Nicholas Cage’s new work "Season of the Witch" is a movie that is difficult to distinguish between genres. Judging from the opening paragraph of the Crusade, it seems to be a war film. After the appearance of the witch, it becomes a thriller. When the devil presents the truth Body, it has become a magical film again. Even though the elements are mixed, they are not eclectic. The various styles do not complement each other in the film, and eventually become cases of grafting failure. The heavy sense of history and the gloomy picture quality did not add to the film’s beauty, on the contrary, it seemed a bit distracting and distracting from the film. There is no doubt that this is the result of the ambitions of the creators. It is reduced to an embarrassing work that is nondescript and nutritious.
Looking at the plot of the movie, you will know which movies are secretly copied in this film. The journey of escorting the witch is naturally derived from the famous "Makai: Fellowship of the Ring". The scene of the crusade is easily reminiscent of "The Kingdom of Heaven". When the returning knight meets the witch and the plague, he naturally has the shadow of "The Seventh Seal". The bizarre book of the monastery and the bizarre death of the priests must be based on "The Name of the Rose". As for the appearance of the vampire, it is in many zombie movies. It’s a daily routine for this film. In addition to trying to please the audience, more reasons are probably to cover up the shortcomings of the script. In fact, the weakest link in the film is the script, Braj F. • Shute, a rookie screenwriter, is obviously inexperienced, and the stories he writes are top-heavy. Every time he wants to be clear, things come to an abrupt end. The story's beginnings and turns are obviously lacking in logic, and they can't stand scrutiny from beginning to end. In fact, the film has many angles to dig deeper, such as the criticism of the church and the anatomy of the dark side of human nature, but the creators obviously don't want to make a fuss about this aspect, so the end is like a stick in the climax of the confrontation between humans and ghosts. Go, it directly lowered the style of the movie, or in other words, this is the most vulgar way of ending.
Compared to a messy script, Dominic Senna has shown consistent skills in directing movies. The director who has filmed "Operation Swordfish" and "60 Seconds of Rapid" is still quite ingenious in scene scheduling. , He calculated carefully and made the most of real investment to create a grand production at a cost of 40 million US dollars. In the movie, the wolf attack and the frontal appearance of the devil were made unambiguously, but he was dealing with the relationship between the characters. On the issue of relationship and relationship, the knights played by Nicholas Cage and Ron Pullman have a sense of old-fashioned tragic, but they have not reached a good understanding. Several protagonists continue to die, creating some small orgasms. , But they have never formed a good intersection with each other.
Movies are commercial and artistic, but the most basic criterion for evaluating a movie is always whether it is creative or not. Movies made by mechanical methods and borrowing are not necessarily good movies. They are lost by mixing various styles. Movies with uniformity are not good movies. Although "Witch Season" does a good job of grasping certain passages, it can only be said to be a mediocre work on the whole. It doesn't really matter whether you go to the theater or not to watch such a movie. (Netease)
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