Comment on the film "The Gentleman Thief"

(Written two years ago)

The French 2004 blockbuster "Arsène Lupin" (Chinese title "Gentleman Thief"), based on the veteran French veteran thief Yasen Luoping, was finally released in China in 2007. The large poster full of mystery and the brilliantly changing trailer shots sapped everyone's appetite, so everyone flocked to watch it. I would also like to make some personal comments on this to enjoy the readers. If you are fascinated by Luo Ping Perhaps there is a discrepancy between Luoping fans' opinions, please forgive me.

This "Arsène Lupin" is based on "Luo Ping and the Witch" (also translated "The Countess of Cagliostro") as the main axis of the story. In the early part of the story, Luo Ping's mother worked as a maid at the earl's house and Luo Ping robbed him of his childhood. The necklace of the countess was compiled based on the story of "Luo Ping and the Female Thief", Luo Ping told Inspector Ghanimar about his childhood experience. In the original part, Grace only met at the lighthouse in "Luo Ping and the Wicked Girl". The story continues to the duel in the hollow rock pillar, and finally Luo Ping meets his son Jean (also translated as John), etc. We can see that the director has captured the outline of the original story link, and some of the remaining shots are also cut. The splendid plots of other stories are used as supplements. For example, "8.13" became the code for the safe, and the false eye that appeared in the "Crystal Cork" story was hidden in the left eye of the earl (Griss's father). However, the piecing together of the structure of this story is relatively unsuccessful. It confuses Luo Ping's father and Bao Manian (another villain who appears in "Luo Ping and the Witch") into the same person, demonizing Luo Ping's father as an unscrupulous person for his own selfish desires. A despicable man, and Luo Ping finally duel with his father on the cliff outside the hollow rock pillar, and he refused to help him. The original book emphasizes the quality of purity, and it turns into an ethical issue in the film. In addition, the actor of the witch Josephine is also ugly, quite different from the European countess in the original book. At the end of the film, Luo Ping, his son Jean, and the witch Josephine's final whereabouts have not been settled, and the screenwriter does not know whether he intentionally or unintentionally left the final scene on an iris flower-what does it mean? This caused the logic of our audience to be mixed up (Later, it was verified that it was "hot weapons dominate the world, and it implies the changing world situation. In the murder of the prince of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, which was instructed and planned by Josephine) , We smelled the gunpowder of the First World War.... Moreover, the suitcase full of explosives in the hands of Luo Ping’s son also heralded the end of the life of a gentleman thief in the Cold Weapon era.”) Pity us who can’t react to the brains.” "Idiot", probably because "The Gentleman Thief" is so rich in content, you don't need to be inferior to "Promise". No wonder netizens commented like this: "At first they thought it was a comedy movie, but in the middle it was an action movie, then it was a science fiction movie, and then it was a suspense movie. Later, when I heard of a knight movie, I finally thought it was an ethical movie. After watching it, it was renamed: a A story that three generations of grandma and grandparents have to tell.

Of course, the positive of this film should not be completely denied. On the contrary, the author thinks that Luo Ping’s actor, Roman Duris, is most in line with the original image in the author's mind—the humorous tone, brisk movements, gentleman-like dress, and adventurous spirit. Yasen Luoping's portrayal is lifelike, and his protagonist characteristics have also been brought into full play. Of course, giving such high praise is not only for flattery. For example, on the "Provence" Luoping, in order to protect the waitresses from being bullied, he cleaned up the seaman who had misbehaved with a quick action to protect the waitress from being bullied. In addition, when retrieving the captured cross, Luo Ping looked sideways and looked behind the guards. The other party’s attention was immediately shifted. He looked back together, and was knocked out of his head. In this way, we can see the screenwriter’s familiarity with the details and the protagonist’s actions. It’s concise, without any lengthy and cumbersome violent scenes of fighting (it is said that the director frankly said that these actions were influenced by the Chinese movie ). The last point is what I think should be stated most, even Luo Ping’s The wife was shot and killed by the demon Josephine, and the miserable picture after the birth of the son Jean was snatched away, the protagonist was lying on his face in tears, letting the rain slap him on his face. The subsequent part can be said to be Luo Ping's heart. On the darkest side, despite his stolen wealth, he could not make up for the pain of his bereavement and the unknown whereabouts of his son. The lady who had an affair with Luoping broke his inner loneliness even more. I know, you have an unhealable scar in your heart.”

Generally speaking, the author believes that this film has actual scenes, beautiful decorations, and an actor with a wonderful performance, except for the structure of the plot. .Maybe everyone wants to see those classic stories with exciting plots, such as "813", "Hollow Rock Pillar", "Huya" and "Thirty Coffin Island" and so on.

Finally, thank Jean Paul for giving us For bringing such a wonderful film, and thanks to the crew who participated in the filming of this film. We look forward to the next film with Yasen Luoping as the theme can make up for some of the shortcomings of this film, or can bring us more novelty s things.

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