Two plus two does not equal four The combination of the
Smiths, director Shyamalan and screenwriter Gary Weta is the biggest gimmick and selling point of the whole film. However, "two" plus "two" does not necessarily result in "four", it may be "two".
Smith and his son earned enough tears from the audience with "Knock When Happiness" and became a hot golden combination. Then Will Smith paved the way for his son, and contributed to Jaden and Jackie Chan's "Kung Fu Dream". This time, Father Smith used his own influence to make up a story, just to support his son. Too bad the script isn't great.
The story of "Back to Earth" was originally a small and medium-budget drama. The background is not set in the distant future. The story is simply about a little boy and his father who went through the woods to seek rescue after a car accident. "The Book of Eli" screenwriter Gary Weta's small stunt about the background of the story makes the film a sci-fi movie with a budget of up to 130 million US dollars. The change in genre has made the adventure more visual, but it has also increased film risk...and screenwriter pay. In order to further reduce the risk, Daddy Smith brought in Shyamalan, who has many fans. With such a cast, the film can be expected to be brilliant, but a weak script is killing it.
In the film, the plot of the father from commanding his son to being forced to let his son go after his broken leg can be said to be very touching, but the script seriously lacks dramatic conflict and fierce confrontation. The obstacles the screenwriter sets for Jaden are nothing more than beasts such as monkeys, eagles, and tigers. There is no communication in the physical confrontation between humans and animals, unless it is "Youth Pie". Most of the time in the film, the father-son relationship is warm and contrived. The delicate and soothing treatment method is more suitable for drama films. For science fiction films, this script is inferior.
Constrained by the script, neither Will Smith nor Shyamalan were able to exert their strengths. Will Smith is good at playing the rebellious diaosi, and this time playing Denzel Washington feels weird. Shyamalan's movies usually combine ghosts and ghosts preaching, various copycats of Stephen King, this time the story line is extremely simple, and it is only about a simple father-son relationship. Shyamalan failed to Shyamalan.
The plot of Art Life "Back to Earth" looks like a junk program - "Art Life", which is pretentious and grand-sounding. Regardless of the emotional estrangement between the father and the son in the film, or the rapid growth of the son later, it seems too stylized and lacks surprises, which makes people unmoved. Previously, "Iron Armored Steel Fist" was deliberate enough. This time, "Return to Earth" is even more difficult. tail.
This film has made Jaden enough of the drama, but the characters lacking enough three-dimensional sense cannot leave too much impression on the audience.
The scenery is unique.
As a Hollywood blockbuster, "Back to Earth" has a high technical content, so it can be regarded as a landscape film that can be seen.
The film's futuristic design mixes Star Trek battleships and bodysuit designs, and even the signal transmitters are reminiscent of Star Trek battleships. Human architecture has Gaudí’s bionic elements, and the alien monsters have a “Alien” mashup “Starship Troopers” style. The various monsters in the primeval forest have a prehistoric feeling, and although it seems very brainless that the alien animals at the top of the food chain did not kill the large earth animals, in general, the various designs are stable. With industrial-grade mirror movement and post-production, the film looks pretty good visually.
In the end,
"Return to Earth" was a project that Father Smith hurriedly launched in order to support his son. The script did not go through repeated scrutiny, thinking that the problem could be settled by ace screenwriters and star directors. It turns out that despite Papa Smith's fatherly love for the Hollywood blockbuster, the cheap plot concept and shoddy screenplay never moved.
Although the father's love behind the scenes is like a mountain, the movie is full of mountains and rivers. (The movie is crazy/irritating, please indicate the source for reprinting)
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