To put it simply, "The Last Witch Hunter" made two major mistakes:
1. The theme of witches must die.
2. The starring role is Van Diesel.
I don’t want to be reconciled to vampires and werewolves. In recent years, the subject of witches has had several opportunities to appear on the big and small screens. However, it is different from ordinary magical fantasy movies. Due to the dark history, the witch itself has a lingering and respectable evil and ugly temperament, regardless of whether the protagonist is a witch or a witch hunter.
Regardless of whether the third season of "American Horror Story" is the ugliest and most boring season in the series, a singular look at the witches & "religious" (pseudo) blockbusters of the past few years can completely tell this trend of rushing to the streets. : Hawkeye Jeremy Renner's "Hansel and Gretel: The Witch Hunter", Nicholas Cage's "Witch Season", and "I, Frankenstein" by "Two Faces" , The inexplicable "Seventh Son: Battle of the Demon", "Savior of Mankind" "Forty-seven Ronin", and Jarvis's two consecutive years of convulsions in "The Second Coming" and "Exorcism" before becoming Jarvis By".
Even the 2004 "Van Helsing" is probably one of Hugh Jackman's most indifferent works.
Of course, this is not absolute.
If it was set aside ten years ago, it might be the second set of "Underworld."
However, Shinco director Brick Esnar is not Len Wiseman. The screenwriter team is the screenwriter of "The First Year of Dracula" and "The Exorcist" (!) who died in a violent death. As for the producer, one has dedicated "The Mirror and Mirror", the other has dedicated "White Ghost's Escape from the Jedi", and also worked together to create "300 Warriors: Rise of an Empire".
In short, it still depends on the face.
Let's take a look at Wu Kequn's leading brother: Van Diesel.
There are two main movies starring Fan Ye Diesel:
"Fast and Furious" and other bad movies.
Of course, this kind of bad is bad in a relative sense. As a muscular man who starred in "Saving Private Ryan" and starred in one of the most successful original movies (series), you can't just ask him so little.
However, a little bit higher than this requirement, he really couldn't do it.
But for a "character actor" who basically relies on roaring in acting and speaks very warmly, you can't say that he has any problems with the act. Although they can't test their acting skills, at any rate, characters such as "Interstellar Legend" and "Era of Babylon" are the same as "Fast and Furious", and there is no challenge in tailoring them. Even so, even if Fan Diesel plays everything as Fan Diesel, he is still roaring in "The Last Witch Hunter", but he roars a little bit distracted.
There is still progress.
However, Fan Diesel, which is born with a B-grade temperament, should be avoided most often with this common B-grade theme. Good top-notch special effects, good high-quality supporting roles (Michael Cain, Elijah Wood and Rose Leslie’s performances are remarkable), the stars hold the moon, but the ones in the palm of the hand are not so affordable Wu Ke suddenly pulled the grade down again.
Ten years ago, Rock Johnson was playing "Doom" and Fan Diesel was playing "Interstellar Legend 2";
ten years later, Rock Johnson was on the line, and Fan Diesel was still gnawing at his laurels.
This cannot but be said to be a gap in understanding.
In short, "The Last Witch Hunter" is ugly even if it is stunning in art and visual effects, and there are no major problems with casting and performance.
As for the other movie elements, there is not so much to blame: because of Fan Diesel’s warmth, the whole film is brought to the warmth, and there is a big problem in the rhythm; the story is not beyond scrutiny, but Lack of bright spots and strong theatrical impetus, character personality is not clear enough; I want to establish an ingenious connection between ancient magic and modern society, but because there is no interaction, it seems completely out of touch and lack of sense of the times; many settings about magic appear rigid, and The topic of immortal lacks in-depth discussion, and it is not as interesting as the episode of "Doctor Who".
Although "The Last Witch Hunter" is definitely another special effects blockbuster that has been obscured by the audience, for Fan Diesel:
Think of it as garnishing character for the next "Fast and Furious".
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