I don't know how many people, look forward to life can be like a game with the function of reading files.
If it doesn't go well today, read the file and re-pass it. In this way, everything that happens every day is in your own hands, and it is very cool to think about. But what if the matter is not voluntary but forced? What would it be like to be forced to read the file all the time, repeat the same day, and never reach tomorrow?
The movie "Happy Death Day" that we talked about today is forced to read the file. It tells the story of Terri, a college student, who repeatedly experiences the day she was murdered and then tracks down the real culprit.
Because of the death of her mother, the heroine Terri willingly degenerated into a little sister who was ruthless, bitter and mean, and even seduced a husband. Her attitude towards life is just three words: hi.
On her birthday, Terri was murdered by a masked man on her way to a party.
When she woke up, she felt a headache, and everything seemed familiar, as if she had returned to the day of death. Sure enough, he was murdered again at night by the masked man.
One after another, she finally understood that she was like a game, re-reading every time she died. Since then, Terri has begun to stage "Fancy Death", first dying on the way to the party.
Hide at home and don't go out, die.
Run to other places to hide and die.
Drive away and die.
Anyway, by night Terri seemed to be sure to die. It is also unclear how the murderer could always find her place, perhaps the murderer was equipped with a GPS artifact.
The comedic effect here is achieved, but the screenwriter sets the heroine's IQ too low. I don't know how to do it once, and I can't understand it when I die ten times, which makes the plot a bit illogical. (There are specific examples at the end of the article)
From the initial panic, to the later habituation. Terri has been fearless and has completely let go of herself. Knowing that tomorrow is another day to read the file, go out naked, anyway, no one will remember.
△ Domineering "exposed"
Seeing this, I am reminded of a Western myth: a man named Sisyphus, because he had offended the gods, was asked to push a boulder to the top of the mountain. Because the boulder was so heavy, he rolled down the mountain again before he reached the top of the mountain, and his previous achievements were abandoned, so he kept repeating and never ending to do this, which was the most severe punishment that the gods considered.
△ The myth of Sisyphus
This myth explains the film, the heroine's previous behavior of not cherishing life, resulting in punishment in the dark, so she is repeatedly murdered every day.
Of course, the murderer must have been ambushed in the end, and the heroine also got her wish to let her life continue. Whoever is there is not to tell everyone first, so as not to affect the viewing experience. Who the murderer is is not the point, the real core of the film is: after experiencing despair and death, Terri understands how important every day she survives.
There is a door in the film that always says: Today is the first day of the rest of your life. This is also a reminder to the audience, don't waste precious today, from now on, if you know your mistakes, it is not too late.
So Terri began to reform, throwing away uncomfortable high heels, signing questionnaires for caring about the earth's environmental problems, giving help to others, smiling at everyone, admitting mistakes to roommates, and finally reconciling with her father, and finally she finally stopped reading the file and went to tomorrow.
Overall, the movie is positive and uplifting, and the story is clear and strange, for everyone's entertainment, more than enough.
The above is all praise, here are some of the shortcomings of "Happy Death Day".
At the end, the male and female protagonists chatted and set up the movie "Groundhog Day", which is a tribute. The director is still quite frank, and everyone who has seen it understands that this film is basically a copy of the model of "The Day of the Groundhog", repeating the same day, repeating the same event again and again, each time producing a comedic conflict, and even the core is the same.
Although it is copied, there are still some gaps. The director should also know that instead of being pointed out, it is better to say it directly. Compared with "Groundhog Day", whether it is from the performance, scene scheduling, or the script are far inferior.
The heroine Terry's acting skills (Jessica Rod) are decent and decent. But her roommates and classmates, with their exaggerated faces and stiff expressions, were really incomprehensible. The content is also slightly vulgar, about the sisters are, about the male classmates are sleeping with each other, understand the screenwriter to do this, is to reverse at the end, but the overall is still a little superficial.
△ Exaggerated acting skills
The script cannot stand up to scrutiny, and there are too many logical loopholes. Like what:
1. The murderer knows the whereabouts of the heroine so well that he can catch and kill her wherever she is. This is not a setting, why does the murderer have GPS ability, and the force value is bursting?
2. As a prophet, the heroine has many opportunities to counteract, and can directly notify the police to ambush and kill at the first place of death. Or make a trap beforehand, etc., the murderer will definitely appear there anyway, it is simply not too easy.
3. The killer releases the serial killer in order to get himself out of the crime. But it poisoned the cake again, leading to the final result, which was obviously forced to be added for the sake of the ending reversal.
The details dare not think much, in general, you can also watch, after all, the infinite loop mode of the movie is rare, just by this point can also win the attention of many people. The first two months of "Happy Death Day 2" was released in the United States, compared to the first one, the score is also low, do not understand whether the director is serious about shooting or want to circle money, here is not recommended for everyone to watch.
Finally, if you don't want to see this kind of subject, Amway everyone goes to see "Groundhog Day", "Horror Cruise", "Edge of Tomorrow", "Source Code", which are all leaders in the infinite loop category.