The rhythm of Robert Zemeckis’s movie is superb. Which gives the movies a lot of power and meaning. Rhythm in life is more than half of the meaning. Every moment of your life is an opportunity to enjoy the rhythm. Even the absolute mundane can be meaningful given the right rhythm.
Always remember: life is not about what we do, but how we do it. The purpose of life is to do things with a rhythm, not to necessarily accomplish certain things.
The story is essentially about how a woman seeks the truth about her past.
1. OPPORTUNITY is something happens to make the protagonist view everything from a different perspective.
2. CHANGE OF PLAN is when she takes initiative to seek the truth, including being forced to confront the truth by the husband. Just before POINT OF NO RETURN, she knows what is wrong by confronting with the neighbor.
3. At the POINT OF NO RETURN, she is reminded of her past and gets the identity of the ghost.
4. HIGH STAKES is when she goes to find the mother of the ghost and brings its hair home so that she can be hosted by the ghost. Then she remembers everything about her husband’s infidelity.
5. EVERYTHING IS LOST is when she has given up searching for the truth and burns the hair.
6. FINAL PUSH is when she brings the box from the lake and his husband shows who he really is.
Page 0Michelle in the tub, awakening from a bad dream.
Page 3Introduction of the daughter and the dog.
Page 4Introduction of the husband and the neighbor from afar arguing.
Page 5Sending the daughter to the university.
Page 6Couple alone in the bedroom. The perfect relationship. Sex competition with the neighbor.
Page 10Michelle alone in the house, looking at her old stuff, feeling overwhelmed, but doesn’t know why.
Page 13The wife next door is also crying and terrified of her husband, which worries Michelle so much that she asks Normal to check on the neighbor, who is also a professor. (THE EMOTIONAL OPPORTUNITY THAT CHANGES THE WAY THE PROTAGONIST LOOKS AT EVERYTHING.)
Page 15Discuss with Norman about her worry about wife next door.
Page 17Michelle finds a slipper with blood on it. Chat with her best friend who believes in psychic about her stress: a new house, sending daughter to college and also the car accident.
Page 19At night, Michelle spots suspicious activity of the neighbor carrying a body.
Page 21Something suspicious about the door. The dog also acts funny and she finds a body in the lake. (THE SERIES OF EVENTS MAKE THE PROTAGONIST CONNECT THE NEIGHBOR WITH THE GHOST)
Page 24The stereo is turned on by itself, which freaks her so much that she goes to see Normal in the office, where she overhears the drug that renders mammon immobile.
Page 26 Discussion about Normal’s finding about the new neighbor.
Page 27Weird door stuff again. This time it breaks the photo frame.
Page 29Michelle sees the car leaving and she goes to visit the neighbor again, only to be greeted by the cold and evasive husband.
Page 32Michelle’s peeping on the husband is spotted by the neighbor. This is definitely a drastic behavior for somebody like Michelle. (CHANGE OF PLAN AS THE PROTAGONIST TAKES INITIATIVE TO LOOK FOR THE ANSWERS)
Page 33Going to dinner with Normal. Crossing the bridge. (Get the audience used to the idea of cell phone reception.)
Page 35Talking about how they meet and Michelle’s back story. Also the haunting stuff Michelle has been experiencing. The husband is forcing Michelle to face her fear directly.
Page 38Michelle finds a mysterious key under the floor after fixing the picture frame. But she couldn’t find where to use it.
Page 40Michelle finds a ghost in the tub water. And she goes to see a shrink.
Page 43Heeding the shrink’s advice, Michelle gets a wiji board in order to communicate with the ghost. (CONNECTING WITH THE GHOST IS THE CONTINUITY OF CONNECTING WITH THE NEIGHBOR)
Page 50After her friend left, the ghost again tries to communicate with her and telling her initials on the computer, which is the same as the neighbor.
Page 51Michelle goes to see his husband in the office again, which makes the husband angry.
Page 52Michelle confronts the neighbor in the university only to find out that she is completely wrong about who the ghost is.
Page 54Michelle admits to the shrink that she was wrong.
Page 55Neighbor Mary comes to visit Michelle to apologize the wrong impression she gave her and all the misunderstanding has been resolved.
Page 58On the party, an old lady friend reminded her about how she got into the car accident a year ago. (It is the EMOTIONAL POINT OF NO RETURN because she starts to remember her past and she starts to investigate her own past instead of the neighbor.)
Page 60The picture frame is broken again and the article on the back of the picture tells her about a missing girl. And she is able to find the exact identity of the ghost. (PHYSICAL POINT OF NO RETURN AS THERE IS NO WAY THAT SHE IS GOING TO STOP INVESTIGATING NOW. YOU CAN JUST SEE FROM HER EYES THAT SHE KNOWS THAT SHE IS RIGHT.)
Page 62Discussion with the husband about her new finding. Although her husband is skeptical, she is sure about herself.
Page 63Michelle goes to visit the missing girl’s mother.
Page 66Michelle steals the girl’s hair from her room.
Page 68Michelle’s eyes turn green and starts to seduce Norman.
Page 72Michelle loses the hair and begins to remember how she finds Norman having an affair with the girl and how she got into the car accident.
Page 75Michelle talks about the truth of the past with her best friend.
Page 77Michelle finds out Normal being electrocuted in the bathtub after coming home. She thought it was her fault to bring all this because she brought the hair home.
Page 79Normal confesses to her about his infidelity.
Page 83Normal calls an expert to investigate on the ghost until he sees Michelle goes to the lake.
Page 86Normal rescues her from the lake, where Michelle sees a box. They burn the hair.
Page 88Michelle starts playing music again and she can feel that the ghost is gone. Normal pleads with Michelle, who forgives him. They go sailing to let the audience get used to the idea that they have a boat. (EVERYTHING IS LOST FOR THE PROTAGONIST BECAUSE SHE HAS GIVEN UP SEEKING THE TRUTH)
Page 90Taking a bath, only to find the key again, which leads her to Adamant, where she sees that the key is to a box that she saw in the lake.
Page 93Michelle gets the box from the lake, only to find the necklace of the ghost.
Page 94Normal tells Michelle how the girl died and asks for her forgiveness. But she insists on calling the police.
Page 100Normal drugs Michelle and tries to drown her in the tub when she finds out that he didn’t call.
Page 106Normal hits his head when he sees the ghost when he tries to take the necklace off Michelle’s neck.
Page 110Michelle saves herself and regains mobility just before she is drowned in the bath tub.
Page 116Michelle gets out of the house, drives the car with the boat and runs. At the middle of the bridge, she calls the police once she gets signal until she is attacked by Normal.
Page 120Normal tries to drown Michelle again only to be pulled down by the ghost that was struck out by the boat stick.
很hitchcock,特別是浴室求生一場的剪輯。鄰家女人的線索僅作為隱喻,在這種類型影片中不常見,一般往往會發展成一個關鍵情節。但我反而很喜歡這樣的設置。
很多年前的了,当年看的时候,那个时代,这部片子绝对值5星,现在大家口味重了,这部很经典
6/10。揭示真相版《深闺疑云》,夫妻间的莫名猜疑与典型的线索追踪电影混合而成,导演没少偷师希胖,对幽蓝光的运用、动作复杂的摄影机转场、悬疑景别的设置(浴缸快溺的交叉剪辑、捡电话的低角度)。但谜底并没指向希胖钟爱的双重人格,而是顺应了《第六感》后人鬼殊途的潮流。整体没新意,不看也罢。
一个亿的投资花在哪里啦?演员的粉底还是烟饼呀?不知道美国编剧折磨中产阶级中年独女的习惯是什么时候开始的。
你在开玩笑吗......
悬念的铺设和结尾较为容易猜想到的走向都是没有太多惊喜的,倒是本片中各种镜头语言的运用确实是很多恐怖类型的片子可以好好学学的。高潮部分女主的尖叫和最后尸体还魂的确凿其实并没有必要,回归心理精神照样能说好故事。
几段浴室戏挺抢眼的,呼吸都快停止了。故事在米歇尔最后浴室挣脱到此多好,非得后面加一段血债血偿。福特演反派确实挺意外。多年之后再看觉得前面有些冗长没必要。
鬼片就鬼片,能不能别扯恐怖片?本以为是正经悬疑惊悚,好家伙看一半通灵都出来了。又长又磨叽,邻居那条线就占了一半时长结果只是个幌子,快一小时才进入正题。节奏感太差
轮番进来吃东西,聊天,看的三心二意的
导演是恋足癖吗?这片子菲佛的脚部特写未免太多了吧?两个主角都发挥出色,就是这剧情有点滑稽,吓人的点过于依赖一惊一乍的音效,但有几个利用特效/光影制造的镜头还是很惊喜的,譬如菲佛在浴缸乍变死尸脸还有福特在车子后面阴影中突然冒出。75
居然还惦记上人家女儿了 禽兽阿
不知是不是因为当时教室的音效好,是我至今看过的最恐怖的影片了
最讨厌戴着悬疑的帽子,拍的鬼片了。
一部很好的电影,菲佛和福特的表演很到位,原来福特也可以饰演这种角色。。
很久以前看的了。比较平庸,没啥不好也没啥好。。。
经典,我喜欢的女演员,技术上太值得学习了
让哈里森福特演个杀人犯有点过分。他那么帅那么迷人。哈哈哈哈。这部电影当年看的时候吓坏我了。可以说又是恐怖片又是鬼片。女主应该不爱老公吧。从头到尾都在质疑怀疑老公杀了人。我还一直以为是她错怪了老公。听说这部电影是罗伯特泽米吉斯拍摄荒岛余生期间抽空拍的。大导演就是牛。随便拍的电影都这么惊悚吓人。
7.0/10 分。节奏缓慢,所有的精彩都在最后十分钟。。。
还行吧,邻居太太那段太牵强了吧,强行让女主以为邻居杀人,感觉直接从浴缸见鬼影那里开始也行。大部分惊悚镜头都能预料到,不过最后那里挺紧张的,感觉冥冥之中一切都已经被女鬼安排好了
这个片子其实可以不用鬼来做主题,进悬疑的部分加剧情就可以成为一部经典。哈里森福特的演技绝赞,调查过程安排也不错。女主的失忆和项链盒子等等,都是环环相扣,很好的片子。