can definitely be called "the year of screening failure" this year.
Since the beginning of the year, some movies have chosen to withdraw due to the mystery of "technical failure" or because of the market. The momentum of
has continued until the end of the year.
"Inception", which was originally planned to be released last week, was temporarily suspended the day before the premiere because it was reworked too much.
arrived this week, the overseas word-of-mouth masterpiece "Don't Tell Her", which was supposed to be released simultaneously with "Frozen 2," was changed for unknown reasons.
▲ Mainland China actor Zhao Shuzhen won the Oscar nomination for her role as "grandma"
Just as Poison Lord is not surprised, a film that was temporarily withdrawn last month quietly came out yesterday. The reason
was withdrawn at the beginning was rumored to be because it vilified Bruce Lee.
After watching the finished film yesterday, I found that this time the director was just like the "Inglourious Basterds" he filmed.
is unreasonable. Come on
, let’s talk about this controversial movie today-
Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood
Regarding this movie, Poison Lord is actually very much looking forward to it before it becomes the film. The biggest reason for
comes from Quentin, director of the ruffian.
His last movie ("The Hateful Eight") was 4 years ago.
For those who claim that will only make 10 movies, , the new update itself comes with a gimmick.
After all, as an R-rated film professional, one of his works is less than one. The second thing that attracted me to
was the pomp of this film.
In addition to the collection of Qi Pete and Xiao Lizi two Hollywood first-line actors.
also invited Robbie, who became popular with Harley Quinn, as well as guest appearances by Pacino and Dunn.
is such a luxurious lineup, it is very rare to get together.
Facts have proved that it is effective to invite such a large number of powerful factions.
"Once Upon a Time in Hollywood" ended up at the same box office revenue as "Spider-Man: Far From Home", proving that original films can still compete with one of the original films at a time when super-English films are bombarding the world.
Of course, compared with these, what attracts me the most is the story that Quentin told this time-
pays tribute to the Hollywood golden age, .
At that time, the television industry rose, hippie culture prevailed, the Hollywood studio system collapsed, and the United States was trapped in the quagmire of the Vietnam War. If you watch the full movie, you will find that this is almost a "memoir" movie. Quentin’s personal memories of that era are "recorded" in
.
In order to accurately restore the streets of Los Angeles in the 1960s, it took the crew several months to re-set the scene with just one scene of crossing the street.
In addition to the time-consuming and labor-intensive scenes, Quentin also fully integrated his fandom plot into the story. It’s no wonder that
is called as a love letter sent by Quentin to Hollywood in the 1960s.
Yes, "Once Upon a Time in Hollywood" is a work about "movie" through and through.
If you have a good understanding of the film and television works of that period, the pleasure of watching movies will be significantly improved.
▲The film reproduces the classic
get of the same period in many places. It doesn’t matter if you don’t have these points, because you will find it...
is quite hypnotic .
Objectively speaking, excluding the fascination element, the overall performance of Once Upon a Time in Hollywood disappointed me.
The man who used to be good at plasma and violence is gone. Replaced by
, Wen Tun’s self-talk .
"Once Upon a Time in Hollywood" is actually not too long, only two and a half hours.
But Mr. Poison must admit that when the film progressed to about 40 minutes or so, I couldn't sit still.
is not because of the film and television stalk I can't understand, but because the narrative method of is too messy .
Generally speaking, "Once Upon a Time in Hollywood" talks about three things.
one, Talking about the actor Rick, who was almost eliminated by the industry, struggled at a critical juncture and then returned to the peak of his life.
The second is about Rick's stand-in actor Cliff, who had a wonderful encounter with members of the cult in a semi-unemployed state.
The third involves the adaptation of major historical events.
Manson cult gang murdered his wife . The notorious case of
involved not only the cult leader Charlie Manson.
also involved the great director Roman Polanski's wife Sharon Tate (American actor). When
was killed, she was pregnant with an 8-month-old child.
is also because of the particularity of the case. Polanski's relatives expressed dissatisfaction after the movie was released.
As Tate’s martial arts instructor and friend, almost caused Bruce Lee to burn in this case.
It is said that when his wife was killed, Polanski even suspected Bruce Lee for a while (he had been to a party before the murder).
The part about the misunderstanding of Bruce Lee is more than this, I will talk about it later.
In short, in the film, Quentin did not truthfully present this tragedy.
On the contrary, he used joking techniques to rewrite this period of history, allowing Tate to survive.
and this directly affected the life of the fictional character Rick.
But the problem is that in the distribution of , Quentin’s new film has a serious sense of fragmentation .
Because there are three story lines separately, the film has to switch continuously in three time and space.
can in this process, the excessive intervention of fandom elements and the weak connection of each story line, so that the coherence between the scene and the scene is out of touch .
For example, when talking about the difficulties encountered by Rick on the set, the director used a very playful way to express the embarrassment caused by the characters forgetting the words. The passage of
made people see Rick's alcoholism problem. How
solves this problem and turns danger into a breeze, the conventional thinking should continue.
However, the director did not dig deep, but chose to change the front of the conversation, and led his eyes to the side of Tate (that is, Sharon Tate) and Cliff that were out of reach.
Although at the end of the film, the director merged the three story lines together in a big assembly.
However, the connection of each story line in the middle section of appears to be extremely fragmented .
was still talking about Rick's set crisis, but the next second turned to Tate to observe the audience's reaction to his performance in the theater.
is not coherent, the key is to easily disperse the accumulated emotions.
In addition to the problem of inconsistency, the biggest flaw in Tate's line is the tasteless feeling of jokes .
said earlier that Tate in history was killed because of a cult.
But in this film, because of the rewriting of history, Tate completely becomes a vase character.
You can hardly see the inevitable connection between her and Rick and Cliff throughout the film. The appearance of the character
makes you worry about his fate, and there is no evidence that she can help the story advancement.
In other words, Tate's few scenes are all outside the whole story.
her only value of existence is to prove the reversal of the subsequent rewriting. Through this reversal,
made the audience realize that the director did not intend to repeat the history truthfully, but made a joke on the basis of "truth".
But to be honest, the joke made by this time really makes people laugh .
In addition to using the victim to play with the stalk to arouse disgust from the family of the victim, the biggest controversy in the film lies in the image handling of Bruce Lee.
If you have read this clip, you will find that Ms. Li Xiangning (the daughter of Bruce Lee)'s anger is completely excusable.
is different from the Bruce Lee in our impression. Bruce Lee in the film is arrogant and runs the train with his mouth full.
He even once threatened that boxing champion Ali would become disabled if he played against him.
As everyone knows, Bruce Lee's Jeet Kune Do has great prestige overseas.
But in the film, Cliff, who is a stuntman, can easily put Bruce Lee down.
This seems to be sending a message: Chinese Kung Fu is very rubbish .
Regarding the actual problem of Kung Fu, in fact, it is no secret in recent years.
Some people who learn Western fighting have proved it with facts.
Although there are predecessors like Jackie Chan and Sammo Hung who endorsed Bruce Lee's martial arts, it is difficult to verify whether it is true or not. In the sense of
, Quentin's suspicion of his force value is not completely unreasonable.
But the point is that his distortion of Bruce Lee's personality has obviously exceeded the limit of joking. When talking about the image of Bruce Lee,
said:
"Bruce Lee is an arrogant man. His wife mentioned in the biography about him that he said he could defeat the boxing champion Ali."
Quentin The prejudice against Bruce Lee, in addition to his autobiography, must include the 1971 interview.
However, in the interview, the reason Bruce Lee looked "proud" all came from his confidence in the philosophy and culture of Chinese martial arts.
, as a representative of Chinese from this cultural background, Bruce Lee can be said to have made great contributions to enhancing the image of Chinese in Western movies.
He let arrogant Westerners see for the first time-
, we are not East Asian sick men .
Quentin's slander this time is obviously biased in Western style.
This is also an important reason why the reputation of the film is currently frustrated on Douban.
is as netizens said:
Bruce Lee can not be defeated, but not in this way .
Although Quentin said "defeating Ali" does have its source.
However, he who has always respected Ali, can't say such overthinking words in public.
What's more, the rules of MMA and boxing are obviously different.
Bruce Lee himself admitted back then that Ali’s opponent may not be on the ring. Although
has a polite element in this sentence, it at least shows that he is not completely defiant.
So in the face of Quentin’s "goodwill" low-level black, as a passerby poison, I just want to say-the adaptation of
is not a mess, and the joke is not nonsense .
So the problem is coming, this film may be adjusted and re-screened. Will you support
?
