Poster of Happy Death Day
1905 movie network news In the nomination list of the 90th Academy Awards announced last week, a low-budget, little cass horror film won four heavy nominations for best film, best director, best actor and best original script. The film was produced by Blumhouse Production, the Pixar of Hollywood horror films. This Friday, another thriller comedy produced by Blumhouse will also land on the mainland big screen in an "anti-routine" way.
Not only did the title of the film not play according to common sense, but the mainland audience could feel Happy Death Day at close range on the big screen, which was enough "anti-routine". After all, the media in the industry and the general audience did not expect that such foreign films involving thriller elements could be reviewed. The introduction of this film also filled the vacancy of similar domestic films to some extent. What is even more rare is that it is reported that this film, which involves such plots as "death", "murder" and "rebirth", has not been cut, completely retaining the original fun and excitement of the thriller comedy.
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The film tells the story of a female college student, Tree, who was murdered by a mysterious masked man on her birthday, but later found herself trapped on the day of murder. She woke up again and again, but repeated the life of the same day again and again. Unless the real murderer can be found out, she will never get out of the "death cycle".
Compared with other commercial blockbusters, "Happy Death Day" has neither super cheese nor special effects of burning money, but it broke the box office first and then broke the word of mouth in the North American market in an "anti-routine" way, and reached the top at the box office of $26 million in the first weekend. Rotten tomatoes maintained a high freshness and became a truly annual "screaming" film. The reason is that "Happy Death Day" plays its own unique role in setting, plot and structure.
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Compared with the orthodox horror suspense movie, Happy Death Day is more entertaining and the atmosphere is relatively relaxed. Compared with the traditional comedy movies, it has added the horror brought by the "birthday change" and the reasoning fun of the protagonist in the infinite life cycle to find the real killer step by step. In addition to the aura of the circular narrative structure, Happy Death Day can also be called exquisite design in the play, and the lively rhythm can firmly grasp the audience’s attention throughout the whole process. The New York Times praised the film "Happy Death Day", saying that the film "has enough back and forth changes between relaxed and playful and suffocating tension, which completely aroused the audience’s interest in continuing to watch. The director kept a lively tone every time she woke up, ran wildly and complained, and made the’ death cycle’ setting fresh. "
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Movies do not shy away from paying tribute to harmony: the former is one of the most classic movies under the setting of "infinite reset at a specific time"; The latter is a typical thriller comedy that is regarded as a standard by countless young people. "Happy Death Day" adopts the structure of "Groundhog Day", absorbs the genre elements of "Jing Sheng Jian Xiao", and sets the story background on campus, which successfully makes the film fit the tastes of young audiences: pursuing freshness, liking excitement, and advocating fun, stem and "cool".
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It is also worth mentioning that actress Jessica Rothe, who plays the heroine Tree, once appeared in the movie "Explosions". This time, in Happy Death Day, she took the lead for the first time, and her play was so heavy that she was even ridiculed as "occupying every frame of the film". Fortunately, she lived up to the expectations of the creative team and the audience, and her brilliant acting skills brought a lot of surprises to the film. Every time Rod wakes up in the film, he experiences the same plot, but his mood, behavior and even mental state are constantly changing. Her proper detail handling and emotional control have quietly interpreted this change, which has changed the attitude before and after Tree — — Regardless of family, friendship and love — — It is very logical. Choosing a girl like Tree as the protagonist and growing up with her is just another "anti-routine" attraction that can’t be missed.
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