"10,000 Years Before History" undoubtedly has all the elements of a Hollywood blockbuster: heroes, action, scenes, and gorgeous special effects. But what was lacking was a good script. Roland Emmerich is good at multi-angle thread narrative, which has been recognized in "Independence Day" and "The Day After Tomorrow", but in front of a single-line script such as "10,000 Years Before History", it appears to be insufficient.
Weakness of the story script
When the story itself is weak, the script always tries to add more emotional elements to the story. Therefore, "10,000 Years Before History" combines family, love, friendship, courage, growth, responsibility and other elements, but none of the elements are fully developed, so you always see too many irrelevant stories in the story plot, an attempt to expand the theme into an all-encompassing piece of grand history. It is precisely this effort that exposes the impoverishment of the story. If it weren't for the visual experience of mammoths, saber-toothed tigers, and the mysteries of unknown civilizations, the film would have been lackluster.
It is really hard to imagine that the purpose of the "four-legged demons" trekking through deserts, jungles, and snow-capped mountains is just to capture a few slaves who built the pyramids. What's even more difficult to imagine is that this group of captives full of fighting spirit are only watched by a few soldiers. . The minority can enslave the majority precisely because of the silence of the majority. The profound connotation of slavery and being enslaved is not expressed at all, and how to display the theme of resistance.
"Revelation" is small and broad
The story of "Apocalypse" was originally thin, but what makes people amazing is the in-depth excavation of the details of the simple story. The second half of the entire film is about the hero's escape to save his wife and children. The camera can not help but make people sigh gorgeous, but also let the film always cast a tense atmosphere. The success of "Apocalypse" lies in the skill of "small and big", leaving a background of civilization decline behind the simple story.
The peculiarity of the chaotic film of reality and mystery is
that it requires the understanding of the general audience, and the benchmark for understanding is whether the film is realism or non-realism. For example, when the audience thinks this is a sci-fi movie, it is understandable to have a laser gun or a prophet in it; on the other hand, if the audience thinks your movie is realistic, you need to ensure that everything in the film is conform to reality. In this way, users can establish basic thinking patterns.
Of course, realistic films mixed with surrealistic elements often produce unexpected effects, such as the UFO and the unfinished building in "The Good Man in Three Gorges".
But in most cases, the combination of realism and surrealism tends to confuse the audience. For example, the excessive exaggeration of the precognitive illusion of the old mother and the death prophecy of the "God" in the film dilute the realistic style of the film.
The pyramid
has always been very strange when I watched the film. Does this amazing civilization that appeared 10,000 years ago have a historical blueprint? As netizens marveled: they not only had riding, but even invented stirrups; they even built ships and sailing; of course, more importantly, they were able to build such a futuristic 10,000-year-old Temple and Pyramid.
The director explained that he saw a saying that the pyramids in Egypt were not built by the Egyptians, but were built by an earlier prehistoric civilization. Of course, this is understandable for the movie, but there is no clear description of the origins of this civilization. From the zero-pattern dialogue in the film, we know that some people think they are from the stars, and there were three in the beginning, and now there is only one. Some people have serious research. They may come from the "Atlantic country" described in Plato's ideal country - Atlantis. Of course, more people will believe that they are aliens who cross space. As for why they built such a strange Architecture, we can only say that God knows.
Finally, I would like to thank the ticket-giving event of "The Film and Television Comes", and of course, I would like to thank Xiaoxue for her VIP card.
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