Then around episodes 19 to 20, the plot ended quickly. Before the 19th episode, all the characters turned around 180 degrees: the soldier of iron will, Vorenus, was on the verge of madness from time to time, and the Pullo of Larger than life became a whole. In the play, the only high-quality American husband, the mother-of-pearl-style Atia shrank into a stupid woman who survived between her son and lover, while dignified Anthony became a decoration to set off Odavi. The biggest highlight of the play, the concern for small people before 2000, was obliterated by common soap opera factors such as illegitimate children, property, murder and scandal.
God, if the Romans were really like beasts in toga, as the screenwriter said, why would Antony escape to Egypt to avoid scandal?
But at the beginning of the 19th episode, the Roman drama suddenly glowed with its old glory. One of the reasons is that Vorenus has put on the armor of the Legion again, this time with a traditional red cloak, and is no longer the silly centurion's brass cooking outfit. Male students who are not eye-catching but have a hard face can consider joining the army, because whether it is ancient Roman armor or camouflage uniforms, military attire can increase your male charm exponentially.
The second reason is the benefits given by HBO: Odavi and his wife Livia's energetic SM plus R-rated sex scene. I have to say that this is a very heartwarming scene. The young woman's bud-like breasts are beating under the dark light, and the beautiful boy is breathing hard in the intensified suffocation game. Two entangled sweaty Young body movements are primitive and rough. Although Agripa and Ottavia had passionate scenes before, they did not have such a strong sense of beating and impact. When the climax approached, Odavi's eyes showed a sense of weakness and distraction for an instant, but when Livia's slap came, he returned to the machine-like indifference. This SM enemy!
Then, when Anthony and Cleopatra were in the Egyptian palace, in front of the slaves in the scene of children, Atia beat Vorenus at the door of the Egyptian palace. I have to admit that when a man slaps a woman, he must make a stone statue with a blank face. I remember Hemingway wrote in "Farewell Weapon", saying that the heroine slapped and slapped the slap. The hero was unprepared and was hit in the nose and eyes. He burst into tears and lost face. So boys, when you see a hand move and palms, you should put your cheeks sideways in preparation. After the five-finger mountain is red, that look, that depth, that style, tusk, this time, how can it be a cool word.
A farce in Rome came to an end, the screenwriter was going to let Vorenus carry out his responsibility to the country and the family, so the latter raised his head and let Atia cried and pushed and shoved him, just as a stone statue. The lady in silk and satin was physically entangled with the heavily armed Roman officer. Isn't this heavy metal?
Since the decisive battle between Caesar and Pompeii was prevaricated by the film with a few phantom shots, American audiences finally realized that it is impossible to see a Normandy beach-style big production scene in the production of BBC. The British strictly abide by the tradition of the theater stage. As soon as the chorus has finished singing, the Battle of Cape Axing is over. Vorenus and Anthony became grasshoppers in the same boat.
After the defeat, the drunken life dreamed of death. Gourmet, wine, marijuana and entanglement are like the limbs in the Turkish bath scene. Vorenus in full armor seems to be a quiet island in this crazy ocean. James Purefoy lives by his figure and face. He is in his 40s. His upper body is not a armor, but a decorative outfit, without any fat (except for the chubby little belly button). When I threw that ridiculous dress aside, I couldn't help but think of a bold headline on the HBO forum: "Thank the Lord, for giving us Purefoy's nude scene!"
Someone snorted sourly next to me: on me Put some olive oil on it, no worse than him. This sentence is like an initiation, yes, the director is really a master of light. In the dim candlelight of the Egyptian palace, the skins of men and women look surprisingly good, with a seductive bronze color, which reminds people of the most primitive and basic aesthetics of sunlight, soil, wheat and human nature. Sunscreen is definitely to be wiped, but it shouldn't show up.
The hero is at the end of his life, and he shows his true qualities. Mark Anthony, one of the three ruling Romans, and Vorenus, a former mafia leader and current bachelor soldier, were sitting in a sea of meaty wine and drinking sullen wine. The background was a blindfolded jade body who could not distinguish between genders. The jade body ran away knowingly when he heard the two talking. Vorenus drank the oversized glass blankly, and suddenly aroused Anthony's last bit of pride: Look, this is the posture of our Romans drinking!
Poor, surrounded by groups of Egyptian court ladies and eunuchs. The two distressed brothers started chatting with alcohol. Every time Vorenus talks with someone in a manly manner, there will be a good show. For the first time he talked to Pompeii who was in trouble, and put Pompeii in Egypt to die. The second time I talked with Pullo in the bar, I was so drunk that I was called a little sheep by Pullo on his shoulders. This time I talked with the old boss Anthony. Anthony said that the Greeks did not believe in future generations. Vorenus objected, and the expression on his face suddenly became extremely serious. Anthony was too lazy to go on the theory anymore, the two people stared at each other with red eyes for a long time, and finally agreed, Fuck'em. . .
It turns out that it's the same if the world's rough people are drunk.
Early the next morning, the two woke up in a 69-style sleeping position (I can't blame my crazy thinking, who told these two actors to act in this subject before). Anthony was moved by crying for the queen. There is nothing more sensational than a dead end, unshaven man's emotional outburst. Vorenus walked away quietly, and when he returned, handed a genuine Roman dagger.
In the entire episode, Anthony is the most brilliant time at this time. Many years ago, Richard Burton's Anthony rolled down the steps awkwardly. He had not completed his suicide career, and was very embarrassed. In comparison, the Purefoy version of Anthony is more miserable. His hair is messy and very post-modern, and the dark black eye shadow on his face is messed up by tears, which is a bit funny. He smiled flattered only when he heard Vorenus say, "It is my honor to work under you". This sentence of the stupid soldier who concluded that "will follow the 13th legion up to eagle's ass" at the time became the conclusion of his military life.
When the sky fell, Vorenus was a good suicide partner. This person's facial muscles are stiff, and he knows the truth that he can be killed and cannot be humiliated. Another best choice of "wrong" person, please refer to the other protagonist of the play, Titus Pullo. But the presence of Vorenus will ensure that your suicide scene is tragic and tragic, and the hero is struck. And Pullo, when he sent someone on the road, he was actually greedy for his lover's peach (background music: Beatles’ Ob-La-Di, Ob-La_da, Life goes on)... I promise you will not laugh or cry.
Seriously, Anthony greeted the dagger, not the end of the sword. Panting exhaustively, he hugged Vorenus tightly so that the dagger could pierce deeper. Gradually, the painful expression disappeared. The morning sun was very friendly on his face, making this man look good inexplicably. On the back, Vorenus's eagle's expression was unchangingly weird. But when Anthony was almost dead, the former's eyes faded and his lips loosened, as if he had died for an instant.
Like all the heroes in the film, Anthony Ann slipped and fell quietly, occupying the screen with the carved profile of Vorenus and his downward gaze.
This series of montages is very beautiful, but I don't know whether it can withstand historical research. From a practical point of view, if you let the opponent work hard, a sword through the chest will be much smoother. It is better than holding the other person, so painful that you have to hold it tighter... Fortunately, Vorenus is an honest person. Otherwise, if his wrist is turned, Anthony will die. I also need to survive the pain.
The next few shots show the difference between a director with a normal orientation and a fangirl. The fangirls must have pulled the scene of Vorenus wearing armor for Anthony for several hours, close-ups of countless faces, fingers, clothing, lotus flowers, and faint background music, it will not stop without turning it into Meng Jiangnu. But Vorenus is a soldier after all. After wiping off the ridiculous eyeshadow, the posture is no different from completing a task, quickly and neatly pulling Anthony into the full Roman armor, and this very photogenic corpse finally changed again. Became the Roman general.
What’s interesting is that when Cleopatra came out and asked Vorenus what he had to say quickly, Vorenus was short of breath, sitting on the steps with only one butt, and the tone of the reply was completely “I’m not taking you as a woman. , Count I served the U" accent.
Then the plot developed, and funny details began to be mixed in the middle. The actor who played Odavi is actually very embarrassed, because his attitude does not need to change, as long as he is happy and angry. As a result, all he could play was to look into the infinity, and a clean face was a blank space for thousands of miles. When Cleopatra was invited to a parade in Rome, this sullen look was not helpful. In the big account, Odavi was guilty of his performance, claiming that his original performance was "sincere himself." Maecenas, the little conspirator and strategist on the right, immediately attached a compliment, while Agrippa, the honest Bajiaoer on the left, had a stunned look. It was obvious that you would say something like this.
When Vorenus and Pullo fleeed in Egypt with little Caesar, the background of the film suddenly became brighter. Not only because the Gobi Desert during the day is dazzling with sunlight, but because the director's deliberate use of light, even the color of the bonfire is brighter than before. The little prince is still obedient before Vorenus, because Vorenus never eats his suit, as evidenced by several swellings on the little prince's head. Now the two soldiers reunited, and the jokes about the way of education were happening right away. First of all, Vorenus yelled with his unchanging command for thousands of years: I told you to sleep and you would sleep! The little prince glared, but helpless. Then Pullo appeared on the stage and laughed like a rabbit: Is this the kid? The little prince asked about his mother's whereabouts, and Pullo blurted out: dead. Humanity recovers within a second, with the additional sentence: He died decently.
Regardless of the thunderous thunder of the orphaned little prince, and whether he rolled up the bedding in anger and prepared to leave on his own, he didn't even see that he had just taken two steps, so he had to return pitifully, buried his head in the fire and wept. A careless soldier sat down comfortably, and Pullo complained in the first sentence: I thought he (the kid) would be bigger... even though the bonfire made the facial lines of these two men softer and more intimate. They didn't seem to care about the child who fell from heaven to hell at all.
I began to worry about the child's future life without maternal love... The
last touch happened after the fight. Vorenus gritted his teeth and told Pullo that when he didn't want to die in this shit place, the audience could breathe a sigh of relief. People are about to die and their words are good, and because of his lack of ethics, he will definitely survive until he goes home. It was not the first time that the two iron buddies had entrusted their lives to each other, but only this time, Vorenus himself was dying and completely powerless.
Regardless of the plot, I always feel that this film is always on. This luminous ease even continued until Vorenus, who was seriously injured, returned to Rome. The room is so bright, completely different from the previous bunker where the sky is not visible. Covered with a white sheet, he seemed to be surrounded by a layer of soft light. Lyde, who turned his back to the camera, didn't move much, but two tears were clearly dripping from his chin. Pullo stayed by his side as always, putting his four hands together, as it was a long time ago. If this is a movie, Vorenus is definitely going to see Niobe. But who calls this a soap opera, the screenwriter must not "burn the bridge"?
In the end, Pullo and his son are dressed in bright colors, and the streets of Rome have never been so sunny and colorful. It is an era of peace and prosperity to welcome the citizens of Rome. When Odavi built the city of Rome into a marble city, we didn't have to worry about the income of the descendants of Vorenus. Has his son become a stonemason?
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