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Darren Paul FisherKäsikirjoitus:
Darren Paul FisherSävellys:
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In a world that is not quite here and not quite now, a young boy (Isaac-Newton) and girl (Marie-Curie) meet. However, in this world this simple fact should not be possible. In this world human frequency has been discovered. If you are high frequency, you are born lucky – you will have natural 'timing' and always be in the right place at the right time. If you are low frequency every natural law will conspire against you. Marie is super-high frequency, Zak is ultra-low. Nature should ensure that they never cross paths. Yet they do. Every year they get to spend exactly one minute together before nature dramatically intervenes. Over the years it becomes an obsession for Zak to change his frequency and be with Marie. What he discovers may allow him to realize his dream, but will change everything we know about ourselves and our destinies, forever. (Signature Entertainment)
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So, a couple of days after a methodology exam and a couple of days before a philosophy one, I sit down to watch this film. It must be fate, it was perfectly timed. Frequencies is a hard film to classify with a genre, it could be called a sci-phi (science-philosophy) romance with some dark, mysterious elements. But don’t expect another Eternal Sunshine of a Spotless Mind, this one is a lot more philosophical, a lot more scientific and also a lot less romantic; sometimes I felt I was in a lecture – which, to avoid misunderstanding, I don’t mean as a complain. The story takes place in the near future, probably, when it’s possible to measure the frequencies of people. People with low frequencies are less synchronised with the world around (basically, they are unlucky), while at the same time they are gifted with empathy (emotional feeling). In contrast, people with high frequencies are embraced by nature (they are lucky), but at the same time, “they don't care” (they don’t have emotions). At one university for genius children, a boy with extremely low frequency meets a girl with extremely high frequency. If two people like these meet and remain close for longer than a moment, their divergent frequencies will likely cause some kind of catastrophe (the girl with the lucky charge repels the boy with the unlucky charge, “they aren’t compatible”). The boy falls in love with the girl and spends years thinking about how to balance his frequency and establish harmony, so the girl will have feelings and it will also be safe for them to say close to each other longer than a minute. But how is it possible that a boy with such low frequency has got so lucky that he’s able to defy fate? Isn’t there a catch in the form of a dangerous side effect?… And that’s just the beginning. The system, or rather, the mythology the creators have come up with is much deeper and more complicated. If you want to enjoy this film, you can’t turn off your brain. What’s great is how the world gets more complicated with each twist, but it still makes sense somehow. On top of that, the story taking place in that world isn’t told in an ordinary fashion, quite the opposite in fact. It was a big surprise, but there could have been more emotions. But, as the characters say: “Does it matter” – “Not to me.”
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Definitely an interesting movie that impresses with how well thought out it is. On the other hand, it's not something that should amaze the masses. But the movie was also made with that in mind. As a philosophical variation on romance, it works well, just like a lecture on the chosen topic. I like how deep the philosophy presented here is. It's really brilliantly devised.
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