Steampunk handsome, world view set expectations

Fidel 2022-04-19 08:01:04

It's alright, I liked it after I saw the trailer, but I didn't watch it because I saw the rating and felt it was not good. Then I couldn't help but like steampunk too much, so I watched it anyway. On the whole, the small details that pave the way for the plot and the world view are quite good. Slowly follow the lines and pictures to introduce, do not deliberately substitute, the rhythm is relatively good, and there is also support in the back, the director's narrative and shots are still very good water bottles. London's big city, predatory small towns, various bounties and auctions, pulling small towns, satirizing the class oppression of modern society, but also giving the film's world view a depth, the new world after Medusa is regressed, human beings The end of the highest point of science and technology is to lead to war, and then retreat, understand modern people as ancient people, have more advanced things, and then only rely on archaeology to progress, let us modern people look at ourselves from a different angle, creative brains are also very good, Minions are worshipped. They are gods. I laughed. Hahaha. The special effects of steampunk are still good. The world behind the mountain is very beautiful, like a paradise, but sometimes the special effects of the characters are a bit clumsy, such as At the beginning, the male and female protagonists fell off the railing, and Miss Fang finally fell there, and the special effects were suddenly broken. Then for the setting of the Eastern Mountain Country, build a wall to protect yourself, rather than start a war. In the two major kingdoms of the wasteland world, the personal factors of the story are still good. Overall, the setting of the world view is still quite wonderful. I think there is no problem with the plot development. There is also the role of Shrike, although he appears very obsessed, but he looks too handsome, a brainless robot with a little memory, obsessed and caring for the heroine, like licking a dog, and finally awakened by love, reviewing his life memory before death . The meaning of Medusa at the end, USA’s USB flash drive reminds me of the United States, and then combined with the computer, Medusa is sympathetic, Medusa is scary, but without eyes, you can no longer petrify others, if you use Medusa as a quantum energy weapon The strongest technology is likened to the highest point of the entire human being, that the United States is above Medusa's eyes, implying that the United States is the key to the earth? Will they end the war? Hahaha, this just corresponds to the recent Iranian incident, which is interesting, or is it a metaphor that the United States is Medusa that petrifies other people's eyes? Is it a threat?

The downside is that each character has no depth. Although each character itself has a story, and then connects the whole plot, there is no extra foreshadowing at the end, but it is very old-fashioned. The main line is described by multiple lines, but it is very mediocre. Direct, there are too few things to dig, it is too clear, there are not too many esoteric meanings that make people think, or a story is told in a daze, the motivation and personality of the characters, the angle and position are not explained much, not clear , only the special effects and world view are more attractive. In addition, the citizens of London can watch the excitement and applaud. In the end, they didn't join the mountain country. It's too stupid. Hahaha, London, UK

But I still look forward to it, because I like this strange steampunk world view too much.

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Mortal Engines quotes

  • Shrike: I can remake you, just as I was remade.

    Hester Shaw: You're going to kill me?

    Shrike: For a little while.

  • Tom Natsworthy: See, I said you'd come back for me.

    Hester Shaw: Shut up and run.