of the villagers, and in the end, I think it was a relatively deep and open ending, he was a man who could dig a pit, naturally he wouldn't die so quickly, but why did he dig it? Maybe it's because Judy is an adult, maybe it's time for revenge for a man who doesn't want to hurt a child. ”

"Of course, this is just my wild speculation, and out of instinctive thinking of countering violence with violence, Kyle will do it, and I don't think anyone except Mickey will understand. ”

"In general, the shots that have been calm have become more and more depressing as the plot continues to deepen, and finally become distorted, the shooting technique needs to be praised, the editing is also in place, and the plot is even more impressive. ”

"That's all for the discussion of Effect, more content will have to wait until you guys see it for yourself to have a deeper experience, I'm Sonic, we're ...... Not necessarily when we'll see you again. ”

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