The movie's reputation is very good, which is of course a good thing. However, "Obscurity" does lack some explosive points throughout the movie. It can be said that this is a movie suitable for quiet viewing.
For theater movies, this is not so friendly to the audience's viewing experience.
Therefore, after the on-demand screening was started, the attendance rate was not that high, but as long as they went to see the movie, the audience who could patiently watch it almost all applauded.
"It may seem trivial, but it can penetrate deeply into people's hearts and bring deep emotions!"
"When I saw little Mike say, I love our home, I couldn't help but burst into tears!"
"A very calm father, even in the face of death, he was not afraid at all. But when he heard his son ask that single lady, when will you die, he was rarely afraid! Great fatherly love, unknown!"
“I love the way Obscurity reveals the truth to his son and uses the immobile beetles in the park and the dinosaurs in fairy tales to help him understand the concept of death and where he will go in the future. Death is not about disappearing forever but like nutrients. Entering the fruit exists in another way and is always with you. Perhaps this is also the core theme of the whole work, starting from the story of a dying father helping his young son find an adoptive family, trying to continue the love."
"The most fascinating thing about "Obscure" is that it shows the inseparable affection between parents and children based on a realistic story, and through the group portraits of various families, it triggers our reflection on the responsibilities of parents and the true meaning of family. , just like the various forms of windows shown in the film, we can see the appearance of the house through the glass, and we can also see the various scenery on the street outside the window through reflection. Facing a future full of uncertainty, we can only Try to find the right direction and develop naturally, and maybe that’s the best result.”
Of course, some people feel that this movie may be a good movie, but it is too calm.
"It's a bit too bland. Although I was quite touched after watching the whole movie, such a movie may be destined to be as bland at the box office as the plot!"
"I don't understand why I chose a single lady. Maybe this is the only selfish thing about my father? I hope my children can remember him?"
"How can you be so open-minded in the face of death? It's unimaginable!"
Wait, wait, but more people still said that they were broken by this movie.
Film critics, it can be said that they really love this movie.
No way, those fast-paced movies are really not popular with these veteran film critics, and slow-paced pseudo-documentary movies like "Obscurity" are the type they prefer.
"At first glance, "Obscure" feels like a documentary. The director didn't explain too much about the background of the characters. Everything slowly unfolded as the plot progressed. Some of it may not be stated clearly, but it is hidden in the tattoos and scars on the male protagonist's face. . The audience from God’s perspective can easily take on the role and experience the father’s despair or the son’s fear and uneasiness as he observes his words. The dialogue between the father and his son about people in the air is very tear-jerking. It really does not hurt the son as much as possible. The best farewell speech a father can give.
The film quietly tells a story about death in a soothing way. John, a 35-year-old window cleaner, worked hard to raise his 3-year-old son, Mike, after his wife abandoned the family. However, he learned that he had a terminal illness and only had a few months to live. In addition to his grief, he also began to try to make a living for himself. Mike found a perfect new home and started various family interviews, hoping to allow his son to grow up safely.
This angle seems very old-fashioned, but it is also very novel, because the movie does not focus on how John himself faces death, but focuses on John's search for a new home for his son Mike before leaving this world.
This is an extremely cruel choice. He must choose a new home for Mike, which is equivalent to a father sending his son away with his own hands!
However, the director is very restrained. The theme of the film may seem a bit depressing, but the overall filming of the film is not that depressing. Instead, he chose a more relaxing and healing approach.
The performance of the father and son, one old and one young, in this film is great, especially little Mike! The film tells this sad but heartwarming and healing story through two lines, one slow and one fast, the slow lines of the daily life of father and son, and the fast lines of the father's urgent entrustment to his children before his death... It is not boring at all. On the contrary, there are rich bits and pieces of sincere feelings.
This movie does not have too many ups and downs in the plot, which can be said to be very different from other movies of the same type.
In the film, John, who is entering the countdown to death, does not cry, is not hysterical, and is just calm. Although this is the calm he has been trying to maintain, it is just right. Let's imagine, if the film really wants to be sensational, then really There are so many places to be sensational.
John could hide hysterically in a corner and cry silently, or he could turn around and cry when sending his children to school. He could also be emotionally moved and express his reluctance when seeing certain scenes, but the movie is not like that. Do.
He also hid in the corner, but he did not cry silently, but thought silently. The whole movie very plainly narrated a story about a father and son being separated due to death. There were no big ups and downs, and it expressed the ordinary but extraordinary father's love. . In order for a father to find a home for his son after his death, it is not just a home. Some of the adopted families were wealthy, had adopted several children, were self-righteous, and ultimately chose single women.
Some people don't understand, why did John do this?
Obviously the single woman's family is not wealthy and she lives in an apartment.
Compared with the previous families, the worst ones are also middle class, but I want to say that the director has actually laid a lot of foreshadowings in the plot.
We didn't pay much attention to Mike's reaction when John went to meet those families, but thinking back carefully, every time he went to meet those people, Mike never took the initiative to talk to those who might become his new father or mother in the future. During the conversation, he was always silent.
Likewise, others were talking more to John, the father, and they didn't care what Mike, the three-year-old child, thought.
There was just this single lady who would squat down and talk to Mike, notice him, give him candy and let him fill his toy car.
She would also take the initiative to ask how Mike was when he was a child. She wanted to know more about the child's past, or to understand him more comprehensively, and exchange sincerity for sincerity. Obviously, she was the only one who made Mike remember her!
Maybe she wasn't the best, but she was definitely the most suitable among the five families, and John didn't have any more time, so choosing her was the most suitable.
In fact, Mike really loves his father very much.
There are many details that illustrate this. He will lie on the window, waiting for his father to come back. When he sees his father, he will immediately run behind the door and wait. When he sees his father for the first time, he will throw himself into his arms.
He stepped on a small stool to catch the water and carefully brought it to the table. Then he snuggled up to his father and covered him with a small blanket. It was also very touching.
John said that he knew Mike, but he didn't understand it. Yes, he thought that Mike was still young and didn't understand life, separation and death at all, but he was wrong. Mike asked about the meaning of "death".
He may not understand it that well, but at least he feels it.
In the end, his father accompanied him to read books, go to amusement parks, do many things, and wrote many letters to Michael and put them in a box. My father used storytelling to tell him that he would leave soon, but he also told him that I will always be by your side, anywhere and in any form. You can talk to me and I can hear you. Finally, in front of the single woman's house, Michael looked up at his father, a look that seemed to express a lot of reluctance, as if to say, Dad, please don't leave me.
The pace of the film is gentle and slow, and some viewers may not be able to watch the film calmly because of this. This is the most important choice, but there is no perfect answer. Everyone has his/her own needs and purposes, and all he talks about is love, but the ultimate test is the foundation of human nature. Having eliminated all unacceptable options, Dad hoped that issues of finances and cleaning habits would be issues of minimal impact. At the last moment of your life, bid farewell to your loved one soberly.
Obscurity is said to be both love and companionship, reluctance and courage. In the last scene of the film, at the door of the ideal family, reality is about to be frozen. The child looks up to his father, showing an innocent smile, and finally completes the handover of family ties.
At the end of the movie, John imitated his son Mike and played a childish game of stepping on the line, but he couldn't help but burst into tears. This was the only time in the movie that he shed tears, because at this time, he didn't need to worry. When his son saw his weak side, he hoped to remain in his son's impression as a father who, although not very capable, would always be strong!
Maybe this is what every father hopes for! "
Because the movie was introduced into the country at the same time, and because the movie was prefixed with Li Yi's name, it naturally attracted countless attention in the country.
After all, Li Yi's influence in China is really not comparable to that in Hollywood.
However, "Obscurity" is not a commercial blockbuster, so the scale of the announcement is not that exaggerated.
The same method is adopted.
In fact, the domestic literary and artistic film market has gradually improved in recent years.
Of course, the premise is that you don't do too many vague things. The audience's appreciation level may have improved after watching the movie, but they will still like to watch stories instead of watching things about so-called art.
The effect of "Obscurity" in small-scale domestic screenings is even better than that in Hollywood.
Of course, this may also be the reason why Li Yi's style is so popular among his fans.
His past tear-jerking films have cultivated a large number of audiences who have a special preference for films with this theme.
Of course, one more thing is that although "Obscurity" is a foreign language film, it tells the story of a father's love that is unified throughout the world.
This will allow moviegoers to have no barriers to watching movies.
Zhou Qingquan of Film Weekly wrote:
""Obscurity" After watching this movie, the sentence came to my mind: "Parents love their children, and they have far-reaching plans." There is no doubt that this movie is a movie that made me cry from beginning to end, with tears streaming down my face. When it fell, I felt the kind of personal pain, the kind of unbearable pain in my body and skin, the kind of pain that made me sit alone in front of the big screen with tears streaming down my face, the kind of pain that the paper was used up. It was a whole volume but it was still a very sad pain, and when I think about it at this moment, it is still extremely painful. When the tears fall, deep down in my heart is full of grief.
Then I couldn't help but sigh: As expected of you, Li Yi!
When a man takes a child's hand and walks towards the kindergarten, the child's eyes are full of reluctance; when the man is late to pick up the child, the child angrily says "You're late"; when the child sees When the beetle was motionless, the father and son began to discuss the issue of life and death; when the man took the child to find a foster family, the child silently said "I don't want to be adopted"; "I like our home." .
In fact, children have premonitions. When I saw the beetle motionless, I was deeply curious and wanted a perfect ending. Can we save the dying beetle? Is there any magic in this world that will keep my dad from leaving me? When I squatted in front of the beetle, I felt so powerless for the first time, so I threw away the new pajamas and pajamas that my father brought in, and my pickup truck. I can be very obedient, but dad, please don't leave me, okay? There is only you in my life.
But there is no magic in this world. People who should leave will always leave you. They walk farther and farther with their own pace of life, leaving me alone.
Every time I see my father’s good intentions, I feel reluctance and sadness deep in my heart; in order to let the child adapt to life, my father requires the child to sleep alone. He really wants to hug the child, but he really He is afraid that after he is gone, the child will miss his arms very much and will be unable to move forward; in order for the child to adapt to life and not be disliked, the father requires the child to change his clothes alone instead of spoiling the child;
In order for the child to avoid being infected by himself, the father does not want the child to use the same set of dishes and chopsticks as him. Looking at the hungry eyes of the child, he still restrains his various impulses; in order for the child to be strong and independent, the father does not help the child with many things. I do it, but deep down inside I am still that little cute child.
Maybe he is also a father, so I sympathize with him. Every time I see this father, I wonder why fate is so unfair. The child has lost his father and mother, and he has become a homeless person. People who have returned, but the love between them is so strong, and the children are so lovable.
Although I was retelling the whole story, my tears were falling down one after another. Parents love their children, and their plans are far-reaching.
If the father had no difficulties and got cancer, he would not bear the pain and leave his child; if the father had no difficulties, he would not teach his children how to dress little by little; if the father had no difficulties, he would not take his children to experience the last joy of life. , the love and warmth that the father did not get when he was a child, all he wants to bring to his children; but the father's abilities are also limited, and he was not favored by the god of fate. He left alone and lost his life. So, do you think God has more? It's fair to let the little boy endure such pain.
But fortunately, the father found a particularly warm foster family for the child, so that the child can experience the warmth of life itself.
In fact, everything is not great. Love is the greatest thing in this world. "
