I watched the ultra-HD version in advance because of Sony's crazy operation, which somewhat made up for the regret of not being able to watch the whole film on the big screen. After reading the complex mood, to write something.
After all, it’s a comic changed to a movie. After the TV ended, I learned a little bit about the plot behind the Spider Mountain in Xia Natian, so I also knew the plot of the death in purgatory. After that, watching the movie after that was somewhat less emotionally impactful. However, due to the excellent performance of the film, I was deeply shocked when the whole film reached its climax at the end.
The pacing of the film itself is actually not very good. It gives the impression that the TV version is condensed and simplified, but in fact, due to the lack of a certain emotional accumulation, the shaping of the characters is somewhat empty. The most obvious feeling is that the description of purgatory is not very sufficient: the first half of the film mainly describes Tanjiro , in the second half of the story, I started to mainly describe purgatory, and there were not many scenes in itself, and a lot of fight scenes with Shang Xian San were incorporated, which made the time for the whole character shaping very fast, basically from his debut to the climax and then to his death. Time went by in one go, although it was enjoyable to watch, the emotional foreshadowing was still a little less meaningful.
The first half of Xia Xianyi is very confusing. After reading it, my impression of him is that he is a full tool person. Pulling it out to add a memory to the protagonist group is a matter of course. His own shaping is basically equal to nothing, showing the characteristics of the protagonist group. Later, he was simply killed. Although he was Xiaxianyi, he didn't have a trace of appearance, and even in terms of expressiveness, he couldn't compare to Xiasan Spider in TV. In the second half, the appearance of the top three appeared suddenly without any explanation. After a fight, he ran away. Although there was a description of his fondness for masters and battles, it was nothing more than that. He was a tool man. Also very obvious.
The sense of separation before and after this movie is a bit powerful. In the comics, it doesn’t feel good to follow the plot like this, but for a movie, it seems unreasonable to narrate without a foundation. In other words, as an independent film, he It's unqualified, but if you look at these shortcomings in conjunction with TV or comics, it's nothing. In short, this is more or less a fan-oriented work (this seems to be nonsense).
As for the picture of the crowd blowing wildly, I personally feel that it is not much different from the TV version. I can't understand the differences between the breathing techniques anyway, and there is no need to understand it. Compared with Fate HF3, which was basically produced at the same time, the 3D part of the tentacles of the middle and lower strings of Ghost Extermination is not very well done. The fight between Purgatory and Shangsan is well done, and its expressiveness is excellent.
In terms of music, Kajiura Yuki upholds a consistent style and plays stably as always. It is worth mentioning that the variation version of Tanjiro's Song was used many times in this film. Although it is indeed very sensational, it is indeed used a bit too much; when Purgatory hits the third stage, it unexpectedly uses electronic music, coupled with high-speed fighting. , is really touching.
In terms of seiyuu, there were no major breakthroughs in the early and mid-term, and Tanjiro recalled that part of what he did was nothing but a loss. However, at the end of the film, Tanjiro's performance in the part where he shouted to Shang San was very amazing, and to a certain extent, it even made up for the insufficient characterization of purgatory, which made the emotional rendering of the whole film pushed to the peak.
As a commercial film, the success is beyond words, although unfortunately it has many shortcomings, but you can't expect it to be both artistic and commercial, right? The IP of Ghost Extinguisher is one of the top tiers in Japan. At this rhythm, as long as the UFO is not stupid, it can basically be finished. That's good news for a small audience like me. As long as the values of watching movies are correct, I am still very tolerant of the depth of the movie itself. The original work itself is not a very good manga, and there is no need to deliberately compare it with some classical masterpieces or the works of writers such as Tezuka Osamu. to compare.
Combining with Japan's national conditions, it is for no reason that Ghost Slayer can take the first place in film history. This is the sequel to the movie that was launched quickly after the end of the TV boom. Excellent production combined with a logical, self-consistent and emotional plot, which is just right When the domestic epidemic situation in Japan tends to ease, the film market is empty, so that it occupies the right time and place, and as long as the works do not cross the line, they can reap excellent results, not to mention the works of such magnitude as Ghost Slayer?
It's a shame I didn't see it in the cinema for the first time. If you have the opportunity to show it in the country, please support it.
It's great to see the Flower Street at the latest in October this year!
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