The Robe (1953) The Robe (1953)
is the 45th film in the North American all-time box office chart.
The film tells a story about religion. The male protagonist is the son of a Roman congressman, who offended the would-be king Carnicola and was demoted to Palestine as a tribune. Before leaving, the hero meets the heroine of his childhood sweetheart: the heroine will definitely wait for him to come back. After the hero arrives at his destination, he sees a man named Jesus who has many followers. In the evening, the male protagonist learned from his subordinates that the army was arresting Jesus, which was heard by the slaves he bought from Rome, so he hurriedly reported the news. But the slave was a step too late, and Jesus had already been caught. The next day, the male protagonist crucified Jesus on the order of his superiors. After the execution, the hero plays cards to win a red robe that Jesus used. At this time, the situation changed drastically, and the male protagonist became panic-stricken like a curse, and often had nightmares after that. A few days later, the male protagonist was ordered to return to Rome to meet the female protagonist first and tell the king what happened to him. After the king listened, he ordered the male protagonist to return to Palestine, destroy the red robe, and obtain information about the followers of Jesus. The male protagonist began to investigate, but there was still no result. It was not until one day that the male protagonist used the method of buying cloth at a high price to get to know an old man and learned the whereabouts of the followers of Jesus. After talking with the villagers, the male protagonist found that Jesus would perform miracles, and when he touched the red robe, he found that what he was afraid of was only himself, and there was no magic spell. In this way, the male protagonist becomes a believer in Jesus and returns to Rome to meet the female protagonist. At this time, the king was Ka Nicholas, and he ordered his men to arrest the followers of Jesus, so he quickly captured the hero's slave. But the male protagonist quickly rescued the slave who was beaten to death by the king in the middle of the night. The slave was seriously ill and would die soon, but he managed to recover with the help of one of Jesus' followers. In the end, the hero was captured by the king and sentenced to death in order to cover other people, and the heroine was willing to die with him.
It's another religious movie, and it's a movie that I don't understand and don't like to watch, so I suffered a lot while watching this movie. I started dozing off from the start of the movie, and after an hour of being half asleep, I was still completely asleep. When I opened my eyes, more than 20 minutes of the movie had passed, and then I continued to watch it, but I fell asleep again. Finally, after five hours passed, I finished the two-hour movie. Also, I was still drowsy when I rewatched The Lost Interlude, but I managed to finish it. This movie is amazing! What a hypnotic movie!
Why is the movie so dull and sleepy? According to my analysis, it's because the story of the movie is so unattractive. It's about a man's journey from not believing in Jesus to believing in Jesus. It's very stereotyped and simple, as boring as it is boring. In my opinion, the movie should not tell the story like this, it is too sorry for the audience. However, maybe because this is a religious film, it should be shot like this, but unfortunately I am not a believer of Jesus, so I can't appreciate it.
The theme of the film is simple, that is, telling the audience through stories that most of the fears come from the heart, and only by conquering one's own fears can one gain a higher consciousness. Such a theme is old-fashioned and stylized, and can't make people think at all. It may have been appealing in the days of filming, but now it seems so mediocre that it's arguably out of touch with the modern audience's aesthetic, even if it makes sense.
The only thing that stands out about this film is the extravagant sets and gorgeous costumes. This film is probably the first time that Hollywood has made such a huge costume blockbuster of this scale. The "Ten Commandments", "Ben-Hur" and "Cleopatra" after it may all be made in imitation of the art style of this film. This makes me amazed at Hollywood's ability to "burn money". How dare you spend money? Those real buildings are real, and they don't lose money?
The other aspects of the movie are quite satisfactory, so ordinary that it can't be more ordinary. However, a religious story will not have a novel way of shooting, let alone in the 1950s?
The male and female protagonists of this film are both male and female protagonists of "Hamlet", so I am not unfamiliar with them. But I don't have any feeling about their performances. In addition, the male lead played by Richard Burton always looks awkward to me, giving people an unreal feeling. Is this because of the character or the actor? I can't figure it out. As for the heroine, Jean Simmons, she's still pretty, but with black hair. The hair of European and American stars is always changing, so no one knows the real color of their hair,
sum up. This is a religious movie for foreigners, and I don't appreciate it. In addition to the subject matter I don't like, other aspects of the movie are also very ordinary, so this movie is a bad movie in my eyes.
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2013-09-09
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