Netflix's new film "Le**e the World Behind" has been launched on December 8, 2023.
This 135-minute movie, even with the 15x speed** does not affect the viewing effect. So unless you're a big fan of Julia Roberts, Ethan Hawke, or Mahershala Ali, it's not advisable to waste that much time. Internet outage holidaysI don't think this film is useless!It's just that the overly flat and lengthy narrative mode seriously affects the overall effect of the movie. If it is compressed to about 90 minutes, it may improve its quality.
On the other hand, although the camera movement of photography is generally good, it is used too frequently and messily, and even some technical errors occur. For example, the entrance door after Roberts and Hawke entered the house for the first time, because of the depth of field and fisheye effect, the door frame was slightly deformed, and the originally straight frame appeared curvature. There is also the random switching of the conventional lens language and the follow-up handheld camera mode on the editing, and the instantaneous transition between the drone surround view effect and the near and middle scenes of the characters, which may make the audience feel a little dizzy, if it is placed on the big screen, I don't know if it will be easier to cause this problem.
This movie looks a bit like a post-apocalyptic movie from the trailer, and it seems right to define it as a sci-fi theme, but there is basically no sci-fi attribute in the actual content. The various dark lines and foreshadowing in the first half seem to mislead the audience to ponder the horror film, but the second half is bland, and even the ending is finally able to do the ending with the finale of "Six"!Such jumps and ups and downs make it difficult for the audience to have a sense of substitution, and this sense of distance will alienate the audience's favor.
The film is based on the best-selling**. It stands to reason that in the current situation of lack of good scripts, there is a best-selling original work as a foundation, and it is the kind of commercial style of content, so there will be no logical conflicts or bugs. But after watching the movie, I feel that I still don't understand a lot. Such as:
The satellites are all disconnected, how can there still be large drones to follow the trail to send leaflets;
The main city has been fighting for two or three days, and these people didn't even think that they would face each other across the river earlier after hearing the rumbling of artillery
How can the automatic driving of electric vehicles be very useful when the network is disconnected, not only being guided by unknown forces to various intersections to cause traffic jams, but also being able to choose white cars in all colors, and even each other can go their own ways before they arrive?
The whole movie doesn't say who is behind the disconnection?Just talk nonsense about North Korea, Iran and even China. This is the "politically correct" logic of Lao Mei. It's also quite speechless. In the end, they turned out to be able to accurately deduce the internal rebellion. Well, the teammates are extremely intelligent for a while, and extremely intelligent for a while, and a little crazy and confused.
I don't know how much Netflix has invested in this **, but there are not many big scenes, but each special effects scene is still well done, which is impressive. However, these add up to less than 2 minutes. This is evident in the extreme non-commercialization of the character.
In addition, although there are actresses like Roberts, and Oscar-winning actors like Ali and Hawke, I counted the whole film, and there seem to be only 8 actors with lines and faces, and one of them is a wah-wah who speaks Spanish, and that scene is dispensable and has little significance.
Such a simple character relationship is an unexpected contact in a short period of time, so it is difficult for an actor to shine. In order to allow Roberts to appear more on the scene, the creative team went to great lengths to make some unknown clips, such as dancing ambiguously with Ali, arguing with Ali's daughter for the first time, etc., and the deletion of these will not affect the story direction of the movie!
Ali showed his steady acting skills as always, and Hawke continued to play his image as a handsome guy who hasn't changed much from youth to old age. Roberts is a bit neurotic and sensitive, and the other three next-generation performances are too facial and simplistic. As for the only neighbor who shows his face and has lines, his performance and motivation really make people feel a little nervous, and even a little funny.
The vast majority of characters are more negative than positive.
Ali is a white glove for money laundering for military and political bigwigs;Hawke is a college teacher who sucks ** and has the potential to have an affair with a young female student;Roberts, on the other hand, is an advertising marketing expert who interprets people's minds to sell junk productsRoberts' son was an ignorant and horny nerd;And Roberts's daughters are all 13 years old, and they are still thinking about watching soap operas when the end comes;Ali's daughter, on the other hand, is suspicious of everything and is preconceived critical of everyone.
Such a role positioning, but it does not reflect more tension and entwined complex gladiatorial battles in more than 2 hours, and it is more of a matter of course to reconcile with each other in a few words. This can be regarded as a type of drama.
There are a lot of animal metaphors in the film, but they are not focused enough, and in the end, I don't see how much impact it has on the plot. And the little story of God and the flood told by the daughter did not exactly match the situation of their family at that time, which was a bit stubborn. As for a movie that is almost always taking the literary route, it is also a little difficult to understand the story by using B-grade films to separate the story in a chapter-based mode. Because removing these doesn't seem to have any effect on the movie. This kind of "Dong Shi imitates the style" feels a little naïve.
The evaluation of the film does not seem to be too high now. Personally, the film is not the kind of "I regret not watching it for a while, but I regret it for a lifetime", but I don't have to watch it deliberately, because a person's time is limited, and in the vast film and television world, it is better to find something better to feel.