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Finally caught the much anticipated movie just hours ago. You will be disappointed if you are looking for some great crime-solving mystery or plot that challenges the mind... like the many twists and turns found in Death Note 1 & 2. Otherwise, this is still a pretty good movie in my opinion.
It doesn't attempt to present the audience with a complicated, difficult-to-solve case... and it's not a showcase of how 'smart' a maths genius can be in coming out with a flawless alibi... but rather, the movie works around and sticks with the 'Galileo' Tv series' theme of " seeing does not necessarily = believing " ... and like every other problems, blind spots exist when we become too focus in a particular situation. Sometimes, all it takes is just a simple change of perspective and the problem is solved. (As quoted from the movie, Ishigami said " my maths question are not difficult, they are just tricky. I make functions question looks like a geometry question " .The irony is, he was smart enough to derive the plan...yet he himself made the same mistake of falling blindly into the 'trap' of love.)
If the maths genius Ishigami could take another step back and change his perspective of looking at his current screwed-up life, he probably wouldn't be so depressed to think of commiting suicide then...
If Ishigami could change his perception of loving someone ( that love is not all about bringing the supposedly 'happiness' to the person you love by sacrificing yourself ), be more bold and confident in expressing his love for his neighbour, he probably won't find himself 'trapped' in a dead end , making his sacrifice ( and sacrificing other ) which doesn't yearn any good returns...
If the cops could change their perspectives of looking at logical evidences of the flawless alibi, they probably won't think that the case is unsolvable...
I like how the movie clashes the illogical love rationale with the logical mind, the contrast they create is interesting and it makes one think about it. How do you solve a love problem? When in love, even the most logical maths genius is capable of doing illogical things... if love can be solved, probably there would be a dramatic decrease in the rate of crime.
There are certain memorable scenes which I like too ( the way it was filmed )... and how the director dropped big and small hints throughout the movie. One of such scenes is when Yukawa and Ishigami were facing each other across both sides of the road... Yukawa asked Ishigami a question : Is it better to create an unsolvable puzzle or be the one to solve an unsolvable puzzle? Ishigami couldn't answer Yukawa's question... but at that moment when they turned their backs against each other and headed for different directions, the director did a close up and slow-motion capture of their facial reactions... even without words, you know from their expressions that they have already took their respective stands. I thought that was a good and impactful shot.
Lastly, like what I have mentioned at the begining... I think it is not the movie's intention to challenge your mind as the plot develops , but rather, it is merely trying to emphasize the fact that solving a crime case can be so simple ...
The truly complicated thing ... is love.
It doesn't attempt to present the audience with a complicated, difficult-to-solve case... and it's not a showcase of how 'smart' a maths genius can be in coming out with a flawless alibi... but rather, the movie works around and sticks with the 'Galileo' Tv series' theme of " seeing does not necessarily = believing " ... and like every other problems, blind spots exist when we become too focus in a particular situation. Sometimes, all it takes is just a simple change of perspective and the problem is solved. (As quoted from the movie, Ishigami said " my maths question are not difficult, they are just tricky. I make functions question looks like a geometry question " .The irony is, he was smart enough to derive the plan...yet he himself made the same mistake of falling blindly into the 'trap' of love.)
If the maths genius Ishigami could take another step back and change his perspective of looking at his current screwed-up life, he probably wouldn't be so depressed to think of commiting suicide then...
If Ishigami could change his perception of loving someone ( that love is not all about bringing the supposedly 'happiness' to the person you love by sacrificing yourself ), be more bold and confident in expressing his love for his neighbour, he probably won't find himself 'trapped' in a dead end , making his sacrifice ( and sacrificing other ) which doesn't yearn any good returns...
If the cops could change their perspectives of looking at logical evidences of the flawless alibi, they probably won't think that the case is unsolvable...
I like how the movie clashes the illogical love rationale with the logical mind, the contrast they create is interesting and it makes one think about it. How do you solve a love problem? When in love, even the most logical maths genius is capable of doing illogical things... if love can be solved, probably there would be a dramatic decrease in the rate of crime.
There are certain memorable scenes which I like too ( the way it was filmed )... and how the director dropped big and small hints throughout the movie. One of such scenes is when Yukawa and Ishigami were facing each other across both sides of the road... Yukawa asked Ishigami a question : Is it better to create an unsolvable puzzle or be the one to solve an unsolvable puzzle? Ishigami couldn't answer Yukawa's question... but at that moment when they turned their backs against each other and headed for different directions, the director did a close up and slow-motion capture of their facial reactions... even without words, you know from their expressions that they have already took their respective stands. I thought that was a good and impactful shot.
Lastly, like what I have mentioned at the begining... I think it is not the movie's intention to challenge your mind as the plot develops , but rather, it is merely trying to emphasize the fact that solving a crime case can be so simple ...
The truly complicated thing ... is love.