1. The sad old deer
The plot itself is clear enough, let me talk about this old deer.
In other words, this old deer was not a mortal species, but an illegitimate child of the ancient evil god Loki. Among Loki's children, the three most famous are a wolf, a snake and a female ghost, so it is perfectly reasonable to regenerate a deer.
After all, this old deer is an illegitimate child, and his strength is simply different from the aforementioned three siblings. But after thousands of years of cultivation, there is still some Taoism, so I worshiped a tiger and a sheep, and kowtowed one head on the ground, stood up like a brother, and went to Chechiguo to become a national teacher. The monkey was killed...Oh, I'm sorry, it was messed up.
There are three main skills of the old deer: one is that he has a certain supernatural power and is immortal; the other is a huge body, which is obviously an elk, but it grows as big as a giraffe. Well, it seems that a giraffe is also a deer. Maybe its mother is a giraffe. This has to ask Loki; the third is to know some mental hypnotic tricks. In general, the strength is not strong. Fortunately, Sweden was not hit in World War II, and maybe he was captured alive by the Germans.
As the saying goes, "people feed on grains, and gods feed on incense." The same goes for gods abroad, who feed on the spiritual power generated by believers when they pray. As a miscellaneous god, Lao Lu also raised a group of believers to pray for him. Of course, the old deer also has a conscience and will not want others to benefit in vain. Its reward is to allow believers to be "immortal." Although the audience saw those believers being stuck on wooden stakes and locked in a small black room, it seemed that death was better than life, and it was better to burn them out. But you have to know that in the eyes of the evil gods, there is no difference between living in a small dark room and living freely outside. Just like if you buy a fish tank to raise ornamental fish, have you ever thought about whether they are comfortable in the tank or in the lake? Even if you can add an electric heater, you have a conscience.
In this way, Lao Lu's little life was full of flavors, which can be called a paradise in the world. Until that day...
That day, the old deer begged another deer in the forest, but was flatly rejected by the other deer on the grounds of "all male and inappropriate", so he became angry and killed him and hung up a tree. Unexpectedly, as soon as he put on his pants, he was bumped into by the four protagonists who broke in. The old deer hid in the side and thought, "This won't work, this is going to be spread out, do I still want to be a deer?" So trailing behind, ready to silence.
On the first night, Lao Lu used a mental hypnosis method to make an entrance examination, so that they could see the most feared scene, so no one died that night. It turns out that the male protagonist is a pervert. Everyone was scared to pee, but he didn't feel fear, but pain. Let me talk about it. At the time of the incident, the male protagonist's fear of gangsters was dominant, so he did not save people, but he felt regret and pain afterwards. When I saw this scene again, the pain of his friend being killed overwhelmed his fear of the gangster. The director has made it very clear.
This is surprising, because everyone, including its believers, has fear (the worship of believers also comes from fear of it). As I said before, God feeds on mental power. This old deer saw the male lead, just like those who ate cabbage buns every day saw meat buns, those who ate salted tofu every day saw sweet tofu brains, and those who ate pizza every day saw Dao. Marinated naan. So the old deer immediately made a mark on the male lead's chest, similar to an admission notice-come and be a believer for me! So other believers know that this is their own. For the other three normal people, the old deer didn't take a fancy, so they were only worth hanging on the tree as decoration.
The order of killing should be determined according to the level of fear. The calmest one dies first, and the fat man who has been yelling in fright kills last.
The female believer took a peek at Lao Lu and was killed. The male protagonist and Lao Lu were just facing each other and looked at the old deer. The old deer did not kill him if he caught him, because of the special nature of the male protagonist’s mind. When the old deer pressed the male lead's head and forced him to kneel down, I almost laughed and pissed. Who told you to not speak. Lao Lu must want to say, hurry up and worship me and be a believer. Lao Tzu is optimistic about you! It's a pity that the male protagonist has a bad head, just doesn't want to be a believer, and uses an axe to chop the old deer.
Alas, my heart was to the bright moon, but the moon shines on the ditch! It's not easy to meet a strange flower in this poor country! Let him run away.
2. Reasons for giving four stars
The overall rhythm is good, the atmosphere is rendered in place, combined with the religious color of Nordic mythology, except for the absence of a heroine, there are basically everything else that should be there, which is worth three stars.
There is one star for Lao Lu, the picture is clear enough. I think the director handled this very well.
First, this is the Nordic dark mythology, not the Cthulhu family. There is no need to hang people's appetites and give everyone a clear explanation. This is the least respect for the audience. Moreover, after Lao Lu appeared, a period of hunting was still a successful climax, and it did not cool off.
Secondly, the so-called "untangible things" of the K series can be written in novels, because reading novels is based on imagination and telling stories from words; but it is not feasible in movies, because movies What's stronger than the novel is the sense of picture. In the past, many directors and game producers have made the image of Cthulhu, but all of them are disappointing, because reality is always better than imagination, so the specific image of BOSS will not appear in the K-line movies. This is due to the genre of the movie itself. Limited by shortcomings.
Once again, the absence of the BOSS image in the current K-series movies is a shortcoming that cannot be solved for the time being, rather than an advantage.
Some people say that Lao Lu should retain a sense of mystery. It must be someone who likes to watch cavalry movies and doesn't like to watch infantry movies, so he can become a believer.
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