North American theater movies have been pushed out again and again, so it can be said that there will be no blockbuster releases in the summer of 2020.
Offline is precarious, but online has ushered in an opportunity for development.
On July 10, a Netflix so-called only superhero movie of the summer of 2020 went online.
It is-
"Guardian of Eternal Life"
The film is adapted from the cartoon of the same name by the famous American cartoonist Grey Luca , directed by director Gina Prince-Byswood ("Love and Basketball" and "Out of the Lights").
Charlize Theron stars Oscar-winner Chiwetel Ejiofor and Kiki Rine (If Beale Street Could Talk).
From "Arctic City" and "Mad Max: Fury Road" to "Fast and Furious 8", Theron has starred in movies in recent years, mostly female protagonists .
Especially the role of Frisa in "Mad Max: Fury Road", her short-cut appearance left a deep impression on the audience, and she was also known as " Hollywood Goddess of War ".
Theron, 45, seems to enjoy challenging tough roles the more he gets older.
This time, too, Andy, the character played by Theron, is an immortal who can be called a " female version of Wolverine ", with the ability to heal itself from any wound.
In her 6,000-year life, she found several immortals with the same ability one after another, formed an immortal army, took on some tasks, and played the role of " friends of justice ".
During a recent operation, Andy found a female companion who had just awakened to his undead powers.
Chiwetel Ejiofor's character, Copley, is a medical expert who knows a lot about Theron and the Eternal Legion's abilities and experiences.
Two years ago, Copley watched his wife with ALS die in front of him , so he thought of the genes of the Eternal Legion, and wanted to solve the pain by saving the disease.
So Copley released a trap mission, and he teamed up with Buckley, who had betrayed the Eternal Legion because he was trapped in "the loneliness of immortality", and captured the members of the Eternal Legion.
But the situation was out of Copley's control. The boss of his team was insane and wanted to use the Eternal Legion to make money, and would use any means to experiment with them.
At this time, the female team member Andy had just recruited found the clue of Booker's mutiny and came to the door, so Copley, who was found by conscience, took the female team player to the villain base...
3 days after the film was released, the film's rating reached 6.3 points, and it seems that there is a continuous downward trend. The response was sparse and ordinary, which attracted a lot of complaints from netizens.
"Sai Huang can't save the plot's inexplicable rhythm, and he can't grasp the rhythm of the drama, and it's not as amazing as he imagined, or even not as good as "Shocking Rescue"."
"You don't have to watch the feature film, the most exciting things are in the preview. The high expectations in the early stage, the disappointment after watching it."
"There is no decent villain, there is no real conflict, or deep connotation, and the action scenes can't be played. Only Theron has worked hard to perform for a long time, and saved a little bit, but the whole film is still It's flat, a little hypnotic."
Even the goddess Theron can't escape bad movies, here's a talk about the flaws of the movie.
1. The plot is thin and the subject matter is old-fashioned
The plot of this movie can be summed up as: Eternal Legion + legacy of old and new members VS medical experts who still have conscience + BOSS who is mad at no cost
In the end, the medical expert whose conscience was discovered was turned against, and the decisive battle was 2+1>1. Everyone played GG in laughter and laughter.
Looking back now, the trailer of the film that was first exposed in May actually covered almost all the plot trends of the finished film.
In other words, the movie took 2 hours to tell a story that could have been told in 3 minutes .
And even the setting of "immortal body" that runs through the whole plot is still the subject of bad filming by others, such as the previous "Asian", "Deadpool" and "Wolverine" , too many to list.
2. Too many elements, putting the cart before the horse.
The movie "Guardian of Eternal Life" has almost all the right elements of ZZ.
The immortal legion of five people, including yellow, white and black races, feminist fighters, comrades, also interspersed with a war in Afghanistan, and finally rose to save the world, work together!
If I didn't know its "action" and "fantasy" labels in advance, I would have thought it was for Oscar.
It's so full and so full that there's only one downside, it's ugly.
But this shortcoming is fatal enough.
What impresses me most is the pair of comrades in the Eternal Legion.
The dialogue after the two were caught gave me goosebumps:
"This man is beyond your imagination.
He is the moon I get lost in the dark, the warmth I shiver in the cold.
His heart was overflowing with the kindness that the world did not deserve.
My love for him goes beyond measure and reason. He's not just my boyfriend.
He is everything, he is more. "
"Oh you hopelessly romantic."
" Oh this hopeless plot " I exclaimed the same as his boyfriend.
My dear, this old man is a poet. It seems that he has not lived in vain for hundreds of thousands of years, and he has read a lot of books.
Then the two elder brothers kissed each other affectionately, exchanging bacteria frantically.
That's when the villains made a pleasurable move.
Very happy!
3. The play is quite satisfactory, there is no superhero coolness
In fact, if you just watch the trailer, the fighting scene of "Guardian of Eternal Life" is still ok.
It's just that I didn't think that the short 3-minute fight scenes in the trailer are the essence of the whole movie.
Most of the fighting scenes in the movie are presented by Theron, but from these fighting scenes, it seems that Andy, who has lived for 6,000 years, only points to weapon proficiency and automatic healing in the talent tree .
This is also the point that I can't understand the most. A movie with a "fantasy" label and a superhero setting actually fails to show any cool technology and super power .
I mentioned Wolverine many times before, and it is also a popcorn movie, so let's compare it with "Wolverine" .
The plot of "Wolverine" is also obvious. Brothers turn against each other, lover betrays, partners defect, the boss is a hidden boss, and there is no suspense in the end.
But that doesn't stop Wolverine from being an excellent Hollywood popcorn movie.
You can see the bouncing Uncle Wolf and his sexy pectoral muscles, his violent aesthetics every time he confronts people, his paranoia and anger, his dashing and calmness.
And it is these things that support the audience to sit in the theater for 107 minutes with relish.
In contrast, "Guardian of Eternal Life" lacks vitality and pales in comparison.
In general, now that the theaters are closed, "Guardian of Eternal Life" seems to be an assembly line work of Netflix, and it can't even be called a big production. It can be regarded as a regular popcorn movie.
It can only be said that the goddess Theron is running, and it is okay to take a look.
In addition, the last easter egg of the film appeared the companion Andy lost - Joan who was locked in an iron coffin and sank under the sea for hundreds of years.
This Asian girl is estimated to be the thread buried by the director, and she wants to become the big villain against Theron in the next movie.
But in terms of the current situation and response, the prospect of a sequel to the movie is not very good.
Bluestone Films Editorial Office | V7
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