In those days, the pirate group 1 belonged to the kind of simple plot, but it made the viewers look confused, and the brain stopped during the viewing process, and only after watching it would they react to think about the details of the film. This is mainly due to several consecutive large-scale magic shows performed through quick editing, especially the magic at the beginning of the film can coax people. Coupled with the fast-paced and non-drudgery style of the film as a whole, basically, as long as the audience watches it, they will be distracted by the film's constant magic show and the process of revealing the secret. In addition, an action scene interspersed in a timely manner in the movie is also full of magic skills and does not give people any leisure time.
On the other hand, compared with the previous work, the advantages and disadvantages are obvious. The biggest shortcoming of this work is the lack of big magic, and the magic performance of the climax at the end is not gorgeous. Thinking about the large-scale magic performances in the previous work, it left a deep impression on people. Although it is gorgeous and magical, through the ensuing disclosure, people will roughly understand the principle and will not feel that the magic is too exaggerated. The movie lacks impressive magic on the one hand, and even a well-planned performance by the protagonists is ruined. On the other hand, in order to make up for the lack of magic elements in the early stage, the film's action scenes have greatly increased.
This is exactly one of the highlights of this film compared to the previous one. In the first part, Jack escaped from the nest and finally suspended his death on the road. It should be more exciting. During the fight, Jack used some familiar magic skills to assist the performance of the action. This film just amplifies that. The four knights sneaked into the octa meeting, and everyone gave full play to their magic talents. The little curly hair's continuous disguise and super fast response, Merritt's hypnosis, and the newcomer's prosthetic limbs cooperated properly; a scene of stealing chips even let us see How awesome is the magician's hand, in such a short period of time and under strict security checks, a small card was hidden and transferred by them, which was exciting and exciting; the Hulk also made full use of the scene when he faced off against gangsters on the streets of Macau The environment and props, Xiao Xiao showed his magic tricks. Incorporating magic skills into action scenes will allow us to see how some common magic tricks are achieved more intuitively, but it will also make us amazed at the agility and reaction of magicians. The speed of their hands is simply not something that ordinary people can easily learn.
Even though both films have their pros and cons, this one makes the same big mistake as its predecessor, with a super blunt twist at the end. In particular, this film also forcibly whitewashed the villain character of the previous episode, which is even less convincing. According to the plot after the reversal of the film, the actions of the Four Horsemen against Freeman in the last film are completely meaningless, and even some actions in the first half of the film are basically useless. This constitutes a contradiction between the film and its predecessors. But if you think of both films as a trial, at the end of the film, the new leaders of the Four Horsemen and the Eyes of the Sky really make their way. Under this stance, the two films actually have no conflict, and even achieve a self-justifying result. These two movies are not so much about Shrek's revenge for his father, but more about old Shrek's good friends avenging him and helping to train his son and the Four Horsemen. Moreover, the film has slowed down the rhythm due to the increase in the weight of literary drama and the lack of consecutive magic shows. If there are not so many loopholes in the plot, the slow rhythm is acceptable, but this film has achieved the opposite effect.
What's more, this film also relies too much on hypnosis to create key opportunities, and it is simply hypnotized when a word disagrees. Infiltrated the octave to hypnotize the conference speaker, stealing the chip hypnotized the gang leader, and in the final climax, hypnotized Merritt's brother. If the group hypnosis in the last movie was interesting, too much hypnosis in this one will make people feel that they can't find other means to resolve the crisis and create opportunities. Basically, every major event and turning point is realized by hypnosis, which is relatively blunt and easy, but actually lacks creativity. Then again, in the opening scene of the film, Jack and Merritt learn skills from each other, which is really not without effect. Jack fails to hypnotize Merritt's brother at the bar, and seems to imply that he will succeed once.
The two films released on the same day are basically half-hearted. They both repeat the routines of the previous works, and they are full of loopholes in the plot. It seems that they are not here to tell a good story. But at least in terms of pure entertainment and look and feel, Now You See Me 2 is much better than Independence Day 2.
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Shige on June 27, 2016
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