The first is the encounter between the two. On the vast sea, Tristan drifted in a coma for an unknown time. The raft was neither overturned by the waves nor "lost". Seeing when Isolde ran away from home, he staggered to the shore. Next, Isolde "just happened" to have an antidote and "just happened" to rescue Tristan; Tristan "just happened" to have a peaceful turn when he returned to China, and Tristan "just happened" to be the first warrior in England, "Exactly" won the game, the trophy "exactly" was the Irish princess, and the Irish princess "exactly" was Isolde. In these many "coincidences", the plot developed smoothly all the way to the point that Tristan and Isolde couldn't get married, and couldn't help deviating from the affair.
This is where the plot actually starts to get interesting. We have a saying, "Paper can't contain fire", sooner or later Tristan and Isolde's affair will be discovered, and then everyone will face a great test. But the movie treats the discovery process as an enemy's conspiracy, which is equivalent to absolving Tristan and Isolde part of their guilt. Then, a war for Tristan to save himself ensues. He "just" got into the city from the tunnel, "just" appeared in the most critical place, and "just" solved the war crisis. Although these "just" superficially increase the drama of the movie and make it look more lively and lively, they actually transfer the inner contradictions and crises of the characters. It is easy to let Tristan die with honor; how to let him live and regain his dignity is the difficulty and power.
There is one detail in the film that I still don't understand. Everyone thought that Tristan was dead, and the small raft carrying the body went down the river. Firewood was piled around the body, and everyone shot arrows at the raft. Are they all so confident in their archery? Amazingly, they actually did it. Every arrow hit the firewood, and none of them hurt Tristan - otherwise there would be no story.
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