Circle the good points first. The special effects and 3D effects of the movie are done very carefully, at least it still makes the audience's eyes gluttonous. Relying on the imagination and description of the original work, this time, we have made breakthroughs in the setting and modeling of Chinese fantasy films, especially Weng Zhong and the tomb beast in the ancient tomb, and finally understand how to learn from China's own culture. Go for visual representation. In contrast, "Nine-Story Demon Tower" is very stupid as a group of Hollywood-style monsters. Fighting scenes and lens shifts also allow viewers with 3D eyes to experience a very real three-dimensional effect.
The second is that the emotional regulation is done smoothly and not rigidly. The film is intended to be suspenseful and fantastical, but the occasional little humor is quite natural. Especially the small excesses of the Mongolian family are inserted, and the emotions are very kind and humorous. The Mongolian uncle's drunk driving and the Mongolian little fat baby's sturdy and cute, only a few strokes, but they are very impressive, and they can better adjust the audience's emotions. This subtle, chain-like clip can better show the creator's skill, and it may also be very appropriate because the director is a Mongolian.
The selection of actors is also very good, although Shu Qi is really not suitable to try to talk about Beijing films, the evaluation of "making people play in minutes" is not false at all. But in 2015, when fresh meat is rampant and brains are crowded together, it is very admirable to have the courage to not use any small fresh meat. Of course, she was still displeased with AB. AB was supposed to be the person responsible for her appearance, but her face was still awkward, and she always felt that it was a piece of skin sticking to her bones. A little fresh meat can lower a movie by 0.5 points, which is absolutely true. Of course, the box office appeal of Chen Kun and Huang Bo is still there. The four leading actors (Chen Huang Shuxia) can be described as old actors, and the quality of the film is there.
It's really not easy to make a genre film, and a good start is worthy of appreciation at the box office. But below, as an original party, you still have to come out and pick on the thorns.
1. Top-heavy script
The script is clearly divided into two parts: the foreshadowing and the main part. The foreshadowing part is Mongolia jumping in the queue, so as to bury the clues that they had entered the ancient tomb inadvertently and Ding Sitian's sacrifice made the two of them knotted. This clue was drawn out, which is why Fatty Wang had a reason to repeat his old business, and returned to the ancient tomb to find the other side of the flower to fulfill his previous promise to Ding Sitian. In terms of clues, it is logical, because tomb robbing is illegal and unreasonable after all, and the movie naturally has to give an explanation that meets the moral requirements and a motive that can be called the "motive force".
The problem is that this part of the foreshadowing is too full and too full, and when they are struggling in New York, they take up almost two-fifths of the space, and the remaining three-fifths of the space is for the official tomb exploration. , on the one hand, it is difficult to be full, and on the other hand, in contrast, it is easy to make people feel dissatisfied.
2. Emotions that are not grasped The
emotional control of the audience, from the foreshadowing, accumulation to the final detonation and release, is an important skill in the film. The main problem of emotional control in this movie is the accumulation and detonation. In the final analysis, it is because the script is top-heavy.
The title is well done. The tomb robbery scene in Hu Bayi's dream can be said to show off the special effects of the movie. It also made the audience who just entered the theater nervous and began to enter the play. After that, Mongolia jumped the queue to meet the Japanese rice dumplings, paving the way for an emotional climax. Then entered a transitional period of easing emotions. Fatty Wang made jokes and Uncle Meng was drunk and drove the horses. The audience began to calm down their nerves and prepare to enter the third emotional peak.
The problem appears in the third emotional peak. Compared with the previous one, this paragraph is short and perfunctory. Just when you think you just reached the mountainside, it has already slid down. Perhaps the main reason is that it is really easy to open the coffin of the other'an flower, take the other's flower and smash it. This paragraph, which can be fully rendered in the original work and is full of situations, was completed because Hu Bayi had a small conversation with himself. Fail.
3. Old-fashioned motivators and barriers
Although the script has set a plausible driving force for the character - finding the other side of the flower and unraveling the knot, it is undeniable that this driving force is very weak. First of all, only Fatty Wang was obsessed with this. Hu Bayi persuaded everyone to leave many times in the middle. Shirley was always opposed, and in the end it was the villain who forced everyone to move forward. This is an old stalk in Hong Kong movies.
If the protagonist himself lacks motivation, how can the audience get excited about visiting the tomb? It's better to follow the original book, because you need to solve the curse of the ghost family, so you have to go to the tomb to explore. This has to be firm and strong.
With the driving force, overcoming obstacles only makes sense. The explicit obstacles in the movie are the many organs of the ancient tomb, and the hidden obstacles are the demons buried by Hu Bayi and Fatty Wang because of Ding Sitian's sacrifice. act as a "barrier". This kind of obstacle is also reasonable, because we are both materialistic and idealistic. "It is usually ourselves who prevent us from succeeding." Only with psychological drama can we get rid of vulgar materialism~
However, this obstacle is really too much! old! set! ! This kind of setting that casts a shadow because of the accidental death of the people around you and becomes an obstacle to your own growth has been overused, okay? And Chen Kun was afraid that the audience would not understand, so he actually said there: No, when Ding Sitian sacrificed to save us, it was definitely not to make us live in guilt for the rest of our lives. Seeing this, I only said one thing in my heart: low burst. Naturally, Hu Bayi didn't dare to accept Shirley's love at first, but at the end he boldly proposed marriage, nothing more than to echo: Look, a tomb robbery completed the growth of the protagonist, he finally no longer, living in the memories of the past~ It's not bad, but it's nothing new. Maybe it's a genre movie.
Let's talk about the apparent obstacles, to sum up: turn the compass twice and throw a stone once. Game Over, You Win. Insert a little zombie fighting and villain threats in the middle. The original party just wants to say, Hu Bayi, you should still live in the movie, the tomb there is relatively gentle and amiable, and you will have everything when you turn the compass.
4. The Vulnerable Villain
The role of the villain in this movie can be summed up in two ways: first, as a representative of selfishness and immorality, forcing the protagonist to carry out the robbery to the end; second, to satirize the current qigong and spiritual classes.
This kind of villain setting of "rich, selfish, deceived and honest protagonist" is also a frequent visitor in adventure themes. This is also understandable. However, in this film, where is the villain, it is neither vicious enough, nor has the means, and even the motive of the tomb robbery was guessed by the audience from the beginning. The ultimate killer is that there is a little drug in the ring. And what I want to complain more about is that when Liu Xiaoqing confessed his powerlessness as a villain, it was exactly the same as when Chen Kun confessed his hesitation as a tomb robber! It can be seen that the IQ of the movie to the audience is set at the level of Forrest Gump.
5. The original book party wants to say
that if you want to watch it enough, you should read the original book haha.
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