The image of Jaden created at the beginning of the film was not successful, so Jaden left us with a very light image. He was short-tempered, had good abilities, and had a bad relationship with his father. These were all filmed too lightly, resulting in The characters' roles are not full and lively enough so that the audience can't be very engaged into Jaden's world. For example, the director can film the process of Jaden performing a task in school to shape the character, and he can completely ignore the screenwriter, because the screenwriter of this movie is really not very good. You can give the audience such a plot, Jaden is performing a very difficult task, and you can add gorgeous actions to it. Among the team members, he is the fastest and best, but when he is about to complete the task, he is too impatient. , which resulted in failure. If you shoot like this, it will look much better than before. It successfully shows a strong child, and the characters are more real and full. At the same time, the audience also likes good action scenes. Next, the scene of getting on the plane was filmed more casually. Here, Jaden came into contact with the monster for the first time. A few guarding staff smiled, so it was a bit contrived, and an old scientist should be allowed to take care of the monster. When Jaden secretly watched, the old scientist told Jaden the story in the hoarse voice unique to the old man, which was actually told to the audience. This effect was to render a mysterious and uneasy atmosphere. Set the stage for the next adventure. Then you can also let the curious Jaden walk into the attack range of the monster. At this time, the monster suddenly attacked Jaden. At the moment of life and death, Will rushed up and protected his son with his body, because the monster could not feel Will's existence. , so they were able to escape. If it was changed to such a set of shots, it would be much more exciting. The most important scene is the long section back to Earth. First of all, I think the scene is too ordinary and not grand enough. Computer effects should play a role here. The scene of being chased by monkeys is still not thrilling enough. Is it because the director's skill is not enough? What I think is more problematic is the plot of the eagle. He was caught by the eagle and finally rescued by the eagle. This is too far-fetched. It should be filmed like this. Isn't there a fight scene in the eagle's nest? I jumped over there, and then the eagle and Jaden met under the tree in frustration, at this time, we can have a close-up, in front of the eagle, Jaden slowly took out an eagle egg from his arms, but the egg was still broken , This is intentional, incomplete is beautiful, and then Jaden carefully put the egg in front of the eagle, although the egg is broken, but it can be seen that his heart is complete. In this way, the following eagle rescues Jaden's plot will be logical. In the episode where Jaden fell into the lake, Jaden also saw his relatives. I don't think this plot is very good, so It seems a little far-fetched, and it can be said that this plot is a bit boring, and it is possible to shoot some thrilling scenes of fighting monsters in the water. After Jaden's equipment that communicated with Will broke down, the subsequent scenes were basically Jaden's, which means: the connection between the two characters was disconnected! In my opinion, the equipment can be disconnected, but the connection between the characters cannot be completely disconnected, and the consequence of this is that an overall coherence of the story and the plot will be destroyed. This can be done, although the equipment is broken (this is understandable, the outside environment is so dangerous, bumps and bumps are certain, of course, after the equipment is broken, it can give Jaden a chance to perform personally), but the equipment is not completely broken, still can It is not normal to receive information from time to time. This kind of design should be reasonable. The signal of our mobile phone is unstable sometimes. In this way, Will and Jaden are still connected, not really disconnected. What's the use of breaking the connection between two people directly, you should let the audience's heart hang in that kind of uninterrupted situation, remember Hitchcock said "explosion is not scary, waiting for the explosion to be scary", also this reason. This movie is a little better for the fight with the monster at the back. If this scene can be connected with Will, it will be even better, which is why I said earlier why it can't be completely cut off. At the end of the fight with the monster, Jaden finally learned how to make the monster not feel his presence. Such success should be seen by Will. For example, when the monster forced Jaden to a cliff and his life was hanging on the line, Jaden put aside all distractions, picked up the knife in his hand, and walked steadily towards the monster. At this time, there was a signal on Will's side, so Will Although he was seriously injured, he still looked at his son intently. When Jaden stabbed the knife into the monster, Will's tears flowed down. In this way, the latter plot is not just as simple as fighting, but highlights the relationship between father and son, and also draws a happy end to the discord between father and son at the beginning of the movie. Information is just abnormal. This kind of design should be reasonable. The signal of our mobile phone is unstable sometimes. In this way, Will and Jaden are still connected, not really disconnected. What's the use of breaking the connection between two people directly, you should let the audience's heart hang in that kind of uninterrupted situation, remember Hitchcock said "explosion is not scary, waiting for the explosion to be scary", also this reason. This movie is a little better for the fight with the monster at the back. If this scene can be connected with Will, it will be even better, which is why I said earlier why it can't be completely cut off. At the end of the fight with the monster, Jaden finally learned how to make the monster not feel his presence. Such success should be seen by Will. For example, when the monster forced Jaden to a cliff and his life was hanging on the line, Jaden put aside all distractions, picked up the knife in his hand, and walked steadily towards the monster. At this time, there was a signal on Will's side, so Will Although he was seriously injured, he still looked at his son intently. When Jaden stabbed the knife into the monster, Will's tears flowed down. In this way, the latter plot is not just as simple as fighting, but highlights the relationship between father and son, and also draws a happy end to the discord between father and son at the beginning of the movie. Information is just abnormal. This kind of design should be reasonable. The signal of our mobile phone is unstable sometimes. In this way, Will and Jaden are still connected, not really disconnected. What's the use of breaking the connection between two people directly, you should let the audience's heart hang in that kind of uninterrupted situation, remember Hitchcock said "explosion is not scary, waiting for the explosion to be scary", also this reason. This movie is a little better for the fight with the monster at the back. If this scene can be connected with Will, it will be even better, which is why I said earlier why it can't be completely cut off. At the end of the fight with the monster, Jaden finally learned how to make the monster not feel his presence. Such success should be seen by Will. For example, when the monster forced Jaden to a cliff and his life was hanging on the line, Jaden put aside all distractions, picked up the knife in his hand, and walked steadily towards the monster. At this time, there was a signal on Will's side, so Will Although he was seriously injured, he still looked at his son intently. When Jaden stabbed the knife into the monster, Will's tears flowed down. In this way, the latter plot is not just as simple as fighting, but highlights the relationship between father and son, and also draws a happy end to the discord between father and son at the beginning of the movie.
In addition, a big problem is that the visual effects are not enough. How can it be called enough? Have you seen "King Kong"? The director of "The Lord of the Rings" is different. When they entered the virgin forest, the director started to use gorgeous special effects. Dinosaurs, giant insects, etc. all came out, which made people very enjoyable to watch. , is naturally a visual feast Luo. "Return to Earth" is better designed. After so many years, there must be many weird and amazing creatures on the earth. It depends on the director's imagination. The imagination space is much larger than "King Kong" Well, but we almost didn't see anything except an eagle. Compared with "King Kong", it is like a sci-fi film made in China.
The problem with this film lies in the director, the screenwriter is not good, and maybe the producer is also at fault. Originally relied on Will Smith's reputation, the name of the movie has been very loud. Will Smith, his sci-fi films have always been of high quality for so many years, and father and son have collaborated again after so many years. The selling point of the box office, if the quality of the movie is high, it must be profitable, but there is no way, the director is not good, and he is not willing to spend a lot of money. Maybe it would be nice to have Spielberg make this movie, because he can blend sci-fi and emotion well. Maybe it would be good to have Cameron filming. First of all, he must have invested heavily. Anyway, it would be better for many directors today to film than this Indian director.
The above is just my personal opinion. I have only seen this movie once, and it is not high-definition. There is a fast-forward in the middle. I only remember part of the plot, so it is not surprising that the above may be wrong.
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