I watched "The Mystery of the Shadow of the Batman" last night. I have done a little analysis of the plot, please correct me if it is inappropriate. If I remember something wrong, please Haihan....
First of all, I divided "Batman's Shadow Mystery" (hereinafter referred to as "Xia") into such large plot sections:
1 Heroes come out of the mountain
2 Encountered difficulties - rescued
3 See the mentor
4 Hard training and learning
5 Again Going out
6 looking for weapons
7 first attack - first appearances
achievements - secondary bad guys are killed, lover is rescued
8 small bosses appear
9 and small bosses fight for the first time - failure
10 find the secret recipe to solve the small boss - a weapon, An antidote, or a fighting method
11. Lover is caught by the little boss, and the lover is facing a crisis
- solve the little boss and successfully lead the lover to escape. to rescue their bat colony.
12 big bosses (backstage big bosses) appeared -
13 duels with big bosses for the first time, failed and the hero was trapped. The situation is getting more and more pressing, the criminals are released, the water is poisoned, and the audience expects the heroes to cheer up and rescue the city.
14 The hero is rescued, the hero loses his courage and falls into depression. (The low tide before the climax, in hero films, the ending is usually the hero's victory, then, in a paragraph before the climax, the hero must fail, and then fall into the depression of failure. At this time, the hero needs to get out of the predicament, you can It is an item that reminds the hero of the entrustment of a beloved relative to him, and the responsibility of awakening the hero with family affection. It can also be a certain word or action of the lover, in short - to wake it up) in the "Xia" drama Zhong is the old housekeeper who rescued the hero and told the hero not to give up. Here, the old housekeeper plays the role of father.
15 duels - climax, in this paragraph, the hero and the big boss have the final duel, which is the most exciting scene of fighting, chasing, and special effects in the whole film. In this paragraph, the situation has entered a state of extreme tension , if the hero does not stay in the mountains, the city or the world will suffer disaster. Fortunately, our hero used his wisdom to defeat the dark power as we expected....
At the end of 16, some explanations for follow-up affairs, such as the hero's emotional line, etc.
Below, I will further analyze the function of each part.
The first part, "Heroes come out of the mountains" - Generally speaking, heroes come out of the mountains with one goal - that is to save the world or save the city. In "Journey to the West", Tang Sanzang went to the West to learn scriptures, which is not fundamentally different from saving the world. Heroes in novels are usually revenge. In "Dragon Ball", Sun Wukong is looking for his grandpa's Dragon Ball (it seems to be the case, I've watched it for too long, I can't remember clearly) "Spider-Man" and "Superman" both aim to save the world, In short, the hero must have a goal, and it is the right goal of glory and greatness.
But at this time, the hero's wings are still young, and the hero still has weaknesses in some places, such as Wayne in "Xia" who cannot overcome fear, and has incorrect methods and views on punishing criminals. In "Journey to the West", Sun Wukong is "wild and difficult to tame" (it is set like this in the film, although I personally don't think so, I personally think that seeking freedom is everyone's right), he needs to be under the Wuxing Mountain to endure a second mentor- The Taming of Tang Sanzang.
- In short, the heroes at this time are naive, imperfect, and need to evolve, which provides space for heroes to grow and a space for characters to transform.
The second part, encountering a predicament - being rescued. In this part, the hero encounters an unprecedented predicament when he first comes out of the mountain because of his own imperfection. In "The Dragon Slayer", Zhang Wuji was teased in Wudang Mountain, which caused him to fall into the cliff. In "Journey to the West", Sun Wukong made a big havoc in the Heavenly Palace, and finally caused him to be suppressed at the foot of the Five Elements Mountain.
In short, this is the time to push imperfect heroes into trouble....
The third part - see the mentor
At this time, the hero is in a difficult situation, Sun Wukong is pressed under the Five Elements Mountain, Zhang Wuji is pushed into the cliff, and Batman Wayne is put in prison, what should we do? How does the hero escape?
- The ninja master appeared. In "Journey to the West", Tang Sanzang rescued the hero. Zhang Wuji happened to meet a martial arts master at the foot of the mountain. Here, the ninja master rescued the hero and started training the hero.
The fourth part, hard training and learning
In this stage, Wayne learns various fighting skills under the guidance of the ninja master, and gradually overcomes his fear.
In Journey to the West, Sun Wukong learned the seventy-two transformations from the first mentor, Bodhi Patriarch, and from the second mentor, learned to be "tamed" and learned to "obedient" - this is naturally because of the reason of the confinement spell (this is a distinctive "Chinese characteristic". "Yes, obviously a good hero must have a Tang Sanzang who listens to the words of heaven to teach the hero and destroy a good hero...)
Zhang Wuji learned the martial arts at the foot of the mountain, Wei Xiaobao happened to meet the emperor in the palace (the emperor and Chen Jinnan is his "mentor", the type needs to be flexible, don't stick to the model, and make innovations in the model system)
The fifth part goes out again to
get the mentor's guidance, the hero goes out again, pay attention, here is the "Xia" drama There is a distinct Nolan feature in the book - that is, the dual identity of the character. Here, the ninja master plays both the role of mentor and the opposite character - the role of the big boss, but the role of the big boss has not been revealed here. , After Wayne rescued the ninja master from here, the master has not appeared, and here is a suspense for the audience. "Suspense" is Nolan's forte. Everyone must learn about it.
The ninja master doesn't appear until before the climax, and changes roles as soon as it appears - from a mentor, father to the role of the villain (this is the characteristic of Nolan's narrative)
In addition, the film's reference to the "father" motif The expression is very obvious. There are three scenes in the film where Wayne is instructed by his father to get out of the shadow of failure, namely - in
the first place, his father rescues Wayne from the bat cave.
In the second place, the surrogate father-ninja master taught Wayne to conquer fear.
In the third place, the father-old housekeeper rescued Wayne and reminded Wayne not to give up.
And, at the end, there is still an emphasis on "father" - that is, Wayne picks up the stethoscope left by his father, on behalf of Wayne inheriting his father's spirit.
This character motif needs special attention. Wayne twice killed the father role of the value of destroying the world represented by his father ninja master, and inherited the role of the value of saving the world represented by his biological father.
Back to the plot analysis -
the hero came out again. After the hero learned the skills, he returned to the real world. Sun Wukong returned to the Water Curtain Cave, Wayne returned to Gotham City, and the heroes of the martial arts novels also returned from the deep mountains and forests. Against them is a sinister river and lake, with rampant crime and serious corruption, and desperately in need of heroes to rescue! !
The sixth part, looking for weapons
Although the hero came back from the mountain for the first time, he still felt that something was wrong.. By the way, a weapon is missing!
Then, Sun Wukong went down to the Dragon Palace to look for the Ruyi Golden Hoop, and Wayne asked the old engineer for help to build a "Batman suit" and a chariot. "Spiderman" drew his own battle suit. The thorns can also shoot hidden weapons, and Harry Potter got a flying broom and magic wand. The hero begins to build weapons that suit him, and is ready to go, looking forward to the next adventure!
Part 7 The First Strike - The First Appearance
It is the first time for a hero to come out of the mountains and show his edge. Zhang Wuji defeated the heroes in the holy land of Mingjiao in "Yi Tian Tu Long Ji", and "Journey to the West" Sun Wukong defeated the black bear spirit and defeated the heavenly court ("Journey to the West" has two heroic adventures, the failure of the heavenly court adventure is the first time, It is the second time to accompany Tang monk to the west to study scriptures), "Harry Potter" and "The Lord of the Rings" have similar plots....
Here, the hero defeated the gangster group and successfully rescued his lover (the first rescue).
In the "Xia" drama - the gang boss of the minor bad guy was caught, loved and rescued smoothly.
The eighth part of the small boss appeared
. I always thought that the boss of the gang was the boss, but I didn't expect that the lawyer was the boss. When the plot developed further, everyone realized that the lawyer was only a small boss, and there was a big boss behind...
This is the promise Lan's innovation in hero films.
A traditional hero movie is usually a boss. In western movies (such as "Close the Fit"), the big boss will always be hidden, but we can know how powerful the big boss is from the mouths of others. "First come" approach, and then the big showdown will come at the end. However, in the film "Xia", we initially thought that the big boss was the black boss. When the black boss was solved, the lawyer appeared (the small boss), and when the small boss was solved, We just found out that there is still a boss, and we have been guessing what the big boss looks like. When the suspense was revealed, we suddenly realized - the big boss is actually a mentor... This is Nolan's anti-type and inheritance of type!
Nolan uses his unique method to subvert the genre - in Spiderman and Superman there is generally a big boss, and who this boss is told us in the first place, but Nolan does not, he has to set Suspense is to uncover the truth step by step like peeling garlic. In this way, a very strong suspense is set up. He combines "suspense film" and "hero film" to create a new "hero film" type!
The key points here - 1. Inheritance and development of genres 2. Have the courage to break through genre traditions and integrate different genres The
ninth part and the first sparring of the mini-boss-failure
When a small boss appears, then the small boss will definitely commit murder. In the first duel between the hero and the small boss, the hero must fail. In this way, it provides an opportunity for the characters to act further, which is also similar to the dramatic action - a rising action , followed by a falling action that fits together, this kind of play is good-looking, and the hero must fail to arouse the sympathy of the audience. When the audience sees the righteous Batman being seriously injured by the fire of the villain, it will definitely bite the bullet for the hero, and produce Sympathy and pity for the hero, more emotional identification with the hero. In addition, heroes can also grow by learning from failures... So, in hero films, martial arts films, and even some biopics with men as the main perspective, don't worry about whether the hero's falling into a trough will harm the hero. In the image, only when the hero encounters failure will it attract the sympathy of the audience, and make the play more beautiful and tense!
In the "Xia" drama, Wayne was plotted by the little boss and escaped in embarrassment. Fortunately, he was rescued by the old housekeeper. The old engineer provided antibodies for the hero to inject, and the hero got the antibody injection, and he was no longer afraid of the skills of the little boss.
Here, the use of external forces to help the hero is similar to the gods in "Journey to the West" helping Sun Wukong, "Harry Potter" in which Harry was helped by teachers and principals... and so on, similar.
The tenth part finds the secret recipe to solve the small boss.
In "Harry Potter", the help Harry received is that the teacher or the principal taught him a certain magic formula or magic skill. In martial arts novels, he usually learns a certain kung fu. In "Journey to the West", Sun Wukong got the help of the gods, and in "Xia", it was the old engineer who gave Wayne an antibody.
Part 11 The lover is caught by the little boss and the lover faces a crisis
. Hollywood movies generally have a plot line and an emotional line. Then, the emotional line must be intertwined with the plot line, so that we can try our best in a limited time. Take care of every plot line. Similarly, here, the lover is caught by the little boss, and the hero rescues the lover. In this plot, the hero is getting closer and closer to the hero as a hero, while in the ordinary person's identity, it is getting closer and closer. Far.
Here, the hero escapes from danger and is also helped by an external force - the cover of the bat group.
The twelfth part of the big boss appears
Before the appearance of the big boss, the hero made a riot in the city for rescuing his girlfriend and ushered in the dissatisfaction of the old housekeeper (father). The old housekeeper reminded the hero not to get carried away and conflict with the hero, which marks the change of the hero's character trajectory: fear - victory Fear - Loss of Control - Be Yourself, Stand Up. In this way, if the characters change, there will be dramas (this is very different from the great glory and correctness of all Chinese hero films. Obviously, Hollywood is more mature and sophisticated in telling heroic legends, we must learn from them) Here, the surrogate father and the hero's Relationship issues, of course, were okay at the end, but the skirmishes here add to the drama.
Then, the big boss appeared, and it turned out that the big boss was actually his mentor (dual identity, Nolan characteristic).
The thirteenth part is the first duel with
the big boss and then the big boss and the hero duel, the hero fails and encounters the last big trough before the climax (preparing for the climax), in "Harry", "Lord of the Rings", martial arts films There are similar plots - the trough before the climax, so I won't repeat it here.
Part 14 The hero is rescued, falls into depression, and gets out of the trough.
Here, it is the father who represents the righteous side who rescues the hero, and the "surrogate father" of the evil side who causes the hero to fail. It is quite interesting here.
Here, the old housekeeper rescues the hero and leads the hero out of the predicament.
The climax of the fifteenth part - the big duel
is here, the hero and the big boss have the final duel, the hero is caught in the most difficult external environment - the city is in chaos, the evil forces have extremely terrifying equipment, etc., in short, the situation is extremely critical , the hero must use his wisdom to save the city, save the world, and complete the hero's mission.
End of part sixteen
To solve some unsolved problems, such as the emotional line of heroes, and Hollywood's hero films are actually the film version of the American dream, the film interpretation of successful learning, so be sure to add a lot of American characters to the film. Middle-class values - such as conquering fear of yourself, not inflating yourself when you are proud, and not giving up when you fail, and subtly integrate these values into the plot, and these values are also designed to appeal to middle-class American audiences This is why Hollywood creates the myth of "civilian hero" and creates the "hero dream" on the screen. Since it is a civilian hero, it is hidden in the city - the hero finally returns to the identity of ordinary people, hiding in ordinary people- Spider-Man's student status, Superman's company white-collar workers (reporters or white-collar workers can't remember, in short, there is a legitimate occupation that has gained middle-class value recognition), that is to say, at the end, the hero must return to the ordinary world. go....
Finally, what I want to say is that Americans have used movies to declare their own values, create American heroes one after another, and let the box office revenue all over the world go into their pockets. This is the success of Americans. So what does this success mean to us?
Americans created American heroes, can't we Chinese? China has such a profound cultural accumulation, such a long history, and there are many heroes in our long history, such as the Monkey King in "Journey to the West", the 108 generals in "Water Margin", and the Heroes in the real historical process; Yue Fei, Qi Jiguang, Zheng Chenggong, and the heroes of the Three Kingdoms, as well as the heroes of various dynasties and various Chinese historical processes, China is full of heroes, but our stories are always The lack of something, the lack of a story that rivals the Americans, is the special effects not enough? Certainly not. Our story must have many areas that need to be improved. Our heroic story is obviously not as good as what other Americans do. So, what else can we improve? This requires filmmakers to constantly think about...
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