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First of all, I would like to state that I don’t think Wolf Hall is suitable for friends who don’t know enough about British history. Wolf Hall is based on a novel that won a serious literary award. When we Chinese people watch Wolf Hall, we watch “Da Ming” with foreigners. Like Dynasty 1566, if you don't know anything about the history of the Tudor dynasty in England, then watching the film is a waste of time. If you know a little bit about British history, at least you have watched soap operas like Tudor, and you happen to like historical dramas with complicated plots like "Da Ming Dynasty 1566", then Wolf Hall is very suitable for you.
One advantage of British dramas is that they never take the audience for fools. The TV series "Wolf Hall", which was adapted from a serious novel, did not make any historical explanation for the audience with poor historical foundation, nor did it make any historical explanation for the audience whose understanding ability is not suitable for this film. Do any plot settings that add oil and vinegar, there are no silly and sweet characters, no childish tricks, no plain and gratuitous conspiracy, and no whitewashing of conspiracy to contribute to power-the male protagonist who became Henry VIII's strongest thug- Cromwell.
The picture of the TV series is very similar to Rembrandt's oil painting, delicate and delicate. The whole film completely adopts Bach-style classical music soundtrack supplemented by the pipe organ. It is restrained and elegant, laying the tone of the medieval story for the TV series. All I saw and heard was the Tudor dynasty.
As mentioned earlier, the TV series "Wolf Hall" was adapted from a serious novel, and one of the advantages of adapting it from a serious novel is that the structure of the TV series script is very good. For example, in the first episode, Cromwell held the position of Bishop Worsey's lawyer secretary. , Worsey stepped down with the contradiction between Henry VIII and the Holy See, and Cromwell also came to power through the stepping down of the bishop and the ascending of Anna Berlin; and the last episode and the first episode of the power line were reversed, Finally hit Anna Berlin to avenge Worsey, echoing the beginning and the end. Especially at the end, Cromwell returns to Wolf Hall after Anna Berlin's death and stands beside Henry VIII, which heralds the peak of Cromwell's road to power. Around Cromwell's several main story lines, the overall narrative style is relatively loose, with a picture in the east and a montage in the west, but the overall rhythm is not sloppy. Anna Berlin is fast and dies quickly. If the same plot is put into Hengdian filming, it is estimated that it will take more than ten episodes.
The most interesting point of this film (in my opinion) is that the more I watch Cromwell, the more I feel that his superior attitude is very similar to that of Yan Song, a famous darling of the Ming Dynasty who was also in the Middle Ages. Both of them stepped on the former boss. The official hat is famous, although the background is mediocre, but because of the highest power, they are infinitely close to the peak of power, relying on the highest power to kill one political enemy after another. There is also a bit of a resemblance. They were all killed by the emperor they originally trusted, and they did not die in a happy life. It can only be said that this is the price of embracing power.
In addition, it seems that Henry VIII and Emperor Wanshou are also a bit similar, except for their similar attitudes towards "honour ministers" such as Cromwell/Yan Song, they are also very wives...
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