The first thing I will present is a personal film review : Ryan Johnson is qualified to be called Granny’s disciple in the United States, purely classical, pure Agatha, full of murderous ancient house in the mountains, mystery novelist Pasqueflower held a birthday party, at the banquet, The white-headed man had a fight with his grandson, Captain America. The family members were pregnant with ghosts, and the female lead nurse injected an excessive amount of drugs into the white-headed man. . . . . After rounds of reversals, the truth of the case became more and more complicated. Of course, as a fan of inferential reasoning, I guessed the answer a long time ago. There are so many elements of the classical book, which are amazing-old house murders, dolls, home visits, poisonous killings, contention for inheritance, etc., but also mix and match American humor and political metaphors, so that this film will not be reduced to a reasoning film with only dialogue, I I think the director and screenwriter have done a good job. Overall, it's a pretty good classic movie.
Is the classic book still suitable for the aesthetics of modern movie fans?
First of all, one of the typical templates of the classical book flow is as follows
Murders occurred in a mysterious atmosphere (with a certain legend or nursery rhyme) in the mountain mansion (a house, a house, preferably Blizzard Mountain Villa), and important members of the family died (preferably with a secret room), indicating that the legend has worked , Detectives investigate each family member (that is, home visits), most of which are based on the time of investigating family members and the motive for killing (most people generally have an alibi, and the murderer’s motive for killing is Unclear). At this time, if necessary, the inheritance of the first deceased will be announced (here, there are usually unexpected developments, which will be different from the original inheritance), and then either the detective will start to solve the case or the murderer will continue To kill, repeat the previous steps.
The above should be the most commonly used routine template in the classical book, and it is also the most popular template used by most reasoning writers. To some extent, it would be laziness to use the template of Blizzard Mountain Villa to show the creativity of the tricks without thinking up a good story. If you just want to simply innovate the creativity of tricks and ignore the existence of the story, I believe that everyone has the ability to create classical inference stories.
The "sharp knife scabbard" While this is to apply the classical format template creation, but Ryan Johnson (that is, the film's director and screenwriter) has added a lot of effort to humor funny lines and political metaphor in there, all of a sudden put the mansion All the characters in it are revitalized, and they are relaxed and smart, quickly switching the camera back and forth, making the whole home visit story unique. Compared with the text of a novel, the use of lens language to tell a story is the biggest advantage of a movie. From the perspective of a mystery fan, it is of course not as refreshing to read the dry text verbatim.
So the conclusion is that the classic book still fits the aesthetics of modern movie fans. It is not an outdated thing. As long as the line and shot scheduling can be handled well, in short, it is actually to shape the characters in the film. The templated creation is not important to the audience.
Why is Ryan Johnson a disciple of Agatha?
I have to mention one person, Auriol Paul , the fledgling "Female Corpse Mystery Case", the masterpiece "The Invisible Guest", and the "Mirage" of another way. As an avid fan of Agatha, Paul’s movies also have strong Agatha characteristics.
"The Mystery of Heaven" , the director of the film, Ngapoi Chopra, should be a disciple of Granny in India. Although it is more deliberately far-fetched, I personally think that the flaws are not concealed, the rhythm is first-rate, the Rashomon-style narrative, and the puzzle fragments are gradually used. Incorporating the plot, the temperament of the story also has the advantages of "Very Suspect" and "Wushuang".
The British drama "Suspicious Clouds on Paradise Island" series, a disciple of British origin, an original British style grandma.
The sharp blade out of the sheath is the American-style Agatha Liu, the detective played by 007 and the shadow of Xu Poluo. The story-telling mode and characteristic reversal are in the same line as Agatha, so I personally call Ryan Johnson the American disciple of Granny.
Can the subject matter revive?
It is basically impossible to revive this subject matter. The glorious period of the classical book has passed. Except for Paul Holt and Anthony who still adhere to the classical book, almost no one writes novels on this subject. Most of the Japanese new book is more suitable for text creation, and it is difficult to become an IP. Can continue to be hot. I personally think that a good IP should be adapted to media such as film and television dramas, games and other media, such as the Holmes series Poirot series. At present, the relatively successful adaptation of the new book is not much in the impression. I think this time the sharp blade is out of the sheath is only a temporary back light. Of course, if the response is good, it will continue to be shot, but whether it can become an ip, this is a question.
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