The cinematic visual effects are nothing to say, well-made, realistic and exciting. This article mainly discusses the completion level of the lower narrative. The film narrative can be called complete and exciting. Many domestic directors should really reflect on themselves and how to make a qualified feature film.
Summed up in one sentence, it tells the story of a hot air balloon flight adventure. This is also the second collaboration between Freckles and Jones after "The Theory of Everything". Freckles has changed from a British physicist to a meteorologist, and Jones has changed from a wife to a traveler who dreams of flying. As a meteorologist, the male protagonist James was very unpopular in the British scientific community in the mid-19th century, because at that time people believed that the weather was an unpredictable phenomenon, especially in the UK where the weather was unpredictable. But James' steadfast pursuit of his scientific ideals led to the story of his adventure with hot-air ballooner Emilia.
Judging from the trailer, the main feature of the movie is the exquisite and dangerous special effects scenes. Indeed, if the film is not seen in theaters, the effect will be greatly reduced. The picture of the hot air balloon in the sky in the movie is reminiscent of "Gravity", with the thrill of being independent from the sky, and the unknown and fear of being far away from the earth. Among them, the idea of a hot air balloon as a point on the coordinate system is interesting every time the movie states the flight time and altitude.
All the scenes appearing in the trailer are concentrated in the hot air balloon. The flight time in the actual movie is also the same as the real-life duration of watching the movie, which is about 1h20m from the start of take-off. But the story is not limited to the flight itself, but interspersed with flashbacks, explaining the previous experience of the two people, explaining why James took Emilia's hot air balloon, their respective pursuits and inner struggles.
Judging from the standard of a good story that McKee talked about in "Story", the film's portrayal of two people is full enough. Both James and Emilia have character arcs of change, and the impetus of this change is It is done by two people flying together.
James is a person who has never taken a hot air balloon, and is eager to take a hot air balloon to the sky and realize his scientific research ideal; Emilia, as an experienced pilot, is reluctant to fly again because of the painful experience in the past. The reason James persuaded Emilia twice was not just his pursuit of ideals, but that he really hit Emilia's broken heart, which no one else could, which is why when After they broke the record for the height of human flight, they completely put aside their previous prejudice against each other, and happily said thanks to each other.
Interestingly, in the Western film and television circles where feminism is prevalent, this film also touches on the affirmation of female power. In the movie, Emilia is the one who is more rational in the face of danger and the one who is stronger in solving problems. When James lost consciousness, she resolutely climbed to the top of the hot air balloon to open the exhaust valve, saving two lives; when Emilia was about to fall from the rope, although she kept calling James in the basket , but James didn't save her, but she found a way to get back into the basket herself. When the balloon descended too fast, it was also Emilia who decided to jump off herself to save the weight.
But the movie did not simply portray Emilia as a cool drama heroine, she also has her own fragility and depression, and also needs James' scientific wisdom to solve problems, and it is James's insistence on science that allows her to find flight again meaning. Just like the two supporting each other at the end, stumbled forward, they are a pair of true business partners.
As a turning point in the entire arc of the story, the hot air balloon adventure made both people completely out of the predicament of life. Emilia revived, and James proved the stratification of the atmosphere with the data he collected, turning the academic community from ridicule to his research. At the end, the two smiled at each other on the hot air balloon, which seemed to be another new adventure, this time James also put on a waterproof suit obediently.
The theme of the film can be summed up in the words Emilia sewed on the hot air balloon: "The sky lies open." During the flight, the two were moved by the shocking sight countless times. , and the sky also means closer to the dream. As the father of James, who suffers from Alzheimer's disease, said while reading the news about his son in bed, the sky is closer to the stars.
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