When it comes to Hollywood adaptations of Japanese comics, its level of badness and failure is worse than that of changing the game, not to mention the cyberpunk masterpieces like Ghost in the Shell, both in terms of ideological content and expression. Now, it can be said that Oshii Mamoru's two theatrical versions of Pearl and Jade came first, and any adaptation would have great pressure, not to mention the difficulty of going through two or three dimensionalization, oriental and westernization, Hollywood's adaptation of Oriental Wenhua has always been to the point. , often just set up a framework and template, or in other words, in the Jin and Yuan era, people didn't really want to get a deep understanding, and it was enough to sell it. It is such an environment that has created countless failure cases, and many lines in Japanese comics have become English, after being spoken by a real person, seems to be incomparable. There are so many tragedies ahead, so we don't have unrealistic fantasies about attack in the shell. We just hope that it can apply Hollywood formulas, high-concept blockbusters, and go into the plot, lead out the central events, and experience twists and turns at the end. successfully resolved. I'm very satisfied, don't mess around with some things that don't end up being four dissimilars.
But this film is not so smooth. The first half and the second half are obviously not at the same frequency. Except for the opening scene, the first half is very boring. It can be said that it is the same as nbcs. The plot, but very boring, is just a mechanical switch from scene to scene, and the film itself has no style at all. After all, it is a Western story in an oriental coat. All the performances, lines, and suspense are very Hollywood. The independent structure is handled very badly. The reason for this situation is that I think it is too late to bring out the central event. Different from the original animation, the theme of this film is more like the major's personal self-cognition. This self-awareness The exploration process of the story also officially begins in the second half, so the first half of the story does not involve the core of the narrative, but only promotes the development of the plot mechanically. Until the puppet master is found, the suspense of the whole proposition appears, so it seems that the first half The paragraphs are aimless and unattractive.
Personally, I am quite satisfied with the second half of the episode. After the major's doubts about his identity, multiple story lines were triggered. The identity of the villain of the puppet master was switched with the manufacturing company, and a series of wonderful content began, and the degree of reduction was still very high. Well, for example, the plot of the pursuit in the water, I feel that the animation is changed to be good enough. At the same time, it has a cold atmosphere in the animation version for a period of time. The people watching are very excited, but the battle at the end is relatively rushed, although the plot of the animation is restored. , but the sense of crisis and tension is not enough, and the moment of breaking the arm is not shocking enough. It gives people the feeling of restoring the plot, but I don't know its essence.
Speaking of the adaptation of the character of Major, I feel that compared with the animation, she is less bold and calm, looks a bit stunned, and is often confused and fragile. The center of the narrative is also completely placed on her. As mentioned earlier, the whole story is about the mystery of her life experience and her sense of identity with her prosthetic identity. Finally, it is thrown out that it is not important who is important. The point is that chicken soup-type sentences like what are you doing are basically irrelevant to discussions such as self-awareness.
To sum up, this adaptation is not useless, but the structure is too flawed, there are not many bright spots, and more importantly, it lacks its own style, and the visual effects are still eye-catching. Scarlett Johansson is a feast for the eyes. For many roads, May watch the whole process with a cold face
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