Man, Charlize Theron "lived" to be 6000 years old.
There was supposed to be a heavyweight superhero drama this summer, but it's a pity that "Black Widow" has been changed.
Now I can only use this industrial assembly line work that represents "everyone is happy" to talk about masturbation.
Sure enough, the film received "gratifying" reviews in North America.
On Rotten Tomatoes, the media gave it an 80% freshness rating, and the audience gave it a 75% favorable rating, which is really high.
It's not all because of the "extremely correct three views" of the creators of "Guardian of Eternal Life".
Female directors, black and white female protagonists, African-Americans, Asians, gays and lesbians, the right time and place are "right across the board".
Is it good to put it aside, at least you won't be sprayed?
In fact, this is not a big problem. The main problem is that this black girl named Kiki Lane is too bad at acting.
Completely a sub-amateur blank, it feels like a group performer accidentally made a cameo, and the standing posture is not easy.
Look at the specific score of Rotten Tomatoes, the professional score is 6.5, which is still objective.
Audience rating, 3.9, congrats! Also very objective! (this is the opposite)
Political factors aside, the quality of "Guardian of Eternal Life" is really just stepping on the passing line.
Immortality, self-healing, saving the world, and goddess of battle are nothing new.
Although director Gina Prince-Byswood is not young, she has almost no masterpieces in movies. It is said that she will also direct the new work "Silver Sable" of "Spider-Man Universe"?
As far as the level of "Guardian of Eternal Life" is concerned, the expectations have been discounted.
If I remember correctly, it was an action movie, but I don't recall any action scenes in this movie at all?
I certainly can't say that female directors can't direct action, because Kathryn Bigelow is pretty good at it. Even in the average "City of Extreme Cold", my Theron's performance is much more handsome than in "Guardian of Eternal Life".
All I can say is that the rhythm match and shot design of the film wasn't good enough.
The design of the action scenes is really lackluster, the scheduling of the shots is really too ordinary, and the soundtrack is also lacking to some extent, commonly known as "the point is wrong". It's like wearing leather shoes for running, not only can't keep up, but also wears blisters on your feet.
As an "ambitious" comic trilogy, the first part of "Guardian of Eternal Life" needs to explain a lot of cause and effect in order to explain the world view, which is understandable, but the design of the script is very poor, simple and rough, and grinding, without visual appeal , and there is not much room for fun.
Probably financial resources are limited, and most of the energy is put on restoring a few historical fragments.
Participating in history and changing history is the biggest characteristic of "eternal people" . They used to be unsung heroes. Their kind deeds at a certain point in time will make the rescued have a great impact on the world, such as avoiding nuclear war, obtaining Nobel Prize, etc.
This setting is quite similar to "Watchmen" , the only difference is that the immortals do not know the meaning of what they do, while the Watchers do it in an organized, disciplined and purposeful way.
Theron's former same-sex partner and comrade-in-arms, "Joan" played by Vietnamese actor Ng Thanh Yun, fought with her on the soil of England in the 17th century, and the two were invincible and invincible.
But they were regarded as "undead witches" by the religion at the time, so "Joan" was imprisoned and sank to the bottom with the "Iron Virgin".
The sect knew that this would not kill her, but they could guarantee that she would repeatedly die from blood loss and drowning. If she was reborn, life would be worse than death, and she would not be rescued or reborn for hundreds of years.
In order to torture people and fight against differences, only human beings would do such a thing.
Sun Wukong can still tease passers-by and talk to animals under the Wuxing Mountain. Compared with "Joan", it is really much easier.
To be sure, this setting still has potential.
So, in order to pave the way for the following plot, we see "Joan" appearing at the end.
After so many years, she should become a villain, punishing all mankind to vent her anger.
In this way, when Joan confronts Theron again, it will have a dramatic effect similar to "Batman and the Joker" and "Captain America and the Winter Soldier" due to the delicate relationship between "enemy and friend".
When several "immortals" discussed their life experiences, they were very similar to "This Man From Earth" a dozen years ago . Although Theron did not live as long as Professor Oldman, she was indeed more tragic, not only Participated in many wars and migrations, and suffered "undead wounds".
Theron's role is called "Andromache of Scythia" (Andromache of Scythia), a narrow Scythian, mainly an Iranian-language nomadic people active on the north coast of the Black Sea, mainly warriors, now settled Russia and Georgia are descendants of the Scythians, so she is good at speaking Russian in the film.
And "Andromache" refers to a character in ancient Greek mythology : the wife of Hector, the daughter of King Ethion of Thebes. It means that Theron's character "Andy" was born in a noble family, but experienced ups and downs.
It is a pity that the "eternal man" fights his life with hand-to-hand combat, neither beyond the ability of ordinary people, nor the "Wolverine" knife in the bone, the fight is bloody, which makes people feel distressed.
Theron lost his "self-healing ability" in the second half of the film and was in danger . Seeing that he became an ordinary person, he could only use the new heroine as a human shield to block bullets, and could not easily charge into battle.
If she has three longs and two shorts, this series will lose the audience, otherwise who should everyone watch.
It's a pity that Theron is not a "justice woman", otherwise he wouldn't be so down and out, fighting guerrillas on foot all over the world.
I have survived for thousands of years, although I am lonely, although my patience has become lower and lower, although I have seen through the coldness of the world, and although life has become more and more meaningless, I still have to keep on living.
Overall, I was so sleepy watching this "Guardian of Eternal Life" that I wanted to fast forward a few times.
If it weren't for Theron's face, how would I be good~
*This article first appeared in the headline "Movie stalker"
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