[Warrior] The unexpected thing is that there is no popular boxing tactics, no flesh and blood in slow motion, and no too complex character background. The logic of the drama is very clear, and the focus of boxing is compared. It is to make the audience as excited as possible. In the final game, the distribution of shots was equal and neutral, with a provocative soundtrack, a lively broadcast scene, and a large number of subjective shots accompanied by the shaking of the body of the character, even though it was divided into father, coach, and Bran. The emotionally referential shots of Deng's wife and the students, the tension and visual impact brought by the boxing scene are still enough to ignite your blood.
The role of the film is very popular and easily wins the favor of the audience. His brother Brandon is a high school teacher with a wife and children. He is a typical good man, but he faces the problem of confiscating his house. Brother Tommy is a soldier who has been on the battlefield in the Middle East. The two brothers who were good at boxing in high school have to fight for their lives in the finals because of the mishaps of their lives. The problem with the brothers was that their parents divorced that year. Tommy followed his mother to California, and Brandon stayed with his father. Tommy has always regarded the divorce of his parents and the death of his mother as his father's fault, and he has been worried about it for many years. And the brothers were also in their throats because of some problems about girls back then.
The director's ambition is to shape the two protagonists. The brothers will eventually fight the battlefield. The point is that in the end, whether they win or lose, every punch is in the hearts of the audience. Forced by life and fighting for the final bonus, this is much smarter than fighting for career ([Angry Bull]) and fighting for troubles ([Rocky] series). [Iron Armored Steel Fist] Risiu Jackman's playboy-style fighting for money, compared with [Warrior], the fate of tragedy is obviously much less.
This is indeed a very good boxing movie, with blood, tears and emotions. But the problem is that it is too simple, the negative point is called monotonous, especially after the same type of [Fighter] last year was overturned in V5 at the Oscars. [Warrior] The simple role setting can be described as success and failure. Regarding the separation of the brothers due to the parents' divorce, we don't even know what happened to the mother afterwards, only knowing that Tommy witnessed her death. When Tommy appeared at the door of his father's house at the beginning of the movie, his father had already stopped drinking. Why? Father awakened? Regarding the contradiction between the brothers, the girl who used to be the brother’s wife is the root of their illness. The brothers only talked about the scenes of a few meetings before they went to the boxing ring, and it was all because of their brother Tommy. The ruthlessness ignores and loses the opportunity to communicate. The audience knows the contradiction between the two brothers is like knowing that they will face off in the final game. It seems that the logic can not be more simple. Is it so natural? Unfortunately, the director gave up the opportunity to increase the thickness of the character. The director seems to be too simplistic about the two narrative lines of the brothers. For example, Tommy’s comrade-in-arms and the secret behind why he returned to Philadelphia are all simple VCRs. As for the psychology of his brother Brandon and his wife The line of struggle has also become simple and straightforward, except that the brothers are no longer involved. With a simple background setting, the audience is only waiting for the final brother-in-law showdown.
The last forty minutes of the boxing match was very successful in terms of entertainment, but after the blood boiled over, it would feel very empty. Simple and technical, like American TV shows. For the audience, eating popcorn and drinking Coke without thinking about it is very cool. I personally appreciate this kind of movie, which can make people completely relax. But from the perspective of film reviews, this is where the film loses points. The scenes of the boxing scene were rather monotonous. Except for the occasional departure of the father, coach and Brandon's wife, the rest of the scenes of the game were all used to stir the emotions of the audience with the soundtrack. A large number of characters react in close-up shots, and the two sides of the panorama scrambled, that is, the three cameras of the referee, the commentator and the audience switched back and forth, and even the scene did not change. When it comes to the boxing ring, it turns out to be a method of equalizing shots. A simple front and back fight is completely done, and then there are a lot of subjective shots of the role. I believe there will be audiences who hate this kind of lively shaking camera, which is quite tormenting for the big screen audience. The director has too little technical content in actor scheduling and mirroring. Fans who are interested in boxing can check out [Angry Bull] [Million Boxing Baby] [Rocky] (1976), and even [Fight Club] [ Hurricane] [Iron Fist Man].
I believe that many movie fans were the same as me at the beginning. They felt that [Warrior] was very Oscar-like, and the performances of old wet Tom Hardy and Joel Edgerton were also very good, especially after the old wet finally scrapped an arm. Arm combat, coupled with The National's "About Today", the audience with low tears has long been crying into tears, but unfortunately the characters in the play are too flat on the psychological level, and there is no room to play. The director's approach to make you cool is very pleasing. It's obvious by looking at the fan ratings of various movie websites.
Well, despite talking about a lot of boring drawbacks, if there are drawbacks, there must be advantages, and the flaws do not hide the advantages. This blood is thicker than water war is still exciting, in fact, that is enough. 7 points recommended!
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