The magic-themed Rogue, starting from three magic

Johathan 2021-10-20 17:42:31

Knowing that "Now You See Me 2" is coming so aggressively, it is naturally due to the joining of Jay Chou, who is calling for leverage in the entire Chinese circle. And Jay Chou has always loved to change magic, and it seems that his love for magic has a long history. Then I learned a little about the plot, and felt like the usual Hollywood routine-a group of knights from different backgrounds, different personalities, and their own unique skills came together to complete the task in their own way and speak for justice. Naturally, for the theme of "Devil Thieves", the method this time is magic.

There are three magic tricks in the whole movie that are the most impressive. The first to bear the brunt is naturally the flying card magic when stealing that shocking chip. Everyone knows that because of the plot needs, such an important storage location has set up many security and strict security checkpoints, but it is true that there is no all-round camera installed-otherwise, how could it be possible that the chip is frequently passed on the front when the security is checking behind him? . Of course, here is the most commonly used method of magic: the blindfold method. The magician's possessions are actually placed in a very obvious position when the audience's attention is being diverted. In fact, when this method was used for the first fifteen seconds, I still clapped and exclaimed. When the 30th second was used, I still felt it was acceptable. However, the film director is obviously a little too proud of this method. The scene has been continuously prolonged, and I can’t help but complain. Is the director really a fool to be safe? It is necessary to let every member of the bandit. Do you have to perform it clearly and pass it over again?


The second part is that the scene was hovered by rain, which was also quite talked about. When the three of them started the magic show at different locations in London, there was only heavy rain in this place. Although the audience thought that there might be "sunrises on the east and rain on the west" in a big city, it was also an explanation of artificial rainfall. Laid a foreshadowing. In a program specially produced by CCTV, Sa Beining also specially performed this magic cracking. What is the scientific principle? Due to the influence of the earth's gravity, rain will always fall downwards forever. However, through special light and special speakers for coordinated control, it can create a magical visual phenomenon of water droplets hovering in the air. "Stroboscopic light" is a special kind of light. This kind of light source that turns on and off is intermittent. When the strobe light is off, the naked eye can't see the water droplets, and the position of the water droplets can only be seen when it is on. When the gap time of the light source is equal to the time interval of the drop to each position, or an integer multiple of it, the water drop can be suspended in the falling process. And when the gap time of the light source is less than the time interval of the water droplets falling to various positions, the reverse flow of the water droplets during the falling process can be realized.


The third part is about hypnosis. Things like hypnosis are always very dramatic. I still remember Xu Zheng Mok's "Master of Hypnosis", the whole movie played the hypnotic stalk so thoroughly. I’m just talking about the hypnosis function in "Now Now You See Me 2" that does not require any environment to create a situation. A look and a call can be hypnotized in minutes, and mentally controlled, and then it affects the entire plot. The big trend of the world is so fascinating that there are almost no friends.


Jay Chou and an old grandmother merged with the style of Macau. The ancient and magical magic shop, behind the connection with the "eye of the sky", played a little more than I thought, and the importance is not bad. As a commercial blockbuster intertwined with suspense, special effects and magic secrets, it is still worth watching.

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Now You See Me 2 quotes

  • J. Daniel Atlas: A magician's greatest strength is an empty fist.

    Dylan Rhodes: That is to say, the ability to convince a crowd that something is inside when really there is nothing

  • Agent Cowan: You know what I think now? I think you're smart. But you want everybody else to *think* that you're an idiot.