As a reader who has read the masterpiece "The Story of the Romans" by Shiono Seven Lives, as well as a player who has played many Italian city-states in Genghis Khan 4, I personally love Italy very much, and even listed it as the first choice for honeymoon trips. Knowing and watching all the documentaries on ancient Egypt that I can find, the doomsday of the Queen Mother symbolizes the end of ancient Egypt, and the prosperity and decline of Egypt always makes me sigh.
Follow the example to introduce Cleopatra/CleopatraVII Philopator. The queen was the king of the Ptolemaic Dynasty in Egypt. The Ptolemaic Dynasty was the Alexander Empire after Alexander conquered Egypt and other places and established the Alexander Empire. After his early death, his general Ptolemy, according to the decision of his successors, divided Egypt and later called it the dynasty established by the king. Therefore, the ruler was a "foreign regime" with Greek blood. The Ptolemaic dynasty, like the ancient Egyptian dynasty, loved intermarriage, and it was a close relative between siblings or siblings. Such a taboo in genetics caused the dynasty to be ill-fated. When the throne was passed to Cleopatra, it was also the same as her own brother. Married and ruled together and became the Egyptian pharaoh, but the two were incompatible, civil strife broke out, and the Queen was forced to go into exile. It happened at this time that the Roman civil war broke out. Pompey, who was defeated by Caesar, fled to Egypt and was killed by his younger brother. Caesar Pursuing Pompey's army to Egypt, Queen Yan seized the opportunity and took advantage of the Roman military to return to the throne. His younger brother was dissatisfied with the counterattack and was killed by Caesar. The Queen, who gave birth to her only biological son, Caesar Lyon, has become the only owner of Egypt. The Queen even took Caesar's son to visit Rome, showing her close relationship with Caesar, but Caesar Xuan was assassinated, and the Queen returned to Egypt immediately. Assassinate his brother and appoint his son Caesarion as pharaoh.
After that, there was another civil war in Rome. In order to ensure the safety of Egypt, the Queen made the former Caesar cavalry general Mark Anthony, who later mastered the eastern half of Rome, bow down to the pomegranate skirt, and gave birth to two sons and a daughter, but Anthony and Caesar took over. Octavian, the later emperor of the Roman Empire, Augustus, was separated from his appearance. In order to control the power of Rome, he fought at the Cape of Actium in the Greek waters. The combined fleet of Antony and the Queen was defeated, and Octavian led the army into the capital of Egypt. Alexandra, Antony resisted stubbornly, but they were defeated like a mountain, and their troops and the Egyptian army all surrendered to Octavian. Antony committed suicide first, and Queen Mother allegedly committed suicide with a poisonous snake. Caesarion was captured and executed by Octavian. , The Ptolemaic Dynasty perished, Egypt became a province of Rome, but the children of Anthony and Anthony were raised by Sister Octavian. There are also successors.
But for the Cleopatra movie drama, I think if there is a new version, it can be changed to two directions. One is to follow the legendary route of Wu Mei Niang, basically bleaching Cleopatra, so that the audience can think how talented, bright and moving she is, but also kind and infatuated, so the key point is Just like the legend of Wu Meiniang, it is also placed on Caesar, and it happens that there is also an infatuated Anthony. As for the later period, of course, it was because of the brothers' repeated murders, and his lover Caesar "cares about" for Rome, which finally made the queen and Rome turn against each other. This route can also allow Queen Yan and Caesar to spend the romantic years of the Nile River, and take pictures of the scenery of the Nile River in North Africa.
The second is to follow the route of the harem of Zhen Huan, which is basically an Egyptian version of a palace fight. He fell in love with Anthony first, but was tragically captured by Caesar. Indiscriminate love, they deal with many women, the script should be placed in the early stage of the queen, how to be ignorant and innocent, how to be betrayed in the middle, and how to emerge in the later stage, changing sharply bit by bit. This route can also strengthen the short but close Roman time when Caesar died, showing the elegance of ancient Rome, so wonderful!
Closer to home, the film is quite based on historical facts. The plot is divided into two acts. The first act kicks off with Caesar defeating Pompey. Caesar lands in Egypt. ! ! , only disputes. However, Caesar quickly showed his strength and captured the heart of the Queen, allowing the Queen to dominate Egypt and let Rome control Egypt. But after she took back the throne, she became like a little woman, lingering and sad. Later, when she went to Rome, she stole the limelight. The parade scene was super grand, and she also drove into the city with the Sphinx, and then Nishizawa revealed The ambition to become an emperor aroused the sense of crisis in the Senate, and hostility appeared in the dialogue. The bloody assassination finally unfolded. In fact, the Queen Mother also hoped to live a peaceful life under Caesar's wings in Rome. The scene ends with Caesar's assassination.
The second act is naturally the relationship with Anthony, whose bedside confession is quite good, showing the pressure of being one of Caesar's successors. Perhaps because of this, he fell into the gentle village of Queen Yan and lost his original ambition. Compared with the first act, the confrontation between Octavian and Anthony was even more exciting. The scene of the naval battle was quite good. The battleships burned and the soldiers fell into the sea, which made Queen Yan mistakenly believe that Anthony was killed, so she escaped from the battle and cleverly explained her betrayal. After losing his protector, Octavian finally ruled the world.
The film was jointly funded and filmed by the United States, Britain and Switzerland. It is famous for its gorgeous costumes, magnificent scenery and huge investment. It can be said to be the most famous Cleopatra movie in many versions, but it cannot be reflected in the box office. It may be loyal to historical facts. The bridge section therefore requires the audience to have prior knowledge of history, otherwise the plot will feel a bit lengthy. As for the actors, Elizabeth Rosemond Taylor, who played the role of the Queen, was Elizabeth Taylor, who has repeatedly jumped on the page in her married life. She is beautiful and very competent. In recent years, it has been rumored that Ang Lee wants to direct the new version of Cleopatra, played by Angelina Jolie, but I secretly thought that the young Catherine Zeta-Jones was the most suitable, and I don't know who will succeed it now. In short, this film represents an epic blockbuster of an era in Hollywood, and it is still worth watching and recommended.
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