After watching the last episode today, I can make an overall evaluation of the whole drama. The whole show gave me the feeling: the rhythm of the plot is unnatural, and the shaping of the main characters is unreasonable. I thought 50 minutes per episode was not enough to watch, but I even turned on 1.5x speed for a few episodes in the middle.
plot pacing problem
The unnatural rhythm of the plot is largely due to the unclear positioning of the film's genre by the director and screenwriter, or the rigid combination of action elements and plot elements, which makes the audience wonder how to appreciate this film. work. Judging from the various scenes shown in the trailer, this is an action movie. But I can guarantee that if you watch this show as an action movie, you will be very disappointed. First of all, the action scenes of the show are not very entertaining. When fighting in groups, the camera switches frequently, which is dazzling and makes it impossible to see the characters’ fighting skills at all; fighting between super soldiers should have been full of power, but in the play there is no other than being knocked out of each other and flying farther. The way to show strength; the action design of this show is obviously lazy, the whole show not only can't find an action scene comparable to Bucky and Steve in "Captain America 2", there are even many crotch fights , such as the following paragraph, is this a turn-based battle between Pokemon?
Secondly, I don't know whether it was intentional by the director or due to cost constraints, the action scenes in this play are surprisingly small. In a nearly 5-hour drama, the action scenes are probably not as long as the action scenes of "Captain America 3", which is the most terrible. Generally speaking, there are two ways to shoot action movies: one way is to focus entirely on action, from beginning to end, keeping the audience in a state of excitement throughout, such as "Fast Pursuit", "The Expendables", etc.; Another filming method uses relatively few action elements, but adds other elements. For example, "Captain America 2" incorporates political thriller elements, and "The Matrix" incorporates sci-fi and rebel elements. After all, action movies must be action movies. "Awakening" - there must be a tense rhythm. Therefore, not all plot elements can be integrated into action films, and "The Falcon and the Winter Soldier" is a vivid counter-example. There are too many reflections on social issues and human nature in this play, and this reflection can only be reflected through the lengthy lines and the daily life of the characters, which is inherently inconsistent with the fast-paced action type. A lot of action elements are forcibly mixed together, and finally the whole drama feels like a Buddha jumping over the wall with jumping candy. It is really unfair to demand TV series by the standards of movies, so let's compare them horizontally: at least half of each episode of CW's "Arrow" is either fighting or on the way to fight, and each episode will set a main line The suspense of the plot hangs the audience; Netflix's "Daredevil", the fighting drama is better than "Winter Hunt", I don't know where to see it, and the plot is still ups and downs, exciting, let people finish 13 episodes in one day.
characterization problem
In the spirit of speculation and the character of the drama, let me try to defend the director and screenwriter: "You audience, because the Falcon and the Winter Soldier are the "thugs" characters in the MCU, it is logical to think that their separate dramas The episode is an action movie, can't we focus on these two characters? You can't frame the show as action based on the action scenes in the trailer, because, you see, the trailer is almost over Finished the action scenes of this show!" Okay, but even if I change my mind and enjoy it from a drama perspective, it's hard for me to say this show is satisfying. The problem lies in the character creation, and I believe I am not the only one who wants to complain about this problem. First of all, let's talk about Falcon Sam. This character's portrayal in the MCU is very dry - he is the follower of Captain America Steve Rogers, and he has the same stubbornness as Steve. Character profiles are as simple as that, gone. This solo episode would have been a great opportunity to enrich Sam's character, but the writers didn't take it well. In the first episode, Sam and his old sister argue over whether or not a boat should be sold, and there's nothing but stubbornness about Sam, and the audience knows it. For such a meaningless plot, the screenwriter actually wasted most of the episode's time. The next few episodes are even more outrageous. The screenwriter goes all the way to the dark, and from time to time, he has to show Sam's stubbornness. In the end, he succeeded in shaping Sam into an idiot who doesn't know the timing, and ignorantly insists on "solving problems peacefully" . The villain has already killed more than 10 people, dear, this Sam has never fought the villain a few times from beginning to end, but instead beat John Walker who has been helping him. In the last episode, the screenwriter probably knew that he was playing bad, his nose was running down his mouth, but he knew he was blowing it, and began to force the characteristics of Rogers from the old American team on Sam - after all, Sam is going to become the new American team. ! The screenwriter thought, Won't Captain America say some very inspiring pep talk, I'll let Sam come too! So Sam was arranged to broadcast a speech to the whole world in the final episode. But this line is so badly designed that these words are completely boring lectures, and it sounds like they are teaching the world online. So far, in my opinion, the role of Sam has been reduced to the same existence as the "talker" of the CW next door.
Let's talk about Bucky the Winter Soldier. Bucky's character characteristics in this play are very obvious - to redeem himself. From this point of view, Bucky should be a very good character, but Marvel's performance is not satisfactory. If it is to be set as a character whose theme is redemption, then the screenwriter must arrange a turning point in the plot to allow it to complete the redemption, rather than letting the character redeem himself inexplicably. Then, the screenwriter also needs to portray the new look of the characters after the redemption. Without this contrast, the redemption is meaningless. Here I think of the heroine's sister in "Atonement" and the hero's self-salvation road in "Hell Detective". It is precisely because these methods are strictly followed that the redemption theme of these two films can bring the audience an indigestible and profound feeling . Very unwise, the show's portrayal of Bucky doesn't follow these lines. What Sam said to Bucky at the end of episode 5 looked like a turning point, but it wasn't, because from episode 6, it didn't make any difference, Bucky still used what he had already decided. way of redemption. Many viewers think that Bucky in the play is lazy in everything he does, which makes people feel that iron is not steel. This is precisely because the play does not focus on depicting Bucky's performance after the successful redemption. Bucky's character arc is a straight line from beginning to end, without any changes. Finally, let's talk about "American spy" John Walker. He's arguably one of the best characters on the show (the other being Zemo). Why do you say that, because Walker's behavior is very reasonable. As the best of the soldiers, Walker struggled to do his job as the government-assigned new Captain America, even without the Super Soldier serum. But the fact is that even though he has done his best, he still can't face the super soldiers who are much stronger than himself, and he can't even defeat the black panther guards who are ordinary people. He chose to inject serum not because of his worship of power, but because he wanted to better accomplish his task; his unwillingness to give up the identity of "Captain America" was not out of morbid obsession, but out of being a soldier Persistence in completing tasks perfectly. This reminds me of Christian's response to "finish the
Having said so much, this show does have some problems. Some viewers like to watch Zhou Geng's American dramas together in one go. Maybe this way of opening is not suitable for this drama. But this show also has some good points. For example, the role of Baron Zemo is very interesting, which subverts my previous understanding of him. Many of his lines also have certain philosophical and practical significance, so I won't repeat them here. Plus, the show has brought me a lot of joy, and Friday's Falcon and the Winter Soldier update has been one of my biggest weekly expectations for the last month. So, please don't give up this drama just because of my personal evaluation, try it out, there are many times, whether a film and television work can bring you happiness has nothing to do with the reputation of this work, please believe this a little.
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