Often this kind of story begins with a legend, whether it is a legend or a hero. Then came darkness, and the world needed a savior. The protagonist appeared at this time. He was often a young countryman who dreamed of heroic dreams every day. One day a mysterious man came and took him out into the world. After some setbacks (friendship, love, betrayal), the protagonist finally inherits the legendary mantle and becomes the next legendary hero.
This is a traditional classical Western fantasy story template, and this movie is also arranged in this way. Generally speaking, the movie is very complete, including the elements that a fantasy story should have, heroes and love, swords and magic, light and darkness, whether it is story elements or plots, there are all that should and should not be. , But why is the rating of the movie not high? Why can't this story become an epic story?
All of the reasons are that the movie time limits the richness of the story, resulting in a feeling of speeding up the story, which is too fast food.
The movie lasts for 1 hour, 41 minutes and 59 seconds. The protagonist has the first frontal actual combat at 45 minutes, and the second actual combat at 1 hour. The second actual combat defeated a mentor. Monsters that are said to be impossible to kill, the third actual battle is with Radu's assassin army, and the fourth is the final battle. Although the protagonist's life experience is unique, but the growth rate is too fast, a world-class BOSS, the protagonist can directly compete in 4 battles.
The movie time of the protagonist is not enough, not to mention the villain, the movie does not have enough time to shape the image of the villain's combat effectiveness. Although I want to prove that the villain is not weak through just a few words, such as the big bear Yula, from the perspective of the witcher instructor, it is said that the witcher killed by Yula is more than the combination of other villains. Another soldier said that the combat effectiveness of the 3 corps can be used. He is subdued. And there is a plot of the villain massacre the city behind, and the protagonist was killed by his mother, and it was still a one-shot kill. Not only did it fail to show that the villain's combat effectiveness was overwhelming, but it felt even weaker. Radu's assassin army just appeared on the scene as a mixed soldier, with the feeling of a Persian army of 300 warriors, but it was far less powerful than that.
The protagonist is such a fast food, the villain is such a weak chicken, naturally a traditional fantasy story becomes a fast food movie, and it is a mess. In the end, the BOSS does not need the protagonist to do anything, and the nest is turned upside down, just make up the knife. The overall difficulty is too low, and the natural epic blockbuster feels like it can't come out, it's just a family.
According to the previous story template and the current trend, this kind of story should be made in a TV series instead of a movie, or a movie should be made 2-3, each for 2 hours. This kind of story template is often the most exciting of the protagonist’s growth experience, and the movie is to play the BOSS at the fastest speed, and the director’s script is also written in this way. There are only 7 days to train the protagonist. The previous apprentice has been trained for 10 years. This script is very unreasonable, let alone a movie.
The story that could have been an epic masterpiece was made into a fast food movie, and it was over before the climax was seen. What a waste of such a good story template.
To be honest, when I first watched this movie, I thought it was a prequel to the movie version of The Witcher, but I was disappointed.
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