Epic movies are hard to make, and it's not just a matter of budget. In the epic films of the 1950s and 1960s, the technical requirements of grand scenes, luxurious characters and costumes, and reproduction of historical glory are the reasons for attracting people to watch in theaters. Sensory experience comes first, just like Transformers today , but once these things are technically no longer so special, the requirements for historical facts cannot be arbitrarily adapted, the characters' values and behaviors are difficult to cater to modern people's concepts, coupled with factors such as slow narrative rhythm, which naturally make both the director and the audience intimidated. It's not as easy as fantasy themes.
On the other hand, I think the most important thing is the feelings of epic films, the inevitability of history, the helplessness of heroes, the tragedy of the times, and the insignificance of individuals. In recent years, British dramas and American dramas have successively produced historical themes. Although there are also films of the era’s poetry and history with a small budget, most of them are mediocre, or the gimmicks fall elsewhere. The main thing is historical feelings, not crowding. can come out.
The perspective of "City Square" is very good, or the plot selected from the perspective and the corresponding rhythm are arranged well. This film is not titled Hyptia, but as shown in the poster, it shows the era and scene behind Hyptia: at the end of the Roman Empire, the important places for social and public life that had already occurred in ancient Greece, libraries, temples The surrounding squares witness the changes of the times. Religious/ideological confrontation and historical trend, class evolution, advancement and retreat of knowledge and civilization, which are all major themes, put into the more than ten years of Hyptia and several of her disciples, but it is not cluttered, historical progress And the character building is quite organized.
This is all due to the fact that the perspective of the film is chosen on the main line of Hyptia's search for the mystery of the earth's shape and movement. Some people may not be used to such a historical film. It feels funny to pull back and forth from the perspective of the universe and the earth several times, but in addition to being a symbol of time span and the emphasis of the film's tone, such a shot also adds a sense of hierarchy to the narrative. : The starry sky, the blue planet, the city like the pearl of the bay, all kinds of beautiful scenery, just like the refreshing spring breeze that Hyptia brings. Interspersed with turmoil, the audience is often pulled back from the various riots and the sighing heavy historical wave, which makes the original film a little scattered and has no sense of "progress". The feeling, only using the camera to speak, there is a kind of bystander without comment), it is very appropriate to wear it into a whole, and there are some accessories such as emotional entanglement and brotherhood, so the film looks good.
In addition, the script allows each character to share a relatively balanced amount of conflicts in each line (religion, class, civilization). For example, Hyptia's thinking and experiments on the earth are interacting with people every time, and the objects are different. . Although the first protagonist of the film is Hyptia, in fact, the most contradictory character is the little slave. Many vivid three-dimensional characters also greatly increase the viewing experience.
Talk about the content.
About religion, or social change, the topic is too big, and it is not the theme of this film, let alone. The thing that resonates with me most about this film is undoubtedly the topic of women's independent spaces - no use of the word "freedom", it's too big - as soon as I see people make a fuss about women who have never married for all kinds of things The vice-sympathy said something like "Why doesn't she want to be loved", "the most beautiful years in her life", "strong but also a woman, with a weak side" and so on, I can't stand the tone of it. In fact, women play the role of mother. Some of the characteristics (functions) are indeed a major event in a woman's life. They are quite special, unique and valuable. Marriage is just a joint enjoyment and experience. But even if this part of life experience is missing, it is only missing "a" kind of life, not missing a part of the whole. Life can still be self-fulfilling without regrets. Of course, what is lovable about Hyptia is that, in addition to her excellent mind and thirst for knowledge, her EQ is also very high, she has a charitable and gentle side, and she has a good skin, a peerless beauty. Of course, between the existence of such people in ancient Rome and women in modern eastern cities two thousand years later being "worried" about the problem of leftover women, there is a social system of aristocratic classes and a difference in civilization between the East and the West. I just sigh with emotion. Moreover, even if the issue of gender is put aside, there is no environment in modern society for pure pursuit of truth. This is true both at home and abroad, but it cannot be summed up in the words "people's hearts are not ancient".
I can only sigh about the society where I am afraid that life is not very comfortable (unless you are an aristocrat or a minor servant of the noble, even if it is, you will be worried in troubled times), yy look at the once pure and admirable starry sky. As for history, what we learn from it is basically impossible to help us much, as if figuring out how the earth is driven by the ethereal pull of the stars to walk around the sun, our dream of more ethereal interstellar travel is simply a drop in the bucket.
ps: Personally, I am afraid I have a prejudice against Rachel Weisz. I always feel that this Hyptia is too perfect, but it seems superficial. . . In fact, it's not quite appropriate for Yi to act as an intellectual woman who needs to be temperamental and assertive, but I really think it's a matter of Yi and 007 getting together. . . Nothing fancy. . .
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