I haven't seen any movie universes today. Although the most successful one is only Marvel, Da Cong still looks forward to the blooming of all movie universes.
The Soul Conjuring movie universe led by Wen Ziren can be said to be established relatively early, and it is a relatively stable movie universe. It is even said that the development of the DC universe is better, unless DC "Aquaman" can pull back a game this year.
But you can't say too much! This year can be said to be the most anticipated horror film in the world, the evil spirit universe movie "Nun" supervised by Wen Ziren. After watching it, Da Cong felt that the viral advertisement of "Nun" was more terrifying than the original film.
(Premiering at Baiyuan Cemetery)
It is true that it is difficult for horror movies to get a good reputation. After all, the convoluted plot, the deliberately scary scenes, and the deadly protagonist, these elements together can create a scary atmosphere. So today, there are only a handful of horror movies that can truly be called the hallmarks of the world, and they are very old, such as "Rosmaria's Baby" in 1968, "The Exorcist" in 1973, "The Shining" in 1980, and 2001. "Frightening Island", etc.
After that, the type of evil spirit horror film entered a period of silence for more than ten years, until Wen Ziren brought the "Hidden" series in 2010, and then brought the "Conjuring" series.
From the "Conjuring" series, Wen Ziren began to dominate the Conjuring universe, but now he is working on "Sea King" again, so in this universe, Wen Ziren just got off to a good start, but he couldn't use his own power to summon A terrifying evil spirit.
Last year's "Annabelle 2", although there are still some plot and logic problems, can be regarded as a qualified horror film. There are several bridges in the film, which really make people feel the real hidden fear in their hearts.
This year's "The Nun", Da Congben is looking forward to it, because in "The Conjuring 2", Wen Ziren made the ghost nun's face and fear to the extreme, and also played unexpectedly in creating scary ideas.
The fact that an oil painting can scare the audience in a different way is also due to the scary style that Wen Ziren has always adhered to, that is: "The unknown is the most terrifying, and the reverse is interesting."
In addition to Wen Ziren's training, the successful creation of the role of nun naturally requires Bonnie Ellens who plays the ghost nun. She has a tall figure, a slender face, put on pale makeup, and wears nun clothes to go there. Pestle, naturally makes the hair stand up.
Therefore, such an impressive evil spirit does not have an independent film of its own to introduce the origin, and it is naturally unreasonable, so "The Nun" comes.
The film is placed in the earliest era of the current Conjuring Universe. The previous Conjuring Universes are "The Conjuring 1-2" and "Annabelle 1-2".
The story of "The Nun" took place in 1952. A nun committed suicide in a Romanian monastery, so the Vatican sent a priest and a nun who had opened her eyes since childhood to investigate. On the way, they also encountered a local small law. The audience followed this story. From the perspective of the three "Detective Conan", the past and present lives of the ghost nuns were excavated.
After watching the movie, it is not difficult to see that this story is indeed the structure and plot of Wen Ziren. After all, Wen Ziren is the producer and screenwriter of "The Nun". However, "The Nun" is still not amazing and scary, so there is a problem with "The Nun" where?
Director Colin Hardy's directing experience is inescapable. Although the director is not young, he has almost never heard of the films he has directed, and the ratings are not high.
Wen Ziren, one of the screenwriters, is also the reason why there is no way to escape "The Nun". The plot of this movie is mainly to let the audience see how the protagonist is played and frightened by the nun, but the pros and cons have not formed. A confrontation, and this scary way, there is one of the most terrible logical problems, that is, it only scares the protagonist but not death.
For example, at the beginning of the supporting role, Xiaofa, it was already dark, but she insisted on going back. When she met the ghost nun, she said hello while looking for it with a lantern. After finding it, the ghost nun fell from the tree. It is really puzzling that the Fa can still retreat.
Then there are the priest and the nun. In fact, from the very first time they came to the castle, they already felt that there were evil spirits, but they lived in peace like a hotel. In many cases, the two acted separately, allowing the evil spirits to take advantage. This kind of plot set up to create a person who is alone and scared makes Da Cong feel that the screenwriter is too lazy.
Well, what I'm talking about is that the screenwriter Wen Ziren is lazy. Although Wen Ziren's directing skills are good, he is lacking in screenwriting. Previously, Wen Ziren's "Latent" and "The Conjuring" had an independent screenwriter team to make the whole plot easier. It is fuller and makes each scary section more tenable. Such logical scary motives can truly capture the audience's true inner fear.
So when watching "The Nun", as long as Da Cong sees the protagonist doing some illogical things, such as the priest running in the cemetery all kinds of fun at night, he knows that something will happen to him, such as the nun doesn't sleep at night , went to visit the decapitated Jesus, and knew that the film was going to be scary.
From the perspective of changing the character setting, Da Cong feels that the ghost nun herself does not know what to do? ! Whether you want to scare people away, or kill people, or ghosts.
When it comes to ghosts, it is because the evil spirits need to find a body to leave the monastery and make a scene in the world, so in the end all the nuns in the monastery died, making it impossible for the evil spirits to possess any body, which is also the reason why the nun committed suicide at the beginning of the film .
So here comes the problem. In the middle of the film, they already know the truth about the nun's suicide and know that there are evil spirits. At this time, they should go to rescue instead of three people to kill the evil spirits. The film doesn't give the protagonists a reason why they have to.
First, they were not possessed by evil spirits, secondly, they seemed outnumbered, and thirdly, the Vatican estimated that there was a more effective way to treat evil spirits, so why did they still fight with ghost nuns? !
and! The ghost nun was sealed during the Red Crusade, so the Vatican should know that there is an evil spirit in this monastery. If the nun committed suicide, can't they think of the return of the evil spirit? They only sent a priest and a nun. Is it really enough?
and! The evil spirit is sealed! The seal that Da Cong understood requires a spell or a few talismans to unseal it, right? The film used planes dropped bombs during World War II to blow the foundation loose, and the ghost nun took the opportunity to run out....EXCUSE ME? ! Is the ghost nun imprisoned or sealed? !
Well, everything is explained by "plot needs".
In short, there are so many bugs in "The Nun", so many that the audience wants to "cooperate with their performance". However, as the Soul Conjuring Universe, as well as a large-scale evil ghost horror film, if you look closely at the beginnings and turns of certain episodes, you can still scare Da Cong.
Especially at the beginning of the scene where the nun committed suicide, Da Cong thought the atmosphere was very good. He couldn't see the ghost nun's face, only the candles were blown out one by one, and the cross was slowly upside down.
But the more the film gets to the end, the more it becomes a "Resident Evil" type of monster-fighting film, with props and guns.
But if you kill the ghost nun, it’s fine. Who knows that the ghost nun is still possessed and escaped. At that time, Da Cong was thinking, if the three of them are so devout and great, they should live in this monastery for the rest of their lives and not come out, or Kill yourself in the line of duty just in case the ghost nuns don't die and have no idea what to do with you.
At the end of the film, there is a connection between the Conjuring Universe, which is the practice of conjuring ghosts and catching ghosts for couples. This clip is directly linked to the "Conjuring" series.
In general, Da Cong in "The Nun" is disappointed, not scary enough, and there is no fear in his heart (could it be that Da Cong is immune to horror movies?), the plot is even more logical and there are many bugs, and the motives of the characters are strange. .
I hope that The Conjuring Universe will not be too eager for quick success, and slowly write a story that can scare itself so as to scare the audience. After all, "The Conjuring 1-2" is based on real stories!
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