"Window, mirror, dream."
"Jurassic World" has created a dream that is close to the breath and within reach for us viewers.
This dream is both real and illusory, sometimes gentle, sometimes violent; the world in this dream is not allowed to remain in the world, we visit insects, ants, plants and trees, we travel through mountains, rivers and forests, we do not know whether this is heaven or hell, we only care about indulging Among them, lingering and forgetting to return, it is difficult to extricate oneself.
Jurassic World and Jurassic Park before it, or Star Wars, Alien, Star Trek, Pirates of the Caribbean, Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit, Avatar ” and so on, depicting a world that could only exist in our imaginations for us, and they even surpassed our imaginations.
This "creation" itself is already called "great".
"Jurassic Park" is nominally a sequel to 1993's "Jurassic Park". The two films do have some succession in the story, but this film is actually more like a remake of "Jurassic Park". Most of the content is a tribute to the latter. At best, it's a "salutation", and at worst, it's a "lazy", but I also have to admit that this kind of "biting the old" approach is very funny: using today's latest technology to re-interpret the plot 22 years ago, There is no technical difficulty at all, and there is almost no gap in the audience's acceptance, and it greatly reduces the risk of "innovation" and increases the audience's sense of substitution and nostalgia.
The film even directly uses John Williams's classic soundtrack in several main passages. Classics return to classics, and nostalgia returns to nostalgia, but it also exposes the creative attitude of the main creators of "seeking nothing but flaws".
The opening of "Dwarf" is not out of the norm. "Bird's Claw in the Sand" is still an interesting little cleverness. It deliberately arouses the tension of the audience and reveals the mystery in a hurry, which is humorous and interesting and has hidden murderous intentions. In the following scenes, the film's problems began to gradually emerge:
1. Deliberately creating a family conflict and parental discord in the character environment, the parents of the two little protagonists are getting divorced, and they even hired their own divorce lawyers, but in this way A group of deliberately shaped contradictions have not been reasonably answered until the end of the film, so they have to do it hastily.
2. There are a little more characters in the whole film, the screenwriters are not enough in the portrayal of the characters, and the director's ability and experience are relatively lacking, which directly led to the failure of many characters in the film. Every character is inked, but after thinking about it, I feel that the characters are relatively thin, fragmented, not three-dimensional, not vivid enough, and sometimes even a little self-contradictory.
3. The length of the film is nearly two hours. I remember about the content of the last one and a half hours, but I can't remember what was said in the first half hour. The first half-hour seems to be used for only two things, a nod to the old version of Jurassic Park, and feeding mosasaurs with sharks. This is the first part of the movie, but it was messed up by the director and confused, as if everything was mentioned a little, and nothing seemed to be mentioned at all. Fragmented plots are not attractive enough. What really attracts the audience is the story, and this part of the scene is almost independent of the main story. "The filming can make up the length of time, and it does not seem to affect the main line if it is not filmed." If the audience has such an idea, it can only show that this is a mistake by the directors.
Fourth, the last point I want to talk about the ending, I personally think the ending is deflating, of course not very serious, at least it is much better than the "Tomorrowland" I watched in theaters recently. The problems of this film are similar to last year's "Godzilla", the foreshadowing is too long, "the dark clouds overwhelm the city and the city is about to be destroyed", the atmosphere is in place, the momentum is sufficient, but the climax at the end ends as if there is no climax. . If the dinosaur fight scene at the end of this film can be added for two to three minutes, even if the "tyrannical Tyrannosaurus rex" is still the same death method of being swallowed by the mosasaur, the final effect may be much better. The way of death of today's hybrid monsters is naturally not boring, and it will cause "unexpected" effects to some audiences, but what audiences care about most is not its way of death, but the fighting process of their "flash of demons". The process is far more important than the result. The foreshadowing of this film is not too short. The previous pages have been constantly exaggerating the danger and power of "monsters", but unexpectedly the climax at the end is short and unsatisfactory. The monster was dragged into the water. Audiences won't be satisfied if they don't get enough of the cannibalism of the monsters. A story can start with a coincidence, but it cannot end with a coincidence. The death of the monster is too coincidental, and the emotions of the audience cannot be released.
On the whole, "Dwarf" is much better than I expected, and it is the best commercial film I have seen in theaters so far this year. Really answered that sentence, "The higher the expectation, the greater the disappointment", but the film without too high expectations brought a huge surprise.
The atmosphere of the whole film is very good (although it's all the leftovers from the first film, this film has few achievements of its own), the rhythm is quite smooth, and several jokes are also well controlled, the entertainment is strong, and the tension is adjusted. The mood is impressive again, and after watching the 115-minute feature film, you will find that the whole film has few waste scenes - except for the first part mentioned above, which is more controversial.
Nearly two hours of watching the movie will not make the audience tired, but feel unsatisfied.
Facts have proved that "fried cold rice" also requires skill. "Dwarf" reminds me of "The Fast and the Furious 7", both produced by Universal, they are all fried rice, Colin Trevorrow's level is higher than Wen Ziren; no offense to director Wen, I agree with his talent, but long-term The practice of low-budget horror films is his limitation of directing "Furious 7."
The process of watching the movie "Dwarf" gave me an immediate sense of watching "Godzilla". Isn't the stalwart figure of the Tyrannosaurus rex who left silently after defeating the strong enemy just like the Godzilla who is also "hidden in merit and fame"?
The BOSS really is at the end. The one I thought was released from the cage was actually the one who jumped out of the water. The scene of feeding the sharks in the opening scene was actually a foreshadowing.
In addition, the 3D effect of this film is not much different from the film works in recent years under the banner of "3D". To say that "Dwarf" made money is a bit of a rebuke, but the viewing effect is really poor: the picture lacks layers, and the sense of distance is almost non-existent, especially the long-range lens is blurred as soon as it moves, giving a bad impression of a rendering failure. So, before "Avatar 2" came out, I didn't expect to see a real "3D movie".
Movies, especially high-budget commercials, have their own unique complexity and contingency, a lot of work, and a lot of information.
It's hard to predict what will end up on the screen, because movies are always out of control. Even if the directors and screenwriters have noticed many problems, they still may not have the time, energy or opportunity to change and improve them, and they have to acquiesce to the existence of such and such minor flaws.
Movies are flawed art, so even though I found so many "bugs", I still love this movie so much.
When you step into the world on the screen, you don't want to come out again.
Compared with the clutter of life, the movie is simple, and it is better to live in the movie for a lifetime.
He was paralyzed in his seat after reading all the credits and the final approval number of the Radio, Film and Television Bureau, still reluctant to get up and leave.
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