A few days ago, Uncle Fish just spat out "Fast and Furious 9".
At present, the box office has approached 1.3 billion.
However, the Douban score is only 5.5 points.
Really won the box office, lost word of mouth.
After "Rush 9", a new Hollywood film was released.
It is known as the "sequel to the word-of-mouth masterpiece" and "upgrade return", and the lineup is also quite eye-catching.
The box office also quickly broke through 100 million.
But what exactly is the quality?
Uncle Fish came to inspect the goods today——
A Quiet Place 2
A Quiet Place: Part II
The film's predecessor was the horror film "A Quiet Place" released in the summer of 2018.
Although the Douban score was finally fixed at 6.3, it was indeed eye-catching at the time of its release.
The point is that its setting is novel enough.
The heroine's family, from beginning to end, is hiding from an alien creature.
This alien creature is large, aggressive, invincible, and extremely fast.
But they have an Achilles heel —
No vision.
Positioning can only be judged by hearing, and then humans can be hunted.
This thing is a bloodthirsty maniac.
As long as it hears a human voice, it can kill people with lightning speed.
Human beings can only survive if they keep their mouths shut.
The family in the film basically does not speak.
They moved from above ground to underground, usually communicating in sign language.
I didn't dare to use force to take things, and even I had to tiptoe around when I walked indoors.
When you need to go out to find food, you should also lay a layer of sand on the ground beforehand to reduce friction.
During the movie viewing process, most of the time, the audience can only hear the sounds of the natural environment such as birds and running water.
The human voice is portrayed as a kind of time bomb.
Sound is to find death.
This silent state actually implies two layers of crisis, both inside and outside.
External crises are always careful not to make noises to attract monsters.
The internal crisis is to take care of sons, daughters and newborns in a silent state.
That is to say, even if no monsters appear, the film can still maintain a high degree of tension.
Further, the film amplifies this silent fear into a sense of vulnerability and helplessness when humans encounter accidents.
For example, if the heroine is pierced by a steel nail in the foot, she must also cover her mouth and dare not shout.
Emily Blunt's acting skills are in full swing
When you are about to give birth, you must also endure severe pain and cannot scream loudly.
In addition to sound, another major attraction of this film is family affection.
As a vulnerable group, children will always inadvertently fall into danger in the process of fleeing.
And adults need to stand up at critical moments and turn the tide.
In the closing scene, the family's hiding place is forced to be exposed.
In order to save his wife and children, the father made a cry to distract the monster.
He used self-sacrifice in exchange for the survival of his family, which made the most touching scene in the film and earned enough tears from the audience.
After talking about the advantages, let's talk about the disadvantages.
The Douban score of the first part is only the level of just passing, why?
Because many viewers are complaining: there are too many bugs in the film.
For example, why didn't the family move to live next to the waterfall?
Isn't the natural noise of the waterfall just enough to mask their voices?
In this regard, some people questioned the screenwriter's poor consideration, and some people defended the screenwriter:
Some argue that this is actually to leave suspense for the sequel;
Others believe that they did not move to the waterfall because they were afraid of making noises during the move and attracting monsters.
There seems to be some truth in all the views.
In Uncle Yu's view, these so-called BUGGs are actually a matter of opinion.
If you think there is a problem, there is a problem, and if you have no problem, there is no problem.
At the end of the day, the biggest problem with this film is not the BUG, but the creative flaws behind the BUG.
The reason why there are many details in the film that cannot withstand scrutiny is because the screenwriter adheres to the creative concept of concept first and logic later.
He considered whether all the factors could quickly accumulate in a short period of time, so as to double the horror effect.
It's the look, not the details.
Therefore, the screenwriter leaves a large number of plots that may have loopholes, leaving blanks and blurring, so that the audience cannot grasp specific evidence.
But in Uncle Yu's view, this method is too flattering, but self-defeating, exposing the creator's laziness.
Because of this, "A Quiet Place" can become a topic of conversation, but it is not destined to become a film history classic.
It can't stand up to scrutiny and scrutiny.
Why did Uncle Yu analyze the advantages and disadvantages of the first part again?
Because of the second film that is being released, these advantages and disadvantages have been inherited.
It continues the setting of a silent escape, and the plot follows the previous one, telling the story of the mother taking the children to escape after the death of the father.
In terms of expression, more details of ingenuity have been added, which is worth affirming.
For example, as soon as it comes up, use sound effects such as "bell sound" and "beer bottle impact" to create a sense of tension.
Foreshadowing disaster.
Immediately after, the director arranged a scene where the foot was caught in the trap of the beast.
Continued the painful fear of stepping on the nails of the previous foot.
Let the audience take a breath of cool air.
In the creation of horror effects, the sequel pays more attention to creating a sense of oppression.
For example, a monster will suddenly jump on the car and tear the roof of the car.
And human beings can only bow their heads, bow their heads, and bow their heads again.
For example, the monster is riding an out-of-control bus and is coming at you head-on.
Human beings can only retreat, retreat, and retreat.
In addition, the director often uses overhead shots to create a sense of oppression that is difficult to escape from the clutches of the devil.
However, I have to admit that the freshness provided by these lenses is very limited.
Most of the scare scenes are still done by jump scare.
Just like the picture below, it was a surprise at first glance.
This kind of scary means is very routine, and it is easy to make the audience aesthetically tired.
So next, how to attract the attention of the audience?
The director began to extend the worldview of "A Quiet Place".
But it also began to slip through.
In the second half of the film, the fact that there are other survivors is revealed.
But other survivors are not necessarily good people.
In a state of chronic lack of food and fear, some survivors have become dehumanizing monsters.
They will even brutally murder their fellow human beings.
Obviously, the director wants to extend the single theme of escape to the exploration of human nature under the end of the world through this design.
But it's a pity.
The scene was handled "without a head and a tail".
What is the origin of these inhuman survivors? Why do you want to do something that hurts nature?
There is nothing in the film.
They are like NPCs deliberately arranged to broaden the theme, forgetting by sight.
Like the previous game, the end of this sequel still returns to family.
The difference is that the first part is about adults protecting children, while this part is about children protecting adults.
The film wants to reflect the growth of the characters.
In order to enhance the appeal, the film also deliberately uses parallel clips with two intertwined lines to present.
The first line is the daughter of Millison Simmons, who travels to another island to destroy the monster and transmits high-frequency sound waves through the radio.
The second line is the son played by Noah Yupe, who decides to face the monster and bravely attack in order to protect his mother.
Looking at the parallel montage at the end alone, I really have a lot of ideas.
It uses elements such as lighting, breathing, and music to connect the same actions of two children in different spaces.
Put the last glimmer of life in the hands of the children, and then sublimate the theme.
But the problem is that the character shift lacks the foreshadowing.
In the previous more than an hour of the plot, the son was still "dying", how did he suddenly become mature at the last moment?
The lack of arc of the characters makes this ending seem too forced.
As if telling the audience: "Time is running out, hurry up and sublimate the theme with a sensational play."
It's clear that viewers aren't buying this hasty ending.
The perception of the whole movie is also greatly reduced.
Moreover, this sequel still has many bugs.
For example, monsters are afraid of high-frequency sound waves.
The monsters in the film can be killed by a headshot under the influence of high-frequency sound waves.
This is the daughter with hearing impairment who accidentally discovered it.
So why didn't any official agency find this out and use it?
The whole world will allow it to become a catastrophe that destroys humanity?
For example, the mother should have been expelled after coming to the hero's secret residence.
But she just said, "You're my husband's friend," and she managed to convince her to stay, which was logically far-fetched.
This bug is still related to the thinking mode of choreographer creation.
If "A Quiet Place" is just a one-time cool slice, Uncle Fish will not talk so much.
Since it is going to be made into a series, it is necessary to show sincerity.
And not just circle the money with flawed stories.
The theme of doomsday escape can be cut from many angles, and it can also be deeply excavated.
For example, what caused alien creatures to invade Earth? Natural or man-made?
For example, the first part tells the story of the little people, and the second part can be extended to the story of the decision-makers?
For example, hundreds of days after the monster appeared, why did the national army seem to be completely inactive?
There are so many things to photograph and talk about.
But unfortunately, "A Quiet Place 2" is still self-replicating and standing still.
It is said that the third part is already on the agenda.
I hope that this dark horse, which once amazed everyone, will not become a mediocre and boring bad film IP.