故事的情节不复杂,四个人的故事,主题不一但彼此间有细微且玄妙的联系,一个人的故事成就另一个人的故事,一个人的生活里面缠绕另一个人的生活,而此情此景下,作为看客最从容。
仿佛是上帝的手或眼,明知他们的命运,但是不说破,任由其奋力挣扎之后依然殊途同归。
翻看众多评论,也有人说整个故事根本就是能够预见未来的Brendan的一手策划,他知道有的人终究难逃一死,不如留下一笔巨款给深爱的女人。
可在我看来,这些所谓的命运,其实不过是一场巧合。
小的巧合,大的巧合,环环相扣,重要的是,永无可能被颠覆。
导演是韩国人李志昊,该片是他的处女作,其拍摄手法还说不上纯熟,所制造的chaos也不算非常饱满,但是影帝Forest Whitaker哦,虽然两只眼睛一大一小,但飘渺眼神却相当无敌,光是看他的面子也值得啦——对,我就是这么一个俗人。
奥斯卡历史上四位黑人影帝都是我的心头好,并且相信Morgan Freeman和Will Smith也有封帝的一天。
部分精彩台词如下:When I was a kid, I knew the secret to a happy life. Play by the rules, work hard in school, and if you work hard in school, then your reward is more school. And after more school, then you're given the best that life has to offer, a job, and money, and a future, filled with the unending singular pursuit of more. It's going up a quarter of a point. Block it now. And this is what I was living for. My happy life. I envied those who never questioned it. Me? I needed a way out.I didn't fight well because I was big or fast or mean. I fought well because I could see the future. The problem with seeing the future is that it only comes in bits and pieces, like a reflection in a broken mirror. After a while, though, it's like playing a video game in your head. Do it enough times, and you know all the moves. But no matter what, the future is written. I can't change that. And sometimes, the things you can't change, they end up changing you. When you can see the future, you think you're capable of changing it. But you're just a witness to coming moments, unable to help, even if you wanted to. And maybe you don't. Sometimes you think you're supposed to learn something about patience or distance. But in the end, it's all about discipline. Seeing things you don't always want to. And just moving on. After a while, things become easier. Routine keeps your mind from wandering. You begin to accept things as they are. Every man has his destiny. You can't escape it. Even if you can see it coming. So, why all this effort when you know what's going to happen? Will watching a person's fate give it purpose? Or is it just the muted feeling of watching a movie when you know how it ends? And then something happens that I will never forget. I'm wrong. For the first time ever, fate takes a detour, and I glimpse something strange and new. A future where anything can happen. It's a beautiful thing. And the feeling it gives me is as close as I've ever felt to pleasure.It's a new day, and I have no idea what to expect. I can change someone's life if I feel like it, make it worse, or better. It's up to me. A girl with a future I can't see enters my life. On the same day, my visions fail me for the first time. There are some people that believe in coincidences. I am not one of them.Everyone has a purpose. Sometimes a person lives their entire life without knowing what theirs is. Not me. I knew when I was 10. My purpose is to love the right person wholly and completely. When I was 10, that person was Heidi Fontel. But when Heidi's father moved her family away, I was sure I would love again, and soon. I was wrong. I met Gina in med school. We were best friends. My roommate, Henry, said she was the kind of girl you waited to marry. But I waited too long. She married Henry right out of college. And I was best man. And all these years later, I guess I still am. 以上四段为四句箴言:HAPPINESS PLEASURE SORROW LOVE 整部电影稍带一点点韩国式的悲伤味道。
No emotion , any more than a wave , can long retain its ownindividual form .既定的命运使人厌恶令人恼怒,本以为蝴蝶是转折,却只是希望的表象。
伤疤是灵魂的路标,幸福,喜悦,爱和痛苦。
可预知的不可知的未来,反抗了竟然又是一连串令人欣喜的悲剧。
only remember the last scene:the singer wear nicely and neatly because of the bunch of money fell onto her car.and the money is from bank,a black man was just robbing the bank.
大家似乎对这类多线索,交叉时间轴的电影已经没有什么热情了,难免会和那几部经典做比较。
虽说没什么精彩段落,但是至少这类电影不会让人看了睡着。
很多人都是冲着评分去看的,我也不例外,看来进军国际影坛要从imdb开始。
No emotion,any more than a wave,can long retain its own individual form.情绪不同于海浪,它会随着时间的推移而变化。
片头的音乐视觉很喜欢,中间刀疤男的先知能力以及以丧失先知能力换来爱情的剧情,很狗血。
结尾很意外,钱袋砸到汽车车顶使整个故事都串联起来了。
但是如果刀疤男预料到了一切,让心爱的人自由,那就是我能想到的最浪漫的事了。
另外,“伤疤是灵魂的路标”这句矫情的话原来处于此。
:凯文·贝肯。
已经不知道是第几次了,有这个人的电影总会让我感觉与众不同,多多少少。
:无论从哪个角度去看,都是《撞车》的翻版,而且与《撞车》比起来,情节生“硬”,斧痕明显。
可我仍然喜欢这种讲故事的方式,或者说,故事存在的状态。
:“我一直在想,当一只蝴蝶最终成功,脱蛹而出的时候,它是否能够预计到自己的美丽,或者,仍然自视为一条毛毛虫?
”(电影里的台词)“蝴蝶”作为一个象征在电影里的多次出现,为纠缠相互的电影角色们旁敲侧击。
希望,抑或绝望,这确实是一个问题。
:“声无定型,情无定绪,纷纷绕绕。
”--亨利·沃德·比切尔说的,被引用在片首。
看完电影之后,我更喜欢这句话。
:又去看了一遍《撞车》。
为了把故事串起来哦,非得让那个女的去撞黑人。。
太牵强了不然就是前辈 低俗小说 太牛了。。。
后辈很难发展吧。。。
有这么牛的前辈
这片子的时间性导演表述得并不清晰,试着理了一下主线(预知男和女歌手)的几个关键时间点:1.预知男发现无法预知女歌手的未来。
2.当晚预知男带着大哥的侄子逃跑,发现自己预知的事件是可以改变的,觉得自己终于可以改变命运了。
3.预知男将逼入绝境的女歌手带回家,然后同居了几个星期,期间开始筹划逃跑的事情(收的钱都没上交)。
4.预知男和女歌手同居期间,黑人也因为试图改变自己生活陷入绝境。
5.预知男将手枪拿给黑人(这段可注意下演员的表情,非常痛苦和伤悲),回到家后被杀。
6.第二天女歌手准备自杀,被救然后输血,借了点钱,开车逃亡。
7.黑人抢银行,被女歌手撞。
8.黑人自杀,女歌手捡到钱。
我理解应该是预知男还是预知到了一切,所以才会给黑人枪,而且当时预知男很痛苦。
不然无法解释预知男为什么会给黑人枪,而且还那么痛苦,不过这就和预知男产生改变命运的希望那段矛盾了,导演到底是什么意思,有人知道吗?
另外:这片子确实和低速小说、撞车之类相同结构的片子有很大差距。
四个小故事,分别讲述了幸福、欢乐、悲伤和爱。
但其实通篇都可以用一个主题---“无望”来概括。
我呼吸的空气代表了这种绝望无助得氛围,演员们生活在其中,永远都无法摆脱或逃离。
命运成了不幸的专利,尽管最后貌似光明的尾巴也浓浓的笼罩着一层不祥的疑云。
“幸福”讲述了银行职员压上了全部身家依靠偶然听到的消息去赌马,结果失败后为了还钱而去抢银行并最终被击毙。
“欢乐”讲述了一个可以预见未来的黑帮打手最终发现原来预言开已被改变,而在“悲伤”中因为所爱的女人而送上了自己的生命。
“爱”是医生疯狂寻找能拯救已为他人妇的爱人的血液基础。
四段故事中的人物互相交融,以点带面。
(基本上已经成为了一种常规形式)整体看完比较压抑。
有了crash和巴别塔,这片实在不算什么,最后一瞬间我还是小小的震了一把,三个男人的所做,只是为了成就一个女人,不同的时间线、不同的偶然,那时候觉得人生的神奇,你自身甚至不知道任何的联系,但是这些偶然缺一不可,此片缺陷是没有内涵,但是流畅。
那个医生的情节我很喜欢,不知道为什么,就是觉得很温情,喜欢男人做成这个样子。
还来源于中国的一句古话,出来混总是要还的!
这种交集把戏还有人玩?只有惠特克一段能看,惨的一比
本来是好群戏,就是什么都差一口气的感觉
海报心机
想起 Babel
剪辑一流,故事也不错
在同类手法的片中属于中等货色
围绕着可以看见未来的男人,身边人的故事
这个故事告诉我们,一个有很多钱的mm的背后至少得有3个男人。2死一伤。^_^
这也忒2了 时间线错开了好吗 导演这点儿本事 一个故事说清都费劲还妄图驾驭四个故事 是说人有多大胆地有多大产 但您也得看您是不是这块料啊 生下来是头猪你还想上树你这不做梦呢么
各种呼吸 压抑 混浊 混乱 无奈 一切都取决于你的选择
哦 原来是这样
没看懂
装逼的台词以及模仿的连环叙事
三星半,黑帮部分有港片风格
画虎不成反类犬···
同类型故事太多 而且这部也并不取巧 只有被埋没了 可怜那么多明星了
like撞车 拍的很棒 罪恶之城
故事有点太过巧合 不过还是有不少看点
有点类似crash嘛