Friday, July 20, 2012

Who’s Bad X Kinda Sad: Caught in The Web 搜索

 

agenda setting theory

something media guys learn

before they even know how to produce one

it’s pretty well illustrated in this movie

 

it teaches us that

do not believe in every single thing

that the media is telling you

 

it’s a pretty well-paced movie

in between the contrasts

 

I contrast of space:

the huge but cold bungalow

the small yet lovely space

the pretty outskirt with air of death

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II contrast of values:

the vigorous gf vs the lacking bf

the suspicious wife vs sarcastic husband

the innocent rookie vs the crookie boss 

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III contrast of status:

in the first place,

looking all gorgeous on a public bus is wrong

(if she doesn’t give up the seat,

there are so many more people around who

can easily do so, right?)

and

big boss vs the porter boy

filthy rich wife vs struggling working class

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all these contrasts

are part and parcel of this complicated web

which ended up in a conflict

like never before

who is at fault then?

 

and basically

in  this kind of intriguing storyline

you would never know

when will the climax step in

it’s like a roller coaster slowly picking up

suddenly free-falling, landed on the floor

 

in a blink of eye

there comes the suicide dead

leading to the end of the story

 

word of caution:

this is definitely not a love story

although it appears that

the love-bite between Mark and Yuanyuan

is out glowing the whole story

 

I don’t know

somehow I have got this scary thought

is this part of agenda setting as well

the love-birds behind the scene

they better don’t

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because..

I like this man a lot

no matter whether

he is this particular jobless dude

the violent cop in B&W

that emo rocker in First Time

or another super rich hunk in Love

he just feels real

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