Looking at his genre film, the beauty lies in a little surprise. Watching "Robin Hood" was originally meant to see the heroes and dexterity, but to see it was the civil rights struggle; watching "Black Hawk Down", was originally to watch the bloody killing, but to see it was compassionate; watching "The Body of Lies", the original It's about watching the thrilling and suspense, but seeing it is a political game; watching "American Gangs", it was originally about watching the enemies of the world, but seeing it is the ups and downs of the world. I can’t guess it, but it’s a bit of fun. Instead of feeling disappointed, I’m delighted. The propositions they put forward can withstand pondering. If Ridley Scott has such a entertaining spirit, it’s probably here. .
Although he is quite particular about the topic selection, his advantage is not how deep the theme is. After all, he is not Kubrick, let alone the content plot. In this regard, Ridley Scott is unlucky. In my opinion, there is a type of audience that is not worthy to please.
This kind of audience only pays attention to the plot when watching a movie. Wherever there is a loophole, he will not let go. If the story is not lively enough, and the structure is not compact enough, once the plot is familiar to them, they must despise nothing new. In fact, where they can see it again. New ideas, they want gimmicks, not new ideas. The bad guys are brought to justice, and justice once again defeats the evil; the good guys rescued the hostages, and the fucking heroes save the beauty; the lovers gather and disengage from each other, I rely on~ Isn’t this a Korean drama plot? I don't know what fun it is to watch a movie like this. In the past, it was just a bridge to criticize vulgarity. Later, I was also dissatisfied with the same theme, and gradually even couldn't get used to the same emotion. To give an example, Taizu’s "Return the setting sun after the rain, and the mountains will turn blue" is the used Wen Tingyun's "The setting sun after the rain, the apricot blossoms are fragrant." You said he plagiarized, this is fine, but you scold him. The brand Bodhisattva has no new ideas, so it is untenable. If you further accuse him of "recollecting emotions" and using his predecessors, it will really become unreasonable.
These people, they don't care about technique or beauty, they are so insensitive, but they claim to be well-informed, saying that a certain movie is too cliché, I guessed the ending long ago! What's the use of guessing the ending? It's like the end of life, but it's death, who would guess? But the joy of life, is it death? It's a process, how do you appreciate the process? Some people claim to have traveled all over the country and have been to more than 20 countries. They believe that wisdom will accumulate with experience, how naive it is. If you walk around and become an elite, then urban management will not be what it is today. This is a digression.
It’s not that Ridley Scott doesn’t pay attention to the plot. He knows that he has a good grasp of it. There is a plot in this movie. The middle-aged woman Louise, played by Susan Sarandon, has already Youth is no longer, at this time she was on the run with murder, and she was deceived of her only savings, sad and desperate, it can be said that she was extremely unlucky. She was smoking a cigarette and sitting in the car. The car was parked by the road in a foreign country. When she was hurting herself and pitying herself, she suddenly found two old white-headed women staring at her in the distant window. This desolate woman was in their eyes. So young and beautiful, free and easy, so much envy and nostalgia in their hearts. The tempo of the entire film changes and stops suddenly. Such a scene is really wonderful.
But the real benefit of Ridley Scott lies in the temperance and restraint of his narration.
If George Lucas is compared to Jin Yong, then Ridley Scott is Wang Dulu. In terms of artistic handling, he is careful and refined, correct and delicate. Unlike the overly sensational and indulgent sensuality of other directors, he can be said to be calm, but also different from Clint Eastwood’s sternness and sternness. Kind of refined bookishness.
When talking about Wang Dulu, Gu Long said: "I have been reading martial arts novels since I was seven or eight years old. At that time, the martial arts novel writer I least admired was Wang Dulu. Because at that time I always felt Wang Dulu's novels were too light. Because I was only seven or eight years old at that time. Everyone has seven or eight years old, but seven, eight, nine, ten, eleven, twelve years old, every year will pass. Every stage of life It will pass. From this stage to that stage, each stage has a mature change of thought. So at a certain stage in my life, I suddenly discovered that my favorite martial arts novel writer turned out to be Wang Dulu."
I watched Ridley Scott's movies, and there was such a process.
There are too many details in the movie, and it is often impossible to take care of the audience one by one. If you try to do this, you must use the lens to emphasize it (such as the close-up of the church glass in "Jinling Thirteen Hairpins") or annotations (such as "Martial Arts" Discovery-style explanation in here), so the rhythm is disrupted, the style is also exaggerated, and Stephen Spielberg is a bit exaggerated.
Because of the large amount of information, you can only click to the end instead of spreading out as much as you like. Flat and straightforward, without rendering, it will inevitably make people feel empty. If other directors value excitement, then Ridley Scott values appreciation and taste. One is passive aesthetics, and the other is active aesthetics.
In "American Gangster", there is a discount. It is that the big drug lord Frank Lucas talked with his nephew Stevie Lucas and persuaded him to devote himself to his love of baseball. However, the boy replied: "I want what you got, uncle Frank I what be you.” At this time, the gang leader said nothing, showed nothing on his face, no mercy, and no comfort. Later, when the police suppressed the bandit, Stevie was killed by a stray bullet in the drug subcontracting workshop. To put it lightly, his uncle gave a glimpse of panic and explained it all. Did not give half a close-up of the dead body. Enough drama, there is no need to "Yisti Shishi" superfluous. It is important to know that a good show cannot be done for ten minutes. Eight achievements are enough, and the remaining 20% is left for the audience to interact with. Since someone is waiting for it.
In "Black Hawk Down", from the 14th minute to the 19th minute, the letter and the pen are drawn from the rein, and the scroll of the military barracks is drawn in white. There is not much ink on the camera, but the depiction is vivid and completed in one go. A dozen characters have been confessed one after another. His character and psychology are complex and simple, and the details are appropriate. Just like the storytelling illustrations in Baowentang's embroidered book, they are not only for introducing characters, but also for brewing atmosphere, showing the director's deep and solid editing skills.
In "Blade Runner", there is a scene of a flower, bird, and fish market. The layout is so exquisite that one of the mirrors will come down. It only takes a few seconds in total, and it is not at all muddled.
In "Gladiator", the opening wedge is a battle between the Romans and the Germans. With such a big scene and so much information, it is not at all cramped. In just ten minutes, everything is fine. The explanation is clear, the organization is clear, the layout is tight, the tension is relaxed, and the aftertaste is endless. Let people have a kind of pleasure of reading history, and it has to be in classical Chinese. Seeing the generals with perseverance, leading hundreds of horses to attack, breaking the thieves, chasing death and chasing north, no one can get away. This kind of fictional history brush, you can't see it in leisure time, you often see eyebrow pencils and eyeliner pencils.
The beauty will not be repeated one by one.
Appreciating exquisite art requires leisure time. Of course, there are also people who watch the monuments, but after all, they are a minority, and most people can only watch the flowers.
When I was a kid, I liked Meg Ryan. After I learned that Russell Crowe had always abandoned her, I was so disgusted with him that I rejected his movie and missed Ridley Scoot. Especially, now that I think about it, it's quite fun.
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