In most people's youth, it is not just the "abortion, fight and love" in the movie, in fact, cheating is the theme of everyone's student days!
And today's poisonous tongue to talk about this Thai movie that can resonate with our youth memories - "Genius Gunner", it may be a bit exaggerated to say that it is a god film, but it is definitely the top ten Asian movie players in the minds of many viewers in 2017.
Official poster for The Genius Gunslinger
Domestic release time: October 13, 2017, Douban 8.5 points, IMDb 8.3 points, Rotten Tomatoes freshness is 100%. Such word of mouth is not only "good", it can be said to be "exploded".
"Genius Gunner" is a suspense film with no horror elements between crime films and youth films, it is more like a youth film than a crime film, and it is more like a crime film than a youth film.
Movie stills
Adapted from the real incident of the 2014 Asian exam cheating case, it tells the story of Xiaolin, a talented high school student who cheated on her classmates and planned a perfect cheating across time zones with another talented student with a good memory, Bank.
Wrapped in a cloak of tension, excitement and suspense is a poignant story: the gap between rich and poor, social injustice and unspoken rules, so that people at the bottom can not get the kindness of life even if they do not cheat.
No.1
Film actor
The Genius Gunner is directed by Nathawu Pemperia and starring Judimun Joan Charongsouin, Chanon Sanding Tengku, Isaya Hesuwang, and Pinajo Supan Pingyou.
The four protagonists, Lynn, Bank, Pat, and Grace, belong to two camps: Lynn and Bank are eugenics, and Pat and Grace are poor students.
At the Golden Swan Awards, known as the Oscars of Thailand, the film won 12 of the 16 major awards, including Best Film, Best Screenplay, Best Director, Best Actor and Heroine.
No.2
Film structure
The structure of "Genius Gunner" is similar to the movie "Cat and Mouse Game", the two sides of the personnel compete against each other, the road is one foot high, the devil is one foot high, but no matter what, the protagonist always has to be skilled.
Stills from the movie "The Genius Gunner"
At the same time, it is also very similar to the usual two techniques of Hitchcock films: one is a wave that is uneven and a wave rises again, and the other is a wave that is higher than a wave.
The movie "Genius Gunner" uses the techniques of "a wave higher than a wave" and "a foot high and a foot high" to the extreme.
The whole film continuously enhances the dramatic tension of the script through "the difficulty of cheating", the rhythm of the film continues to rise to form a "spiral" effect, and the "thriller" atmosphere created by the film drives the audience's nervous emotions.
No.3
Story design
The plot includes the tense exam scene, clever and witty cheating methods and funny comedy bridges, as well as the degeneration of the righteous teenager, the collapse of the girl's first love, the desperate risk of the poor and excellent students under the temptation of money...
Genre films are mixed with the creativity of the cut and oppressive lens sense of showmanship, and it is easy to be stripped from the emotions of the characters.
However, this film that mixes into the elements of espionage chase to talk about examinations, through the plot design to construct the identity background and state of mind transformation of the hero and heroine, the relationship between the characters strengthens the dramatic conflict, and finally rises to the education system and social class.
No.4
Audiovisual language
Through the main narrative of several exams, the sense of urgency of the side time, rules and invigilation is tightened step by step, and the rhythm is properly controlled.
The suspenseful superposition of the exam clips similar to "Inception", combined with the editing sequences of "Memory Palace" and "Poor", hides the conspiracy and confrontation between one class and another.
The three "mirrors" also hint at a bottomless pit of one wrong step and one wrong step, and at the same time, through the editing of the three decisions, the fusion with the genre of spy films, the long cross-editing of cross-ocean cheating and various accidents.
The rocks and rocks are thrilling, the heartstrings are tight throughout the process, the editing techniques are textbook-level, the long mirrors are stable and refined, and the sound effect soundtrack is like a god assist!
No.5
Movie highlights
The genre film wrapped in the cloak of youth film has a novel theme, full of entertainment elements, consistent shots and tones, and excellent actor temperament performance!
The biggest feature of the film is the strong sense of rhythm, each shot drives the BGM of the second beat, the contradiction of the European film, the use of the Korean film, and the rhythm of the American spy film.
The film "Genius Gunner" has never been divorced from reality, using the packaging of commercial films to criticize the class status quo and education system of the country, comparing the different fates of individuals under the cold reality.
In addition, the long-awaited "male and female thief" ending did not appear on the screen.
Although the male and female protagonists have a good feeling for each other, the ending does not come together, because in the plot conceived by the director, it is actually difficult to produce love between the poor, and the poor do not have the so-called youth.
No.6
Movie slot point
The heroine's final conscience found that it would only be in the middle of the ruling class's lower arms, and the reverse transformation of the male and female protagonists also reversed the values of the whole film, and the female protagonist finally completed self-redemption, while the male protagonist did not.
At the end of moral correctness, although the black and white differentiation is too deliberate, it is not unreasonable because there are several scenes of father-daughter affection such as "deleting photos after the Sydney incident and embracing the father" that runs through the whole film.
The subtlety of the ending is that we can see the difference in values between the East and the West, forcing political correctness is to sacrifice the well-being of individuals to force social justice to find excuses, the poor have lost their lives, and the rich second generation has been scolded!
No.7
Social reflection
The film explains the most important things in life - the transformation and loss of people between a thought, the common connection point found between some ways, and the companions who come together in a win-win situation, but soon lose each other forever.
Although they are on the same planet, they are separated by different time zones; holding the same pencil, but with different barcodes!
The world has always been cruel like a big test, wealth is the dividing line, IQ is the watershed, has long been divided into three, six and nine life, welcome to join this big test!
No.8
Editor's talk
Hanging high above the top of the picture posters piled up in the corner of the dust, pencil-coated answer card questions kill countless dreams.
The standard answer to life is the bloody truth behind the test paper!