Bat Super War: Pretending to be risky, imitation should be cautious

Nickolas 2022-04-19 09:01:17

For a long time, I didn’t like superhero movies very much: the plots are routine, the characters are face-to-face, the themes are generalized, like the products on the assembly line, the same, uniform, the standard is the standard, but it is dull and rigid, simple and ridiculous, classics. Can not afford careful scrutiny, no spirituality at all. Fortunately, there are still exquisite visual effects to feast your eyes on, otherwise it will be really boring. However, visual effects are not a tried-and-true panacea. After the excitement, the natural aesthetic fatigue. It's like a bowl of bland hot, with a lot of essence added and chopped green onion sprinkled. Although the aroma is overflowing, it tastes good at first taste. After a few more sips, it will lose your appetite. Cinematic aesthetics are a means of expressing the content of a living story and must never be an end in itself (visual effects are a type of cinematic aesthetics). It's clear that many superhero movie writers have turned their backs on this creed laid out in "The Story" by Robert McKee.
Until the Batman Dark Knight trilogy came out, the plot was ups and downs, the characters meant something, the theme was thought-provoking, jumped out of the box, and lifted people's spirits. Oh, it turns out that superhero movies can still be made this way. If the "Mystery of the Shadow" is still a bit rambling, when it comes to "The Dark Knight", it is purely a realistic crime film. The mad and sober clown, who is bent on evil and tearing up everything of value; Harvey, who believes in law and justice, was ignited by the clown to make evil thoughts in his heart, betray the rules, and use coins to decide fairness; The Batman who brings light to Gotham City , but can only live in the darkness and reject mainstream values. The game of good and evil in a closed environment, the collision of rules and justice, shows the complexity of human nature.
It's no exaggeration to say that Nolan's The Dark Knight set a new benchmark for superhero movies that will live in its shadow for many years to come. Warner's blockbuster this year "Batman v Superman" (hereinafter referred to as "Batman") is no exception, although Nolan is one of the producers.
After "The Dark Knight", Zach Snyder dared to shoot Batman, with Zhuyu in front, which is unwise in itself. Whether in character creation or atmosphere rendering, "Bat Chao" intentionally imitates "The Dark Knight". An hour before the film, I walked the path of "The Dark Knight", focusing on the inner portrayal of the characters, trying to create a dark and depressing tone, a kind of undercurrent of the storm, and the dramatic tension of repression to the end and then rebounding. It's a pity that it backfired. Multiple clues went hand in hand, which made the plot loose and fragmented, and could not be effectively connected, resulting in a fault in the film's structure. After the lengthy and uninteresting paving, Batman and Superman finally started fighting, brewing for an hour and a half. It should be a thunderbolt to help the story reach its climax. I don't want to be a squib, and it will be over in a few minutes.
The film's failure doesn't stop there. Jesse Eisenberg's madness is like imitating Heath Ledger, but it's a pity that the force is too much, and it's too much; the final battle, at the juncture of life and death, Superman and his girlfriend are tired and crooked, and a trace of tension that has been created with great difficulty is shattered; The superfluous Wonder Woman does not substantively promote the plot. It is purely multiple stars and multiple selling points (and multiple slots).
If the overly complicated plots are removed, and the background is briefly explained, the battle of the Bat Super is presented with heavy brushwork. The story is simple and not simple, the plot is rough and not rough, and with almost perfect special effects, "The Bat Super" will not be reduced to today's fields. The success of Marvel movies is largely due to its accurate positioning: do a good job in superhero movies first, and then do nonsense. Whether the story is self-justifying is more important than the profound themes.
People have inherent self-knowledge. Not every superhero movie is "The Dark Knight". If you can't analyze the depth of human nature, you can honestly be a superficial vase. Satisfying eyeballs is also a merit. It is also self-defeating. Pretending to be risky, imitation should be cautious.

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Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice quotes

  • General Amajagh: Men with power obey neither policy nor principle, Miss Lane. No one is different; no one is neutral.

  • Clark Kent: [Bruce Wayne arrives at Lex's party] Who's that?

    Party Photographer: You must be new to "Let Them Eat Cake" beat. That is Bruce Wayne.