Maybe it is said that "Aquaman" is a "bad movie", it will make DC fans unhappy... But I still want to tell the truth-"Aquaman" is a good-looking movie, but by no means is it true A good movie.
Said "Aquaman" is good-looking, because its pictures are really shocking, it has the common characteristics of all Hollywood blockbusters, with grand scenes, realistic and exquisite special effects, and exciting fights. At the beginning of the film, the battle of pirates inside the nuclear submarine, the outline of the seven nations under the sea, the hopscotch in the Sahara Desert, the hopscotch on Mississippi, and the battle of the trench nations and the decisive battle under the sea can all be regarded as visual feasts. The exquisite pictures and wonderful fights bring the audience a visual climax again and again.
Another reason why "Aquaman" makes people feel good is that the appearance of the two female characters is amazing, whether it is the mother of the sea king played by Nicole Kidman or the daughter-in-law of the sea king played by Amber Heard. , Can be said to be shocking. When facing these two big beauties, all the plots and characters become insignificant. Our straight men will only praise in unison: good-looking, good-looking.
Especially when the male protagonist Sea King's rough appearance is set off, the beauty of his mother and his daughter-in-law is even more evident, which makes people feel the illusion of beauty and beast abruptly.
In fact, after the release of "Aquaman", there was an episode. Someone wittily discovered that Amber Heard, who played the impossibly beautiful Sea Queen Mera, was actually the predecessor of John Nedep. She exposed her black material, saying that she had fabricated Depp's domestic violence and demanded high compensation.
But even so, it can't stop everyone from being her face powder, and countless people are still fascinated by her. I remembered that there was a topic on Zhihu called "What are the benefits of looking good?" The advantage of looking good is that even if you have some defects in your personality and have done wrong things, you are easily forgiven and still liked by others.
I deeply doubt that the reputation of "Aquaman" is mostly based on visuals, and it is also very embarrassing as an audience. People around me ask whether this movie is good or not. If you think about the screen and the heroines of the movie, I'm always embarrassed. I didn't think it was good-looking, so I nodded and said "good-looking". And my friends didn’t know that what you were referring to was really good visually, so they bought tickets and went to the theater. Even if you feel deceived after watching a movie, it is not easy to ask you to reason. After all, the movie is really "good-looking" as you said.
I also rushed to watch "Aquaman" after seeing some praise from film critics. Generally speaking, I feel that this is a movie that is tasteless and a pity to abandon, because of the visual and the structure of the entire movie universe. They were all shocking, but unfortunately, they told a very clichéd and uninspired story about brothers fighting each other.
The whole story goes like this: In order to escape the marriage contract made by her parents when she was young, the sea king’s mother went to land and met a lighthouse guardian. The two had love, and gave birth to the sea king of Atlantis blood, and the sea king He is the chosen son of heaven, who will unify the seven undersea countries and become the king of the sea. But Sea King’s mother was still young in Sea King and had to return to the underwater world to complete the family marriage. Then she gave birth to another son, King Aum, the younger brother of Sea King. King Aum was ambitious and wanted to wage war against mankind, so Sea King Forced to stop him, he finally found the golden fork, defeated King Aum, became the true king of the sea, and maintained world peace.
Someone complained, isn't Aquaman just another Thor? There is a naughty villain's younger brother, he has to be brothers and sisters. In fact, let alone "Thunder God". As a Chinese audience, I have watched several episodes of "Kangxi Dynasty" and "Yongzheng Dynasty". They are not unfamiliar with this kind of story of brothers fighting. It is hard to feel when watching this kind of story. What's new.
And the emotional drama of "Aquaman" also continues the usual shortcomings of Hollywood movies, that is, there is no reason to spark the spark of love. I don't understand why Mera gave up King Aum, the younger brother of the King, to like King King in the first place. What do you like him? Like his face and beard? Or a whole body of tendon meat? In the end, the only thing I can convince myself is that Mera likes his justice and kindness.
The beautiful girl in the movie never seems to be so snobbish. She likes a righteous man. Even if he is not as refined as his brother, and his life experience is not prominent, before he gets the golden triangle, he can't fight his brother, so she still has to work hard. To love. Can love show the greatness of love by giving up a successful person and loving an innocent person?
In addition to the fact that the story is not new, in the action scenes, "Aquaman" also has some things that make people feel less new. For example, Mera's hopscotch on Mississippi is the third time I have seen the protagonist in a movie in 2018. Hopscotch. Before it was Li Tianran's hopscotch in "The Evil Doesn't Suppress Righteousness" directed by Jiang Wen, and then Tom Cruise's hopscotch in "Mission: Impossible: Total Disintegration". To be honest, I will learn how to hopscotch again when I look at it. Up.
Another action scene that makes people feel very awkward is Neptune’s ultimate trick, that is, the trick that dances the triangle fork and makes people unable to get close. When I saw that scene, I couldn’t help but slap my thigh: I’m going, this one. Was it Monkey King's trick? Is Sea King’s master Monkey King? It's no wonder that there is a King Kong body that is not bad. It's no wonder that the golden triangle fork is hidden in a big cave with a waterfall. Isn't that a water curtain cave?
Thinking about it this way, I just can't bear to look straight...
I don't know why "Aquaman" made 1.6 billion box office in China, while "Dog Thirteen" in the same period has only a few box office. When many people mentioned "Aquaman", they praised its director Wen Ziren, saying that he is a Chinese director. I don't know how many people go to the movie with the director's Chinese identity, but I think, a movie, The standard should not be relaxed just because of the director's identity, even if he is the first Chinese director to be valued by Hollywood. Another problem is that even if he is Chinese, he is not of Chinese nationality. Is our enthusiasm in the wrong place?
Having said so much, I just want to say that when facing a movie, everyone is still objective. Don't be biased by emotions and some unobjective film reviews. The "Aquaman" that many people praise is just a gorgeous one. "Bad movie" has the advantages of Hollywood, but also has obvious shortcomings. You can watch it as you want, but don't expect too much. Boast if you want, but please don't boast!
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