As an adventure film, what we see is that the characters in the film are tireless in the discovery of the new world. Even though the adventure is full of dangers, it still cannot stop the heart that is eager to succeed. It is not so much the spirit of adventure that it is the vanity at work, but it is the vanity that desires success that drives people to continue to explore and discover the secrets unknown to human beings.
Just like the story in the movie, I was only one step away from my dream, but it was this powerful temptation and restlessness that made me worry about it and couldn't give up for a long time, so I lost my life in the final exploration process. leave his family forever. I don’t know whether this kind of behavior makes us respectable or hateful. The realization of our own ideals is something that is very worthy of people’s encouragement, but it is a bit too irresponsible to risk losing our lives. This is the case in the movie, not letting him explore will make him unhappy and tasteless, but letting him explore may lose his life and never come back. In this difficult choice, the latter was chosen in the movie, but the ending, as imagined, remained in that ideal forever. Both choices are painful, but the pain of the latter is left to the loved ones around them.
The story of the movie is very dull, and with the stubbornness of the protagonist of the movie, the plot becomes very paranoid and boring. It can be seen that the protagonist is addicted to the satisfaction brought by honor during an expedition, thus prompting him to fanatically want to discover the legendary city of gold. As his son said in the movie, it was vanity that made him choose to explore, and he would go wherever he could get honor. He found that the lost ancient city could win the praise of the world, so he went to explore South America, and if he won the honor in the war, he went to the war. And staying with his family and watching the children around him grow up one by one will make him happy but not honored, but he will not choose to do so, because it will not satisfy his heart that longs for the admiration and recognition of others .
In the end, vanity is at work, which makes us less sympathetic to the protagonist in the movie, saying that it is to realize our own ideals, and ultimately to satisfy our own vanity, which also makes this taste of death a bit like It's self-inflicted. But his experience is still very sympathetic. He risked his life several times in the Amazon jungle, and was plotted by the villain when he was about to successfully discover the mysterious city. Not only will it become a lifelong knot, but it will also make the desire for success even stronger. Therefore, the protagonist in the story is very pitiful. Blind paranoia makes him hopeless, and blind paranoia also makes him lose the happiness he should have.
One of the biggest problems with movies is that the lines in it are all written in a sloppy manner. Either it is a sigh, or it is chicken soup to encourage, none of which is a normal conversation for ordinary people. This makes the people in the movie not very real and far away from us. It is not denied that the movie is an adaptation of an adventure novel, but at least the dialogue in the movie can be more real and straightforward, so as not to make us feel that he is a little too high-minded, out of the vulgar taste of the people, and also makes the movie look like only It's like a story in a novel, not like a story that happens in the real world.
However, although the movie makes people feel dull, the narrative of the plot is still very organized. In the slow film rhythm, the movie tells the story that occurs in stages in a structured way, and does not limit the story to the exploration process. Although the story of the movie is still mainly about exploration, the plot outside the adventure has become the reason for supporting the entire exploration process. Especially the finishing touches of the two plots of the movie make the whole story seem inevitable and reveal the ending of the story.
The first finishing touch is being plotted by the villain. The president of the Royal Geographical Society became a burden and burden to the entire team during the expedition with him. When the team chose to give up and get rid of him, he destroyed all the food of the team and miraculously returned to London. He survived, and after returning to London, he chose to take revenge, which directly led to the explorer missing the successful discovery of the Lost City, laying the groundwork for the fate of the movie explorer.
The second finishing touch is the Russian goddess encountered on the battlefield. In the fortune-telling, the goddess told the pain in his heart, which made him believe that his mission in life was to discover the legendary lost city, which also made him become a heart disease in his heart after returning to London. Not being able to realize this ideal of himself, even if he is with his family, he cannot feel happiness, which is why his son encouraged him to choose an adventure again.
However, as an adventure movie, the biggest flaw is that it does not create a thrilling journey, or even those thrilling actions. This also makes the whole movie without a climax, and also makes a movie into a feature film and a biopic. Maybe it’s because the angle of understanding the movie is different. What the director wants to highlight is personal beliefs and personal stories, and what we want to see is a thrilling storyline. In this way, our expectations and the intention of the movie have a considerable relationship. Contrast, which is why this film is not popular.
Obviously director James Gray is a good feature film. It is understandable to make an adventure film into a feature film, but it was more or less expected from the action scenes, but the film almost did not satisfy us. The conditions, I have to say, are a bit disappointing. But the biggest disappointment is the performance of actor Charlie Hunnam. No matter what kind of role he plays, it gives people a feeling of being too egoistic. This movie is no exception, never caring about others, just to achieve Its own purpose, which makes the character feel bad.
Watching the entire movie, the most sympathetic character is the explorer's wife. No matter what decision she made, she supported her husband without hesitation, shouldered the heavy responsibility of the family by herself, and raised three children by herself, without complaining or blocking, no matter how much reluctance she had in her heart, Will not be unreasonable, fight for their own happiness. Her sacrifice in the movie is the biggest, whether it is for her family or her husband, everything she does is worthy of the responsibility of a wife. It's a pity that she met an explorer's husband, a husband who was destined not to make any contribution to the family, and because of this, her tragic fate was also doomed.
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