The news that broke the news at the beginning of "The Witch Hunter" is quite anticipated. For example, Cavill played Geralt, and the CG director of "The Witcher" participated in the directing, which made people very capable of boating. After that, there were all kinds of negative news.
First of all, the actors of Triss and Yenafa are seriously off-line. You must know that the Sorceress is powerful and can change her appearance. At the same time, she is also the great adviser of the kingdom. Whether it is ability or appearance, it is very necessary in political struggle. Yes, Ye Naifa felt okay when he came out with "plastic surgery", and his acting skills are also good, but he lacks the corresponding aura. Triss was not as miserable as people sprayed. Compared with Ye Naifah, it was deduced from the inner side. The appearance was not up to the standard. In fact, it is the level of passersby if it does not meet the standard, but many comments are a bit too much. And Netflix, who likes to be politically correct, not only forcibly add a large number of people of color to the European magical works, but also super plays, especially the tree spirits! what! Dryads full of wild beauty! it turns out……! If this is very necessary, then why are there even Indians but not Chinese? Feelings are not discriminatory if they don’t have black characters, and if they don’t have Chinese characters? It’s right that the elf leader let Daniel Wu play the role. Anyway, the character’s role is deleted, and the debate with Geralt is so weak. It doesn’t matter to the crew whether it is a white person or not, does it not matter?
Secondly, the addition of the original author. Generally speaking, the addition of the original author is a good thing. You can supervise the screenwriter and prevent Hu from editing too much. The problem is that the original author’s character is not good, so I chose when I sold the copyright. I received a one-time payment instead of sharing it. Later I saw that the game was very popular with JJYY. If it weren't for the game, would there be another share of the copyright fee for this TV series. Later, because some people thought that his novel was a fan version of the game, they put their anger on the game. In fact, anyone with a brain will check it out and know that his novel is the original. Combining the above factors, his joining is not a good thing, because he may deliberately disassociate himself from the game and create another style of "The Demon Hunter". Later, when the ship with the art style such as wolf emblem and flag was newly designed Only disappointed, not good-looking at all, and the soundtrack is also very mediocre. Why don't you get the art copyright directly from CDPR? But this was only a personal concern at the beginning, not even a speculation. Later, it was discovered that the original author did not like or spray the "Devil Hunter" of the fire. I don't know what he felt. I only searched for an interview saying that he was stuck. Weir's performance was impressed and did not comment on the episode itself. Cavill lowered his voice to imitate the game because he himself is a fan of "World of Warcraft" and "The Witcher". Hearing that Netflix was going to make a TV series, he ran over to recommend himself and took the costume home after the filming. It’s the same as the game, just...the whole process is a little deliberate. After all, there are emotional ups and downs.
The third is clothing. The armor design of the soldiers of Nilfgaard is really pungent...Is the aesthetics of the dignified Southern Empire like this? But the north is not much better, the beautiful man and powerful king Foltest turned out to be... the mayor of Long Lake Town in "The Hobbit 2"... the casting director... hard to say.
But the core of a film and television work is narrative. If the narrative is not good, other aspects are useless. The series uses three story lines to intersect the narrative, which is fancy, good filming makes people amazing. If filming is not good, it is not a problem for those who have read the original, and it is easy for passers-by to be confused, but The first season uses a collection of short stories, so this method is still fine, even if it is still not filmed, the logo is collected from one episode to the eighth collection, and the music becomes more and more exciting, reaching a climax from the senses. It sounds good at the top (referring to the Logo section)
The first episode comes up with a show of hunting monsters, which can quickly arouse the emotions of the audience, and also briefly understand the protagonist, which is a good routine commonly used in Hollywood. But "The Demon Hunter" messed up, the action design was very general, and he fell into the water while hitting the sword. Then Geralt faced the monster with one hand and the two forelimbs attacking, while the other hand thought hard. How about going to touch the sword? Is this scene very familiar? How about replacing the sword with a gun? Where's the dagger? What about broken pieces of glass? Where's the slab? At that time, I thought, don’t tell me to turn around instantly after I got the sword, and I know the result is that the director of feelings writes eight-legged essays like the college entrance examination when he makes a TV series? I have long wanted to complain about this kind of bridge segment that has appeared time and time again. Under the disadvantage, as soon as I get the weapon next to me, I immediately win. Why did I go when the weapon was not dropped before? So many directors like to shoot like this?
The Battle of Sintra uses flashbacks. The ending is given first, leaving a suspense, and then the big scene after the story line converges to make the atmosphere even more elevated. It is also a very good performance method, but unfortunately still not done well... from the characters. Said that the lioness of Sintra did not show the aura of the ruler, I don’t know if it is a script problem (in fact, there are emotions, but it looks more like the performance method of Japanese animation, a little overstretched), But the more serious aspect of the war portrayal is that the inferior defenders charged directly on the plains and cut their own way. The shooting method of the war still stayed in the last century. After the two armies charged, the camera trembled in the crowd. Without any tactics, without any of my fighting skills, the filming was super rushed, and I wondered that Netflix has no broadcast time, so what should I do? Isn't it good to shoot 2 hours in one episode? Don't talk about the cost issue. The venue is well located, the extras are well located and the equipment is put on. Anyway, they are all about to be filmed. It is a waste of budget to spend so much manpower and material resources on the big scene and then hastily. In the end, when defending the city, there was no sense of tragic and grandeur, and the director, photography, editing and soundtrack were all backed up. Druids are difficult to get out of the scene and have no chance to perform, just pose like the one in "King Arthur" + 50 cents special effects and it's done.
The very important moral decision incident at the end of the first episode was not filmed, and the anxiety of that decision was not shown at all, and a lot of details were missing. Even if it was compared to a short story, the duration of one hour was a little rushed. If you don't read the original book, it's easy to get confused in the battle on the street, don't know why you fought, what did the princess do to him, the quote of "two powers harming each other, whichever is the lesser" seems so weak. The only highlight in the whole episode is the man-to-man swordsmanship. It is wonderful and smooth, but the turning around is a bit slower, and this is the only very exciting battle in the 8 episodes.
In the second episode, there is no improvement. The adaptation of magical energy and electric eels is also very nonsensical. The camera has been switched to the outdoor and overlooked the mage building several times. I don’t know what the purpose is.
So is it possible to conclude that there is no need to waste time based on the above criticism? In fact, "The Witcher" changes its director every 2 episodes (there are 2 directors in the seventh and eighth episodes, and the original CG director of "The Witcher" did not appear), and there are 7 screenwriters, and the third The episodes began to look good. Don’t worry about the inconsistency of the style. I thought that it was the same person who shot it. Until I realized that the style of the sixth episode was different from that of the first episode, Ye Naifa actually played a dual-wielding violent battle. A warlock fought and slaughtered half a team of mercenaries at close range. He was quite close to Geralt, the first swordsman in the north, and the action design was not good enough. In the end, there was a hug and kiss, which made me suspect that they were here. There is no martial arts instructor behind. There are three traditions that have been inherited. One is that the spells of warlocks still only use portals and illusions. The other is that the monster design is very unimaginative. The vampire bird and Silica seem to have changed their heads, especially the dragon. It is not domineering at all. The third is a special effect that is full of cheap feeling. The dragon speaks without moving its mouth. The image of the dragon of the three jackdaws seems to be malnourished. Although I don’t know what the dragon speaks like, but " "The Hobbit" is made, isn't it?
The most disappointing is the eighth episode, the interweaving of the three story lines, the plot has reached its climax. The first 7 episodes are all 50 cents special effects, and since the last episode has turned to the most heroic page in the historical record-the battle of Mount Suo, The 22 warlocks joined forces to resist the army of Nilfgaard, how can they show their grandeur in this final battle? The result was still not there. The battle was turned into a turn-based system, and the special effects were still fifty cents. It seems that the budget was burned by Ye Naifa, and the original flame magic master Triss was sent to weave branches...but this time in detail. Depicts offensive and defensive tactics, which are better than the previous Sintra battle
Regarding other casting issues, Dandrien is pretty good, talks a lot, sings nicely, Xi Rui is pretty, but the whole series is staring at her face, running around, nothing to play. Needless to say, Cavill, the biggest highlight of the show, the looks of the princess and Geralt’s mother in the first episode are also quite online. In general, "The Witch Hunter" is just disappointing, not exciting enough, but not bad
Overall score: 7.1/10.0
Entertainment Index: 6.9/10.0
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