Action is one of the elements of drama. This film review attempts to analyze two films that are also "returning" from the perspective of "action", hoping to help the screenwriter and director work. After watching "Unforgivable", I found that there are similarities in the story setting with this year's "Speeding Life". The summary of the story of "Flying Life": "The racing driver Zhang Chi (Shen Teng), who was once a master in the racing industry but now only manages fried rice food stalls, decided to return to the car world to challenge the genius of the younger generation. Challenge the genius of the younger generation. However. No money, no car, no teammates, and even the driver’s license has to be re-examined. The road to comeback with a lot of jokes is constantly being slapped, and there are more dumbfounding dilemmas waiting for this passing car god..." "Forgiveness": "William the Musketeer, who used to be a master in the West but now only raises pigs. Munny decided to return to his old business as a bounty to kill two cowboys. However, because of the old marksmanship has been abandoned, even riding horses repeatedly fell off, this jokes are constantly being beaten on the road to comeback, there are more dumbfounding embarrassment waiting for this dead war god... "The action is purposeful. Behavior and action line are the process of achieving a series of goals. In movie dramas, the term "action" is not the physical behavior of the character, but the action taken for a certain goal and task in the drama. This action is purposeful Yes, it is the action to find a goal, task, and intention. Munny’s action comes from allowing two children to live a prosperous life. If it is not for the pigs to fall ill one after another, if it is not for the two children’s inability to survive independently , Munny, who has already washed his hands in the golden basin, cannot return to his old career. The action line refers to the trajectory or route of the movement development, which goes towards a certain ending, from the start to the development to the ending. Munny is to make the child live a good life and become a new one. Bounty hunter, in the process, he encountered that his physical fitness is not what it used to be. The police chief little Bill is strong, the target prey is heavily protected, and the two companions are myopic and the other died...After experiencing many difficulties, Munny finally killed him. I got the bounty for the prey. This is the main action line of the entire power supply, in addition to several secondary action lines: prostitute, David, Schofield kid and little Bill, even including the prop character British hunter BOB, And skinny monkeys have clear movements. Action=desire+effort. The desire of the character is the driving force of the character’s behavior. The reason for this desire comes from history and accidents. The history of Munnie was once a killer, and Jinpen changed after washing his hands. Became a farmer, but by accident, the pigs he raised fell dead. Faced with the survival of the two children, Munny had to make another move. The characters in the movie have two desires, inner desire and outer desire. Inner desire is fame, wealth, and money. Secular achievements such as performance, grades, etc., while inner desires are often emotional satisfaction such as family, friendship, love. Munnie’s outer desire is to get money, which is the same as the desire for relaxation in "Flying Life". Munnie and his dead wife have two Children, Zhang Chi also has an adopted son, and their inner desires are also family affection. It is also family affection. We are easy to empathize with Munny, but it is difficult to resonate with Zhang Chi, who inexplicably took in an adopted son. "There are two kinds of characters in the movie." Desire, inner desire and outer desire. Inner desire is fame, wealth, money, achievement and other worldly achievements, while inner desire is often the emotional satisfaction of family, friendship, love, etc. Munny’s outer desire is to get money, which is similar to "Flying Chi Zhang Chi’s desire in Life is the same. Munnie and his late wife have two children, and Zhang Chi also has an adopted child. Their inner desires are also family affection. The same is true of family affection, and we can easily share with Munny. Love, but it's hard to resonate with Zhang Chi who has taken in an adopted child inexplicably. In "Unforgivable", Munny's later inner desire was to share prosperity with his friends and to avenge the dead friends, while the inner desire of relaxation was for the children at first, and later for dreams. But dreams are a kind of high and low desires. For non-racing enthusiasts, it is often difficult to empathize. Some dream movies often turn their dreams into "becoming a better version of yourself", such as "Burst Drummer", which can gain empathy from a larger audience. The realization ability of the character's desire comes from history. The reason is simple. If Munny's desire has no history, for example, he was just a literati before, then even if the pig is dead, it is impossible to suddenly become a killer. If Zhang Chi is not a retired racer, but a chef, then it is difficult for the audience to believe that he can realize his dream of racing. Munny's ability to achieve the bounty comes from his previous achievements, and the ability to realize his inner desire and friendship also comes from his previous comradeship with David. The desire comes from an accident. At the beginning of the movie, a daily peaceful life is shown in a short period of time, and then there is an accident to break this calm. When the original peaceful life is broken, the audience will be curious about "How will things develop next?" This accident is not a completely random event without logic, but this accident is an important turning point in the storyline. The accident of a peaceful life must be to take the protagonist to a place he originally refused, but it is actually a logical accident, not a random accident. For example, Munny’s peaceful life is to raise pigs with his children. Suddenly, he won a lottery ticket or a meteorite fell on the farm... This kind of accidental random event “has to be done again later”. "The old industry as a bounty hunter" did not move forward. Therefore, the accident caused by desire must be an inevitable event that can push the core plot forward. In other words, this accident must occur. Just imagine: if Munny’s desires are not accidental, and there is no swine fever, the Scofield boy invites him to kill when he arrives home, and he immediately agrees...then the audience will be confused why they retreat. Munny, who has been for many years, suddenly wants to return to his old business. This accident must be an external event, rather than the protagonist sitting under the Bodhi tree suddenly enlightened and awakened, the accident must be triggered by other small characters. The appearance of the little guy is to turn the big guy over. The big guy can't turn over and break the peaceful life by himself. Suddenly he decides to go to the north and kill two cowboys to make a fortune. Inner desire needs inner resistance. The resistance of material desire comes from the villain. The villain may be a villain or his own demon. If the character has desires, then Then it will be realized immediately without hindrance, then the audience will not seem to have any pleasure. So comedy comes from conflict, and conflict comes from the desires of the characters and the resistance of the villains. Munny has two desires, internal and external, and these two desires are synchronized, not unrelated. Munnie's inner desire is to complete the task with his friend David to be rich together. The biggest resistance to this desire is the departure and even death of the friend. That's why Munnie's soul is dark night. On the other hand, the external desire to relax in "Flying Life" is to win the championship, and the internal desire is for dreams, but the resistance encountered by this internal desire is not internal resistance, but some accidental events: no money, no car, overturned, teammates withdraw, stones, etc. Wait. These resistances are random accidents, not accidents on the main plot. The reversal of the characters must be a reversal of the core plot, not a reversal caused by some random events. For example, the navigator accidentally overturned the car, and there was an accidental stone on the road. These unexpected resistances make it easier for the audience to feel that it is just "bad luck" rather than "bad life" that cannot be escaped. There are many levels of resistance to desire, from external resistance to internal resistance to internal resistance. The movie is mainly exciting because of the existence of conflict, and the big conflict is the gap between big desire and big resistance. If the character's inner desire is insufficient, and the corresponding resistance is also insufficient, then the viewing experience will be greatly reduced. The failure of "Flying Life" is that the villain is not bad enough and the resistance is not big enough. As the villain, Lin Zhendong had to do something to put pressure on Zhang Chi, but he didn't. Instead, he gave Zhang Chi help. What puts stress on relaxation is that the resistance of desire has many levels, from external resistance to internal resistance, and then to inner resistance. The movie is mainly exciting because of the existence of conflict, and the big conflict is the gap between big desire and big resistance. If the character's inner desire is insufficient, and the corresponding resistance is also insufficient, then the viewing experience will be greatly reduced. The failure of "Flying Life" is that the villain is not bad enough and the resistance is not big enough. As the villain, Lin Zhendong had to do something to put pressure on Zhang Chi, but he didn't. Instead, he gave Zhang Chi help. It is accidents without warning that stress relaxation. In "Unforgivable" Munny decided to return to the arena, but he missed the target and fell off the horse on horseback. These resistances are more worrying than the relaxation of poverty and the stones on the track. Dream as an inner desire, the biggest resistance should be suspicion by people of authority, being slapped in the face by strength, leading to self-doubt, and failure when one step away from success. For example, the protagonist of "Burst Drummer" gave up playing drums after Yan Shi's denial, but failed to perform on stage. For example, the protagonist of "The King of Comedy" passed by with every opportunity to be an actor, and he performed "Thunderstorm" without an audience. . The transfer of the character's desire will produce interest, and the realization of the character's desire will produce the theme. Movies are known for their richness. If the characters have only one desire, they will appear monotonous. Therefore, when the desires of the characters in the film shift, the audience will experience the joy of watching the movie. This joy is the so-called growth of the characters and the arc of the characters. of. Through empathy, the audience realized a leap of desire with the host and the public, and the soul was baptized and comforted. In "The God of Medicine", the protagonist's external desire to make money finally transitions to the internal desire to save people, which allows many people to get the pleasure of watching movies while falling in love with the protagonist. In "Unforgivable", Munny's first external desire was also to make money and come back out of the arena, while the final desire was for his brothers to come back out of the arena and slaughter. The audience felt the protagonist's transition from being for money to for love, and thus got the pleasure of watching the movie. In the beginning, Munny’s inner desire was for his children, but when he went with David to fight for the bounty, his inner desire gradually shifted to become a friend, so friendship was the theme of "Unforgivable", when David was brutally attacked. At that time, the dramatic conflict reached its climax. On the other hand, the inner desire of "Flying Life" was for children at the beginning, but when it started to raise funds and finally raced, there was only outer desire and lack of persuasive inner desire. The realization process of the character's desire produces drama. The starting point of the "Unforgivable" drama is to re-emergence for the children's life, and the end of the drama is to kill the brothers for revenge. There is no prequel shot in the movie. He is a ruthless killer. He lived a happy life of raising pigs with his children for the sake of love. However, he had to decide to return to his old business to be a bounty hunter when he encountered swine fever and saw the children suffer from hunger and cold. The brother was killed in the action, so in order to give revenge to the brother, he turned into a cold-blooded killer with love and justice. His inner desire is for the children, and when he competes with David for the bounty, his inner desire gradually shifts to become friends. Therefore, friendship is the theme of "Unforgivable". When David is brutally attacked, drama conflicts. Reach the apex. On the other hand, the inner desire of "Flying Life" was for children at the beginning, but when it started to raise funds and finally raced, there was only outer desire and lack of persuasive inner desire. The realization process of the character's desire produces drama. The starting point of the "Unforgivable" drama is to re-emergence for the children's life, and the end of the drama is to kill the brothers for revenge. There is no prequel shot in the movie. He is a ruthless killer. He lived a happy life of raising pigs with his children for the sake of love. However, he had to decide to return to his old business to be a bounty hunter when he encountered swine fever and saw the children suffer from hunger and cold. The brother was killed in the action, so in order to give revenge to the brother, he turned into a cold-blooded killer with love and justice. His inner desire is for the children, and when he competes with David for the bounty, his inner desire gradually shifts to become friends. Therefore, friendship is the theme of "Unforgivable". When David is brutally attacked, drama conflicts. Reach the apex. On the other hand, the inner desire of "Flying Life" was for children at the beginning, but when it started to raise funds and finally raced, there was only outer desire and lack of persuasive inner desire. The realization process of the character's desire produces drama. The starting point of the "Unforgivable" drama is to re-emergence for the children's life, and the end of the drama is to kill the brothers for revenge. There is no prequel shot in the movie. He is a ruthless killer. He lived a happy life of raising pigs with his children for the sake of love. However, he had to decide to return to his old business to be a bounty hunter when he encountered swine fever and saw the children suffer from hunger and cold. The brother was killed in the action, so in order to give revenge to the brother, he turned into a cold-blooded killer with love and justice.
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