I am really curious how many students have never read the original but clearly understood the film. The original novel should be said to be easier to visualize than "The Da Vinci's Code". Clear clues, well-arranged traps, weird conspiracies, magical and broad religions, unexpected endings, bloody scenes of violence, dignity and connotation, villains have charm, and the heroine who values both wisdom and beauty. When I read the book, I thought that if this book is remade into a movie, it will become a classic commercial film. I have been obsessed for so long, I really did not expect that such an ingenious and delicate suspense classic would be changed so unrecognizable?
I will focus on a few inexplicable and hilarious places to compare with the original:
1. Not long after the movie started, in a laboratory where I didn’t understand anything, a lot of people were doing a really awesome experiment. This special effect still seemed quite bluffing, but then an unbelievable scene appeared. Here a group of scientists have just successfully developed a mysterious substance, and the old man who was responsible for observing the results of the experiment was killed. It was picked out and made the door key. This paragraph really surprised me. In a major scientific experiment, a miscellaneous person dressed as a maintenance worker so easily mixed into the core area that should have been highly guarded, easily killing people and stealing things, and then leaving calmly? Just as the audience was surrounded in the clouds and mist, the camera turned, Super Professor Langdon Fleur went out of the bath and was clearly informed in the public swimming pool that the four pope candidates were kidnapped and disappeared for hundreds of years. The threat sign suddenly disappeared completely.
Looking at the original work again, Langdon arrived at the European Nuclear Center in Switzerland by a plane at Mach 15. The main reason why Den will be involved in this matter. Then the female pig appeared, and a group of people discovered that the secret research results had been stolen while investigating the scientist's death, and everyone began to suspect that it was an acquaintance who committed the crime. Immediately after the mysterious object was discovered in the Vatican, when the female pig and Langdon went to the Vatican for further investigation, they encountered the abduction of the pope candidate. At this time, the death of the pope, the mysterious stolen property, and the disappearance of the pope candidate are closely linked, and the hearts of the audience are completely caught in the web of the author.
It can be seen that at the beginning of the film, the essence of the interlocking suspense in the original book is completely lost, and there is a very failed and redundant shot, which will be shown later.
2. In the movie, Super Professor Langdon arrives at the Vatican in a helicopter and swishes, and meets Victoria, a female scientist who participated in the mysterious experiment before, and learns that the Vatican is also threatened by a super bomb called antimatter at this time. In order to save time, the director began to force the film to fast forward here: Langdon and Victoria effortlessly persuaded the captain of the Vatican guard to enter the Vatican Library, which is never open to the outside world, to find the kidnapped pope and antimatter with the approval of the Pope’s servant. The clue of where was hiding, followed by the female pig, like a divine helper, helped Langdon find the clue within two seconds and led the guard to quickly open to the scene of the first crime.
Looking at the original work again, after Langdon and Victoria arrived at the Vatican, it took a lot of effort to explain the great power of antimatter to the captain of the guard and the audience. They were misunderstood and imprisoned. After all the hardships, I saw that the Pope’s servant was able to enter the library to search. During the relevant information, Langdon explained in detail the origin of the Illuminati and the grievances between the Illuminati and the Catholic Church to the female pig and the audience. When the book progressed to about one-third, Langdon found the first clue and began to rescue the kidnapped bishop.
If the film is limited to time and rhythm issues and cannot explain all the issues in detail, so that the audience is chaotic and chaotic following the super-strength Langdon full of Rome, I can only say that the suspense film is made like this. Can prove the director's failure and incompetence. Several key points: the death of the scientist, the identity of the female pig, the origin of the Pope’s servant, the origin of the Illuminati, are the major clues in the first half of the plot and the key turning point in the second half, and the director would rather waste time in the narrow streets of Rome On the not-so-exciting Biaoche lens, he is unwilling to spare dozens of seconds for a brief explanation.
3. In the middle of the movie, the super professor ran wildly in the streets and alleys of Rome, breaking the whole plot to pieces. The film did not waste too much pen and ink on Langdon’s reasoning, and did not give any explanation for the influence of these reasoning on the future development of the plot and even the ending. Most of the time we just follow Langdon and run wild, but for the film The whole conspiracy and the development of the story have no clue. What is even more ridiculous is that since the second rescue of the bishop, the killer comrades coolly and coolly killed one vote after another of guards and police without causing any repercussions in the city. And even more ridiculous is that the cold-blooded and handsome killer who can kill passers-by without mercy even at the last moment because Langdon and Victoria are the protagonists, OMG, God finally appeared magically at this moment. .
Looking at the original work again, the most inked part of the novel should be Langdon’s reasoning about the Illuminati logo. As these reasoning bishops are discovered one by one, the audience also has a general understanding of the Illuminati’s conspiracy, and gradually discovered The foreshadowing buried in the first half began to emerge. And in the film most of the time Langdon is alone, and Comrade Killer is also low-key and clean.
The whole plot in the novel is very tense but orderly. The clues gradually become clear as Langdon visits around, and the hidden side of each character begins to gradually appear. Many times I can think with Langdon. On the other hand, the movie is completely action film routine. Langdon flees all the way and the killer makes blood flow. Many times I just feel that a group of people or two people on the screen are running from east to west, from south to north, and from the ground all the way. Underground, if I haven't read the original, I really can't imagine myself understanding why this group of people have not stopped with ADHD.
4. In the movie, Ivan, the handsome nymphomaniac, is a character that I deeply deplore. Originally, the role of the Pope's servant is likely to become a super villain comparable to Professor Hannibal's eternal shadow history. However, such a gorgeous hidden boss became a brain-disabled child with weird expressions and abnormal behaviors under the joint destruction of the director and screenwriter. It’s impossible for Ivan to be so graceful when he’s talking the mentally retarded lines and shit, when he is handsome, he can’t look calm when he distorts his expression pretending to be sinister or deep, and when he is handsome, he can’t inexplicably murder the Pope. He looked innocent when he killed the four old men and almost destroyed the Vatican with antimatter. It is because of the director's ruthless castration that Ivan's papal servant has become a shameless man with power and unscrupulous measures.
Looking at the original work again, I always feel that the most successful aspect of the novel is not to construct a big conspiracy that almost destroys the Catholic world. Instead, it created the pope's servant who combined evil and innocence. The title of the book "Angels and Demons" in addition to alluding to the relationship between science and religion may also allude to this contradictory combination. The Pope’s servant lost his mother in his childhood. After witnessing a terrorist attack and escaping by chance, he firmly believed in God. He possessed the most pure and firm belief in the world. The various faith crises and moral decay of the people around him that he experienced as an adult made him feel deeply pained and desperate, especially after learning about the scandal of the Pope, who was regarded as the spiritual leader and the incarnation of God, in his youth, he almost collapsed. . I believe that this kind of belief and spiritual pain can absolutely destroy a person from the inside out. The Pope’s servant must have undergone extremely painful thinking and choices before choosing a dangerous path to revitalize the Catholic Church and save the faith. On the one hand, it is an angel who believes in purity, and on the other hand, it is a devil with dirty means. The story started because of him, and ended because of him. When the Pope’s servant was immersed in the miracle caused by his own hands and in the hope of the bright future of the Catholic Church, the blows followed one after another. The serial lie was exposed, and the pope who was poisoned to death turned out to be Is the biological father. The Pope’s servant appeared out of thin air in the eyes of the public, and disappeared in the fire in the eyes of the public. At the end of the novel, I can no longer distinguish the boundary between reality and illusion, and I don’t know whether I love or hate such a combination of contradictions. Is it reverence or awe?
Perhaps the most similarity between a movie and a novel lies in the creation of characters. If there are no impressive characters, how can a movie or novel be successful? Maybe Ivan and Tom Hanks were the right choice for the movie, but neither the Pope’s servant nor the super professor Langdon left any deep impression. There was no charm at all. The film’s failure is evident.
5. The ending of the movie version is simply a farce. Victoria’s own notes were found by the captain of the guard, and she ran to the Pope’s office alone to question the Pope’s servant. As a result, the miserable cry of the Pope’s servant attracted other team members. Everyone killed the captain in panic and another mess that came after hearing the news. People wait. Immediately afterwards, the Pope’s servant was like a divine helper, snatching the discovered anti-matter from Peter’s tomb and boarding the helicopter that had been waiting for a long time in the square, driving towards the sky, and landing from the sky with a parachute tied to the sound of the earth-shattering explosion. In the end, the video surveillance of the Pope’s office was discovered, the lie was exposed, and the Pope’s servant set himself on fire with hatred.
Looking at the original work again, the commander of the European Nuclear Center found clues in the secret notes of the murdered scientist. He rushed to the Vatican to prevent the tragedy from continuing. He was shot and killed by a security guard who broke into the office of the Pope. After passing antimatter, he was intercepted by the kind Langdon when he boarded the plane and ascended to heaven together. In the helicopter, Langdon saw the Pope’s servant wearing a parachute. At this time, an explosion occurred, Langdon fell into the water, and the Pope’s servant landed safely in the Vatican. After hiding the parachute, he miraculously acted as a savior in mourning. Like appearing. In the end, the answer was still revealed, but this time the Pope's servant knew the secret that caused him to completely collapse. In the eyes of everyone, the Pope's servant immolated himself in smoke.
The ending should have been a good time to lie, but in the movie version, I didn’t have the joyful feeling of revealing the truth of the mystery at all. In order to reshape the miracle and the oracles, the Pope’s servant finally dragged his umbrella and fell into the crowd. I was embarrassed to laugh and cry at the time. From the beginning to the end, the Pope’s servant did so many things to re-establish the sacredness and magic of Catholicism in people’s minds. As a result, a gorgeous umbrella bag made no miracle. I I really don't understand the director's idea. Besides, the conspiracy was exposed in the end and the pope's servant who chose to commit suicide was simply the image of a failed conspirator who was deliberately deliberately deliberate to usurp power and did not rush to jump over the wall, adding a strong touch to this completely failed movie. In addition, there is another failure in the ending. In the original book, Langdon was described as a great swimmer at the beginning, but in the end it happened that Langdon escaped to death by virtue of this specialty. In contrast to the movie, the beginning of the movie was to carry out Langdon’s swimming skills. The result is a full range and multi-angle stereo shooting? Like the famous joke below, Professor Langdon became a eunuch. Since the director, you didn't plan to let Langdon swim and use it, why did you put such an inexplicable scene? You might as well let Langdon work hard to write books in an ultra-luxury library at the beginning or practice quick access to materials so as to echo why the super professor can find what he needs in the book sea in the Vatican library in 2 seconds. material.
I have always watched movies with a kindhearted mentality of watching movies, but I have been repeatedly caught by some blockbuster films that cost more than 100 million yuan with a super-luxury lineup. For such a movie, I just want to say that the remake is not wrong, but the adaptation without the brain is that you are not kind. In the past, Director Zhang and Director Chen were fools when they were the audience, but now Hollywood, which has always been dedicated to the audience, is also starting to be the audience as idiots. How sad it is.
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