The two "Elite Troops" have won enough attention for Jose Padilla, and he has indeed shown his outstanding talents. The hand-held camera was used to the extreme under his direction, especially the heavy theme and fast pace of the first show, coupled with the black tone, the whole movie exudes insurmountable power, which makes the audience amazed. If it is explained in a bit more common terms, it is that there has never been a movie that can be seen so fascinatingly under the premise that the camera shakes so violently.
Unlike "Elite Troops", which can fully interpret the charm of handheld photography, this style has been frequently used in Hollywood action movies in recent years, and it has almost reached the level of abuse, and there are many moments that have seriously affected the viewing. Experience, this style of action photography is now called "realism".
Compared with the integrated style of "Elite Force", when Jose Padilla and his queen photographer remake the classic sci-fi action movie "Robocop" and partially transplant the photography skills of "Elite Force" After coming over, they got thankless results. The battle scenes in "Special Forces 2" that cannot be seen clearly and the fluttering scenes in "Die Hard 5" exist in this movie to varying degrees, so that the soundtrack of the movie has become the best action scene. Elements. Moreover, this time the audience is still driving a pair of extra 3D glasses on the bridge of the nose. Except for the factory logo of the title, they never find the time to use the glasses again.
"Robocop" in 1987 is an early movie-watching memory of countless people, and it is cherished by many people in their hearts. José Padilla retained the main plot design of the story, adapted the detailed character settings, and of course deleted the bloody and heavy taste of Paul van Hoeven in the original version.
In order to meet the needs of the current movie audiences, the new version of "Robocop" has made great improvements in genre elements. Although due to technical limitations, the old version of "Robocop" is primitive and clumsy in the display of sci-fi elements, but many people remember the semi-mechanical brain that was exposed after the Robocop removed its armor. José Padilla naturally added a lot of dazzling armor designs, and gave the Robocop an amazing cyborg lung. At the same time, in order to highlight the futuristic and high-tech features of the movie, a special function was also designed. Test simulation. These may be more in line with the requirements of the new generation of movie audiences, but compared with the majestic feeling of the original version, its weakness in hero creation is obvious. Although these gimmicks are pretty, they lack an indisputable strength.
For fans of the old version, those improvements based on technological advancements are justified, but some of the wrong adaptations of the plot details in the new version are superfluous.
For hardcore science fiction movies such as "Robocop", ordinary women can only be auxiliary roles of the vase, and a strong enough enemy is conducive to the shaping of the heroic image of the protagonist. In the old version of Robocop, Constable Alex Murphy’s wife thought that his husband had passed away and disappeared with her son before Murphy recovered his memory. This brilliantly shaped the protagonist’s sadness. color. In the new version, the movie retains this role and tries to use family emotions to complete the restoration of the protagonist in the old version by himself. This kind of plot design obviously weakens the protagonist's ability and undermines the basic rules of screenwriting. Although the original intention of the new version needs to be changed is understandable, it is not an excellent choice.
In some of the later plot details, the new version of "Robocop" sometimes did so badly that it was chaotic. One of the puzzling parts happened in the final part of the film. In the old version of the movie, when Robocop was unable to punish the top of the robot company because of the guidelines set, the sentence "You are fired" became an amazing line and a reversal of the design. In the new version, the unfinished ending that seems to be relying on miracle power is as uncomfortable as appendicitis. The biggest villain was killed in a contest of inexplicable reasons.
Perhaps as far as the basic popcorn movie is concerned, Jose Padilla has done it. But when it comes to the skill of the remake, he is about an "elite force" away from Peter Jackson, who successfully remakes the classic movie "King Kong".
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