In this epic religious adventure film directed by Roland Qiaofei, there is no shortage of typical protagonists, no lack of complex and grand theme settings, and even magnificent and beautiful pictures, although not as pure as Avatar. The new world created is so pleasing to the eye, but it is also suffocatingly beautiful, and there are even wonderful rivals of Jeremy Irons and Robert De Niro (privately I think these settings are more convenient, and the exhibition is somewhat speculative. ). The plot describes the Spanish priest Gabriel, played by Irons, was ordered to set up a church for the "Guarani" people in the jungles of South America, while Mendoza, a slave trader played by De Niro, killed his younger brother who fell in love with his lover. Feeling guilty and willing to follow the priest’s preaching to practice atonement, but when the preaching took shape, the Portuguese and Spanish governments turned to ask the Guarani people to relocate their territory due to the colonial conflict. After being rejected, a bloody massacre was staged. Until the three protagonists who volunteered to stand on the side of the natives were martyred and died.
I have said that the conquest of a weak civilization by a powerful and admiring force of civilization has always had only one result, with few exceptions. Therefore, the priest's original devotion to ideals, loyalty to God, and sincerity to the natives who converted to Christ are more sincere. Moreover, in the end they died without hesitation or died in resistance or in the persistence of their beliefs, creating a great tension brought by dramatic conflicts. Gabeel’s martyrdom was loyal to his persistence, and Mendoza’s sacrifice was in struggle. Salvation was won, so in the end of the film, the bishop would say in reflection and guilt that the dead are immortal and the living are dead.
However, this kind of compassion is also unable to change the natural law of the "power is justice" of the Human Socialist Party. Avatar is a world created by Cameron on the planet Pandora. It is essentially just a dream and a dream with a happy ending. , And the purpose is to plunder the wallets of global movie fans after burning 500 million huge sums of money. Naturally, Cameron is not good at plot design. In fact, he hasn't grown much from "You jump, I jump" to "I see you". But this has never affected his amazing genius in visual creation, and the collage of rhythm control, detail control, excitement setting and other commercial elements to complete the miracle of the film on the commercial level. The level of pursuit is different, so Avatar can certainly break through various limits at the box office all the way, and even the Oscar, who has taken the middle of the road, is likely to surrender to the king of the world again, but Palme d’Or will only settle in cruel contrasts and a long aftertaste. And heavy humanistic thinking, this is the gap between dream and reality.
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