Fraught with over obvious symbolism, Hartley's early feature is nonetheless a joy to watch. Hal here shows us his uncanny ability to cast his characters perfectly came early in his career.
Adrienne Shelley is a near perfect foil to herself, equal parts annoying teen burgeoning in her sexuality (though using sex for several years); obsessed with doom and inspired by idealism gone wrong she is deceptively – and simultaneously – complex and simple. Her Audrey inspires so many levels of symbolism it is almost embarrassingly rich (e.g., her modeling career beginning with photos of her foot – culminating her doing nude (but unseen) work; Manhattan move; Europe trip; her stealing, then sleeping with the mechanics wrench, etc.)
As Josh, Robert Burke gives an absolutely masterful performance. A reformed prisoner/penitent he returns to his home town to face down past demons, accept his lot and begin a new life. Dressed in black, and repeatedly mistaken for a priest, he corrects everyone ("I'm a mechanic"), yet the symbolism is rich: he abstains from alcohol, he practices celibacy (is, in fact a virgin), and seemingly has taken on vows of poverty, and humility as well. The humility seems hardest to swallow seeming, at times, almost false, a pretense. Yet, as we learn more of Josh we see genuineness in his modesty, that his humility is indeed earnest and believable. What seems ironic is the character is fairly forthright in his simplicity, yet so richly drawn it becomes the viewer who wants to make him out as more than what he actually is. A fascinatingly written character, perfectly played.
The scene between Josh and Jane (a wonderful, young Edie Falco . . . "You need a woman not a girl") is hilarious . . . real. But Hartley can't leave it as such and his trick, having the actors repeat the dialogue over-and-over becomes frustratingly "arty" and annoying . . . until again it becomes hilarious. What a terrific sense of bizarre reality this lends the film (like kids in a perpetual "am not"/"are too" argument).
Hartley's weaves all of a small neighborhood's idiosyncrasies into a tapestry of seeming stereotypes but which delves far beneath the surface, the catalyst being that everyone believes they know what the "unbelievable truth" of the title is, yet no two people can agree (including our hero) on what exactly that truth is. A wonderful little movie with some big ideas.
还是老生常谈的话题，与生俱来被灌输的观点是否真的是对的，盲目的民众，盲目的相信，一代人传一代人。这其实都是政治隐喻，不能深说。
森山未来演年轻人还是有点出戏，不过看完后有一种无语言表的感觉。
2022-07-09
毫无深度，所有的转折都是非常莫名其妙，让我看得不知道说啥？无聊，差。
最近看外太空的莫扎克的视频。国内卡通的设计真的差太多了，中国人做卡通形象一定要用中国元素吗，那些传统中国元素也是中国古人原创出来的产物啊，中国的历史确实悠久取之不尽用之不竭，但缺了宣传性，我们的中国元素数量就永远是那些，我们真的要这样止步不前等着别人来超越我们吗。想想真的可悲。
粉色沙滩好梦幻！！
我们相信的是他人想让我们相信的
画风有点粗糙，海兽版驯龙高手？
训龙高手海洋版，要活的伟大，不要死的重于泰山，不要死于别人赋予的意义，要活出自己的意义
整体偏低幼，杂糅了不少元素，政治寓意也相当明显，黑人和白人，歪曲的历史谎言，人为制造的恐怖假象，被蒙蔽的民众，甚至把红兽解读成中国也有那么几分意思。总之，又是一部借儿童视觉讲述大人政治诉求的动画片，也自然会显得剧情和人物突兀拧巴。6.4
看到小蓝的我：“史迪仔，史迪仔你怎么在这里！”
剧本太牵强了，转变的很快（无论是人还是海兽），最后结尾更加是潦草的没有逻辑。
驯龙高手全套照搬，虽然肯定会拍三部曲，但结尾也太随意了。全片高潮全在开场打小绿了
好可爱啊啊啊啊海洋版驯龙高手，呜呜呜大怪物太乖了！！
前20分钟挺好看的，以为是动作片，等到小女主上船了就惨了，开始变成儿童片，再等红魔鱼变成了傻白甜，全片已经朝动物环保片的深渊一去不复返了——看了40分钟弃剧
我的深海恐惧又被唤醒了，结局有点太随意了…
过于直白简单的剧情告诉我们，这个电影是面向儿童的。连自己都能猜到电影走向，就不要谈什么深度了，看着乐一下就好。
前 2/3 叙事比较慢，后来突然加速。里面记忆最深刻的就是那个小蓝太可爱了。从动画来说还是完成的不错。
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看到一半看不下去了，可能我有颗伪圣母心。海报里小红挺酷的。
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