Let me state my position first. Anti-orthopedics gods are garbage!
I just wanted to pick a new Italian movie to watch. I searched for this movie before. Although the clichés related to the Brotherhood of the Wall in the synopsis were disappointing, I still found that many Italians gave excited praise, similar to "I have always been Prejudice against local films, but this one is really good". I'm finally happy to see it on the silver screen, and it does bring out what's been squeezed out of theaters by Hollywood cream-colored action movies - rough, wild, wild, raw clashes of beliefs and great losers, and in the history of The efforts of scholars and linguists have recreated the Old Latin for the screen and natural light photography through film.
Reconstructing the origins of Rome and reconstructing the stories of Romulus and Remus, it is easy for people to imagine a grand epic. It seems that only in this way is it worthy of the legendary twins fed by the female wolf, and the domineering of the Roman Empire in the European siege in the future. But the expression of the film has nothing to do with "epic". It's a thoroughly raw 800 B.C. perspective, skipping the she-wolf and fast-forwarding to the youth of the protagonists, a chilling realism, a rustic escape tale with an unavoidable atmosphere of mystery.
Desolate villages, muddy fields, barren fields, inorganic rivers and forests, all environmental elements are indifferent and cruel, and the ominous photography of horror films makes the plain scene lifeless, which can completely make the audience feel the people in the play. panic. Naked slaves were stuffed into cages like beasts, dragged across moors and rocks, fighting hand-to-hand in muddy water, fighting Alba's pursuers to the death, blood and mud flying with mutilated limbs, all by survival instinct and Fear-led, primal and animalistic manifestations are unmistakable, neither heroic nor dignified.
Religion is another clue to survival. The fear brought about by the unknown nature in the wild age makes people believe in gods and fear gods, and the main line also revolves around this. The brothers took the opportunity to resist in the sacrifice of the Alba, and Romulus was severely injured in order to take away the priest and the sacred fire to "walk with the gods". After that, all the conflicts were based on the dispute of "belief in gods and disobey gods", which eventually led to well-known ending.
In order to keep Romulus alive, Remus challenged inhuman things, led a team to survive in the cursed forest, hunted deer like miracles, and saw the revelation of the future with his own eyes, so he was covered with signs of God, and he also firmly believed that The younger brother can become king like an oracle. But after the details of the oracle revealed that one of the brothers must kill the other, Remus couldn't bear to attack the bedridden brother and kicked the flame, cursed the god, turned his back on the god, declared war on the god, and decided to be his own master - this is extremely Modern ideas that can resonate with audiences, 21st century audiences are filled with the pride of "That's my boy", but the primitive society in 800 BC did not think so, anti-god is deviant, unacceptable, and sooner or later Punished and cut himself off from the people, Remus, who thought thousands of years ahead, met the eyes of doubt, disappointment and fear XN, including Romulus, who was firm in his beliefs. The final battle between the two also started because of this. Remus who abandoned the god almost voluntarily died under the sword of Romulus who embraced the god, and the oracle was fulfilled.
Had the script not written Remus in the direction of a tyrant lunatic, the final decision would have been more difficult. However, at this time, the creators who were probably over-indulged in Remus's character building and narcissistic features came to their senses and found that if Romulus was not portrayed in a positive way, he would be a complete tool person, so an urgent twist, quickly let Remus kill people. Set fire to remove the ruler's aura.
But even so, Remus is undoubtedly the more shining protagonist, and he is also the most important part of the whole scene. In traditional Roman origins, Remus is just behind the slash, oh no, the person behind the ampersand, the other of the she-wolf twins, died (in a way) at the hands of a brother or Romulus for unknown reasons. The loser at the hands of the best. But this character is clearly full of potential and has too much room for interpretation - why hasn't his name been erased by Romulus? Why did the founders of Rome think that the brothers deserved to share the glory with themselves and be recorded in the annals of history? What kind of treatment is this? This is the cruel treatment of Bai Yueguang! (.
Therefore, this film can be regarded as a video of Roman origins written with passion by the screenwriter group. Although the conflict between brothers has always been tacky enough to make people roll their eyes, the story here is even more twisted and dramatic. It was easy for Remus to kill Romulus, but he did not hesitate to keep his younger brother against the gods, who were forced to face him with the sword because of his brother's rebellion against the gods. Remus is freed from the shackles of faith, Remus's decision leaps forward, so he fails. But we all know he was right. He was not defeated by divine punishment, but by the awakening that did not fit into the times.
Rovere and his team reconstructed the myth with a budget of 7.5 million euros, pulled it back to its bleak and barbaric prehistory, and condensed what should have been an "epic" city history into a story of two people, two in one. The director of photography, Daniele Ciprì, used natural light to complete the filming throughout the film, and the entire film used only a very small amount of special effects. Most of the scenes were completed by makeup techniques and stand-ins, so it seems to be the closest to the true expression of the time and place. Because of the reality, people fall into the BC situation, but they can perfectly experience the religious elements in the scene. In the second half of the movie, the sense of fate gradually became stronger, and the audience who acted as the perspective of God inevitably felt powerless. Negative emotions and the brothers corresponded and turned into resentful shouts of those with rich emotions - Destiny SUCKS!
Going back to the title of the movie, although it is "The First King", the subtitle is two people. The protagonist of the poster is also Remus, which is enough to reflect the director's selfishness. It also echoes what Remus said when he protected his younger brother and confronted everyone in the forest:
Look me in the eyes, I'm him, he's me
So, does anyone take over the writing? If you give me the pen, I'll write it right away. Romulus suddenly wakes up and goes to the underworld to find the HE of brother fuck all the gods!
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