For me personally, it doesn't matter if it's a good or bad movie, the word Ang Lee is worth buying a ticket for admission, it was the case before, it is the same now, and it will be the same in the future.
Gemini Man (2019)
Director: Ang Lee
Writers: David Benioff, Billy Ray, Darren Lemke
Starring: Will Smith, Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Clive Owen
Genre: Drama / Action / Science Fiction
Country/Region of Manufacture: USA/Mainland China
language: English
Release Date: 2019-10-18 (Mainland China) / 2019-10-11 (US)
Because the North American release is a week earlier than the mainland, the mainland's ratings have come out long ago, which is similar to Uncle An's last "Billy Lynn's Midfield War", and the mainland's reputation is more than one rank higher than that of foreign countries. I'm too old to be a fan, but I really like director Ang Lee, and I may have emotional points for his works, even so, I give this one a maximum of 6 points, a passing score.
Since David Benioff is the screenwriter of the film, it shouldn't be too surprising for the audience to have a twisted script when considering the eighth season of Game of Thrones.
It's an exaggeration to say that the plot is full of loopholes. It's a very traditional story. It's a story of Hollywood's standard B-level action movie going back 20 years.
Henry, the number one killer of the National Intelligence Agency, became tired after successfully completing dozens of assassination missions, and decided to retire to spend a leisure life of basking in the sun and fishing.
The tree wants to be quiet and the wind is not enough. The National Intelligence Agency and the private security company "Gemini" decided to send an assassination team to clear Henry because Henry knew too much.
During Henry's escape, he gradually discovered that the killer who was chasing him all the way, looked exactly the same as himself twenty-five years ago, and this killer was his clone, and a battle of life and death against himself began.
Talking about the new technology that Ang Lee fans in the Mainland have blown up, first of all, the movie was shot with 120 frames + 3D, and secondly, the movie created a full CG character, 25-year-old Will Smith.
Ang Lee has become fascinated by the new technology of filmmaking since the last film, "Billy Lynn's Halftime Battle." To be honest, I don’t really understand this. Anyway, I chose the English 3D version with the most expensive ticket price. As for whether it is 4K120 frames, or whether it can reach 60 frames, I don’t know.
However, the fighting scenes under a lot of dark light effects in the movie do look very clear. For an action type film, this visual experience is very comfortable.
And the young Shi Huang, the CG character, is really amazing. Whether it is an intense action scene or an emotional scene with a long-shot facial close-up, there is no sense of disobedience. I don’t know how other audiences feel. Anyway, I always wanted to Find out the flaws in the computer production, and finally did not find it.
In the application of new technology, I think this is perfect, but I think the relationship between technology and the success of a film should be discussed.
I personally think that if you ignore the technical factors, it is at best the level of a third-rate Hollywood B-movie. Compared with the "Mission: Impossible" or "Speed Prediction" series, there is a distance of a few streets, isn't it? works of the same level. CG characters can really burn money. The investment of nearly 140 million US dollars can be used up to half, or even a third, if it is replaced by a real person.
Film, an emerging art that has just been born for more than 100 years, is undoubtedly closely related to technological progress. From silent films to sound films, from black and white films to color films, from 2D to 3D, every technological revolution brings a new experience to the audience.
For film creators, they are limited by technology and cannot realize their ideas on the big screen. The most typical example is the first three films of George Lucas' Star Wars. When Star Wars was re-released in the 1990s, some friends complained that they were making money out of mischief. I don't think that with the rapid development of computer effects, if these three films were filmed 20 years later, George Lucas's ideas would be broader. creative space.
For me personally, I think film shooting technology is a means, and it is only a means, and only technology cannot complete artistic creation. However, technology is the guarantee for the realization of the artist's new creativity. In other words, the new technology can only reflect its own existence value in film creation when it realizes the artist's new, impactful and amazing new ideas.
Steven Spielberg's 1993 Jurassic Park.
Terminator 2: Judgment Day by James Cameron in 1991.
Gravity by Alfonso Cuaron in 2013.
James Cameron's "Avatar" in 2009.
There are too many examples of the perfect combination of new technology and new ideas, and only this combination can become an unforgettable classic in the hearts of movie fans.
Relatively speaking, no matter how perfect a new technology is, it is futile to use it on a clichéd plot. I don’t know about others. Anyway, I won’t like a movie just for the sake of technology. What impresses me is the film itself, not the new filming techniques used in the film.
I have a very good audiophile friend. More than 20 years ago, he bought a car for more than 200,000 yuan, and went to Hong Kong to buy a set of audio equipment that cost more than 80,000 Hong Kong dollars. Not to mention that for a fungus like me, I really can't tell the difference between copper wire or gold wire. The key is that the CD he asked me to enjoy is so impressive that I can't remember the name anyway. The sound of wind, thunder, and glass breaking is really high. I got out of the car and bought several cups for ten yuan at the small supermarket. They shattered in front of him, and the sound was exactly the same.
He scolded me for being ignorant of style, I scolded him for being an idiot, and in order to save face he locked me in the car for almost an hour, and listened to a whole piece of Tsai Qin's "Opportunity". Superstition listens to music better in the car. After a long time, when drinking tea together, I would still laugh at the scene at that time. He is a typical technology streamer, and I am a typical content streamer. Although we are good friends, we stand at two extremes in this matter.
All in all, an epoch-making creative idea, realized because of the new technology, is extremely exciting for both the director and the audience. On the other hand, just adopting a new technology cannot make a great movie. I will not ignore the mediocre content of the movie because of the perfect new technology.
I like Ang Lee, but I don't like this new movie of him.
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