The film reminded me of "Amelie" from the very beginning. The voice-over links together characters in different spaces at the same time, but it is a comic adaptation anyway, and the use of the voice-over seems to be justified - which also greatly reduces the effect of Luc. The difficulty of Besson's narration, the confession of the former love of the female No. 1 Adela, is shown to the audience through a blunt interlude-with the manipulation of the voice-over, the "big imager" (borrowing the term of French film narratology), this Everything seems so natural.
I have always admired male directors who can make good heroine stories - especially heterosexual male directors. Luc Besson is naturally a leader, "Nikita", "The Fifth Element", "Joan of Arc" , and even "The Killer Isn't Too Cold" - who's to say that Natalie Portman is worse than letting Reynolds live? Of course, "Adela" is originally a comic hero. From the perspective of the plot, this is a female version of Indiana Jones who is full of personality, charming and sincere. No matter how dangerous the outside world is, as long as Adela comes out, There are no restrictions. Therefore, there is no need to accuse this character of facializing - commercial films (if we must use the crude dichotomy of "commercial films/art films"), it is lively and eye-catching, and it is worth the ticket price.
I haven't read Jacques Tati's original work. Judging from the adaptation by Luc Besson himself, the film is full of mechanical fantasy atmosphere (the story takes place before World War I), so this reminds me again "Sherlock Holmes" and "The Long Engagement", this "electric punk" (using the term "steampunk", but not strictly speaking) style works are expected to be further popular after the release of "The Adventures of Tintin" world cinema. Luc Besson has always been better at whimsy, and it is completely logical for him to direct this film, but compared with Hollywood, Besson's storytelling ability is still slightly inferior, the climax of the story is a bit flat, the stunt— -Especially the core item Pterodactyl - it's still a bit fake to appear on the screen. It's right not to be superstitious about 3D, but sometimes I don't dare to use 3D because I'm not as good as others.
"Adela" is like a French platter of "Invasion of the Ancients" (a British TV series), "Raiders of the Lost Ark", "Harry Potter" and "The Mummy", and unfortunately, At which point Luc Besson didn't quite get it right, which made it difficult for Adela to become a classic: the pterosaur stunts in "Invasion of the Ancients" are very attractive; "Raiders of the Lost Ark" puts ancient legends The brilliant rendering and ingenious mechanism design brought down the peak; the magic display in "Harry Potter" made the professor's revival Dafa completely reduced to a shabby French Maoshan technique (not as enjoyable as the American drama "Supernatural", the professor's shape is not good Much like the Murnau version of Nosferadu, I don't know if it is the original setting); "The Mummy" runs through five thousand years of love and hatred (or longer?), supplemented by a strong Egyptian style— - "Adela" is a little regrettable in all aspects (the plot of Adela riding a pterosaur directly caused my "Avatar" sequelae).
As for the suspenseful color, Luc Besson finally completely deconstructed it. Not to mention that the group of ancient Egyptian mummies (the leader of which was actually the famous Ramses II) spoke fluent French after their resurrection (Hollywood has made the ancient Greek gods speak English anyway), and the first resurrected Dude turned out to be a nuclear physicist? ! In the last episode, the audience watched with bated breath as the mummies walked out of the coffins, but the plot turned into a comedy "Night at the Museum". In the end, the group of mummies watching the night scene in Paris also spoofed a design of I.M. Pei's Louvre Museum (the same nonsensical effect as the Titanic at the end of the film).
Love is also deconstructed in the film. Adela has always felt guilty about her twin sister Agat, who accidentally turned her into a vegetative state. I once mistakenly thought that Luc Besson was trying to do something like "The Homecoming of the Three Watches". As a result, Andre, a young scientist who is chasing after Adela, can only enjoy the feeling of secret love alone (strange, why do I use "enjoy"?). However, when Agathe wakes up and Adela goes back on the road, Andre "naturally" enjoys (strange, why did I use "enjoy" again?) a tryst with Agathe. The elder sister is not the younger sister, and it really is self-produced and self-sold, and the fertilizer does not flow into the field of outsiders.
The story is obviously not over yet. The original book by Jacques Tati is already voluminous, and Luc Besson said that the trilogy is still a stripped-down version. know. I'm used to eating American popcorn, and it's not bad to occasionally have French desserts. Anyway, an hour and a half was instantly passed.
Really pink.
(Published in "Southern Metropolis Daily" on August 7, 2010)
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