Just like I have never rejected cartoons, I have never rejected myth movies. Although Hollywood has teased me again and again, this time, after all, I changed my path and made a rare Egyptian myth, and finally I don’t have to watch Zeus anymore. The grievances between the father and the illegitimate children are over.
My friend said, "It's good, but I haven't heard much about the characters in it, and Zeus didn't come out, but no matter what, Medusa didn't come out... At that moment, I felt petrified, Medusa, people are in Athens. .
In my generation, the enlightenment education about Western mythology should be Saint Seiya. The boys who taught me madness are also called "Athena's Saints." They grew up while being beaten, defeated Poseidon, the god of the sea, and Hades, the king of the underworld. When I was a child, I dreamed of owning a sacred garment, gold, silver, even bronze. It was not until very later that I knew that they also represented the three ages of Greek mythology. The Zeus and the gods you know are just common names for the Bronze Age. "cockroach".
The spread of ancient Greek mythology is thanks to ancient Greek literature, and it is impossible to expand on this space. In short, in this huge system, there are not only gods, but also heroes. Gods have emotions and six desires. Heroes have experienced disasters, and a joke is a blockbuster. It's a pity that today's filmmakers don't care much about the story itself, and the audience has no choice but to follow Medusa's head.
But you must know that the ancient Greek mythology and the ancient Roman and ancient Egyptian myths are clearly different. If ancient Greece and ancient Rome just gave the gods new names without changing the soup, then ancient Egyptian mythology is completely another portal. There is no Medusa in Egyptian mythology, but they also have pets, such as the brain teasers, the sphinx.
The origin of Egyptian mythology comes from their belief in the existence of an afterlife. And the weight of a person's soul determines whether it will be resurrected or destroyed after it leaves the body. Part of the reason I think the movie is good is that it keeps that line in mind. Whether to trade money for eternal life or to decide the future with good and evil determines who is the wise king and who is the tyrant. Of course, the several appearances of Anubis, the god of the dead, are also quite humorous.
There are two things that are very, very commendable about this play.
In the setting of the movie, there is no clear boundary between the world of gods and the world of humans. They can both play together. Gods live in palaces, and they are also served by humans, so how do you distinguish between gods and humans? The director came up with a rude and clever solution, that is, to make gods two numbers bigger than people as a whole. This idea is not the first use of this film. Usually in mythology movies, the image of gods is much more magnificent than that of humans, but when gods and humans are together, they usually appear as humans, and only when they return to the heavenly realm, to show the appearance of God. This is also related to the myth itself. In ancient Greek and Roman mythology, the most popular story is that when gods come to the world, they will change into human forms (or animals). Human-like.
Although the proportions of gods and humans are different, they look harmonious when they are in the same frame. Because this is a story about gods and people working together, setting off each other, and inspiring each other, the screenwriter simply wrote a structure with two male and female protagonists. This is also very rare and very expensive. Since there are two male and female protagonists, casting is very important. The director did a pretty good job. Although the two men and women were not even characters in Hollywood, it was rare for them to be highly compatible with the characters' images. Gods are dashing, noble and flamboyant, and human beings are smart, pure and lovely. In such a film, the character is eye-catching is the minimum expectation. The person sitting next to me only remembers that the heroine has breasts after a movie... You have to say, well done.
I usually like spoilers best, but I don't need to say more about this movie if you know a little bit about Egyptian mythology. It tells the story of how the pharaoh god Horus got out of decadence and frustration after being removed from his eyes and lost his powers, and then embarked on the road of revenge against the uncle, the god of the desert, Seth, who had murdered his father and usurped the throne. Not only did he get the help of Hathor, the god of love, Thoth, the god of wisdom, aunt Nephthys, the god of the underworld, and Ra, the supreme god of the sun, but also formed an ally with the "villain" Baker.
From the beginning, he naturally disliked this human child, and then he had to obey and owe it, and finally developed to trust and rely on each other. These "human" performances are the most exciting part of the film, especially when he learns that the child People's little girlfriend is actually a brainless fan who never abandons him. It's like carrying an "idol burden" on his back and actually wants to be a "better self"... This kind of change comes naturally and believably in the film. It is a bit unfair to say that it is a bit unfair to raise the simple "Prince's Revenge" to the theme of faith and self-examination, not to mention that the special effects are worth at least two yuan.
Of course, the film also has obvious shortcomings. Such films often expose the flaws of the protagonist's halo when dealing with the ending, and "War of the Gods" is especially sloppy. Because Horus chose the latter between "revenge" and "protecting the people", he naturally regained his divine power, which was a bit far-fetched. How did he do it by KO the god-possessed and invincible uncle Seth? It can only be said that the uncle's configuration is high, but it is probably not compatible... In addition, it is very interesting for the sun god to drag the sun with a small paddle. As for why the god of chaos has become a muddy mud, I still express that I can't understand.
But criticism is the business of film critics. Putting aside all the good and the bad, you should buy a ticket to the cinema even for the sake of betting on the grace of the golden robe. I think it's worth it.
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