The film begins in the winter of 180 AD. According to the prelude of the photo, the Roman Caesar at that time, Marcus Aurelius, hereinafter referred to as the old emperor, after twenty years of war, Rome reached the peak of its power, and the territory south To North Africa, north to southern England, at the beginning of the film, the old emperor led his army to Germania, Armenia, and the Germans retreated steadily. In this battle, the latter was already a turtle in the urn. , ready to deliver the final blow to the Germans.
The first shot at the beginning of the film shows Massimos' hand. Even if it is the first time, the audience can subconsciously reflect that it is the hand of the protagonist. The person in the shot is walking forward while stroking the ears of wheat in the field. , Wheat is the most important crop in the Latin region of the Mediterranean, so this person must be on the farm, with the light and sad humming, people subconsciously reflect that this story is a tragedy. Immediately after that, we switched to Massimos dressed in military uniform, with the snow behind him, the cold wind blowing, and the fur cape on his shoulders fluttering. Looking up, and the shot for the villain is usually looking down, but this unpretentious flat shot makes people understand the director's style: I'm just a narrative person. And the war is imminent, why is this person absent-minded and erratic in his eyes? Next, a bird flew away, and the man stared at the bird with a cosy smile, as if he was envious of the bird. The above are all foreshadowings, and when you look at the audience, you can suddenly understand. The director explained from the very beginning that the most skilled general in Rome did not like fighting. He just wanted to go home and farm. He is a person with an extremely simple soul.
The troops are ready to attack, everything has been arranged properly, only the soldiers who persuaded to surrender came back with a message. As always, Massimos observed his troops all the way in the trenches, on the one hand to observe the state and morale of the soldiers, and on the other hand to tell the soldiers that he was by their side. When the soldiers saw Massimos coming, they all stood up, showing reassuring smiles and respectful eyes. From this, they knew that this general had a high prestige in the army and won the respect and trust of the soldiers. soul in. Even if he was so tired, when he saw Massimos coming, he still had to put on a ready-to-go appearance in front of the general, so as not to disappoint the general. After reviewing all the way, Massimos came to the deputy and told the deputy that the troops were tired and hungry, and they no longer wanted to fight. The implication was that if this was the last battle, the troops might not be able to last. This battle has already been fought. Played for too long. Here it is shown that Massimos is extremely experienced as a general, and with a few observations, the situation of the troops can be well known. Then the adjutant said that the range and sight of the slings were not properly set, which might accidentally injure the cavalry in the back. To put it this way, he not only has rich command experience, but also has extremely rich experience in battlefield charging. He knows how not to be hit by his own sling when charging, which is all within his control.
The soldiers who persuaded the surrender were beheaded, and the Germans came out of the woods to call for battle. When Massimos realized that the persuasion failed, he immediately prepared to lead the cavalry to charge. First, it was a routine to boost morale. What he said roughly meant, stay close to me, Don't scatter the formation, don't be afraid of death, you are doing honorable things, and your tone made the soldiers laugh. The Germans were copied, the fighting lasted for a day, and the Germans were wiped out. In fact, from the comparison of the lineup of the two armies at the beginning, we can see that there is no suspense in this battle. The old emperor sat in the army the whole time, and after the battle came to see Massimos, "What should I reward the greatest general in Rome?" "Let me go home." The goal that the whole article hopes to achieve, but has not been achieved. The old emperor did not answer him immediately, such a good general, the emperor must have a heavy trust, how could he let you go home? Massimos gave his reason: "This war is over and it's over." It means that I'm a soldier, and I should go home after the war is over. The emperor also gave his reasoning: "There is always a battle", which means that he has more and more important things to entrust to Massimos. After so many years, the two have a tacit understanding, and Massimos understands I know this, but I still don't know what the emperor's real intention is.
The space is limited, so I am sorry that I only talk about Massimos here, and I will not talk about the prince Commodus, the princess Lucia and the grandson Lucius. After returning to the barracks, the first thing Massimos did was go to the tent to see the wounded soldiers, and chatted a few words with the military doctor. It can be seen from here that he was concerned about the casualties of the troops' horses before and after the war. He is not like the Senate. Politicians, unlike royal dignitaries, know the essence of war and every trouble in it. Back at the celebration banquet, Prince Commodus invited him to serve himself and wanted to win him over, but Massimos did not give a clear answer; the senator told him: "You have a heavy army, and you will have a considerable say in politics." Meaning. The army listens to you alone, don't you have any ambitions? I want to "share big things" with him. However, due to the occasion, Massimos did not reply directly. If it were on the battlefield, he would have killed these talkative people long ago. From here we can see that, on the one hand, Massimos controls the overall situation on the battlefield and is invincible, but he does not understand anything politically and does not want to participate in these things. In his logic, soldiers are soldiers. It's enough to fight the battle well, there are so many bad things.
The next morning, Massimos usually chatted with his brothers in the tent, but he couldn't have breakfast with his brothers today. The emperor summoned him this morning and asked him to go to the emperor's tent. It can be seen from this that his military career was spent with his own grassroots soldiers, which explains why the soldiers have such a good relationship with him and listen to him so much. After seeing the emperor, the emperor was still writing his own diary (Marco Ole remained in his own 20-year military career, and kept writing a diary, sometimes a note, sometimes a dialogue, this diary The influence of later generations is quite deep, and it is of great significance to the life principles of future generations and historical archaeology.) The old emperor pretended to be mysterious and asked him why we came here. Maximus did not understand the meaning of the old man. In this regard Massimos can't do it. The old emperor's political attainments are estimated to be extraordinary, his speech is clear, and he has set up many organs. Fortunately, the old emperor liked Massimos. If he wanted Massimos to die, Massimos probably died without reacting. Massimos replied: We are here to conquer the land and glorify Rome. This is the tone of a very orthodox lower-level answer to a higher-level. Obviously, the old emperor did not ask him to report his work, so he cleared the first layer of clouds and began to hint at the topic, roughly meaning: "I am old Massimos, Twenty-four years of my reign, I have only brought four years of peace to the people, and the remaining twenty years of war, what will people think of me in future generations, will my life have meaning?" Tucao died, and he knew that what the emperor wanted to say was behind him, so he prepared to follow the emperor's words. The emperor interrupted him and fell asleep on the bed, which meant that we should let go of our fears and open the skylight to speak eloquently, but not ourselves. Say, let Massimos say it first, the political literacy is evident, Massimos goes straight, you ask me to say, I say: "I brought five thousand people, two thousand can't go back, the rest The three thousand were also worn and half dead, and they fought for Rome." He described his beliefs, as well as the beliefs of the troops, and he thought all this was meaningful, and did not want the emperor himself to doubt himself. And the emperor gave a new question: "So what is Rome." Massimos further said: "I have been to many other places, dark and barbaric, Rome is like light." From this, Massimo can be seen Sri Lanka is really loyal to Rome and really recognizes his motherland. This is the old man testing his inner loyalty to the motherland.
Then the old emperor began to enter the real purpose, and asked Massimos to talk about his family affairs. This was not a conversation between monarchs and ministers, but a conversation between men. When Massimos mentioned this, he smiled and his eyes lit up. This seemed to be the topic he was most interested in. I saw here that the thing he cared about most was his wife and son. It's the last battle, don't overturn the boat in the gutter, I haven't been back for almost a year, I don't know if my son will ride a horse, I don't know my wife..." And the emperor He obviously heard the answer he expected. He was testing whether Massimos was pure in nature. After passing both the loyalty test and the nature test, the emperor finally said his decision: let Massimos succeed him and rule Rome. In fact, after so many years, doesn't the old emperor know about Massimos, does he still need to test around the corners? It can be seen from this that the old emperor has thought about it carefully. It's not that he is confused, it's him After planning for a long time, he is extremely cautious about passing the throne. On the contrary, Massimos did not make any psychological preparations, which shows how simple he is. The emperor likes you so much, and the entire army is yours. In the future, the emperor will be yours. Have you ever thought about it? have not thought. So panicked, the emperor gave the reasons: 1. You are not corrupted by politics, 2. The hearts of everyone in Rome are towards you, 3. I have long regarded you as my own son. Maximus wanted time to think about it, and the emperor asked him to answer before sunset.
Forgive me to omit the prince and princess line.
After returning to the tent, Massimos began to burn paper to worship his ancestors, and also asked the guard: "Do you feel that being loyal is a difficult thing?" This is Massimos quite confused and hesitant. I don't want to be the emperor at all, I want to go home to farm and accompany my wife and children, but the emperor is so kind to him, and now he wants to pass the throne to himself, how can this be good? At noon, the guard told Massimos that the emperor was dead, and the prince asked Massimos to pay his respects. Massimos felt wrong. He only met the old man in the morning. The problem, after seeing the prince, he understood that he had watched the prince grow up since he was a child, and knew that the prince Kang Maode was a despicable person who made good use of various dark tricks, but had great ambitions. He observed the old emperor's body close to him. Later, he confirmed that the emperor was suffocated by the prince's throat, and rejected the prince's win on the spot, which led to the death of the emperor.
At this point, the characters of Massimos have been explained, and the important scenes are basically in the front. What happened next did not change his temperament. The space is limited, so I will talk about it here.
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