"Golden Compass": Boring to the point where only special effects are left

Damaris 2022-01-01 08:01:14

"Golden Compass", the investor is a new line company, the issuer is Warner Corporation-the former created the classic production of "Lord of the Rings", the latter made "Harry Potter" popular all over the world. It can be said that these two companies (now one) are the leaders in making magic films in Hollywood in recent years. When they get together to make a movie, there seems to be no reason not to make a classic magic film. piece.

However, the facts are cruel. Xinxian and Warner use a living example to tell us that 1+1 is even less than 1. From a more superficial point of view, the new line of "Lord of the Rings" is an adult fantasy film, and Warner's "Harry Potter" is a children's fantasy film, so they put together a children's fantasy like "Golden Compass". "Epic" blockbuster. But the problem is that their original meaning is "epic", not "children." Therefore, such a movie feels awkward no matter how you watch it.

As a film adapted from a European masterpiece, the treatment of "Golden Compass" is far from that of "Lord of the Rings". "Lord of the Rings" directly drove the global magic fever, and "Golden Compass" did not even raise the audience's interest in understanding the original, which is almost inferior to a quasi-child film like "The Chronicles of Narnia". Although the story background of the film is also in an overhead world, it is sad that this overhead world always feels like a small magical city. At the beginning of the film, although there is also a voice chattering and telling the audience what the world is like. However, the result of this nagging is that it almost makes the audience more confused about this unwarranted world. Compared with the female monologue at the beginning of "Lord of the Rings", a few short sentences will explain the origin of the story and the entire Middle-earth world. The structure is clearly presented in front of the audience.

After officially entering the film, we saw the little protagonist. And the next development of the story, there is almost a trend of children's films. The film does not explain how our little protagonist learns to play the compass. In other words, this savior is quite inexplicable. And when our protagonist was blessed by countless people and reached the North Pole, the "Children's Rehabilitation Center" that appeared in front of us almost made me spit blood-this organization that carries the negative role (church) to transform the world's children's determination, It seems that there is only an orphanage on the scale. It is almost unimaginable that this is a “large organization” supported by the church, and it is more like a place used by terrorists to hold hostages-you know, children in a small town are more There are many children in this institution.

I haven't read the original work, and I also believe that the original work also carries more content, but in the film, some of the words that should have been focused on are not inked, making the audience look a little clouded. The skirmishes between a group of children and a few tribes and armies have been exaggerated as "epic", which is more than a fight in the "Chronicles of Narnia" with a group of animals playing house. There is no excitement at all in this battle in the dark night in the film.

The plot is thin and the war scene lacks atmosphere. So far, the two major elements required for an epic film have all been ruined in the film. So what are we going to watch this movie for in the cinema? Well, I admit, only special effects have something to watch.

The special effects team of "Golden Compass" is Weta Studio. This studio that has risen from the "Lord of the Rings" has now become the only special effects team in Hollywood that can compete with Industrial Light and Magic. Although I love this studio very much, I still believe that the best special effects of this year's Oscar should be awarded to the Industrial Light and Magic who created "Transformers". Although the animals in this film are lifelike and the hair rendering effect has been fake and real, all of this is the refurbishment of Weta Studios in the past few years-the gorilla in "King Kong" has already reached the pinnacle of hair technology. Fundamentally speaking, "Golden Compass" did not have much breakthrough. The special effects of this film are more convenient than those of "King Kong" and "The Chronicles of Narnia"-there are indeed many more animals talking in this film, and this is the only "progress" that can be seen in special effects. ". Of course, if you are not interested in the number of animals but only in the hair, and you are a bit tired of the special effects in "King Kong" and "The Chronicles of Narnia", then I can't find it to persuade you to go to the theater to watch this. The reason for the movie. When the difference between a group of digital critters and real animals is the difference between whether they can speak or not, that has reached the point of ignoring special effects. "The Chronicles of Narnia" still has a large group of animals to fight, while "Golden Compass" has a bunch of them. Animals don’t even think about it—it’s impossible to see the jaw-dropping scenes in this film. The slightly intense scenes are already in the trailer. After all, even special effects may not be attractive enough.

It's time to end. According to this quality, don't make a second episode, but I guess that Xinxian and Warner have nothing to do with the second episode.

"Golden Compass" is so boring that only special effects are left.

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The Golden Compass quotes

  • Lyra Belacqua: If you value your lives, come no further.

    Billy Costa: Why? We gobbled him fair and square.

    Lyra Belacqua: This ain't no game, Billy Costa. Don't you know what this gate is?

    Billy Costa: It's just the back door to your stupid college. So?

    Lyra Belacqua: There's a curse on this gate. You gyptians ought to know that. Crossing this gate is worse than touching someone's demon with your bare hands.

    Billy Costa: Why ain't nothing happen to you, then?

    Lyra Belacqua: Because we live here. We got safe passage, see? And anyway, my mother's the one who put the curse on this gate in the first place.

    Billy Costa: What mother? I heard you was an orphink and your uncle only left you here cause' nobody wanted you.

    Lyra Belacqua: Come here and say that.

  • Lyra Belacqua: [as Mrs. Coulter tries to comfort her] No! Don't you touch!

    Marisa Coulter: No one is going to hurt you. No one is ever, ever going to hurt you.

    Lyra Belacqua: They did it to Billy and those other kids. They cut their demons away. Why? Why are they doing that?

    Marisa Coulter: I know it's difficult to understand, but it's for their own good. It's just a little cut. Now, you listen. A long long time ago,some of our ancestors made a terrible mistake. They disobeyed the authority and that is what made dust came into the world. And ever since then, we've been sick with it. Been sick with dust. But there is a way out. You see, Dust doesn't settle on little children. It's later when your demon begins to settle. The Dust begins to swarm all around us,working its mixture and that is how children begin to have all sorts of nasty thoughts and unhappy feelings, but there is a way to stop it.

    Lyra Belacqua: Well, if it's so good, then why didn't you do it yourself? Why didn't you let them do it to me?

    Marisa Coulter: I'm going to tell you something. Something very important, something you don't know. Intercision isn't perfect yet, and you're not just anyone, Lyra. Your mother didn't die in an airship accident as you were told. She wasn't married to your father and even though and even though she loved you very much and she wanted to keep you. It wasn't allowed. So you were taken from her, and it wasn't until things changed... and she was free to do as she wanted... That she went to Jordan College and spoke to the Master.

    Lyra Belacqua: No! You can't be!

    [gets out of the bed and walks a few meters away from Mrs. Coulter]

    Marisa Coulter: Yes, Lyra. You're mine. And you're safe with me. You'll always be safe with me.

    Lyra Belacqua: Who's my father?

    [She took a minute to figure out, then she finally guesses who her father is]

    Lyra Belacqua: Lord Asriel? He's my father, isn't he?

    Marisa Coulter: Yes. Yes.