The so-called Hollywood model

Horace 2022-04-19 09:02:08

A very typical American model drama, the structure of the story is the same as that of previous American blockbusters.

The protagonist of the story is an optimist little person, unknown, without wealth or status, but with kindness, bravery, sincerity, and enthusiasm these are the most beautiful human characters.

The beginning of the story is nothing more than some trivial things in the daily life of the little people. It is very life-like and funny. This kind of beginning can easily make the audience think of their own life, resonate with them, and imagine themselves as the protagonist. There will be a sense of substitution.

Of course, this trivia of life is definitely different from the life that the little guy was familiar with before, because the world has changed, and in the little guy's doubts, the background of the story begins:

Yep, all kinds of doomsdays.

It is nothing more than that out of greed, discrimination, arrogance, suspicion, and the weakness of human nature, those very powerful people did some excessive things, and finally brought disaster. Then the powerful people are helpless and have given up treatment.

At this time, in order to protect the people he loves from danger, the little man saves the world with his wild imagination and the foolishness and boldness he dares to do. Then he rejects the flowers and applause of the crowd and returns to daily trivial matters.

Great people learn all kinds of virtues from small people, and start to reflect and reform.

over.

In addition to the story structure, there are two necessary points.

First, although the little people are very everyday, they must have a skill, and they must be the kind of craftsmanship that seems to be of no serious use, and they must play well and be the strongest in the world.

Generally speaking, the beginning of the story will start with little people playing this craft. This technique may seem useless, but at a critical moment that determines the survival of the world, serious techniques are useless, but will be of great use.

This critical moment is often the second climax of the movie. The villain has taken everything into account, but he has not taken into account the craftsmanship.

When the little people use crooked ways to solve big problems, it is when the big villain shouts "this is the fucking thing", and it is also the most ridiculous, funny, and joyful time. It is the serious to boring supporting role and the scary to scary villain who have the most life breath. It was also the time when the audience laughed.

But this is only the second climax.

This is the second necessary point. If the movie ends at this time, the grade will be lower. Although it is interesting for small people to save the world by their unique skills, it is almost meaningless. It should end like this:

Just when everyone felt that the world had been successfully saved by the little people, and they were relieved, suddenly there were difficulties that were thousands of times greater than the difficulties just now. Use, and then everyone is desperate.

That's right, craftsmanship can't solve the problem, and the final solution to the problem is the brilliance and greatness of human nature.

The final plot is that the virtues of human nature unleash the potential of the decent characters and then defeat the villains with infinite power.

If it is inspired by love, then he is a love movie, if it is inspired by family love, then he is a family movie, if it is inspired by human unity, then it is a blockbuster...

(It is said that the Wandering Earth is the origin of Chinese science fiction films, probably because it is also such a routine)

Wandering Earth (2019)
7.9
2019 / Mainland China / Science Fiction Adventure Disaster / Guo Fan / Qu Chu Xiao Wu Jing

This is the general pattern. It depends on whether the background and story filled in are interesting enough, the plot is ups and downs, the special effects are good enough, and the final sublimation is thought-provoking enough to decide whether it is a good movie.

Finally, evaluate this film according to this standard: perfect special effects. The backstory is intriguing enough, but still a bit flawed and harmless. The plot is not bad, but how did the little character fail to shoot well with his unique craftsmanship? He didn't make good use of his identity as a thief. He got the eyes of God by luck, and solved the mechanism by luck. It's easy and unreasonable. Dog blood.

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Extended Reading
  • Pink 2022-03-23 09:02:06

    The special effects are gorgeous and grand, and the scene and scene art settings are the most brilliant and creative in the same type of films in recent years. There is nothing to say about the plot except that it takes the ancient Egyptian mythology as the core and adds some modern factors into it. What is really dissatisfying is that the heroine has a hot body and a sweet face but hangs up prematurely; as for the god of love, there is no such thing as beauty, and it is too laborious to be charming and charming, which is completely a casting error.

  • Collin 2021-12-18 08:01:14

    While inheriting the legacy of the traditional "sword and magic film" and Xixi B. Dimir's epic film, it also incorporates the Japanese style of painting to package a familiar ancient Egyptian myth. Evidence-based art settings and magnificent CGI can serve the legend itself, creating a new possibility for mythical epic films in the new era. The zoom, rotation and tilting of the lens in action scenes are also the advantages given by the primo70 series of lenses.

Gods of Egypt quotes

  • Bek: You really watched the world come into being?

    Thoth: I don't lie.

    Bek: Where were you watching it from, if nothing had been created yet?

    Thoth: If I even attempted to explain, your brain would liquefy and run out of your ears.

  • Bek: It's fine. I'll do it.

    Thoth: I thought you were a stray baboon.

    Bek: I told you I'd be the one to face the Sphinx.

    Thoth: Your chance of failure is overwhelming.

    Bek: I'm sure. But before it kills me, I'm going to tell it that I asked the God of Wisdom to come but he was afraid he'd get the answer wrong.

    Thoth: This is the cleverest strategy you could devise? Playing on my ego? How vain do you think I am?

    [everyone looks around at the room filled with duplicates of Thoth]

    Thoth: Yes, well... Fine. Fine! Let's go.