"Percy Jackson and the Thief of Fire": "The Second Generation of God" soap is bigger than magic!

Watching more movies, watching more movie information, and admiring more and more "American audiences have sharp eyes", everyone can basically use the North American movie box office rankings as a weather vane for their own movie viewing, as long as the box office exceeds 100 million, basically It's a good movie, and American audiences don't dump it, and it's basically not worth watching. If you have to give me a counterexample to be honest with me, then I'll take a step back and say that even if this judgment is not completely correct, it is inseparable, like Movies such as "The Promise", "The Great Inner Detective Lingling Dog", and "Three Guns Shooting the Case Surprise" have long been scolded by various comments in the United States. The American people will definitely not buy it, and they will not appear in China at all. With over 100 million sales, it can be seen that the overall quality of the American audience is much more mature and rational than the Chinese audience. Taking this as a standard, "Percy Jackson and the Thief of Fire" can also be analyzed as a typical case. Don't look at this film's promotion in foreign countries, and there have been several posters. The trailer is full of magical atmosphere and also Under the banner of "Harry Potter", but as soon as it was released in the United States in mid-February this year, it immediately showed that it was completely different from "Harry Potter". The premiere week was more than 30 million US dollars, and the next week It has dropped to more than 10 million, and the box office has so far been less than 90 million US dollars. It can be seen that the old American audience is very clear about this kind of bluffing "fake blockbuster" and will not be easily deceived. The positioning of this film is also really problematic. The tone and routine of a positive, healthy and progressive children's film must be played by young actors, even without a "kiss". I really feel that those who are used to watching "American" Will the American teens of "Pi" buy it? Even "Harry Potter" has gone dark on the adult route of "darkening". You are still playing with warmth and sunshine here. The plot is old-fashioned and bland. It's better to be honest and focus on attracting Child audience, find child actors to play, this may be more reliable. "Dragon Rider" is already a lesson in the past, "Percy Jackson and the Thief of Fire" still has such a short memory, it should be played! Moreover, there are too few exciting and exciting magical scenes in the film, and the sense of suspense and attractive atmosphere is not enough. There are too many paragraphs about family and emotions, and the soap smell is obviously greater than that of science fiction. There is absolutely no way to play with less money!

Hollywood hasn't played Greek mythology for a long time, and "Troy", which is "going to the mythology route", does not count. Fortunately, this year's "Clash of the Gods" is going to be a big game. The little brother of "Percy Jackson and the Thief of Fire" should be warmed up for Big Brother in advance. Compared with the trailer of "Battle of the Gods" alone, the magical scene of this film is also of the "little brother" level. The Olympus gods appear to make an old-fashioned "enlarged version", which becomes the same as ordinary The difference between people is that Zeus blows up a door when he shoots, and that kung fu makes it similar to a Hong Kong martial arts movie, very boring and unimaginative. And the audience is really looking forward to the magic power of these gods to fight, even if they just start the fight, they can stop immediately. As a result, the task of fighting is all handed over to the "Second Generation of God" to complete. At the beginning, Zeus and Poseidon challenged. Isn't it so powerful to fool the audience?

It can be seen that the investment in the film is not very big, but the special effects are quite meticulous, but it still feels a bit "good steel is useless on the blade", and it should take a lot of effort to make all kinds of monsters and fantasy scenes of hell , but he was obviously powerless in the magical action scene, especially the last climax fight was not exciting enough, and the tension in the scene where he had not encountered the N-headed fire dragon was strong, that is, a flying shoe and a lightning rod two magic props. Not to mention flying shoes, they are too childish. This kind of props can be thrown out of the street by "Harry Potter". It is worthy of praise for its ingenuity as an implanted advertisement of a certain brand of shoes. Watching the nervousness of Zeus at the beginning of the film and the hunger and thirst of Hades at the back, I thought that the lightning rod might be so powerful. It's hard to imagine how the villain boy can toss the world with this thing. And Percy Jackson's "water control magic" is not bad, the momentum of the flood sweeping the world is obviously stronger than the lightning rod, and the last water fork to fork the villain boy into the sea is also very cool. As for the appearance of Medusa, the significance of the gimmick is obviously greater than the significance of the plot. It is quite visual to use the current computer special effects to show the gradual petrification process. Medusa's head is a powerful magic weapon and a funny prop, even if it is a gimmick. It was also quite successful.

It is said that the positioning of this film is relatively low, on the one hand, because the atmosphere of the film is too sunny, and many plots also reveal obvious preaching colors, which are used to educate young people, such as friendship, family affection, courage, self-confidence, etc. "Lost" The episode "Las Vegas" can be directly regarded as a clever guide and suggestion against the use of various soft drugs by teenagers. At the same time, some details are also very naive, the "Second Generation of God" training camp looks very boring. The kitten is basically protected by the hero, and the sturdy aura is gone. If you want to highlight the hero, don't use such a clumsy method. On the other hand, the essence of the film is actually a family film in a magical cloak. The purpose is to call on parents in modern society to pay attention to the family relationship with their children, and to cause people to examine the reality of indifference in family relationships in the commercial society. The entire "God II" training camp The teenagers are the epitome of children who lack family affection in modern society. Even if they are "the second generation of gods", they will not get the nourishment of family affection and their personality will not be complete, which may cause various social problems. The root of all the crises and conspiracies in the film lies in the psychological distortion of a "second generation of gods" who can't enjoy his father's love, resulting in a rebellious behavior that provokes the gods to fight each other, thereby destroying the world, and the male protagonist's family crisis finally The final reconciliation was also obtained through the active apology of Poseidon, the god of the sea. From this perspective, the film is actually no different from those soap operas that emphasize family and emotions.

Finally, I despise the Chinese translation of the film. Zeus clearly lost the "Lightning Rod", which is also the meaning of the English title. When translated into Chinese, it becomes "The Thief of Fire", which makes Percy Jackson look like Prometheus. Like, what's so good about this translation? It's really incomprehensible! (Text / Levin)

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