"Exodus" has also appeared on the screen several times in the United States alone, and the best version is still from the most dramatic processing. In fact, there is a big difference between DreamWorks’ first animated work and the original text of the Bible. Many parts of the story are purely out of nothing, but it is this point that prevents the film from becoming a symbolic superficial.
The hoarse call to Moses at the Red Sea after Remses has gone has broken the hearts of the world. The rivalry between Moses and Pharaoh is also a brother and enemy supporting the intense dramatic tension throughout the film. As far as I know, no comment has ever criticized "The Prince of Egypt"'s dramatic processing of the "Bible", which more or less shows the audience's recognition of drama. In terms of the "true interpretation" of the Bible, it is a risk, but in the spiritual realm, the story of the Bible is truly sublimated.
Even if DreamWorks only makes the most of the audience's tolerant attitude towards animated films, Mel Gibson also wasted a lot of material for use in "The Passion of Christ". Judas, the governor who was forced to send Jesus to the cross, the Jew who carried the cross for the Son of Man, the apostle who denies the Lord three times, and even Bellucci's role-playing woman who was saved by Jesus even though she was completely loyal to the original work It is also an excellent theatrical theme. Mel Gibson has obviously made such an effort. All contradictions have expressive intentions, but in the film they are all superficial, not in the painful spot, and the symbolic pretending performance is difficult to make the audience worry. Jesus on the cross actually had a serious wave of faith before he died. The precious material that created the "Last Temptation of Christ" was even taken away at the climax. Anyone familiar with the biblical story will comment on the film at this moment. I feel a great regret.
The "Caning" section is really too hard. All the moves that can win the audience's pity have been exhausted. The cliché of "violent slow motion" will no longer be able to play its role in creating atmosphere. Especially interspersed with the Governor's wife handing a white towel to the Virgin, the subsequent blood-wiping plot creates a moving climax at this moment, which highlights the paleness of the second half of the movie. For the next hour, the movie kept spinning in place, and similar tragic rendering methods were repeated again and again without any change. It was really difficult to convince the audience that the nerves had been numb. Except for the Virgin Mary, other characters are very unsuccessful, especially Jesus is the most flat character in the whole film. Without the crisis of belief in the last paragraph, there is no room for this character to be sublimated, relying solely on flesh-and-blood makeup to shape a character? It doesn't get any more ridiculous than this.
The commentary of the film is very naive, and the use of flashbacks has always been a very primitive method of "seeing and thinking about one thing". Biblical stories are all too familiar to the world, and some famous bridges such as "The Last Supper" are no longer necessary for "commentary" in the movie, and there is no need to use these flashbacks to complete "meet audience expectations". " task. Perhaps condensing all the flashbacks into the prologue section in quick mirrors can create a sense of high expectations for the audience. As for the multiple languages that appear in the film, it has actually lost its meaning from the beginning of the film, because it is obviously just a "flower head" to cover up the director's clumsiness, and in terms of the effect of the whole film, it cannot achieve the purpose of covering up the ugliness.
Abandoned dramatic efforts, abandoned attempts to understand all "controversial parts", abandoned the novelty of cinematic techniques, and relied only on costume effects and music to express a kind of sadness that actually has no reason, not to mention the "Bible" His spirit is far from being summed up by sadness and cruelty. No matter who the screenwriter is, Mel Gibson's directorial work disappointed me and even felt a little angry: the Bible story already has too much sensitivity that the world is afraid to look at, without the extraordinary courage and skill, without the " If you have a high degree of comprehension of the spirit of the Bible, don't make fun of the classics at will.
Merely presenting bloody images on the screen is not as comforting as a wooden cross.
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