Human nature and destiny are the best tragedies, and their collaborative works, which people call historical, are therefore the best tragic works. This is the belief that I have always believed in the process of reading history with enthusiasm and diligence from childhood to adulthood. Therefore, because of its true and detailed restoration of history, I don't think the drama "Roma" can give it a rating lower than 4; similarly, because some of its thoughtful adaptations of history cannot be said to be very good. The sensible part dispels the inherently tragic nature of a good historical work, and I don't think my highest rating for this film is higher than a 4.
History-themed film and television works, as works of art, are of course not documentaries, let alone the film-and-videoization of historical materials. Therefore, people must never judge whether a historical-themed work is good or bad based on whether it conforms to history—even the historical materials themselves are not perfect. do this. In such works, historical facts are both load-bearing pillars and stunning embellishments, but they are by no means the cages and shackles that imprison and create. However, on the other hand, since it is a work of art, people can evaluate the results of the artistic adaptation of history itself by a historical work, as well as the purpose, mind and vision of the adaptor reflected by these adaptations: see the purpose from the adaptation , from the purpose to see the vision, from the heart to see the vision. Now let me talk about the pros and cons of "Roma" in this perspective.
What is called historical restoration? In my opinion, for a good historical restoration, he has done a good job of serving and transforming the Tao. As soon as the camera is given, people who know a little about this history will immediately think like this after seeing it: Yes, this is what I have in mind. The streets, lives, and people of this era, if I traveled back to that era, I would also speak, do, and think as shown here. This is also one of the charms of good historical works: his faithful restoration makes the words and facts in the old paper come alive, giving them color, sound and taste, so that instead of sitting in the study and reading history on the pages, I can Get in and become a character of that era, feel it in an almost immersive experience, and share weal and woe with the people or heroes of that era. In "Rome", the staff who dutifully read government announcements every day in the forum square, the people love to see the ancient Roman farce that was staged everywhere, and the crowded civilian settlements in front of the courthouse, just like the taxi drivers at the station gate today. Lawyers recruiting business, etc., etc., the restoration of these very life-like scenes gives those history lovers who know the customs and customs of the time a very subtle welfare-style immersion. However, among these trivial details, "Rome" did not forget to let the major events of history cast a faint shadow on them, not to mention the fat and lovely microphone before the forum, but to talk about other scenes. For example, the play mentioned a woman with a tragic fate. Her husband died in the battle of Carle, which was one of the most tragic battles fought by the Roman Republic. 10,000, smashed it, beheaded Crassus and his son, and the Roman army in the east was seven and only two. This battle almost made Rome lose control of the Mesopotamia, the Caucasus and even Syria. At the same time, the three lost Crassus, the lubricant, civil war. The cloud of 'is spreading more rapidly within the Republic. For example, later in the first season, when Ulinus was playing war games with his sons and daughters, he recounted what he saw in the battle of Thapsus, which is completely consistent with the entire history of the campaign. In the battle of Thapsus, Caesar eliminated the African troops of Cato and Scipio, and the armed forces of the Republicans were basically wiped out. This was also the last large-scale battle of the Republicans against the monarchy. At the same time, there is also a scene where Caesar led his army into the city of Rome, and the procession passed a triumphal arch. At this time, the camera moved up to focus on the Latin inscription on the Arc de Triomphe, roughly saying, "The Great CN.
Through the above discussion, it is not difficult to see that the creators of "Rome" not only understand that period of history, but may even have studied it deeply. Therefore, the deviation from historical facts shown in the work cannot be said to be caused by the lack of historical knowledge. It is an intentional artistic processing. Before proceeding to the following discussion, I would like to clarify one point that I only want to discuss in this work, the author's adaptation or artistic processing brings me to my own feelings, and what I feel the author's intentions, Others are out of the scope of what will be discussed. Because a popular argument is that if someone makes some disapproval of a certain point of view of a certain work, there will be a defense that says: the author himself is better than his work shows. , was only forced to cater to the public's taste or the requirements of the sponsors, to write such an imperfect bridge. This is a bit like the prevailing "fishing" trend in some forums now. The author is using his seemingly imperfect handling to catch fish that are more imperfect than him, that is, the audience, to actively earn profits or simply passively avoid the audience. And the resentment of the gold master, and I hang above it all, as a perfect and ideal entity. So here we make a gentleman's pact to avoid this hard-to-verify and therefore seem like a persuasive argument that we imagine the author as a sincere gentleman who does what he wants to do, And only what he expresses in his works is valid material for a film critic discussion. A film review is just a film review, it is just a highly subjective reagent, not a prescription; the only thing a film reviewer can do is to act like a diners, and they can only say that your dish is too salty for me or not. It's weak or it's just right. I like or dislike some of the chef's cooking habits. He can't write a recipe for it, can't teach chefs to be human, and can't reform the system of chefs and restaurants. People who want a thermometer to treat a fever, or a thermometer that wants to treat a fever, I don't think it's advisable.
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