Historically or not, the movie is super good, similar to the ancient human version of a teenage movie. I guessed all the plots correctly, including Alpha's birth of the wolf, because they were all within the routine. However, I can still watch it with relish, after all, the actors, visual effects, sound effects and editing are so good.
What attracted me to the protagonist at first was his appearance, and as the plot progressed, his acting made me like the character's inner more than his appearance. Adhering to kindness while exploring inner bravery, this kind of growth trajectory is old-fashioned, but such a beautiful quality itself and the feeling of telling the story are still moving. The visual effects and sound effects of this movie made me regret that I didn't go to the theater to watch it, otherwise it would definitely be more shocking. The ever-changing panoramic airscape seems to show a variety of landforms. But I'm too bad at geography, let's talk about aesthetics. The beauty of color, the balance of composition and the effect of light and shadow work together to create a beautiful atmosphere in the film. This is a film made in perfect classical style, from content to form.
The best part of this movie is the editing. According to the order of development of things, from the male protagonist being selected as a hunter to falling off a cliff, it is the first part of the film. However, first let the audience see the key point of the male protagonist's life and death, and then jump back to the background story a week ago. Because the audience is eager to know how the male protagonist can get out of trouble, the enthusiasm for the movie will increase a lot. Although this editing method is old-fashioned, the effect is still very good when used on such a handsome male protagonist. And, there's one thing that's very novel, it's a perfect ending to the flashbacks of the first act, which is the finishing touch. In the reenactment of the hunt in which the male protagonist fell off a cliff, the rhythm of the black screen, the sound inside the screen, and the rhythm of the heartbeat sound outside the screen echo each other, so that even if the audience knows the ending, even if they watch the same game for the second time within 30 minutes The picture will still be brought into a tense atmosphere, and with a certain degree of closeness to the male protagonist, a fatal sigh about his experience. Because the heartbeat is relatively stable, it should not be the male lead's heartbeat, but a method used to symbolize a dangerous environment. I used the cross-dissolve technique several times in transitions, which I thought was pretty magical. For example, the sun at the sunrise stacks one eye opened by the protagonist, or the aperture of the solar eclipse stacks the bird's-eye view of the protagonist and the wolf hunting. To me, the purpose of this usage is to create an aesthetic rather than a metaphor for a character's emotions. In other words, because a bird's-eye view shot is used to imply the sense of destiny of human domestication of wolves, an empty mirror of the sun is connected in front of this shot, which will make the development of the film appear smoother.
It's a beautiful long shot in the way that the hunters have come a long way. The first time I saw this usage was in Notting Hill, and it was about the length of time, not the distance in this film. The same film language, under the combined effect of visual effects, rhythm and music, shows completely different effects in different styles of films. Such a comparison is very interesting. Sometimes I feel that academic movies all look the same, but if you watch them carefully, you can always see a lot of knowledge. After all, such films are the main force that Hollywood dominates the world film market, and they are a complete system from ideology to production techniques.
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