By Guan Yadi, the
first two episodes of the "Terminator" series should be the most emotionally imprinted Hollywood science fiction films for Chinese audiences, especially "Terminator 2". In the third episode, although Arnold continued to perform hard, I always felt that it was At that time, the governor of California, who had already passed away, crawled out of the "cemetery" and barely managed to collect money. It could basically be ignored. Therefore, when I first saw the trailer of "Terminator 4" (domestically introduced and translated as "Terminator 2018"), I had strong expectations for the new sequel. Because it is obvious that this sci-fi movie of humans and robots has found a new way of visual aesthetics, and it seems to make people feel that this is a deep sci-fi classic close to the dark temperament of "The Dark Knight." But after watching the full movie, I found that these beautiful expectations are all my own wishful thinking-"Terminator 2018" is just an ordinary summer action blockbuster hovering around the pass line. Anyone who has too much extravagant expectations for it will only be disappointed.
It must be said that this episode of the Terminator movie has a very good story idea. The core is the appearance of the half-human and half-machine Marcus, giving the audience a new perspective on the Terminator story. Although from a certain point of view, the role of Marcus is obviously similar to the Cylon robot in the United States’ most exciting and classic science fiction drama series "Battlestar Galactica" in recent years (no one). It’s the same, but the character of Marcus in "Terminator 2018" is quite unique-he went from atonement for death, rebirth, self-searching, to rediscovering self, to the choice between life and responsibility, and finally For the second redemption of "Terminator 2018", the whole character is quite layered and dynamic. He could definitely become a classic role in film history. This is also the most exciting part of "Terminator 2018" in my opinion. Soon after the film opens, you can find that this obviously should be a story about Marcus being the absolute male number one, not John Connor. But the biggest failure of this movie is that the narrative focus is still on the human resistance robot leader John Connor, and the latter's character creation is in contrast, lacking charm and dryness, even if it is recently super popular. It didn't help that Christian Bale came to play. Because of the casting problem, in order to simply pursue market value, the original most creative part of the script was ignored. As a result, the whole storytelling aspect can be said to be pieced together. In the end, the audience saw a Hollywood with 200 million US dollars. The fatal inferior script made a mediocre movie.
The director McG tried to present a colder future apocalyptic visual style. Generally speaking, the director has done most of his work with due diligence. The film is full of a lot of cold mechanics, and the action scenes are handled quite dazzlingly, worthy of the large amount of dollars thrown out. , McG still brought some fresh breath to the "Terminator" series. But these technical shows and improvements, for a blockbuster Hollywood summer blockbuster, can only be said to have done their part, or McG is still more ingenious than James Cameron. If the fatal flaw in the script may be the dizziness of the studio's decision-makers, then McG will bear the main responsibility for the lack of personality in character creation and the overall film atmosphere.
In addition, this Terminator movie is overly pursuing a sense of metal, which makes the whole film too masculine, and the first two "Terminator" are the most attractive is the emotional introduction, both through the female character Sara Connor To be done. The strong charm of female characters displayed in the way of emotional introduction is the key success of the first two episodes of "Terminator", which makes McG's shortcomings more obvious. Moreover, when it comes to the dark temperament of the film and the depth of the characters' inner heart, "The Dark Knight" is in front; when it comes to the visual shock of the overall robot world, "Transformers" has reached the top of today's film industry. So from this perspective, "Terminator 2018" really doesn't stand out on either side, it's because Hollywood changes so fast.
If you thought "Terminator 2018" was still a film with an author's atmosphere and satisfying domestic literary youth, then I can only regret to tell you that this is an ordinary Hollywood blockbuster, and it is not the best quality one. Kind of, because when "Transformers 2" is released at the end of this month, you will definitely forget to watch this Terminator sequel.
09-6-11
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