In the film, Caesar and his opponents are portrayed well, although the first film is basically based on Caesar’s own "Civil War" and "The Battle of Alexandria", which caused it to be beautified intentionally or unintentionally, but it is also harmless; Pompey and Cato played well, but they were a bit less cunning. I personally think that Gragu's acting skills in "Spartacus" are the best. But Brutus and Cassios are too inferior. Their words and deeds before and after the script are too inconsistent and unconvincing. In addition, Pompeo, as the commander-in-chief, should not live in the city, which is omitted in the play.
The male actors in the upper line personally think that Anthony and Cicero are the first to be the first. Although it is obvious that the crew has given these two more emotional changes and psychological dramas than in history, it may be because they are more favored by historians. Although these two did not die well, they got more pen and ink than Caesar and Octavian in history books. Although Octavian is also faithful to the history books, it is as boring as in the history books. The end credits and Anthony's tearing are too inconsistent with his personality. At this time, he should serve in the army. This change can be said to be snakefoot.
And the women of the wealthy family who played the main role are quite like the Tiberius dynasty in "The Chronicles". The latter said that there is a difference of about half a century from the Civil War period. I believe there will not be much difference, except for the appearance of Octavia. It's really not like a Latin.
The bottom line is much more interesting, at least in the first part. The Centurion Lucius (he should be the first centurion in the first episode) deserves to be a portrait of a Roman freeman: loyal, promising, and upright, but often forced by these three qualities; Tytus Corro, a legionnaire born as a slave, although he is upright but lacks Romanesque morality, and therefore has a lot of troubles. In this character, he can see the shadow of some future barracks emperor. He may not be Roman at all. people. Corro is more like a Germanic barbarian than his Germanic wife. In the second part of the scene of burying his dead wife and son, Coro dedicated his prayers to "unknown gods far away", hoping that these gods will take care of his wives from the Rhine River. It is quite sad-maybe he also found himself here. The gods.
The first part starts with Caesar Pingalu and talks about him until he was assassinated. Its historical restoration component is greater than the entertainment component, and it basically satisfies all tastes: if you want to watch the epic, you can look at Caesar and Pompey, the elders. The theater plays, from the army battle flag to the costumes of the civilian patrons, from Cicero’s eloquence to the delicate relationship between Pompeo and Caesar, the textual research is quite detailed; the threads of Lucius and Corro pay more attention to entertainment Sexuality and suddenness, each episode stuns the audience's appetite.
The second part is from the assassination of Caesar until Octavian wiped out Anthony and proclaimed himself the first citizen. This movie is much inferior to the front part. On the one hand, the role is gradually reduced with the civil war and the clarification of various forces. On the other hand, it is because the elements of the bottom line joke are too much, and because of the first reason, the bottom line is too much. many. Among the remaining upper-class figures, the boring figures in history are still relatively loyal, while the less documented ones are seriously masked: Brutus's inexplicable redemption, a coward who abandoned his army and committed suicide is portrayed as a brave man who died awe-inspiringly; The brave vinegar jar Agrippa became an equal-conscious little white face; some of Livia's romantic deeds hardened Antia; although Anthony was still flesh and blood, he was vilified after he arrived in Egypt, and Anthony helped Agh. The Rippa battleship defeated Pompey the young, and a large number of veterans had heard of the war and went to Anthony from Rome, all of which were hidden; only Cicero did not lose his true colors.
On the bottom line, Lucius lost his son again, and the plot of gang fights is boring compared to the front part; the connection between the deeds of Corro and historical events is too frequent, too frivolous and tiresome, assassination Cicero is okay, but he rescued Caesarian and took him back to Rome. This is over. Are Octavian's troops stupid? As for the Jewish servants of the Octavian family, a weird change has taken place. The screenwriter wants to mix too much historical content, so the street thugs somehow became fanatics under a few words from the brothers with strong revolutionary emotions. Party disciples, several revolutionary dramas are unbearably naive.
What's more embarrassing is that there are so many bed scenes in the second part that I can't watch them continuously in the living room. There are a few sex scenes in the first part, which is understandable-after all, this is the case in Rome's amateur life, but in the second part, it is still dark and every episode must be released, and this is over. Perhaps this is also a profile of the screenwriter’s impetuous mentality. I remember a film review about the old and new versions of "Mentally Ill" once said: In the old version, only the shadow of the knife and the hand on the bathroom curtain appeared, and the blood was just some rapid shed. The new version has to repeatedly stabbing the knife into the mouth and getting the ketchup everywhere, but the effect is not at all scarier than the old version, which can only make people disgusting.
As for the possibility of "Rome" being filmed, some commented that it will stop there due to funding and other issues, and it is not optimistic to think about it. Because there was really no content to film afterwards, or there was no entertainment content, Octavian’s governance was prosperous and stable but also very boring. During his reign, he rarely expanded. Although he had a famous profligate daughter, there was nothing else. Characters can be written; the major event during the reign of the first emperor was nothing more than the battle between Jesus Christ and the Teutonborg jungle. Germanic post-mortem heroes and other silly movies.
Tiberius is more bored than Augustus, but his mother Livia’s deeds have been transplanted too much by Antiya in "Rome"; although his adopted son, Germanicus, is brave, but the limelight is not as good as the opponent’s day. Chief Ulman.
Caligula can shoot, but his reign is too short, and it's very pornographic and violent. Who wants to watch the sex scene again? And some things can’t be shown at all.
Claudius, apart from the expedition to Britain, there is no bright spot to photograph.
Nero is a good subject and can be made into a single film, but if it is to be made into an epic film, I am afraid that it is difficult to be excellent because of the previous "Where Are You Going". Shooting his entertaining side will probably become a B-level film.
It seems that the sequel to "Rome" is really difficult to get.
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