When I started watching excitedly, the opening scenes really refreshed me. Mr. Max Payne floated freely in the dark green water, saying a lot of mysterious things like life philosophy, and he shook his feet. My appetite, after satisfying my self-proclaimed literary youth, made me hungry and eager to look down. However, after that picture passed, everything began to be supernatural, and everything began to be incomprehensible. When I watched the gangsters of unknown origin being chased to death by monsters with wings of unknown origin, I even had a kind of It feels like watching a magical thriller, but it’s wrong to think about it. Max Payne’s game doesn’t seem to be this way... After
seeing it for more than an hour, a wretched old man named BB started to investigate Payne’s black people. The police recounted the true background of how Penn became a popular Titan, and then Penn found a character who had never appeared in the previous story by chance. After beating him, the grandson had no spine and obediently beat him. All kinds of weird suspense that no one can understand are connected together, and Max Payne and the masses of people watching the movie suddenly become clear at the same time.
To sum up, the narrative method of this film is like this. First, all kinds of characters that make the audience want to break their heads and don’t know their identities pop up, watching them fight and live to death, and it’s a joke. Almost, two key characters appeared in the end, showing the mystery and the mystery. (The most funny thing is that the inexplicable shadow with long wings flying in the sky in the first half of the story is actually a drug-induced hallucination) and then the tough Penn guy who has been confused for three years. The small universe broke out, and the body was no longer a body, and the soul was upgraded to an angelic soul. After countless bullets, it showed the true nature of a hero. Being alone in danger represents the moon and his dead wives and children. All the bad guys were wiped out overnight.
Low-level.
This kind of narrative method also appeared in a blockbuster film "War on Terrorism" in 2007. The previous literary play was laid for an hour and a half, and the people watching were confused and sleepy. In the last forty minutes, the shells bounced around and the cars flew around. , But it was dull and boring because of the previous director’s clever story.
So when I watched Max Payne, I was anxiously thinking, thinking of "War on Terror", is this kind of storytelling popular in Hollywood in the past two years? That's not dead, it's just me. At this level of watching movies, one day you won’t even be able to understand commercial blockbusters. Even if you understand it, it will be exhausting and exhausting. What are you going to talk about about appreciation?
In fact, storytelling also has a degree of suspense in the setting of suspense. When the whole narrative has a big suspense as the main premise, in the development of the film, at least one small suspense should continue to appear. Then it is cracked. On the one hand, it inspires the audience's pleasure after learning the answer, on the other hand, it also enhances the visibility of the story, and makes the rhythm of the story relaxed. Vividly speaking, it makes people feel the rhythm of the movie. The breath of breath. This is a quality that many classic blockbusters have, and I don't want to give an example. The first problem with the film’s narrative is the vagueness of suspense. The audience doesn’t know what Max Payne is doing in this film. You can say, isn’t he looking for a murderer to kill his wife and children, but This kind of suspense has spread in space. The biggest suspense in "Rock Breaking" is whether the missile will be launched at the end, and then closely surrounding this suspense, the story unfolds, the two sides of the confrontation are also clear, and in this movie, although the audience I know what Max Payne is doing, but I'm not very sure (people who have played the game are fine, it is difficult for those who have not played the game to get a definite answer from the ambiguous narrative at the beginning of the movie), and this In this movie, who exactly is Penn fighting against? Who is the opposite of justice? Maybe it’s the black-skinned warrior, maybe it’s the old BB who was hypocritical at first, but the director knows it but the audience doesn’t. Unfortunately, of course the audience can’t know. If the audience knows this place, the film will be out of play, so , We can only accept our fate, and walk with Payne in the wind, snow and mist, without any clue.
Speaking of another question, breath, the film took a sigh of relief from the beginning, and a lot of suspense was pressing on the viewers’ hearts. At first, the audience would have a good wish to wait for the suspense to be solved, but after a long time, they were a little confident in themselves. People will directly press fast to watch the explosion scenes behind, and enjoy the fireworks right now, and people like my generation who don't have much confidence in themselves will straighten their necks and stare and start to doubt their IQ.
Originally I wanted to talk about the characters in this film in detail, but the story is like this, the characters actually have nothing to say. From the sexy chick who wanted to sleep with Payne to her sexy machine gun sister, they are all beautiful women with flat personality. , Very facial makeup, that BB acted well, from the loyal old man at the beginning to the behind-the-scenes man, it was a very good performance, but unfortunately the plot setting is too bad, no matter how good the old BB's acting skills are, he can’t conceal his flaws. After all, people would ask, Payne is not mentally retarded. No matter how good this old man’s acting skills are, he is both his wife’s boss and his father’s old colleague. It’s time to find out how to investigate him. These three years Is Time Payne sleepwalking?
Maybe it's eccentric. I think the only highlight in this film is Wahlberg. I think this is not only Wahlberg's own success, but also the success of the director's casting. Wahlberg is a typified actor, his image has many indelible signs-extreme calm and strong personality in times of trouble; there are always only two expressions on his face, that is, no expression and an expression of extreme pain; Cool; strong muscle lines; violent; warm to oneself in spring; cold to the enemy in winter; smart. These are the signs that Max Payne has and must have, so in this tiring movie, Payne is the only black landscape that is pleasing to the eye.
Finally, say something good. The best part of this film, I think it’s not all computer special effects. Of course, the computer special effects of this film are great, the rhythm of the explosion, and the creation of the mystery of the "City of Angels" are all top-notch, but this is not The most touching part is that although high-speed photography looks luxurious and gorgeous, bullet time, the iconic nirvana in the original game, has become a label showing off technology in the movie, and it is not closely connected with the characteristics of the characters.
I think the best thing is the tone style of the whole movie. Darkness, snow, and filth. The despair in Max Payne's heart is reflected by the magical light and shadow. This is not only the effect of digital color extraction, but also the first-class lighting. In this movie, night scenes account for the vast majority. Even if it is not night scenes, many of them are indoor scenes. In these scenes, the contrast between light and dark appears to be very strong. The effect of this large light ratio makes the picture become The fineness also makes the tone style become depressing, which can be said to be very exciting.
Marx Payne is a game that carries the personal heroism of countless adolescents, the setting of bullet time, and the gloomy style of painting. It is all the rage and has become the benchmark for crime-themed games. Just like the killer 47, from the market audience, computer game adaptation movies are often flattering, movie fans are willing to watch, game fans will be persistently pursued, but the strange thing is that often game adaptation movies end in failure, far Not to mention, the most famous series, such as "Resident Evil", "Tomb Raider", and "Silent Hill" are all with huge investment and a large collection of superstars. While making a lot of money, I made a lot of money in the movie market. However, from the perspective of the quality of the final film, I personally find it unsatisfactory, and often rarely get many positive reviews. The most common situation is that there are waves of curses. Some critics say that the story is bad, and some viewers say It is not good-looking, and even game fans are saddened to adapt the gods in their hearts beyond recognition but it is a pile of rubbish.
Haha, what a strange circle. It is a pity that so much money has been invested, and big-name stars have also played hard. The game itself is also known for its story. Unfortunately, because of the failure of the plot adaptation, Max Payne also did not jump out of the vicious circle.
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