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Eddington
Joaquin Phoenix, Pedro Pascal, Emma Stone, Austin Butler, Luke Grimes, Deirdre OConnell, Michael Ward, Clifton Collins Jr., Emily Hoffel
In May of 2020, a standoff between a small-town sheriff and mayor sparks a powder keg as neighbor is pitted against neighbor in Eddington, New Mexico.
Predator: Badlands
Elle Fanning, Dimitrius Schuster-Koloamatangi
A young Predator outcast from his clan finds an unlikely ally on his journey in search of the ultimate adversary.
The Naked Gun
Liam Neeson, Pamela Anderson, Paul Walter Hauser, CCH Pounder, Danny Huston, Kevin Durand / Cody Rhodes...
Only one man has the particular set of skills - to lead Police Squad and save the world.
The Wonderfully Weird World of Gumball
Theresa Gallagher
In Elmore, reality bends and family life gets weird. Gumball pulls Darwin, Anais, and the whole town into adventures - from fighting evil fast food to dealing with an AI crushing on his mom. The show's so wild, it needed a new name.
The Long Walk
Garrett Walling, Mark Hamill, Judy Greer, Charlie Plummer, Wang Ban, David Rongsong, Cooper Hoffman, Roman Griffin Davis...
A group of teenage boys compete in an annual contest known as "The Long Walk," where they must maintain a certain walking speed or get shot.
The Roses
Benedict Cumberbatch, Olivia Colman, Andy Samberg, Kate McKinnon, Allison Janney, Belinda Bromilo, Sunit Mani
Ivy and Theo are a perfect couple, successful in their careers and happily married. But beneath the surface of their so-called ideal life, a storm is brewing - Theo's career is plummeting, while Ivy's ambitions are growing, fierce competition and hidden resentment are about to explode.
Tron: Ares
Jared Leto, Evan Peters, Greta Lee, Sarah Desjardins, Gillian Anderson, Jeff Bridges, Cameron Monaghan, Judy Turner-Smith, Arturo Castro
A highly sophisticated Program, Ares, is sent from the digital world into the real world on a dangerous mission.
The Conjuring: Last Rites
Vera Farmiga, Patrick Wilson, Ben Hardy, Mia Tomlinson, Madison Lawler, Orion Smith, Elliot Cowan, Beyoncé Gardeston, Peter White, Kate Fahy
The story is set in 1986, five years after The Conjuring 3. The Warrens have officially retired from exorcism following Ed's heart attack in the third film. They still tour colleges, but even those opportunities are dwindling. Something eventually brings them back. The case at the heart of this one is one of the most famous incidents in the Warrens' careers: the Smalls family haunting. According to the New England Association for Psychic Research (run by Ed and Lorraine's real-life daughter Judy and son-in-law Tony Spera), in the 1970s Janet and Jack Small moved into a duplex on Chase Street in West Pittston, Pennsylvania. In the years that followed, family members, including their daughter and Jack's parents, claimed to have experienced paranormal phenomena, from strange smells and noises to hauntings.
Jurassic World: Rebirth
Scarlett Johansson, Jonathan Bailey, Mahershala Ali, Rupert Friend, Manuel Garcia -Rulfo...
Five years post-Jurassic World Dominion, an expedition braves isolated equatorial regions to extract DNA from three massive prehistoric creatures for a groundbreaking medical breakthrough.
Elio
Jonas Kibreab, Zoe Saldana, Remy Edgerly, Brad Garnett, Jamila Jamil, Shirley Henderson, August Linn
Elio, a space fanatic with an active imagination, finds himself on a cosmic misadventure where he must form new bonds with alien lifeforms, navigate a crisis of intergalactic proportions and somehow discover who he is truly meant to be.
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Dog Man
Although it is a fan-oriented movie, it is very carefully produced. Not only is the painting style restored synchronously, but it also successfully presents many scenes and essences of the original comics, including the stories, lines and even backgrounds of multiple books that appear in the film. From time to time, the comic dialogues are directly drawn into the film across the dimensional wall, which is very creative. To be honest, Detective Dog is not easy to adapt. Although it is one of the most popular comic books among young elementary school students in the United States, teachers and parents have always had different opinions on it. But the director is very capable. He has achieved a smooth story line based on the collection of multiple stories. Some plots are even tear-jerking, and he grasps the three views in a simple and straightforward way: "We will be stupid and do bad things, but the kindness we release will eventually be treated gently by the world." It can be said that it is a rare popcorn movie for children that is easy, funny, positive and warm. Disadvantages: 1. Fan-oriented movie, pure American style, you may not get the fun and laughter of the story if you haven't read the original book. 2. It is suitable for children who still have a lot of strange ideas in their minds. Older children may find it childish/nonsense/inexplicable.
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Moana 2
The quality of Disney's animation works in recent years is really worrying. The story routine is directly worn as a coat, and the body is also skinny. Every time they make animations, they are free to follow the formula. Encountering difficulties + marching forward + retreating after setbacks + spiritual growth + overcoming difficulties + super happy ending = "Moana 2". This film is even more sloppy and hasty. The main characters have a clear division of labor and lack novelty. The villains have no sense of oppression, and they are just here to play a supporting role, with very little face time. The growth of the protagonist is exactly the same as the first one. Last time, Moana helped Maui untie his knot, and this time, Maui helped Moana achieve sublimation. Both of them drank a sip of chicken soup, but in the final analysis, it is still the same bowl of soup. The only bright spots are the supporting animals, which can make people laugh accidentally, but it's just a laugh, and this is the style of Disney animation. If not, the watchability will be greatly reduced. Comparing "Inside Out" and "Oceans", Pixar is more stable, thoughtful and progressive, while Disney is conservative and will only ruin its reputation. Just listen to the movie songs.
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Nosferatu
This weekend I came across the horror movie "Nosferatu" that was recommended to me before the Spring Festival. I didn't expect it to be an award-winning movie in Hollywood this year. The movie tells the story of Alan who summoned a ghost as a child and ended up being possessed by it. When he grew up, he married a young real estate agent, Thomas. In order to make a living, Thomas was arranged by the company to go to an abandoned castle to do business with Count Nosferatu. He met the mysterious and terrifying Count Vampire and fled the castle in a hurry. Unexpectedly, the Count Vampire had arrived and caused a plague in the town. He and his wife, together with the professor they invited, began to try to eliminate the Count Vampire. The story framework setting basically replicates the horror narrative of the return of the vampire Count causing the spread of plague in the old movie "Nosferatu" in 1922, and is mixed with the Count's obsession with his new wife in "Bram Stoker's Dracula" in 1992, and then innovatively adds the desire-driven nature of today's trendy female subjectivity. In the end, the movie ends with the Count's terrifying desire gaze at the heroine Ellen, and Ellen, as the subject of desire, is hesitant to speak but easily kills the Count in the end, resulting in a split in the viewing experience. This movie wants to maintain the same Gothic style as the previous one - dim environment background, plain clothes, and towering gloomy castle. Although the atmosphere is well set, the unique aesthetic details of Gothic are not refined enough. The gloomy castle is only left with light and dark silhouettes, making the movie look like a horror shell. As for Depp's daughter Lily, who plays Allen, I personally feel that she is not suitable for this role. Her body shape is not suitable for playing the peerless beauty praised by the real estate boss; and her temperament is rather wooden. She does not have the fragility and confusion of Winona Ryder in "Bram Stoker's Dracula", nor does she embody the tension of female subject desire, only the hysteria when she is possessed by ghosts. The female characters lack flavor, and the male characters are not portrayed accurately. Nicholas Hoult, who plays the newlywed husband Thomas, is middle-aged but not mature enough, so he is suitable as a husband without sex appeal in the movie, but his appearance lacks the Gothic style. And Count Nosferatu in the movie has become a hairy monster, which is also not Gothic. Of course, these are minor flaws. The most serious problem of the film is that the expression of desire is too direct and fragmented. At the beginning, the heroine Ellen summoned the vampire lord because of desire, and then she was in a panic. During this period, the film directly expressed the desire through the wanton flirting between her husband's friend and his wife. Then the newlywed wife directly asked her husband for sex to express her true love for her husband and rejected the vampire lord's sexual request. So the desire either did not appear or was so obvious that it blinded the eyes. Only the detail of the naked girl riding a horse towards the depths of the fog in the middle of the movie was meaningful. At the same time, the movie constantly emphasizes that the Count is powerful. He can control the real estate owner to become his accomplice, and can spread the plague through his coffin. But in the end, Allen kills the Count directly by having sex with him. It can be said that dying under the peony flower is unjust as a ghost! It can be seen that the powerful ability of traditional vampires in the movie is ultimately no match for the powerful consciousness of modern women, and the adaptations that are not beautiful outside the movie have won consecutive photography awards. It turns out that Hollywood movies are gradually regressing!
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Smile 2
The series "Dangerous Laughter" has an interesting design: the identity of the heroine and the setting of the fake smile demon complement each other. In the first film, the heroine is a psychiatrist who wants to help patients, but cannot believe what the patients see; when she herself is haunted by evil spirits, she personally experiences this pain. In this film, the heroine Skye is set as a star who is the focus of everyone's attention. The ubiquitous fake smile has a double meaning: it is the illusion of evil spirits, and it is also her real situation. Although surrounded by applause, no one cares about herself behind the halo. In short, it is loneliness. Even if you are in a crowd, you will become a lone prey. Irony, which was just a spice in the first film, becomes very important in this one. The director seems to have deliberately emphasized this point, wanting to make this film profound. The most exquisite part is undoubtedly the dancing of smiling faces in the mansion on the eve of the tour; the horror atmosphere reaches its peak, and it also completely reveals the dilemma of the heroine. Her team and fans are just like these smiling phantoms, who come with smiles on their faces, but can only add fuel to the fire. Before Skye met Morris, it was also the fans who pushed her away from this last straw. After the "smiley dance", Skye went down all the way, rushing to the destined ending in the illusion. The director used the same trick again. The only friend Gemma who he trusted never appeared, and Morris who could help him was not real. When he opened his eyes, he was wearing clothes he didn't like, still standing on the tour stage, performing the most gorgeous suicide in the spotlight, and the spectators all became prey, and the irony was bursting out. This part of the plot is very similar to "Some Kind of Material", especially the monster that broke out of the body at the end. Whether in terms of characters, plot (second half) or theme, this work is like a sister film of "Something Substantial". The difference is that "Something Substantial" is an art film that focuses on satire, using horror elements to strengthen the expression; while "Smile 2" is a pure horror film that sublimates the theme. The design of this work is simpler and the satire is more direct. Although there is a slight disconnect between the beginning and the end, it is unexpectedly powerful. Which of the two works is better or worse is a matter of opinion. There is a small bug: one of the victims in the previous film was a professor who committed suicide in class, and only one of his students was infected. According to this inference, no matter how many people saw Skye's death, the fake smile demon can only infect one person. Thinking about it this way, the fake smile demon seems to have worked in vain. However, the ending is too shocking, so we should still ignore the imperfections in the setting.
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Mufasa: The Lion King
"The Legend of Mufasa" is the prequel to "The Lion King", telling the story of Simba's journey to become king. Generally, films where the protagonist goes from being an inexperienced person to a perfect man need to be paired with a symmetrical character who is both evil and complex, otherwise it will seem old-fashioned and boring. Captain America needs the Winter Soldier, Thor needs Loki, Optimus Prime needs Megatron, Zhang Junbao needs Dong Tianbao... Mufasa is a classic epic hero who constantly demonstrates his bravery, wit, nobility and tenacity, and is unbiasedly following the path of growth as a great screen hero. And all the dishonorable but more chewy good scenes were left to his good brother Scar, or his original name, Taka. Some people say that this movie is more like a story about how Taka turned into Scar. But this statement is not correct. What is blackening? From the perspective of basic commercial film values, it means that a good person turns into a bad person, betraying and harming his former allies. But to describe Taka as evil is to underestimate him. From the beginning to the end, it was not a question of Taka getting better or worse, but that he never changed. He is not like the Winter Soldier who was once brainwashed into a minion of Hydra, nor is he like Loki who has been a harmful person since childhood but sometimes shows some friendship, and he is not like Megatron who would kill his old friend once he changed his mind. It seems that Taka's behavior is wavering. Sometimes he is overwhelmed by jealousy and wants to destroy himself along with the other, and sometimes he misses his old love and risks his life to save the other. It seems that what he wants is never fixed. But behind all the changes, what he really pursues, or the core desire that dominates him, has always been the same. He was once a prince of noble status, and his parents had high hopes for him to be the new king. They might have been able to see that he was not cut out for it, but they still taught, trained, demanded and expected this of him. However, no matter how hard he tried, Taka could not meet the expectations. He was like a mediocre student who always hovered in the middle of the class and knew better than anyone that it was impossible for him to be admitted to a prestigious university. Despite having such a strict father and such a well-mannered mother, Taka still did not show the qualities of an heir. When faced with the enemy, he abandoned his family and ran away in panic, which was the final conclusion of his talent. Fortunately, he made the right choice when he was young. He rescued Mufasa from the water and insisted on begging his parents to let them become brothers. From childhood to adulthood, Mufasa was the only lion who never put pressure on him, never embarrassed him, and allowed him to escape from his weakness. The torment he felt from wanting to live up to his parents' ideals but failing to do so was released through the joyful play of his brothers, which allowed him to maintain a minimum level of pride as a lion. But until his parents were killed, his tribe was destroyed, he embarked on the road of escape with Mufasa, and fell in love with the same girl, his only spiritual support began to collapse. Remember after he saved Mufasa from the cliff, he said to him: I saved you, won’t you say thank you to me? He needed this feeling of being needed so much, but in the subsequent journey, he had to face the ceiling of his potential again and again. He had to watch Mufasa, a homeless child with a far inferior background than him, who was gifted and constantly resolved crises along the way and outshined him time and time again. The lion in his heart was taken away, which was just the last straw that broke the camel's back for his emotional castle. His father's words "deception can also make a king" were just an excuse he used to exonerate himself. He betrayed his friends not out of jealousy or revenge for love. He just wanted to break free from the quagmire of inferiority and regain the little pride he had. When Taka betrayed Mufasa with a clear conscience, we realized that he had changed. His tone became calm, his eyes became firm, his head was no longer lowered, and his body was no longer hunched over. Taka, who was seen before, the one who spoke hesitantly, had an uncertain look, and always hid in the corner secretly tasting the bitterness of incompetence, suddenly disappeared. He's doing an evil and crazy thing, but this is the closest we've seen him be to a lion in a long time. He was finally no longer the poor guy who was outdone and needed credit, and he regained control of his own and others' destiny. With Taka's assistance, the evil lions followed, but when the final battle came, Taka changed sides and returned to Mufasa's camp. Because seeing Mufasa dying soon aroused a pleasure in Taka's heart that was stronger than betrayal: I am finally no longer a weakling. I have the ability to save you once again. Even if I lose my life, even if I am exiled by you, even if I am despised for the rest of my life, I don't care. The moment when Taka steps forward to rescue Mufasa and is left with a disfiguring scar, and when he grabs the drowning Mufasa and lifts him out of the water, these are his particularly charming moments, especially the latter scene, which echoes in the theater with loud musical notes, and its passion even surpasses the heroic moment when Mufasa kills his opponent. Rafiki said to Mufasa that your bloodline is not important, your character is important. And Taka's story is saying that your character is not important, what matters is whether you have the courage to face it and fight it. Many characters in this movie dream, and their dreams contain their ideals and future, but Taka never mentioned it. Does he dream? In the dream, he may not be the king and may not get love, but there must be countless scenes in which he fearlessly protects his brother and receives his sincere gratitude, just like when they first met. There is nothing dark about Taka's life, and I can't classify him as a villain in any sense of the word. He was a child who had never been satisfied and spent his entire life replicating the moment he was most proud of.
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The Electric State
The book is expensive, and the illustrations by the Swedish illustrator give off a darker, more melancholic vibe. The backdrop of the human-machine war originally had a strong Matrix feel, except here, humanity wins the war using neural projectors... but the side effect of abusing these neural projectors is that people become addicted to the virtual world. The real world gradually falls apart, while the complexity of the virtual space gives rise to a sentient AI—Brain Intelligence—that yearns for a physical body. With such a massive world-building setup—think The Matrix, Cyberpunk 2077, and artificial intelligence—the screenwriter had all the ingredients for a solid sci-fi film at their fingertips. But then you actually watch the movie: huge budget, big production, and yet it feels like I’m watching some busted-up amusement park. The epic human-vs-machine war? Apparently it’s all about throwing stuff at each other. And the search-for-family storyline suddenly morphs into Ready Player One. Maybe it works for kids.
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Transformers One
There was a movie that I watched during the Mid-Autumn Festival. I didn't pay much attention to it at first, thinking that the good reviews were all made up by the so-called media. But after watching it, I felt that it really lived up to expectations. It was the latest "Transformers" animated film "Transformers: Origins". The story type is still science fiction adventure. The imaginative world structure of Cybertron and the robot design that is relatively restored to the old animation can indeed impress many animation fans. However, what I want to say most after watching it is the strong and simple revolutionary issues contained in the film and the dystopian narrative that is closely related to reality. There is no extra human perspective, but the experiences of the Transformers are presented in a revolutionary discourse that is unique to humans . Before becoming the Autobot leader Optimus Prime and the Decepticon leader Megatron, Orion Pax and D-16 were two ordinary miners who had to mine energy in dangerous underground environments every day. Although they are good brothers, their personalities, attitudes and philosophies are completely opposite. Orion Pax is a miner with his own ideas, courage to challenge and break the rules. Although he does not believe in the saying "Are kings, princes, generals and ministers different in kind?" and wants to overthrow it, he is upright in his bones, which also lays the groundwork for him to break the rules and participate in the competition, thus starting a series of adventures and uncovering the conspiracy. D-16 was not yet the leader of the Decepticon faction at that time. He worked according to the routine every day and believed in all the information transmitted to him by his superiors. It was a bit like accepting everything, but at that time, it was still peaceful on the surface. D-16 collected stickers of the original Thirteen King Kong, who were the first to resist the Five-Faced Monster, like a fanboy, especially Megatronus, who later became the Fallen King Kong. However, the blackening of D-16, his believer, cannot be regarded as fate, as it also involves some personality and even external factors, which will be discussed later. By accident, they discovered the secret of the current leader, Yu Tiandi - under the pretext of finding a leadership module, he secretly surrendered to the Quintessence of the Five-Faced Monsters, and even exploited his own people in order to provide energy for the enemy. He ordered his subordinates to intensify energy extraction and continue to exploit the miners. What's even more terrifying is that the Skyrim also covered up the Transformers' early memories (tampering with history). Each Transformer originally had gears and could transform, but in order to consolidate its rule (the key point is to remove the military power and monopolize the military and political affairs. Who would want their own people to have guns, be able to transform, and rebel?), the Skyrim took back the transformation gears (depriving the people of their nature) and unified management (dividing the class, and classifying people by whether they can transform or not). It is not difficult to find that the background description of the origins of the Autobots and Decepticon leaders in "Transformers: Origins" is very consistent with the early revolutionary situation. Internally, the upper class exploited the lower working people to the utmost; externally, they put on a fawning face, ceded land, paid compensation, and sold out the country for personal gain. It is difficult not to associate this narrative system with the history of my country's new democratic revolution. Even Optimus Prime's inheritance of the will of the Thirteen and the battle between Optimus Prime and Megatron are more or less closely aligned with certain nodes in history. Interestingly, the revolutionary process presented in Transformers: Origins also conforms to the stage of the New Democratic Revolution. The railway coal miners' strike and the miners' uprising called by Optimus Prime are very similar, both of which are sparks of revolution that burst out from the working class. Let's look at the ruling class. Transformers: Origins portrays Megatron with a very modern feel. I'm not pedantic, but I claim to be superior; I'm not undemocratic, you see, I even give you the competition to make you happy (although this kind of "nipple fun" is also divided into classes, not everyone can participate). So the Cybertron led by Megatron is not the Big Brother-style 1984, but a brave new world - A treasonous clown maintains the current false prosperity with the principle of entertainment first. This is the simple revolutionary tone of "Transformers: Origins", and what follows is the love-hate relationship between Pillar and his fanboy Megatron. Of course, compared to Zhuzi’s helplessness and the magnanimity of a true leader, the darkening of his fanboy is more interesting. From a justice perspective, both Megatron and Megatron are traitors. One betrayed the original Thirteen, and the Quintessons took advantage of the situation, which was considered treason; the other was more different, he only betrayed his allies (on a friendship level), and his inner persistence remained the same, but it was just more extreme. It is reasonable for Megatron to turn evil. What he had before could not be considered self-awareness, and he was not even as optimistic as Bumblebee, who could still find fun for himself while being locked up alone on the 30th floor underground. You can think of Megatron as a rationalist who has spent the first half of his life pursuing an absolute idea. His thinking is relatively extreme, but the premise of this extremism is his support for absolute justice (obedience) and the betrayal of "absolute justice" (Yu Tiandi). Faced with the hypocritical behavior and treasonous behavior of the upper class such as Megatron, Optimus Prime felt that he needed to awaken the people first, unite all the forces that could be united, and proceed step by step from the bottom up; while Megatron's attitude towards this was "an eye for an eye", the same form of revenge, and he would fight if he disagreed! Although his purpose was also to maintain justice in his heart. This kind of thinking develops to a later stage, once in power, or continues to be paranoid, it will turn into an extreme attitude of "whoever stands in my way will die". In the film, Megatron's final act of abandoning Optimus Prime and slaughtering the former supporters of Megatron are all extreme reactions after his beliefs are shattered. Since everything is fake, I will build a new order on the ruins. What was once promised has become a lie forever. This is the tragedy of the cool movie "Transformers: Origins", and it also echoes the transformation of student movements in the late 1960s and 1970s into terrorism (just look at the attitude of the Japanese right wing towards the Japanese United Red Army). At this point, the reasons for the formation of terrorism are no longer important, and he was exiled along with the Holy Knights. Former comrades parted ways because of the "instigation" of a clown, and took different paths due to different choices. What is even more tragic is that what they advocated is still the same, the thing that truly belongs to the people, which has been manipulated by the upper class and has not been fulfilled so far.
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At the Oscars that year, it was overshadowed by the towering presence of Forrest Gump, but over time, this film has surpassed Gump in the hearts of many. Whenever reality leaves me exhausted and powerless, I revisit this disc and reignite my dreams. Without a doubt, this film ranks among the top three must-watch movies for men! Recalling that iconic line: "Some birds’ feathers are too bright to be caged, even by the darkest prison."
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The Ugly Stepsister (B+) This movie really disgusted me, but it is still worth watching! I received an early screening but missed it, so I finally made up for it. I am very glad. The Ugly Stepsister reinterprets the story of Cinderella from the perspective of the stepsister. Not only is the angle novel, the theme is more profound, and the method is bold, with no lack of direct blood and body horror. It is indeed an ancient version of The Substance, with a strong sense of irony. And this is also written and directed by a female screenwriter. I think only female directors can be so cruel to women. Nowadays, only female directors can torture women and satirize their perverted pursuit of beauty. Men really dare not shoot it, otherwise they will be scolded to death. Of course, female directors will never show the ugly faces of men in the film. The overall style of the film is very similar to "Something Substantial". Although fairy tales such as Cinderella and Snow White are for children and have many fantasy plots, they actually contain some dark and scary elements, which are designed to make children feel afraid and alert to bad guys. However, if these scary elements are magnified and the true human nature in the story is further demonstrated, it is definitely the best material for horror movies. Cinderella has the help of a fairy godmother, but how can she become beautiful without a fairy godmother? The Ugly Stepsister can only achieve this through plastic surgery, makeup, wigs and extreme weight loss, which are the "fairy godmothers" in reality. In fact, you already know from the trailer that there will be ancient plastic surgery and bloody scenes, but the film itself has more disgusting and torturous content. Even if you close your eyes and don't watch it, just hearing the screams of the heroine is terrifying. I can only say that if you are unlucky enough to see the scene, you don't have to eat dinner. It does have a weight loss effect. The ancient plastic surgery and weight loss plan in the film are astonishing. Compared with swallowing parasites to make yourself thinner, our current way of losing weight is really not extreme. But the wonderful thing is that even if you know that these cruel methods happened in the past, are exaggerated and unrealistic, people's persistent pursuit of beauty has not changed, but the methods have become gentler. There are still many people like the heroine who look ordinary but are extremely eager to marry into the upper class. For example, the socialite training class that everyone knows is the modern version of this movie. Some people still use all kinds of means to become beautiful and marry rich people or celebrities, from plastic surgery to learning how to seduce men. No matter how well you package it, it is still a scam, and behind it still exposes the ugly heart and perverted obsession with beauty and wealth. So even if the film is exaggerated, it is very realistic, and it is clear at a glance what kind of people it satirizes. The film no longer glorifies Cinderella, the prince, and everyone around them. Instead, it shows people that everyone is a slave to desire and is very selfish. Other people in this story are no better than The Ugly Stepsister. Cinderella is no longer a pure, kind, and unambitious virgin, but can't resist all kinds of temptations; the prince and the people around him are a group of perverts who are eyeing beautiful women, and evaluating women is basically like buying meat in the market. The mother of The Ugly Stepsister, Cinderella's stepmother, completely disregards her self-esteem and her daughter's life in order to please a man, and constantly tortures her daughter in various ways. The environment of all villains is more terrifying than the various bloody and disgusting scenes in the film. The Ugly Stepsister herself, the heroine, is not a simple and kind person, but a jealous paranoid. But she is indeed a girl who has been brainwashed by the utilitarian society and her mother. Under social pressure and the scrutiny of others, she has completely lost her self-awareness and self-pursuit. She only wants to be beautiful and marry a prince. She is so obsessed that she even cuts off her toes for this. If it is said that the foot binding of ancient Chinese beauties was an act of self-mutilation to please men, then cutting off oneself directly has reached a new level. But think about it, even if it is not cut with a knife, women are often very cruel to themselves. What is the purpose? In fact, there are always people who are more beautiful than themselves. If you keep "changing" and "disguising" yourself because of comparison and jealousy, you will eventually become a walking corpse that you don't even recognize. Even if people in modern life no longer need to compete with princes for a ball, there are still many people who compare and envy on social networks all day long and begin to feel ashamed. What I like about this film is that it really didn't make a big change to the original story, but just told more of The Ugly Stepsister. The main story of Cinderella was kept, and there was a grand ball. The protagonist changed from Cinderella to The Ugly Stepsister, which made people see the whole story from the perspective of the ugly duckling who wanted to become a white swan, which really made it more sad and cruel. The soundtrack was very good, and some of the music itself was screaming, which was very scary. Overall, I feel that some of the scenes are really unbearable to watch, but the story itself has a profound meaning and is very ironic, and it also vividly shows the mentality of some people who will do anything and even torture themselves in order to marry into the upper class. PS: At the end, the word "Slut" appeared on the big screen. I was shocked and thought the director was cursing, but later I found out that this word is the Swedish word for "The end". But it really hits the point. Once again, in this era, movies with connotations about women can only be made by women. It's ruthless and makes people applaud.
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