The main character of "Capone" is the famous American gangster Al Capone. The scarface fashion evil star who concocted the "Valentine's Day Massacre" and was superb but notorious for whitewashing methods. He was ultimately defeated by tax evasion and sinking. In prison, the syphilis caused by romantic debts in his youth turned him into a useless prison in a prison with inadequate medical conditions. In the last year of his life, it is said that his consciousness has recovered slightly, but it is only a return to light. This "Capone", which has a reputation both at home and abroad, focuses on the last moments of this big guy's embarrassment.
I noticed that this movie was posted on the public account. When the article came up, I was heartbroken that this new work by Mr. Tang had been criticized for incomplete skin, coupled with terrible disfigurement makeup effects, and a history of director’s death. This film has already been extremely heinous. Should not be born in the world. However, after watching it with curiosity, I came to the conclusion that this movie is indeed problematic, but one star and two stars would be too demeaning. The core argument of the official account is: choosing the last year of the mess caused the film to be uncomfortable. The audience was locked in their seats for more than 100 minutes. The audience always thought that the plot was about to be reversed, and the big guy was about to make a shame. , And the director has always used illusions to create fake orgasms with great scheming, constantly declining the audience's appetite, but the result is disappointing for the audience. But the question is, is this movie's goal to make the audience cool?
Big Brother Twilight: A "Spiritual Victory Method" Story
I don't intend to draw a fight on the audience's taste, and I raise my hands and feet to agree that the audience's likes and dislikes are an important yardstick for the success of the movie. But as far as I feel like sitting for more than 100 minutes, the purpose of the film is not so cool. Teacher Tang's disfigurement makeup, from time to time incontinence, drool dripping from his mouth, and screaming at every turn, undoubtedly showed the most unbearable side of the protagonist. It is not that Teacher Tang finally defeats the illness and kills the Quartet, or that seems to be crazy but actually plays with everyone in the palm of his hand. It's a kind of "spiritual victory" that can only be understood by people in their twilight years: bravery is the courage to face fear, and you are a hero who overcomes it.
The director used a number of images to interpret this point of view in this film. Here are a few obvious examples: One is the lion of the Wizard of Oz that appeared in the middle of the film. As we all know, this lion is an anti-lion image and is called a "cowardly lion." After going through a series of adventures, it understands that the true meaning of bravery is to face fear. In the film, Capone obviously liked "Green" very much, and he knew the characters and storyline in the conversation, and even sang the theme song of the lion. The second is the excerpt from "Turandot" "Nobody Sleeps Tonight" appeared more than once in the film. The famous lyrics of this well-known excerpt is "Disappear, the night! The stars fall, and I will win at dawn!", and the third is card. The statue in the courtyard of Peng's residence seems to be Augustus, the first emperor of the Roman Empire (though I personally think that Caesar is more suitable).
But what is this boss afraid of? The director told the audience through flashback that he was afraid of two things. One was torturing and killing the wrong person, and the other was abandoning his illegitimate child. In the movie, Capone kept flashing back, either the blood dripping from the kid pulling the balloon, or the blood dripping from his former subordinates, both of which made him feel fear and regret.
In addition, what this "hero" has to face is not only his own inner fear, but also the various people in reality: the FBI, doctors, subordinates, friends, relatives, etc., each have ghosts in their hearts, and hope to dig more from him. secret. This image is abstracted into a crocodile. The crocodile first appeared with the surveillance personnel. The first time Capone was pointed out to Jonny where the surveillance personnel were hiding, the crocodile was seen. The second time was two fishing. The first time they talked about Capone’s huge amount of gold, but a few seconds later the crocodile snatched the fish that Ka caught. The last time Capone shot madly and fell into the water. He saw the crocodile attacking him. Climb up.
So, has he defeated these?
Growth motif: Why is this movie disappointing?
The motif of "Capone" is actually a story of victory over oneself. The director also used narratives to let the audience realize that Ka defeated these "enemies". The first is that he imagined a large-scale operation to kill the four directions, and the wrongdoer Keno was beaten into a sieve, and the second was that he finally confronted his illegitimate child. In addition, the crocodile let a flood of thoughts wash away. But this also highlights the problems of the movie. The first thing I want to talk about is too abstract in content, too much imagery is used in means, and flashbacks are made of fiction, which is intended to show that Capone is trying to pull out and re-examine these issues, and even the plot of crawling on a corpse in the rain is quite interesting. I regret not the original meaning, but the intention of the performance is too vague, the reality and the past horizontal jumping techniques are too magical, it can be said that the public account said that the audience is confused.
If the director wants to tell a story about using the "spiritual victory method" to save himself because he is about to die, then choosing Capone is a risky move. In reality, most of Capone's life experience, although the plasma splashes and the fire is cooking oil, it seems that he can be a big book, but what does he need to reflect and save himself? Everyone will think that it is the unjust death of human life and romantic debts, so is the solution to the human life problem only to kill a person with mental intentions? It is too frivolous and even ridiculous. The inking and rendering of Merry Debt is too fragmented and vague. When watching it, it is not easy for the audience to understand where the child came from and what happened to Capone. They can only vaguely think that he is related to the rainy night massacre. And why the child always held a yellow balloon, why the stomach was dripping with blood at first, there was no explanation. This kind of treatment is too much for the audience. It seems that the director still wants to show Capone's human touch through the guilt of the unjust case and the illegitimate child. However, the method he chose is to compensate the two by using spiritual ideas. When thinking about it, it is not only absurd, but also cold. At this point, does the director worship Capone, or despise Capone, pull a hero off the altar, and then stand up through the spiritual victory method. Is this a revelation for the audience?
So speaking of it, in fact, why this movie makes people feel like sitting on pins and needles, the reason is not that it is not cool enough. There are too many funeral films. Does every one make people shout and waste the actors? The problem with this film is that it cannot be justified, and its own logical line deviates from the public's perception. In the act of watching a movie, the audience needs a sense of completeness. This movie does not give the audience this opportunity at all. Supplemented by fancy means, successfully got everyone in. Some viewers are lost in the madness of the plot and don't know what the director wants to do. Some viewers walked out and found that they thought they had found the answer, but the result was nothing.
Treasure hunt: the story of halfway
Regrettably, the director's ambition is not to talk about a motif. He also wants to sell off the audience, and use the huge amount of Capone’s mystery to hide the audience’s appetite, which is a common treasure hunt motif. Sadly, however, the treasure hunt motif has become a tool in the hands of the director. It is only used to hype topics and highlight the sinisterness of the people around him. By the way, it is used from time to time to show Capone's sober mind, so that the audience thinks Capone is an old cunning and playing with everyone. Child game. But in fact it was useless. The motif disappeared completely, making the audience feel fooled. At the end, he will show off to you that he hasn't forgotten the topic, ending with a line of "no money found" subtitles. If he insists on adding practical significance to this setting, it is probably that Capone didn't let anyone know where he hid his money, and he successfully won the game of coveting his money.
However, I have to say that in fact, the director still has a certain ability to control the rhythm, including the fact that the fictional flashback is also a very characteristic technique, which shows his ambition to make this movie well. However, his core thoughts were too big and improper, and his methods were too mysterious, which made the film not only unable to stand up to the core, but also incomprehensible to the skin, and finally the reputation was defeated. It's time for Trunk to put away his shameful ambitions, dig out characters and polish the script, otherwise he can only be a bad film director.
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