Here, here, here she comes! She came back in golden eagle armor. After more than a year, "Wonder Woman 1984" was released, which should be another popular movie in global theaters after "Creed" half a year later.
Let’s talk about the advantages first. The core creator of “1984” is almost the same as the previous one and even upgraded. Hans Zimmer’s ubiquitous soundtrack runs through the whole movie, it’s really everywhere, and it’s the same as the Nolan movie. loud. Director Patty Jenkins is still focusing on the rich and delicate growth lines of the characters this time. The film boldly includes more literary dramas in a superhero-themed action entertainment blockbuster to support a more three-dimensional Diana, and It is still very courageous to put it in the first half of the film. The stacking of these trivial life-like fragments makes the emotional turning point behind the character greatly sublimated.
After Diana became Wonder Woman in the first movie, she could finally understand the saying "with great power comes great responsibility", she made a difficult choice between divinity and humanity, and she also paid an enormous amount of money. To redeem the price that must be paid to be a hero. Diana and Steve have also made interesting intermodulations in terms of identity adaptation. Oh, you haven't even watched the trailer, right? Steve is back, so it's not a spoiler, right? In the first film, Diana, who just arrived, needed Steve to accompany her all the way to help Diana adapt to the environment. In "1984", it was the other way around. Diana brought Steve to know the colorful American 1980s. In the action scenes, more special skills of Diana and her props are also displayed. The design of some of her actions also restores the pictures in the comics. Note that I did not say that the action scenes are very hot and explosive. Generally speaking, "1984" still handed over a stable transcript of Wonder Woman sequel to the audience. DC fans can take a reassurance first. As a sequel, the protagonist Diana is not a task-style solution. A human crisis, but to re-examine human beings and ourselves in the crisis, and also gain growth and insight from it.
Of course, there is a turning point here. The duration of the film is 2.5 hours, 10 minutes more than the previous film. 10 minutes is actually good, but do you think the time is a little slow... This is mainly caused by two reasons, the first is because the first The main storyline of "Wonder Woman" is relatively concentrated, mainly telling the story of the origin of Wonder Woman, and all the plot events serve how Diana became Wonder Woman. The main storyline of "1984" is divided into two parts, one shows Diana and Steve falling in love, and the other is against the villain line. The sense of separation between the two narrative lines is quite obvious in the first half, and only in the second half. Gradually converge, eventually forming the intersection between the two.
Furthermore, the film has to take care of the supporting role Barbara, as well as the introduction and characterization of the villain Maxwell Lord, which leads to a lot of explanatory content in the first half of the film, and it is necessary to specially create scenes to expand those lines that may be enough for one or two lines. A clear storyline. I understand that the first half of the scenes are all for the eruption of the emotional point of the volcano, but the weaving and rhythm of the first half of the plot can be done more neatly. Some parts of the film even made me feel that Sister Pai was reluctant to take the material she shot. Obviously, some of the clips have a very simple meaning, but they made the whole scene full. the feeling of seeing.
In terms of villain shaping, the film did spend a lot of space, but it still can't restore the fact that the character's motives are weak, but if you have been watching DCEU movies like this, how can you be surprised, just get used to it. Which of the villains in the DCEU impresses you, you say, you say it. The actor who plays the villain is Pedro Pascal, I don't know why, but when I look at him, I think he has a smile on his face, so many people say that his role is boring, but I still find it quite interesting, of course in my impression He has never acted in comedy in the middle of the year. Maybe there is a reason why he looks a bit like Shen Teng. This is the way.
In the final battle scene, EMMMMM, did the main creator have no budget? It must be so, and the HBO MAX online broadcast also posted a lot of money to Sister Pai and Gal Gadot, and then Nolan was so angry that he threw the chair next to him. protest. Okay, no kidding, I guess, I guess, is it because Wonder Woman, among the many DC superheroes, is more suitable for teenagers, that is, the younger age group, which led to the sequel "1984". The overall production direction needs to be more popular and more educational, so the decisive battle scene will be very positive (chicken soup). , the ending of the fairy tale that only falls on a few words in the end cannot convince the audience. After all, the fairy tale is very plump and beautiful, and the reality is very skinny and cruel. Human greed and desire cannot be turned around in a few words.
The main theme of "1984" is love and truth. In presenting this theme, it is also directly spoken rather than acted. It is simpler and more direct, with less charm and thinking, except that Maxwell Lord's styling is similar to Sichuan common. Speaking of which, I know that after the film was released, the comments have gradually become a little controversial, so I think no matter what I say, I should be scolded. It may be because I lowered my expectations before watching it. I did not hold the sequel "1984". Doubling is better than the mentality of the first film, let alone watching Uncle Phoenix's "Joker" with the attitude of watching it. You're asking me if I'm disappointed, of course I'm a little disappointed that I didn't see more surprises, but if you say "1984" is a bad movie or that DC has since collapsed, it's not, really not.
The sequel movie itself is difficult to make. Take the sequel of the superhero theme as an example, how many sequels are impressive, Iron Man 2? Thor 2? Avengers 2? Maybe Captain America 2 and Nolan's Batman 2 can talk. Even for me, my perception of "1984" is not too bad. I don't feel too disgusted with the old stalk routine setting of the movie Steve resurrecting again. I will reveal the depth of this later. Parse to expand. Of course, I also understand that when it comes to "1984", which is especially set in the entertainment blockbuster, or the superhero theme, everyone must be entering the theater for action scenes, right, including me, most of the film's action scenes are obvious. The rear and not enough stimulation may be the reason why many ordinary audiences have difficulty maintaining patience. After all, more people may buy tickets to see more action scenes, more special effects scenes, and more beautiful legs of Gal Gadot
Spoiler in-depth analysis & easter eggs
As early as more than a year ago, when "1984" was first announced, it was mentioned that "1984" was independent of the previous work "Wonder Woman", and would not be related to DCEU, etc. The Internet has memory, and you can still find it from March to May last year. Wiki also wrote this before, but it has been changed. When the news came out, everyone had different opinions. Is the DCEU going to take the lead in opening the multiverse? Is "1984" going to fill in what Diana said to the master in "BVS" at that time?
As a result, good guy, I am direct good guy, "1984" is not only the undeniable sequel to Wonder Woman, but also very related. As for the lack of linkage with DCEU at all, I think "1984" is just a little clever again. Many people think that the reason why the film chose the 1980s in the United States is because of the Cold War and the oil crisis. The consumer culture is colorful, and it is the golden age of entertainment. Well, some of them were interpreted by me at the time, and I slapped myself in the face. In 1984, even the brain hole of George Orwell's novel was moved out, but in fact, I don't think it is the point. If you understand the DCEU timeline, you will know why it is set in the 1980s.
In the DCEU timeline, in 1981, both the father and the mother died, and Bruce was still a child at the time. It was not until around 1995 that the father had a new identity called Batman. Sea King Arthur was born in 1985, and the underwater kingdom of Atlantis didn't bother to care about what happened to human beings. In 1988, Superman, who flew from the distant planet Krypton, was also a child, and only discovered for the first time that he had superpowers. In 1994, the steel frame was just born. There is no example for the later time, so the time of "1984" is set in the 1980s, and the main purpose is to bypass the time point of other superheroes in the DCEU, which is the same as the time point of the previous World War I in 1918, just to There is no way to save the world by standing up to other DC superheroes, it has to be Wonder Woman.
Of course, in the interview, Sister Pai also talked about choosing this time point because it was the most prosperous period of consumerism in the United States to promote the American Dream. Various big shopping malls continued to emerge. At that time, the American economy was not as good as expected. It caused the contrast between people's desires and reality at that time, so that the setting of the wishing stone was more critical. The factors outside the game are even simpler. The success of "Aquaman" and "Joker" made DCEU deliberately not do too much association. Of course, they don't have a man like Kevin Feige who can dominate the entire (Marvel) universe. It is also one of the reasons.
So DCEU's current movies, there is a feeling that they are not fans of each other, but they are also quietly concerned about each other. At the beginning of the good film, the time goes back to when Diana was a child, and the "Olympic" Games on Paradise Island held a Iron Maiden pentathlon. Diana went from swinging the lead to an opportunistic one with a small mistake. She wanted to take a shortcut to victory, but it was not a real victory. Some people may think that the five-athletes competition in Paradise Island is superfluous at the beginning, but in fact it is not. At the beginning, the meaning of Diana's childhood competition in this game implies that it covers the entire "1984". The characters and people in the film use stones The way to make a wish makes a dream come true, and such a reality will eventually become a cursed dream. Steve's resurrection is more like the shortcut that Diana chose in her childhood game. In the end, although she rushed into the arena first, she didn't really win. The opening of the film quickly reveals the core of the whole film. The real victory and hero cannot be exchanged for lies and shortcuts.
In fact, many successes in our reality are obtained by the plundering and aggression of capital, as well as some immoral lies, so in fact, "1984" has been revealing the kind of fairy tale that the film insists on from the very beginning. like innocence. If you really understand the intention of the film's opening, it's actually not difficult to understand the teaching-like treatment at the end of the film. The time came to 1984, and the film used a lot of space to show how Diana hid herself and helped humans in the post-Wonder Woman heroic era, becoming a Washington DC guardian with a larger scope than the Spider-Man community guard next door. By. During this period, she also appeared in the Leopard Girl Barbara and the villain Maxwell Lord.
Barbara, who appeared in Wonder Woman comics in episode 6, is an archaeologist and has a keen interest in studying the Amazons, including coveting Wonder Woman's lasso. In the comics, Barbara was also a good friend with Diana at first, and she was also the old enemy of Wonder Woman. It has evolved for three generations. Today, I mainly talk about Barbara of the new 52. In the comics, Barbara knows that Diana is Wonder Woman, but the film doesn't seem to specifically point out how Barbara knew Diana's true identity. Well, it's good that Wonder Woman didn't cover her face anyway. Admit it. How Barbara became a leopard girl, and has written several versions at different times, but the same is that Barbara was in an African tribal expedition, and the team had an accident. With the help of the tribal priest, Barbara used her own The blood and the ancient tree gods were made into a potion, and Barbara became a half-human, half-leopard panther girl.
The image of Barbara's leopard girl in the film reminds a lot of last year's movie "Cat", but I think it is much more beautiful than the cat's shape, sincere. Maxwell Lord is even more interesting. In the comics, he is quite rich, a shrewd and very talented businessman, not a business liar who can only say two TV commercials in the film. And he has an identity as one of the founders of the International Justice League. He also spends money to fund and operate the International Justice League organization, which is not the same as the Justice League we know today. It can be simply understood that the International Justice League is sponsored by the United Nations. The Justice League incarnation.
But the most important thing is that because of a certain genetic bomb, Maxwell Lord gave him the superpower to control his mind. After that, he betrayed the Justice League International and tried to destroy all superhumans. In the comics, Maxwell Lord has a lot to do. No matter from the character background or the entire comic timeline, he can actually be shaped as a long-term villain. The same goes for Barbara, the leopard girl. These two villains are classic characters in the Wonder Woman comic series. They moved out two at a time in "1984", which really made people interested in early, but after watching a movie, The two villains seem to have stopped here, and I feel that the depth of the two major villains, Leopard Girl and Maxwell Lord, is relatively shallow.
Of course, they didn't really get the lunch in the end. Maybe, Maxwell Lord gained the ability to control his mind in this incident, but he didn't know it yet. Similar to the comics where he encountered a crisis and gained the ability to control his mind. The leopard girl Barbara has returned to human form, but the film does not explain whether her superpower still exists in her body. Are these the film digging a hole for herself?
OK, where did I talk about the plot? In a robber robbing a large supermarket, Wonder Woman successfully captured the robber and seized a batch of black market cultural relics. The relics appeared in the whole film of McGuffin, which is the one who can fulfill the wishes of others. Yellow crystal stone. The source of the yellow crystal stone is called the Dream Stone in the comics. It is the strongest of the 12 magic stones created by the Sandman. The Sandman is an ancient existence. In DC, it is even more god-level than god-level. The birth of the universe was linked together, the first life in the universe dreamed, and the Sandman was born.
Sandman is a member of DC's endless family. The endless family is a virtual existence of consciousness. It is composed of seven brothers and sisters of fate, death, destruction, desire, despair, delusion and sandman. They can be incarnated into any figurative characters.
Just talking about the Sandman, he has a great span in DC's long history of comics, with numerous stories and many characters, as long as everyone knows that they are very powerful, the Sandman mainly uses dreams to change people's reality in reality, known as people. "Dream" incarnate. In the film Diana looked at ancient books and found that the dream stone was related to the god of lies. Every time the stone appeared, it would lead to the demise of human civilization. The God of Lies, also known as the Duke of Deception, is also one of Wonder Woman's main antagonists, and is a minor god in the Greek pantheon. He can use his power to walk lies, intensify human beings into conflict and war, and eventually lead to human depravity. and perish.
In the film, the Dream Stone inadvertently allows people to express their wishes in exchange for the most precious things of others. This seems fair on the surface. After all, success has to pay a price, but it is not equal. When the Dream Stone first appeared in the film, the staff made a wish for a cup of coffee, and the coffee arrived, but perhaps what he lost was his life. the most important thing. I think if the film can explain the follow-up of this staff member, it will better explain the evil of the Dream Stone, but Maxwell basically explained that wishing is an unequal transaction through the broadcast later.
After that, Diana made a wish on the stone to revive Steve. The stone transferred Steve's awareness of other people's bodies, but was unable to revive Steve's real person. I think this was handled very wisely. Especially since we don't even know if Diana was actually seeing Steve's face, or if Diana imagined someone else's face to be Steve's, adding a layer of self-deception. But even so, their love is real and touching. When Diana knew the truth about the Dream Stone, she still chose not to give up on Steve, but wanted to find the best of both worlds, which was the same as when Diana was a child. The situation she encountered was the same, she wanted to deceive and paralyze herself to achieve success, and the price of such lies prevented her from becoming a real Wonder Woman.
What has passed will pass away, and what is faced must always be faced. The price of becoming a hero must be to give up the treasure and love that Diana really does not want to let go of. When Diana and Steve said goodbye, it should be the most touching plot in the whole film. Diana cherishes the love she lost and found again. The happy time between the two is fleeting like fireworks. In the end, the two still have to Say goodbye to each other again. Some people think why take Steve out to "whip the corpse", and then play the last old meme again, the screenwriter can't think of other tricks. This time I really can't agree with this point of view. I think the best setting of the whole film lies in this, is it a routine, indeed, but the sincere relationship between Diana and Steve, I think this is done in all superhero themes It's the most literary one, "Joker" doesn't count, it's a comic book movie, you've corrected me, right? The film puts a lot of idle pens of the two of them to show the bits and pieces of their reunion. It is true that in a superhero-themed entertainment blockbuster, this is a hard thing to imagine. Slowing down the pace does exist, but It is also because of this idle pen that the two people's true feelings are revealed in subtleties.
In one of them, Diana accompanied Steve to play in the square. When Steve saw the break dance, he was suddenly subconsciously frightened, but at the same time he was frightened, he made a gesture to protect Diana, Steve In the case of knowing that Diana does not need protection, she is still protecting her. This design is really too warm.
After they went to Egypt, Diana used the stealth ability to make the fighter invisible. This super ability came from her father Zeus hiding the entire Paradise Island, including Diana's use of lightning to swing on the swing, and the decisive battle with the Leopard Girl who was not afraid of being electrocuted. Has Zeus genes.
And Diana learned to fly later. Some people say that she can fly. What's the use of Superman. In fact, the superpower that Wonder Woman can fly is not new in the comics. It's just that Wonder Woman needs to fly. With the help of some external force, such as lightning, airplanes, or the one shown in the film, Diana uses the mantra lasso to keep spinning to create a cyclone, allowing herself to fly for a long time. Of course, frankly speaking, these superpowers came quite suddenly. I know that Sister Pai wants to let the audience see more superpowers of Wonder Woman in this movie, including the latter mantra lasso can also achieve "VR projection", Golden Eagle Battle The appearance of armor and so on. But I feel that it is not necessary to expose so much at one time and deal with it in such a hurry. It is a pity that every superpower is like walking on the runway, and there is no more text.
Later, when Diana and the others went to Egypt and the White House, because Diana made Steve's wish to resurrect Steve, Diana's divine power continued to weaken, until facing irreversible chaos, the two finally came to farewell. If you still remember, when Diana and Steve said goodbye in the first movie, Diana had no choice because Steve decided to live and die, but in "1984", Diana had to make her own choice. To fulfill the first human world that Steve said "I save today, you save the world". Diana must make a personal emotional and loving sacrifice to save a world of greed and desire. It is precisely because of Steve's courage to sacrifice himself again that Diana firmly believes that human beings have love and kindness, because Steve is such a person.
Steve finally said to Diana, I wish we had more time, this sentence is really a huge fate trick for Diana, as an Amazon who can live forever, Diana is the most indispensable It's time, and when she happens to be loved and wants to protect each other, she has to face the problem of saving one person or saving the whole world. In the end, Diana, in her humanity and divinity, chose to cut off her only personal love, withdrew her wish, regained her divine power, put on the golden eagle armor, and duel with the leopard girl. The issue has already been introduced, and I won’t expand it here. It is worth noting here that the Golden Eagle Armor has wings. Some people will think that since Wonder Woman can fly, why do you need the wings of the Golden Eagle Armor. As mentioned earlier, Wonder Woman needs to be able to fly, so the wings of the Golden Eagle Armor will allow her to fly better and upgrade, and the two are not in conflict.
The fighting power of the Leopard Girl, the claws can be understood as the same as the claws of the next door Wolverine, and can even make Superman bleed. So it's not that the golden eagle armor is too weak, but the leopard girl is too strong. After Wonder Woman defeated the Leopard Girl, when she faced Maxwell Lord, she did have a few decisive battle scenes and chicken soup. The two did not fight, only mouth scenes. However, there is one detail that I still want to expand with you. At that time, Diana lassoed Maxwell with a mantra, and then gave a "love speech" to the world, and made people withdraw their wishes through the radio. This actually reflects another ability of the mantra lasso. In addition to allowing people to speak the truth, the mantra lasso can also allow others to understand truth and love. When Diana spoke in the film, the screens all over the world turned golden. That is, the color of the lasso of mantra when it shines, and the side may also indicate that the lasso of mantra is functioning to allow humans to understand the truth.
However, this part of the film is handled very delicately, and it does not fully define that this is the magical power of the mantra lasso, so we can also understand that people hear Diana's speech and finally withdraw their wishes after they realize it. In fact, after the whole movie, what Sister Pai wants to express is very clear, that is, she doesn't want to make "1984" into another action blockbuster set of superhero templates, she wants to try to build and dig deeper into the characters. We can see that Wonder Woman almost exerted her various superpowers in "1984". I wonder if you still remember that Wonder Woman has the same appearance as Aphrodite, the wisdom of Athena, It has the agility of Hermes and the strength of Hercules. Therefore, in order to reflect the superpowers of Wonder Woman, the film shows almost everything, and the decisive battle part of Wonder Woman uses wisdom and love to save the world. I know I know, it's not visually appealing, and I also think so, but I still need to explain the intention of the next sister to do this.
Next is the Easter egg. I guess many people have said it. The character of the "aunt" who appeared on the stage introduced himself as Asteria. I didn't recognize it at first, but later I remembered that it was Lin, who played the first generation of Wonder Woman. Da Carter. This easter egg is first of all to sell a sentimental stalk, which makes everyone even more surprised. In the film, Asteria is the owner of the Golden Eagle Armor, and is also the same clan that Diana has been looking for.
This also leads to Sister Pai's Wonder Woman trilogy. It's true that Sister Pai planned to make three Wonder Woman movies at the beginning. If the series is successful, a rumor about the Amazons of Paradise Island will be added. Therefore, the amount of information in this Easter egg is still quite significant. As an ancestor of the Amazons, Asteria once fought against humans and stayed behind, but in the end, she did not sacrifice, and has been hidden in the human world for a long time. If the story behind this is Expand, it is directly the rumored part mentioned earlier. And if Linda Carter is willing, it is estimated that the third part of Wonder Woman will have her role. In addition, Sister Pai mentioned in the interview that the Wonder Woman in the third part will put the timeline in modern times. So if you are not responsible for burning your brains, maybe the third Wonder Woman will be linked to other superheroes in the DCEU, members of the Justice League will appear, and Asteria is also in the third, which is still very interesting. .
Of course, the easter eggs are more likely to be smoke bombs, so you can just take a look at them now. A lot of things are not mentioned, including the project of the third part of Wonder Woman, but it is only verbally that there will be a third part, and there is no real project. above.
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