I watch few movies, and at the same time I don't understand Indian mythology at all, but I don't think I have watched a better ancient mythology movie than this one.
Starting from the Son of God, the Son of God has a mysterious origin. He grew up in a small village isolated from the rest of the world, but he is not obscured by everyone. (The empress dowager at the beginning is too handsome.) After a series of adventures, through the key characters, began to tell the story of the gods. Baahubali has combined virtue, wisdom, and strength since he was a child. No matter how difficult the situation is, he can turn things around. If he was just a powerful mortal in the first part, in the second part, this mortal traveled around the world, almost using his own power as a princess to drive out the enemy, insisting on the righteousness, and being insulted. Even if he was demoted as a commoner and driven out of the palace, there was no complaint about the Queen Mother, only thoughts and love. Until he died, he only asked his uncle to protect his mother. Even his death was not because of lack of strength, but because of his virtue. These descriptions fall on a mortal, and it is no longer a description of the virtue, wisdom and strength of a mortal, but a description of the divinity of the mortal.
The son of God (like Mosestus?) can be said to be a body of a demigod. He is similar in strength to his villain Uncle Bara. In addition to the comparison with Baahubali, it is probably Baahubali> Bara (greater than or equal to ) Moses. The princess walked around Lord Shiva for three weeks, and the battlefield between Mosesta and Bala began to change. This is a feeling of "fighting the heavens and the earth" in mythological novels. At this time, the BGM sounded, revealing the true identity of Baahubali. There is a sentence "XX God's anger cannot be extinguished" in the lyrics. (Probably that's what it means) And Baahubali's deity also appeared in the cloud, and his son took the power of thunder to avenge him.
Maybe in order to let the audience see Baahubali as a mortal, to enhance the effect of the ending, I feel that there are not many metaphors in the film. At first glance, the section of the swan boat that I disliked in the second part is a metaphor. The princess controls the waves, and Baahubali let the boat go to the sky. After reading the end, think about this paragraph in turn, which actually implies that Baahubali is not a mortal. In terms of plot arrangements, there are probably the stages from the birth of a god as a prince, to concealing his identity to travel the world, to pretending to be a fool, to losing the throne, to being demoted to a commoner, finally being killed, and returning to the throne. These stages are very ancient mythological routines (commendation) .
From the setting of the scene, it made me feel that Baahubali should not be a mortal for the first time, but in the beginning of the second part, he tamed the elephant and rode the elephant on the elephant's trunk. At the end of the second part, the battle between Mosituo and Bala was a mortal battle at the beginning. As the princess circumvents Shiva’s progress bar, the battle between the two becomes more epic. In terms of color, posture, etc., it has become an inhuman battle. (Although I think the shot is quite like ancient Greek gods fighting, but I don’t know how god fights are described in Indian mythology, so I think this is very good.)
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After rewatching the final battle, I found that the director's arrangement for the final battle was very obvious gradually, and the timing of the time was very exciting.
When the princess circumnavigated the third lap of Lord Shiva, in order to prevent the completion of the ceremony, the villain would have to go through the wooden bridge to light it. At this time, the fight between Mosesta and Bala "coincidentally" caused the Balajin statue to fall, and the head of the golden statue slid all the way to the wooden bridge instead of the wooden bridge for the princess to walk on. This stage can be said to be the "shenzhen" stage. The gods stand on the righteous and pious side.
From the beginning, it was normal weather, blue sky and white clouds. When Bala found out that the golden statue was destroyed and began to show his muscles, the wind rose and the sky began to change. I think it is already half-clear here that Bara is actually a Cthulhu. Here, Bala's godhood is restored.
Then the half-god and half-human Mosesta fell in the wind until he fell to the altar of Lord Shiva (is that altar?) and sacrificed to the god with blood. During the ritual, there is a passage in the lyrics that reads "Shiva with the sacred halo above his head, the incarnation descends on the earth to destroy evil". Then continue the fight. The following lyrics talk about the god Ludhara, who is "the benevolent god of storm, the messenger of peace", and sings "Pour out the waters of the seven seas, and it will be difficult to calm the anger of the god Ludhara". A lens was given to the sky, and dark clouds gathered quickly to obscure the sun. The lyrics continue to sing that Lord Shiva danced an angry dance like Lord Rudra. Before the final blow, a huge figure of Baahubali appeared in the stormy sky. Probably here, was the power of the two gods blessed by Moses Tuo?
Finally, Mosesta ascended to the throne. The first command was "... his head will be cut off and abandoned into the dark abyss." Then the head of the golden image of Bala was pushed down the city wall and fell into the moat. In the ending song It went all the way down, first the crown was knocked off, then the head broke into several pieces, and finally fell to the waterfall where Mosestus went to carry the altar before he climbed up.
This setting is also very interesting. In addition to demonstrating the divine power of Lord Shiva, it may also imply that this is the abyss of darkness. If this is the case, there are several interpretations: First, the people at the bottom are brought from the abyss of darkness to the throne, and the evil god is exiled to the abyss of darkness. Second, the pious belief in the dark abyss can also be responded to by Lord Shiva. Third, why does the palace have a secret road leading to the dark abyss? ? ?
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