Remember these photos? This is the memory of an era.
I don’t know how many of my friends who are reading at this moment have witnessed the birth of the legend of "New Hope". You are lucky. However, we are also lucky. Nearly forty years have passed. As descendants, we have finally seen a legendary body. "New Hope", which swept the world in 1977 and created a milestone in film history-what exactly does this name refer to? We finally found out today.
First of all, this film review contains spoilers, but friends who want to watch spoilers don't worry, no matter how I tell myself not to think about it, I still think of last year's "The Force Awakens". At that time, I was very disappointed with the director and screenwriter. I also wrote an English spit on Facebook, and asked me to come and scold it again to compare the brilliance and handsomeness of Rogue One.
The two most deadly points of "The Force Awakens", the first is that the whole movie lacks a kind of "temperament" of Star Wars.
Star Wars is not so much a science fiction film, but it is a kind of "mythical" value. Any great civilization needs to have its own mythology as a social spiritual cohesion, a spiritual collective "root." This aspect of the Americans has remained blank until the emergence of Star Wars; although other nations have their own myths, but the first The second time I saw a myth on the big screen so magnificently presented was also Star Wars. This is why Star Wars has become a classic. It is quite difficult to present this sense of mythology well (how to define it? The simplest criterion is to make you get goose bumps), and the requirements for the aesthetics of choreographers are not generally high. Star Wars 456 can be said to have created a sense of myth that has never been seen on the screen. I define this as a kind of "star wars temperament."
Although the three prequels are less than 456, they still have a flow that is known to be directed by George Lucas at first glance. Visually they can also present an epic feeling as vast and solemn as a march; but the tone of "The Force Awakens" is lacking. With this kind of thing, there is no agitation on the senses that can make you get goose bumps.
When I watched it last year, I couldn't tell what was wrong. Anyway, I felt that this was not Star Wars. Even in the last scene where Rey found Luke in the Skellig Islands, Ireland’s outer island, the scene of ecstasy and the soundtrack, coupled with Luke’s swallowing the world’s finale, still did not reflect the star wars temperament, I always felt that there was a lot of one. With the colorful entertainment of Disney, I got goose bumps and finally reached the last level of my pores, but I didn't come out. I was really tired and didn't love it.
That sentence is used to call Snoke, if you say you can't use any title, you should use "Supreme Leader"! ? I immediately forced the Snoke brain to make the slumped face into a fat face and three fat faces, and play out to the outside of the galaxy~~~
Even the signature lightsaber duel doesn’t have the solemn and solemn sense of ritual and law in the Lucas series. From the rookie who picked up the lightsaber for the first time to the well-trained dark force villain, they all used the lightsaber to be like an elementary school chicken. Cut, don't these layman choreographers know that the Star Wars lightsaber duel is based on Japanese kendo and Bushido, not our Hong Kong young and Dangerous friends.
All of the above is as if a person's whole skin is left intact, but his mind has been changed.
The second and most unforgivable thing is that they don’t understand Luke at all. As the first protagonist of the old three, the absolute main axis of the 456 story (Anakin is only the first protagonist of the prequel 123, and the black warrior cannot be called in the 456 plot composition. The first protagonist, but he is the iconic totem of Star Wars: The Black Samurai is like the front logo of Mercedes-Benz, Luke is the car itself), all the plots are written around him, don't understand him or don't understand Star Wars.
These directors don’t understand that Luke can be said to be the most passionate and sincere character in the entire film history. How many times has his dedication to friends and family brought tears to my eyes. The real Luke will not abandon them even if he tries his last drop of blood. No matter how great the setback is, it is impossible to become like that, hiding in a tortoise shell thousands of miles away from the galaxy, and abandoning his apprentice + nephew, sister and friends who were born to death.
Even if the nephew was really bad because of his own mistakes, where did Luke, who had to sacrifice his life to influence his father, who was considered heinous, went? ? I still refuse to admit that the one in "The Force Awakens" is Luke. Let me take a look at how the following two parts 8, 9 rounded up this bunch of bruises, anyway, at this moment I continue to be speechless.
Okay, let’s go back to Rogue One this time. Strictly speaking, this is just a rumor of Star Wars. The director is not Lucas, but it is contrary to the safety of The Force Awakens. The closer you get to the end, the more pleasantly you will be surprised to find that they are sincere. People who understand Star Wars-The long-lost classic epic sense and the unique temperament of Lucas Star Wars on the big screen unexpectedly come back.
What makes me a little bit creepy is that after watching it, I faintly feel that "Rogue One" is overwhelming, and that it is not politically correct. After all, this is a rumor! However, after a period of time, I feel the inner feelings, and I still feel the same: the director of "Rogue One" seems to touch the essence of Star Wars more than Lucas. The emotion and atmosphere of this movie, all software and hardware To some extent, it can be said that it surpasses the old three classics.
It’s like one day you meet someone who looks a lot like you, but who understands and loves yourself better than you. You will marvel at how there is such a person in this world, and then fall in love like fate Lost him/her. "Rogue One" gave me this feeling.
There are also two things beyond the old three: First, it exaggerates the spirit of the revolutionary army more than the old three: hope, tragic, self-denial, and selflessness. It has a certain medieval knightly style more than the old three, a kind of integrity and courage belonging to a distant era.
Whether it's the protagonist Erso and his daughter, or the supporting role warrior played by two Chinese actors, or the sad hero Saw Gerrera played by Oscar actor Forest Whitaker, they all have the kind of silent guardian of what they insist on and smile like a flower-everything is wrong. Xuan, needless to say-when you realized that they will inevitably return to the dust and their hearts are deeply shaken, they have practiced their beliefs with unhesitating firmness and forbearance, and fulfilled what they have been given in their lives. mission.
This kind of awe-inspiring spirit is something that was missing in Lucas movies in the past, and maybe it was also what Lucas himself didn’t dig into too much-the core spirit of Star Wars; back then, we all faintly felt that the direction of "New Hope" refers to Luke. However, today, we suddenly discovered that there is a legend behind Luke, who was originally identified as a legend, and it is "Rogue One".
Although Luke conveyed this spirit to some extent in the third three parts-the gleaming belief in the gleaming hope of a sparkling prairie fire-but the lack of such a knightly ups and downs in the performance method, so that in The emotional shock is a bit weaker, after all, the shock of the third part is more from the visually surreal imagination.
The method of the old three is more biased towards the stars. The core spirit of Star Wars is almost all conveyed by the character of Luke, but "Rogue One" you can feel that it is a story that really belongs to everyone, almost every decent character Luke's spirit was flowing bizarrely all over his body. In the past, Luke's image illuminates everyone like a big sun, while in "Rogue One", each character shakes hands and warms each other. After all, it is "Star Wars" rather than a superhero movie that shows personal touch, so I think "Rogue One" is indeed more fleshy in conveying the essence of Star Wars to the audience.
"A New Hope", we only learned about forty years later-which gave us Xiwei's new hope in the endless darkness-turned out to be such a team of unsung heroes who also flowed with the blood of Luke Skywalker. It is like a faraway legend that has been circulating for a long time. We only saw the true body of this legend today... We only know today that you are the real namesake of "A New Hope". As a fan of Star Wars, please let me pay your most sincere tribute~~~
In the third part, we seem to see a beauty with a stunning figure and a bright sunny smile, while in "Rogue One" we are surprised to find that she has another side under such a beautiful appearance-her How to overcome past misfortunes and sorrows, her connotation, her beliefs, and her unknown spiritual world.
The second point that surpasses the old three is even more commendable: it even more perfectly outlines the image of the iconic star warrior Darth Vader than the old three, and it is also very strange that a set of rumours did this. Anyway, I was frightened at the last scene of Vader's aggressiveness. It was really frightened.
In this scene, the director's handling of the advancement of the scene space, from the sound of Vader's breathing in the pitch black, to the sudden flashing of the scarlet lightsaber, to the layered layer that makes you more breathless, stacking and killing, the kind of created Atmospheric effect, I think it can really be recorded in the annals of history. The war horror film I have watched, to be honest, there has never been a scene like this that gave me the fear of "this time I am truly dead" from my bones.
I think war films and horror films should give the audience a sense of life threatening, but they are generally surprised at most, and it is only the perception of outsiders. After all, I still know that I am watching the movie. . However, the director of "Rogue One" has a clever technique. He kicks you into reality. This is not a dream. Everything in front of you is real feeling: Vader is stepping towards me in a sealed space, I There are many companions around us, we all have guns, and we are all committed-but we still have to die for each of us, there is no escape, no retreat-that is a kind of you who inspire yourself to fight to the death, but in your heart you know that you can't do anything. Terrible.
One thing I have always felt rather regretful is that so far there is no set of constellation movies (including Rogue One) that really shows the true appearance under the armor of the black warrior. The last part of Anakin in the third part of the prequel is already being connected to the mechanical limbs. , It doesn't look like all limbs are broken, and the wounds around the body are still fresh, and the person is lying flat, so the visual shock is not big enough.
I believe that if any movie can be like the comics in the Bacta Tank healing pool after the water recedes, hang him in the dark air, white light hit him-no lines, not even a face-just let The audience saw his whole body with broken limbs and his scarred flesh turned out like a crater on the surface of the moon. Under such a strong visual impact, the old Star Wars fan recalled his past and present life. Will be overwhelmed with pity and sorrow; viewers who are first exposed to Star Wars will also be curious about what kind of story this is, and will have more sympathy and understanding for his later dark actions. Of course, I also understand that the choreographer does not do this to avoid being too arrogant, not to mention frightening the children. After all, Sir Alex Ferguson has a lot of fans.
Then again, the image of the character of the black samurai, from body shape, helmet, cloak to breathing, voice and soundtrack, aims to make him a horrified figure who can condense the air as soon as he comes out, but I have always I think the plots of the old three are not worthy of the image so painstakingly established. He truly deserves a plot that is more able to set off his horror and might and the aura of the universe, otherwise it would really waste this classic character... "Rogue One" finally realized my dream for many years! ! !
I feel that the voice of the old man James Earl Jones is getting older and older. If you look carefully, you will find that the actor Spencer Wilding, who plays Sir Alex Ferguson, is more burly in size than David Prowse of the third part. Not only is he five centimeters taller. , The shoulders are also wider, the back is particularly stalwart, and the ratio of the helmet to the body is also more coordinated. Without David Prowse and the third part of the prequel Hayden Christensen, the head is slightly larger and smaller when playing Ferguson. It can be said to be in appearance. The most perfect Sir Alex.
When Sir Alex Ferguson played for the first time, whether it was a white mist or a melodious planetary view in front of him, the director perfectly used the strong contrast of black backlight to achieve a deeper and more intimidating visual effect, plus the surrounding scenery The red and black background and the red light reflected from Sir Alex Ferguson's eyepatch had made him even more chilling than ever before. When the finale of the film debuted again, you said I was abnormal, my heart was already pounding when I heard Sir Alex's breathing in the pitch darkness, and my eyes became red with the lightsaber when I lighted my sword, Sir Alex When I finally let go of butchering people, my tears just came out of my eyes, and I almost screamed! ! I have to go to the second brush just for this scene, and it is still IMAX! ! I advise everyone, you must go to see IMAX IMAX IMAX! ! !
Speaking of this, I have to cheer for the two Chinese actors Donnie Yen and Jiang Wen. Before watching them, I even made fun of them because they were sprinkled with a few green onions in the ice cream. After watching it, I actually felt that they were well integrated, but it was a pity that they didn't have enough drama! ! I think this is the most successful Chinese actor blend in American cultural totem ever. And Jiang Wen’s English accent is actually better than Donnie Yen, who has been in the United States for many years! ! I took a look at Jiang Wen again~~
There are also many visual effects that bring great excitement, such as the scene where the heroine father Galen was taken away in Mýrdalssandur, Iceland. The gray and green scenery is far away and the vastness is blurred; in Wadi Rum, Jordan In the scene, the visual aura of a high mountain and standing up when the giant star destroyer hangs over the sky; there is also a gorgeous scene that blooms like a lotus when the Death Star finally launches its destruction; the bursts are full of a strong atmosphere of star wars. ~~~
Of course, I have to mention the gradual and delicate weaving of the emotions between the characters. From the beginning, the male and female protagonists are hostile to each other, to the hidden mutual sympathy and tacit understanding, and then finally each other's lives have settled, and they are embracing each other with affection. Huangquan’s sadness and solemnity;
There is also the heroine and father-daughter relationship between the heroine and father for more than ten years, as if after a reunion in the next life, and the moment when the heavens are separated from each other. Much... Compared to "The Force Awakens", some people who have never received training touched the Force for the first time and picked up the lightsaber. They got the talent and the stronger dark force that graduated from the class. The strict selection and training of the Jedi Knights are like a joke. No matter how high your talent is, you must be within the reasonable framework of the Star Wars universe.
In addition, in terms of emotional expression, the sacrifices of every decent character in "Rogue One"-even the cute robot K-2SO-the director just didn't shoot them very sensational, on the contrary, they secretly gave the audience before they sacrificed. I have done a lot of emotional paving, and when I really let go, what is on the screen is a light and breezy clarity and calmness. In such a contrast, the emotions accumulated all the way before will give the audience a sudden and heavy blow, which makes people unconsciously feel a vaguely uncomfortable, and the stamina is great.
Compared with the sacrifice of Lao Han in "The Force Awakens", there is no emotion in the front and the deliberate dramatization of thunder on the ground when the real sacrifice is crying and screaming on the screen. Those of us who have seen Star Wars since childhood have had much affection for Lao Han. It's totally sad and can't get up, I just feel abrupt and inexplicably wondering what the situation is, it's really a judgement.
In addition, the original Princess Leia at the end was created using CGI computer-generated images of the face of a Norwegian actress Ingvild Deila; I was also shocked when I saw Governor Tarkin, wondering why this person is still there. ! ? Later, I learned that because the original actor Peter Cushing passed away in 1994, this role was also made with the face of living actor Guy Henry. The fidelity is quite high~~~ everything can be seamlessly connected with "New Hope". A work of conscience, a work of conscience.
In short, everyone gave a good show. Whether it is a decent villain, this movie really captures the other side of Star Wars. When the film is over, the whole theater applauds together? Knowing that there are no end credits, two-thirds of the people are still left until the list of all the people has been played! !
"Rogue One": If you say it belongs to a Star Wars movie, then it is the best Star Wars movie; if you say it is not a Star Wars movie, then it is a set of more Star Wars movies than Star Wars! ! !
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