Decent enough, not pleasant enough

Conrad 2022-03-22 09:01:20

After watching kingsman2, I didn't want to do business at all. This movie is sorry for the excitement I had when I saw the bus poster. It’s still set for my birthday in China. I imagine I will wait another month and then see this movie as a birthday present for myself. I can imagine how crazy I will feel.

In this movie, the director and the screenwriter are the first Several parts of the ministry that impressed me were poorly echoed.

I thought of the scene in the first secret service, the scene where Lancelot was cut in half by the blade girl. Is that scene curious? Curious. But is the scene disgusting? It's actually not disgusting. I was mentally shocked while watching the movie, but not physically stimulated.

Here comes the slightly intriguing headshot fireworks effect at the end of the better first part, a style of adventure that just fits the decency that the film seeks.

Compared to this, the scene in the golden circle where the villain squeezes the traitor into the meat grinder to make burgers is a bit low-level (the most speechless thing is that Harry and Eggsy also killed the whiskey dude...)

and There is a clip in which Harry teaches a group of gangsters who bully Eggsy in a tavern, and says the manners maketh man (uncivilized, incompetent. Excellent translation), which is somewhat of the center line of the whole article, and then shows Had a great game. As the first small climax of the film, this segment has both visual refreshment and conceptual value, bringing out the big theme of how to be a gentleman that is described throughout the article.

In the first part, the director had already designed the plot of Harry and Eggsy speaking manners maketh man at the same time. My understanding at the time was that Eggsy, who had been trained as a gentleman manners like Harry, stood up knowingly, and because he possessed not only his own hands but also his personality. It is strong, so it is not afraid of the challenges that were difficult to deal with in the past.

However, in the second part, the director deliberately reproduced the scene, and then followed a plot in which Harry was taught a lesson because of the aftermath of the shooting.

To be honest I can't understand any sense of this arrangement, even in a sense, it seems to me that it is a kind of overthrow of the first content I understand. The cool action design is still there (the jump rope fight is still good), but I can't understand the spiritual core, which is difficult for me to recall. In short, I personally don't want to brush it twice.

Then there is the important female role in the two films before and after.

In the first part, Roxy's personal growth is also a small side line. She has goals, actions, self-reliance, and self-reliance from beginning to end. She assisted in the boss battle and defeated herself a bit. Wen Ke is like in the second part. The dual wingman of the mission, Wu Ke inherited the title of lancelot through training as a kingsman agent like in the first part. Such a charming character was casually sent a lunch in 2, and the response received was only a toast.

As for the female characters in the second part, statesman technicians are basically used to promote the plot; the villain's girlfriend is purely to promote the plot, plus it is used to add yellow and bad taste; the princess character looks the most unpleasant, the kind in the first part The frivolous appearance like the little cake rewarded after winning the quiz has made me a little uncomfortable. In the second part, after a fight with my lover, I took drugs to indulge, and the whole end was frozen waiting to be rescued. The description of the characters is more It is completely impossible to add luster to this character. It is really useless for the character to make the first male protagonist fall in love with such a character who bears the name of a princess but has no personality. Not to mention that this character is actually the marriage object of the male protagonist.

In general, it may be because my English is not good enough, and I am naturally incompatible with movies without subtitles, so my movie viewing experience is not good. From the perspective of viewing needs, there are good scenes in Golden Circle, but they are not as eye-catching as the church killing hundreds of people in the first film. If it is cut out, I will feel a special pity; from the perspective of spiritual needs, in this film There is also no story core in the first part where you can talk about masturbating to get spiritual chicken soup.

Finally, some random rants from me.

I personally think that a major problem with this film is that the director and screenwriter are not distracted (regardless of whether they are actually distracted, they seem to be distracted anyway...) From the casual lunch, to the casual reaction of the characters, to the casual The plot design of the whole film seems to be that the creator obeys the bad taste and pushes it willfully.

There is no audience who does not like to be ingratiated by means of advanced means, especially the audience watching the sequel. We have anticipation and fantasies about what's to come, so we're often more likely to be traumatized by what we don't need than a blank new audience. For example, I want to see the kingsman who have a strong sense of ritual to act like a gentleman, but the statesman steals the limelight; I want to see Colin Firth wearing a suit and holding a shelf very calmly, but Colin is like a bird Trembling, I still can't beat others, although Uncle Lian's acting is really good, the memory loss was so pure that I thought of a few pwp to express my appreciation; I want to see My fair lady's party in My fair lady-style James Bond , as a result, this part is basically absent, and the ending plot is so dead; I want to see the collision of male hormones of all ages and styles in Britain and the United States, I am really speechless when I say this, Boss Qian just came out and walked out. Don't worry, at least have a good dance before you freeze up, that's too much room for you to swipe at random...

To be honest, an ordinary audience is like me, as long as I get what I want, I'm happy, I'm happy , of course there will be no more nonsense than the above.

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Kingsman: The Golden Circle quotes

  • Poppy: My drugs are everywhere. They were never my thing, but here I am, running the biggest drug cartel in the world. The only downside is having to live in the middle of nowhere. You know, these ruins are technically undiscovered. I just added a few touches to remind me of home. I grew up on all that awesome '50s nostalgia. Grease, American Graffiti, Happy Days. But I digress. The thing you need to understand is the hard work and ingenuity it took to achieve a global monopoly on the drug trade. And that's all on me. Not to toot my own horn. I just think it's really important for new recruits to understand the history of The Golden Circle.

  • [Poppy leads Charles and Angel to the diner's counter as she puts on an apron]

    Poppy: So, fellas, I have a couple of things that I wanna clarify. You understand that in The Golden Circle, my authority is never to be questioned, right? And the importance of following orders? Do you understand that? And the value of loyalty?

    [Charles and Angel nod]

    Poppy: It's easy to nod, isn't it?

    [Charles and Angel continue to nod]

    Poppy: I don't like easy. I like proof.

    [pause before Poppy looks at Angel]

    Poppy: What's your name?

    Angel: [Spanish accent] Angel, ma'am.

    Poppy: Angel, baby. Hey...

    [whispers]

    Poppy: Your old pal Charles has messed up. That's all I'm gonna tell you, because that's all you need to know. So put him in the mincer, okay?

    [Angel looks at the meat grinder behind the counter before everyone starts to laugh. Poppy then turns on the grinder, much to Charles' shock. Charles attempts to run, but is cornered by Poppy's robot dogs Bennie and Jet before Angel knocks him out and places him above the grinder]

    Charles: No, Miss Poppy!

    [Charles screams before being turned into ground beef]

    Poppy: Good job! See my salon across the way? Head there for your makeover.

    [Angel walks out of the diner as Poppy places a hamburger patty on the grill]