In this vain age where the box office is determined by visual impact, the slaughter of war and glamorous beauties have become the main content of the poster. In fact, when I first watched this movie, I also expected to see a war epic, but at the beginning of the movie It actually starts with a flashback of a fugitive. From the beginning, there is no heroic heroism of Troy or the tragic and solemnity of a gladiator. There is only an inexplicable helplessness and indifference to see everything. This tone made me feel a strange and harmonious feeling from the beginning. The excitement of watching a suspenseful movie. However, I still read it in the mood of watching a war epic.
The snowfields, meadows, and canyons of the Scottish Highlands shown by aerial photography are one of the small highlights that I felt I didn't watch this movie in vain. Then came the appearance of the Roman army, the appearance of the Pictish female warrior named Ai Tyne played by Olga Kurylenko, the appearance of the Pict tribe, the Roman troops were ambushed, Ei Tien revealed his true colors, Rome The general was captured, and the few remaining men rescued the general, but the rescue failed, the general died, and the rescuers were hunted down. At this time, those who want to watch the war epic can go. In fact, there is no grand war scene at all, and there is no temperament of war in Troy. There is only massacre, blood splashing and painful massacre, weapons constantly piercing the body or limbs constantly separating. You can't feel the splendor and heroism of the war at all. Looking at your heart will keep going down, and you will start to feel fooled. What is the epic of war written on the poster, does it matter? Just a bloody gang fight.
Let's see, the so-called female No. 1 Ai Taien, who is so glamorous, hasn't performed much yet? Such a cool and stylish beauty will definitely have some emotional drama with someone. Next is the "beautiful chasing hero" that occupies a long time. It is not a pursuit, but a pursuit. Ai Taien is chasing the centurion. To be honest, this is Duan chasing and killing the actor is meaningless, the beauty chased the hero for a long time or let the hero stab to death with a sword, Olga Kurylan's role is really cold to the end, a complete avenger, this beauty, has nothing to do with love. I'm even more disappointed, what did I watch for a long time? The lame so-called grand war scene, the boring and suspenseless chase scene, the beautiful heroine was stabbed to death by the hero, anyway, it's almost finished, so let's continue watching. Hey, isn't there a small episode in the chase and escape? The centurion and his two warriors escaped into the jungle and met a beautiful witch. The centurion prevented the warrior from killing this alien woman, but the kind witch actually took it in. The three invaders and found food for their wounds, and then when the terrifying Eyteyne pursued, the witch calmly allowed the centurion and his two warriors to hide in the barn while she risked being attacked by Eyteyne. The danger of slitting the throat lied. Then the centurion and the others left, and then they fled. This part was only used as an episode and condiment by me at the time, because this film has always shown a world of men's killing and so-called honor, and of course witches. Aytayne's Revenge. When the centurion finally killed his pursuer and lost all his companions and returned to his long-awaited Roman camp alone, we must have thought it was finally over. Anyway, the hero had a better ending, but only Sigh about how precious life is, and how cruel the war is. The movie isn't over yet. The centurion who returned to the barracks should have been entertained, and he was, but in poisoned wine. The leaders of the army actually killed the only centurion who came back alive in order to cover up the shame of the annihilation of the Ninth Legion. Fortunately, the witty centurion saw through the trick and ran away. Ahem, the hero has a cup again, isn't it? Isn't the "for the honor of Rome" that is still echoing in my ears when he fought bravely to kill the enemy and rescued the general. The so-called honorable wars and slaughter are ridiculous, but they are all pawns of the highest interests. The centurion fled into the darkness on horseback. The bloody war of aggression was meaningless, and honor was nonsense. Unfortunately, all comrades in arms were killed in battle, and the enemy of vengeance was also dead, but the film is not over yet. The voice-over in flashbacks when the centurion disappears into the night is as indifferent as before, saying "I know where I'm going, a place that really belongs to me". Where will he go? Return to continental Europe? The most beautiful scene in the film finally appeared at the last moment. The beautiful witch beside the creek in the jungle quietly squatted by the water with her head lowered and her hands were poking at the water surface. Neil Marshall was able to photograph such an oriental scene, and then the calm was disturbed by the arrival of a horse, which brought a badly wounded centurion, and the witch raised her head and said a no and then ran to the centurion, the film was over. I want to continue watching it, but it's really over, let's think about the rest.
After watching the entire movie, I suddenly felt that the director was amazing. Only then did I understand why the whole film used flashbacks, only then did I understand what the long bloody killing was to set off, and then I understood why the brave and witty centurion was brutally robbed of almost everything step by step. Understand that the cold and cruel Olga Kurylenko is to compare who is gentle and kind. There is only one undisputed centurion in the male lead, but who is the heroine? From two perspectives, Elaine played by Olga Kurylan is the heroine of the depressing chase movie, and Imogen is the heroine. The witch played by Potts is the heroine of that clever romance. What kind of "Centurion" is this? It's not about the number of scenes, not about how much the film takes up, but about the essence of the film. Commercial movies, to cater to the public's taste, are willing to watch the scenery, the blood splattered, the glamorous beauties murdering, the director has taken care of them, firstly for the box office, and secondly to set off that brief encounter. The value of life-threatening love under trust. Remembering the story of "Treading the Flowers and Returning to the Horseshoe Incense", Neil Marshall used this kind of brush and ink to draw exactly what he wanted to express.
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