The last movie in the Middle-earth series-"The Hobbit 3: The Battle of the Five Armies" is finally released. In the sense of linking up and down, it is like a brightly colored puzzle. After it is finally embedded in the middle of the two major trilogy, a majestic blueprint of Middle-earth is fully spread out in front of you: how the 111-year-old Bilbo and Gan When Prime Minister Astoria White met, what kind of reluctance Gandalf and Galadriel had, why did the elves and dwarves’ love for the century be predestined... Will meet on the battlefield. It can be seen that the China Earth series has an unquestionable popularity in mainland China from its easy box office break of 100 million before the closing time on Friday’s premiere day.
Of course, Peter Jackson also led his famous team to once again create world-class visual quality. The scenes, shapes, actions, and special effects are all exquisite. Smaug burns Long Lake Town, the Elf Prince Broken Bridge and the Orcs, the Dwarves and the Orcs leader Ice The battle scenes such as the Lake showdown were hearty. Although there are also small regrets such as the group battle scenes are still unfinished, the original characters and the story line are a little bit bloody, and the individual details are not fully explained, the "War of the Five Armies" is still the most magical epic worth visiting the cinema this month.
The meaning of time: 78 years of waiting to break ground, 17 years of epic finally come to an end
Peter Jackson announced in 1998 that he would direct "The Lord of the Rings" and began to write the script. It has been seventeen years so far. Seventeen years is a rich life span for the crew and the audience. Before JRR-Tolkien’s death, he would have never imagined that his novel would be adapted into such a popular movie 78 years after it was published for more than half a century. The idea of making it into a movie has all been made, but only in the face of the technical conditions of this era can Middle-earth truly have ground-breaking significance.
Look at these kind people-Seventeen years ago, the blooming brother Orlando Bloom was still a tender young man in his early twenties, who made the majority of nymphomaniac girls slobber, and seventeen years later he has married He passed the most beautiful woman in the world, gave birth to the cutest baby, and became a mysterious pleated face uncle (although he was going to play an elf many years younger than in "Lord of the Rings"); 17 years ago Elijah Wood, who became popular with the role of "Last Master of the Lord of the Ring" Frodo, has now been promoted to producer and record company owner. A lot of vicissitudes have been carved on the delicate face of David's statue; Years ago, Gandalf and Saruman, the old friend of Huanxi, didn’t seem to have changed much, but don’t forget that Saruman is over 90 years old and can no longer go to New Zealand to shoot. Just take a look at his still extraordinary figure. , The endless feelings of the years flew in my heart...Look at yourself as an audience, do you live the life you wanted seventeen years ago?
To me, the seventeen years of "Lord of the Rings" and "The Hobbit" have been more moving than "Boyhood". The soil series is a feat of thousands of people that even the creator himself could not imagine. With this meaning, "The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies" no matter how many unsettled regrets left to the fans, it deserves to be solemnly brushed at least twice in the cinema.
Anthem of Heroism: Five races of soldiers compete in a showdown, new characters are handsome and steal the spotlight
The subtitle of "The Hobbit 3" was originally not "Battle of the Five Armies", but "Go and Return". This change indicates that the focus of this film and this series is this unprecedentedly tragic multi-racial melee, so the first hour of the entire film is poised for more than an hour of "group frame and heads-up" scenes. Humans, elves, dwarves, orcs, and giant eagles have joined the melee. In addition, hobbits, wizards, goblins, earth snakes, etc., outstanding generals of different races gathered at once, and they have different mounts and weapons. The contrast between, armor and moves is also very interesting. For example, "Gao Fu Shuai" represents the elf king Thranduil riding on the exclusive car bighorn deer arrogantly, and in a blink of an eye, the cousin of the dwarf king of the "soil fat circle" rides a fat pig with joy; human beings are brave and light elves, The dwarves are witty, and the battle scenes are like eight immortals crossing the sea, each showing their magical powers.
As a continuation and finishing touch to the last "Smaug Desert", "The Battle of the Five Armies" opens with an eye-catching "headset": the archer Bud heroically slays the dragon and becomes the hero who saves the people of Long Lake Town. The role of Bud, who is not so prominent in the original book, has been magnified unprecedentedly, and both his appearance and combat effectiveness have been shown. Also stealing the spotlight is the elven duo of Legolas and Tarrell. One of the two is from "The Ring The popular "Kick Hall Player" borrowed from the "King" series is a character not originally written by Tolkien. After Peter Jackson's transformation, the two newly added roles with agility have assumed the most handsome functions.
Victory in the big scene: the magnificent force and the magnificent New Zealand scenery and pleasant
Middle-earth series have several famous battles, such as the battle of the horn castle in "The Lord of the Rings 2: The Two Towers" and the "Lord of the Rings 3: The King of Invincibility" The Battle of the Plains of Palano, and the finale of the prequel trilogy, the battle of the five armies of Fang Qiduo. The war scenes of "Lord of the Rings" have influenced many movies, so what is the answer sheet handed over by "The Hobbit" this time?
Nearly a thousand wood elves in golden armors appeared, and a messy but murderous dwarf army came out head-on. At a certain moment when the two sides confronted each other and the arrow was on the string, there was really a sense of sight of "Full of Golden Armor in the City". It's just that Peter Jackson didn't use so many extras. Instead, he used "Massive" software to generate a lively army. Compared with movies such as "300 Spartan" or "Hero", the war in Middle-earth is relatively mild in terms of visual stimulation. Similarly, the corpses are all over the field without a trace of blood. Arrows, not to mention the magical rain of arrows. What I have to admire is that the actors riding wooden horses and wielding wooden swords against the green screen in a chaotic stabbing action, with the support of powerful special effects, eventually turned into a fierce battle in the rain of gunpowder.
Peter Jackson once again played a combination of face and face, inserting the contented dwarf king Thorin and the wealthy and fearful Long Lake town people in the big war scene as a satirical contrast; the stalk to adjust the atmosphere is also essential, Thorin and Asog's wits on the ice lake are very funny, reminiscent of the days when Legolas flirted with Jinli in the "Lord of the Rings" battle.
In contrast to the terrible war scenes, the beautiful scenery of New Zealand is still the most moving existence in the film. Lake Pukaki under the glacier, Mount Ruapehu, a symbol of the end, and the beautiful Hobbiton in heaven-it made Bilbo imagine the growth of an oak tree in the backyard of his future home. "Lord of the Rings" fans want to tears into their eyes, "Concerning Hobbits", as if Gandalf is about to come, smile and say, hi.
"The Hobbit" is different from the "Lord of the Rings" series in that it has a 3D version and a 48-frame version (although it is not available in China), which is more conducive to showing the vast and beautiful scenery of New Zealand's heavy mountains, waters and lakes.
There are also regrets: the story is inferior to the "Lord of the Rings", and the war drama
"The Battle of the Five Armies" ranks among the six fortresses in the series, which also left some small regrets. First of all, the story thickness of "The Hobbit" is very different from that of "Lord of the Rings" as a whole. The original work of "The Hobbit" only has one novel. There are three copies of "Lord of the Rings", and there are many more stories to draw on.
In this way, the movie version of "The Hobbit" had to create some original characters and clues to fill in. The most obvious is the birth of the elven female man Tarrell. She shouldered the important task of the hub of the interracial love triangle. Tell Fahai, the elf king, that you don’t know love... Compared with the subtle and beautiful feelings between Aragorn and the elf princess, Gandalf and the elf queen in "The Lord of the Rings", the relationship between Tarrell and the dwarf Qili is really a bit bloody. . Visually, for the relationship and plot of other characters who had to be cut because of Tarrell’s joining, the original party has to complain again-
Legolas and Jinli from the "Lord of the Rings" series are both good CPs. A joke came up in "The Hobbit 2", why not let the prince have a good chat with his "father-in-law" comrade Thorin? Everyone squeezed their heads and grabbed the Arken Stone for a long time, who finally fell into his hands? Tarrell didn't want to run errands with the prince to investigate, but wanted to save the old lover of Diosi with a swollen face and fill the fat, so that Thranduil and Gandalf were sunk aside, like a waste of escape from the battlefield. Tofu, tofu, the magic wand in your hand is not a crutch. It's useless to fight monsters from start to finish. Are you worthy of a prop master? (Netizen comment: no blue...)
Another problem is that the group fight didn’t take long, but because of the performance of so many individual heroes, the overall energy was dissipated (even the second wave of orcs who came through the hole were cut corners). There is no vertical and horizontal strife between various interest groups, no subtle eight-door golden lock formation, which is simply presented as a brute force confrontation between "good guys" and "bad guys." Still not enough, a little bit anticlimactic, and breathed a sigh of relief. And, the green part of the Elf Queen's face is too scary, it will scare the children; the ending song "sees the light" after the previous "saw the fire", but it is slightly lighter as the finale.
Not the End
In fact, there are still many subtle questions waiting to be answered. The answer may be an extended DVD that will come out in the future, or it may be Peter Jackson's personal return-who said it is impossible? When he finished filming the "Lord of the Rings" trilogy, he himself and everyone else thought he would never come back. Don't forget, Tolkien also has a posthumous work, Silmarillion, and countless fans who are earnestly staying behind. The door to Middle-earth will reopen one day.
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