is writing a movie review for the first time, just because I saw the movie " Wisdom Teeth " and it was very enjoyable. Yes, I can only describe my feeling of watching the movie as "very enjoyable". I couldn't resist the urge to express these feelings and thoughts in a pouring way.
The movie "Wisdom Teeth" is directed by Zheng Baorui and adapted from Remy's novel
I will not introduce the plot of the film. Interested friends can find the film and take a look. I will only talk about my feelings about the characters in the play and the plot of the film: the three people in the
movie are the decadent old policeman - A Zhan, the newly appointed officer - A Kai, and the helpless thief - A Tao.
A Zhan - Lin Jiadong plays
A Zhan, a decadent old policeman who lost his family due to an accidental car accident. It's like a middle-aged man who is unlucky in middle age: he once had a wonderful family and career, but suddenly fell to the bottom, and the reason was actually another unintentional person.
Azhan gives people a feeling of stubbornness and indifference from the moment he appears. From his rampage in pursuit and his unscrupulous way of contradicting his boss, we can see the unwillingness deep in his heart. For most of the film, the audience is allowed to feel the anger from the character A Zhan, the anger that has nowhere to vent, mixed with the sympathy of others and the looming sympathy of those around him. This man is alone, like a child who has lost his treasure, willful and helpless.
However, this man's original intention - his initial heart was soft, just like the tenderness on his face when he was waiting for his wife to walk across the street. From the subsequent development of the plot, we can also see the tolerance and understanding he inadvertently showed towards the serious and somewhat immature boss next to him, and his willingness to go through life and death with him. The determination and determination to take the blame. The character of
is multi-faceted, like a multi-prism. What you see at first is a dazzling white light, and then as the plot develops, it slowly refracts colorful lights.
(Actually, at the beginning of the film, I was wondering, how could this slovenly, dull-looking guy be regarded as an invisible boss by his colleagues around him, while turning a blind eye to the editor-in-chief, Akai? The film relies on the plot to As you progress bit by bit, the character's personality is gradually revealed, allowing the audience to peek into the character's past from the present, and imagine his past life, past personality, past style of life, etc. This kind of imagination is far more powerful than using The lens is presented directly in front of the audience, which is more realistic and deeply rooted in people's hearts.)
Ah Tao - Liu Yase plays
Ah Tao, a helpless thief who made a big mistake in his ignorance and indulgence, destroying a happy family and destroying the whole family. His life was pushed to the brink of collapse.
I would like to thank actress Liu Yase for her intense and even crazy performance, which made A Tao, a young man who once spent his youth wantonly and was destroyed by reality to the bottom and is still struggling silently, feel like a roller coaster in his heart. , the horizontal changes between regret, luck, persistence, pain, fear, grievance, anger, and helplessness are vividly displayed. Seeing her, I felt that not only the audience, but also the virtual character in the film - A Zhan - would feel the impact deep in the soul of this girl who is as weak and humble as cattails on the outside, but as tough and strong as a steel wire on the inside.
Two lives of different classes, different ages, and different encounters gained recognition from each other's souls during the collision. Where does this recognition come from?
Ah Tao is like the young Ah Zhan who seeks atonement for his mistakes, and Ah Zhan is like the middle-aged Ah Tao who seeks relief from a blow. One was tortured in atonement, and the other softened in revenge. These two characters, in fact, represent people of different ages with similar experiences and inner situations.
Stills from the movie "Wisdom Teeth"
There is a scene in the film. Under the bridge, when the tired and angry Azhan raised his gun and pointed it at Ah Tao's forehead, Azhan's head in the lens suddenly transformed into two - where are the two? personal? This is clearly a person looking at himself angrily, intent on killing his past self in anger.
The audience is constantly drawn into the emotions of the characters by such shots and plot arrangements, just like a sultry afternoon, making people anxious and depressed, eager for a heavy downpour to extinguish the nameless fire rising in the heart—— In the second half of the film, the heavy rain came as expected. All contradictions, entanglements and pains are collided, stimulated and annihilated in this heavy rain.
By the way, the title of this film is Wisdom Teeth, which is a metaphor for Akai’s experience and feelings of constant pain. However, perhaps the performance of the two characters, one old and one young, was too good, which made me ignore the police chief as the third party, following and wandering between A Zhan and A Tao.
To be continued... (In the next article, I want to write about Akai, a silent but indispensable character in the film.)
Stills from the movie "Wisdom Teeth"
