故事节奏虽然拖沓,但是优酷点开后,被克洛伊回眸两个少年的眼神所吸引,继续看了下去,年轻的面容,厚重的眼影和蔑视的眼神。随着剧情展开,看似无忧无虑的两个少年,各有各的家庭问题,看似唯唯诺诺的女孩玛丽,有着内心深重的自我谴责。后来每段背景音乐也很切景,就随手记录一下故事情节吧。克洛伊一直是成熟太妹,似乎热衷欺凌,妈妈是常自愿被潜规则的小演员,离婚两次,他们从纽约来,不太关心她。父亲也似乎与她决裂。得知父亲婚礼没有邀请她,那个镜头,她在家自残,总让人无法怪罪。男孩一尼克的主持人父亲失业,破产,房子断供(门口foreclosure的牌子放了六个月)要被收回,他们面临着搬家。男孩二杰森家庭有钱有产业,在私立高中上学,因为伪造成绩单被开除,被父亲骂“从来没做成一件事过”。玛丽是母亲去世的乖乖女,一直谴责自己害死了母亲,有点蠢,喜欢尼克。故事高潮是他们潜入陌生人家里恶作剧,情节衔接地不错,节奏步步紧张,配乐完美。最后玛丽走了,克洛伊走了,留下两个兄弟,在冲浪板上争吵。杰森说“女孩都是一样的,只是假装不同”这句有点显示他不是那么蠢,尼克终于生气走掉,浑浑噩噩、不知善恶的四个青少年啊?想去加州玩,加州男孩都像杰森一样这么热情、单纯、真诚、愚蠢吗??不过豆瓣三分低了,比中国一些四分片好得多,所以弥补性三星。希望引入负分制度…看了英文的介绍:AteenseductresspullsthreeotherprivilegedMalibukidsintoherdeviousscheme,andunforeseenconsequencesforcethegrouptofacetheirownfearsandmortality.Analluringseductress(
GiaMantegna)slowlycorruptsrebelliousteenstodoherbiddingastheyexperimentwithsex,drugsandvandalisminMalibu,Calif.影评人ANNECAMPBELL的解读:Thegroupdynamicisseverelylackingherebecausethereisnoreasongivenforwhytheseguysaresoeasilymanipulated,theyhavezerosenseofself-worth,anddon’treallyresembleanyhumanbeing.Chloeisn’tmuchbetterbecausethere’snoreasonforustocarewhyshe’ssoinsidious.She’sjustanotherannoyingCalifornianteenhighonherlooksandoffersnothingelse.Thereisnochemistrywithinthisgroup,noranythingcompelling.Notsurprisingly,“CaliforniaScheming”can’tovercomeanyofthesecharacterdeficiencies.Thecameraworklookedgood–crisp,clean,clearandbrightshots,andevenmanagedsomeinterestingeffectsfrompoolreflections.Buttheactingwasshakyatbest,andthemysteriousatmospherejustgotreallyannoyingbecauseitdidn’tleadanywherequicklyorinterestingly.It’sprobablysupposedtobeathrillerbutitendsupbeingnothing.影评人LISAMarieBowman的解读:Allthreeofthemarepretty,shallow,andrichandquicklybecomeclosefriends.However,theyendupmeetingashygirl(playedherebyRachelSeiferth)whoobjectstothewaytheytreattheirpetseagull.Theshygirlandthemoresensitiveofthetwoboysendupbecomingacouple.InLastSummer,thisleadstotheshygirlbeingraped.InCaliforniaScheming,itleadstoMantegnaconvincingherthreefriendstobreakintoahousewithher,atwhichpointthefilm’splottakesauniquelydisturbingturnofitsown.CaliforniaScheminghasbeengettingsometerriblereviewsbutIratherlikedit.Thefilmlooksgreat,thecastisprettyenoughthatitreallydoesn’tmatterthatthey’renotgreatactors,anddirectorMarcoWeberdoesagoodjobatcreatingandmaintainingapersistentatmosphereofbothsuffocatingennuiandimpendingdoom.ThemostfrequentcomplaintthatI’veseenaboutCaliforniaSchemingisthat,upuntilthefinalfewminutes,nothingreallyhappensinthefilmbutIthinkthat’sthepoint.CaliforniaSchemingisaportraitofpeoplewho,asaresultofhavingeverything,aredoomedtoaccomplishnothing.Asaresult,CaliforniaSchemingmaynotbeentertainingintheconventionalsenseofthewordbut,whentakenonitsownterms,it’ssomethingofaminorexistentialmasterpiece.批注:Foreclosure,简单可称之为法拍房,是指屋主在无法偿还贷款之后,被银行强行收回后,由银行进行拍卖的情况。银行需要通过拍卖形式,最大程度的弥补借贷上的损失,最快的拿到买主无法偿还的贷款。在这一过程中,买方是与银行沟通,现金交易比较占优势。但通常由于原来的屋主因为长时间没有资金进行房屋维护,拍卖房屋都需要进行一些大的修补工作,但同时拍卖价格也比市场价格要低很多。但是其实在Foreclosure也分为三个阶段,第一阶段为Pre-foreclosure,房主出现拖欠贷款的情况,银行就可以向当地的法院申请记录,并向房主寄出欠款通知,即NoticeofDelinquent,以示警告。在这种情况下,有经济条件的屋主会尽快还款,如果欠款时间过长,银行可以根据情况向房主发出违约通知,即NoticeofDefault,最为最后的警告。第二阶段是Foreclosure,即NoticeofDefault两个月后,房主仍无力改善还款状况,银行将有权进行公开拍卖。本文版权归作者Rosina所有,任何形式转载请联系作者。