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Game of the Brave: The Jungle
Douban score: 7.2 Sub-viewing index: ★★★☆
Director: Jack Kasdan
Screenwriter: Erice McKenna K. Summers/ Scott Rosenberg/ Jeff Pickner/ Chris Van Osberg
Starring: Dawn Johnson/ Kevin Hart/ Jack Black/ Karen Gillan/ Nick Jonas/
Genre: Action/ Fantasy/Adventure
Country/Region: United States
Language: English 20 (United States)
Length: 119 minutes
also known as: Barbaric Game: Crazy Jungle (Taiwan) / Escape from Magic: Jungle Picking Machine (Hong Kong) / New Brave Game / Brave Game
Movie background
1995 , "Game of the Brave" was released. This fantasy adventure movie shined at the Saturn Awards, won seven nominations and two awards, and was successfully introduced to the mainland in 1996. It has been promoted to China since 1995 after the implementation of the "10 Imported Blockbusters Every Year" New Deal. My son has become a precious childhood memory of the 80s generation.
In 2015, when Robin Williams took the lead in "Game of the Brave", shortly after he committed suicide by poisoning, Sony Columbia proposed a remake. This veteran Hollywood star who has appeared in many classic works such as "Death Poetry Society" and "Mind Catcher" has a large number of fans, who think this is very "disrespectful". One can imagine how the new project is under the pressure of public opinion.
Robin Williams committed suicide due to depression. Obama, the then President of the United States, expressed condolences.
To this end, Sony invited Hollywood’s hottest darling nowadays, the gold king "Big Rock" Dawn Johnson, partner with Kevin Hart. The two previously co-starred in the crime comedy "The Oolong Agent", which earned a global box office of 200 million US dollars at a low cost of 50 million US dollars. This time they chose to follow this comedy combination and are familiar with the road. Johnson stated early that the new film will pay tribute to Robin Williams, "I think Robin will laugh when he sees this scene in another world."
"Remember when I first met him completely like a Like a star chasing idiot, I was so excited that I couldn't speak. It was his smile that made me calm down." Johnson expressed his respect and love to Robin in this way.
Sony previously stated that this restart will be a sequel to the 1995 version. Since the new work was released in North America, it has not been afraid to collide with "Star Wars 8". The trend continues to be strong, counterattacking Star Wars with a very low decline, and becoming the box office champion on the first weekend of 2018. It has proved with a series of brilliant performances that it has indeed completed the inheritance and continuation of the classics and brought its own innovation.
It is no longer a simple "fantasy movie"
There is no doubt that the 95 version of "Game of the Brave" is the most traditional fantasy movie-the two brothers and sisters found a mysterious board game "Youman" at home Lucky" and triggered its game mechanism. Various dangerous creatures ran out of the board to the real world. Only by completing the game can all of this be eliminated. Both the setting and the actual performance of the movie correspond to the basic characteristics of fantasy works.
is no longer so simple when it comes to this one. It was also the tabletop game "Umanji". After being picked up and returned home, a chemical reaction occurred with the game console. After the player chooses a character to start the game, the person will be absorbed by the game console and enter the "Umanji". Game world. In the world of "Umanji", when a player touches his body, an electronic screen will pop up, showing the strengths and weaknesses of the player's role. At this point, I can see a hint of science fiction. The weakness of the protagonist "Dr. Yongshi" played by Johnson Johnson is: none.
and the setting of the "Umanji" world is set strictly in accordance with an RPG game. Here, each player has three lives and can see the NPC responsible for guiding the newcomer,There are levels to be solved, and even the cutscenes in the game are performed together. The reality of the game world is like an enhanced version of VR games. These are already common concept scenes in sci-fi works. So far, it’s hard to say that this new work is limited to the framework of fantasy works. It already has a "fantasy "And "Science Fiction" dual attribute tags.
has a significant effect of de-inflicting
. What needs to be admitted is that in the 1995 version, despite the presence of a big coffee like Robin Williams, the whole film is still full of an inferior atmosphere-after all, the four protagonists Here, two are children, and the other two adult characters also have a lot of childhood clips. It is not an exaggeration to say that it is an adventure movie for children. However, it is considered successful as a whole. This is probably one of the reasons why it has influenced a large number of post-80s in my country. The film was introduced at the right age. The four leading actors of the
95 version of "Game of the Brave" is like a family adventure film.
However, in 2005, the "Game of the Brave 2: Adventures in the Universe" was released. There were only two children left in the starring role. The trend of infancy became more and more obvious. This has caused it to be criticized and even denied at this time. To lose the status of the official orthodox sequel.
Perhaps, the film party has realized the seriousness of the low-youngness problem.
So this new work, it can be said that it has worked hard on the problem of young children. In terms of actors, the tradition of predecessors who prefer to use child actors as the leading role has been changed. There are tough guys representing "Big Rock" Johnson, there is a well-known talk show host Kevin Hart, and there is the aggressive "Nebula" in "Guardians of the Galaxy". , They are the basis for the adultization of the film.
At the same time, each player has the setting of three lives, which means that the characters will show off all kinds of strange ways of death.
seems to be swallowed by a hippo.
was trampled by a rhino.
and being bitten by a poisonous mamba...
In addition, there have been many open or obscure adult stalks in the movie, such as Kevin Hart as a bait to lure groups of albino rhinos, which were trampled on. After he died and resurrected, he yelled at his teammates: "Do you know what the xx under the rhinoceros looks like? Do you know how big it is? That thing has been scratched from my face. I will never forget this moment in my life. !" At the moment it caused a roar of laughter. Many children above
are not suitable, and they are also sentenced to death.
The American version of "The Shameful Iron Fist"? No, its scale is much larger. The 95 version of
, nowadays it seems to be commonplace, can be regarded as rare and avant-garde.
But more than 20 years have passed, and this kind of subject matter is no longer new. How to attract the audience to the theater again has become the top priority. This new work has undertaken the important task of carrying forward the past and will undoubtedly make effective changes. The aforementioned "realization of the game world" and "removal of juvenile" are one of the measures. In addition, the film’s innovation lies in the emphasis on shaping the image of the characters, which has never been seen in previous works.
has previously officially revealed that there will be a plot of "sexual transformation" in the film, which is one of the main sources of jokes in the film. When some film-type self-media recommended this new work, they described it as "the American version of "The Shameful Iron Fist" without hesitation. After watching the movie, I discovered that this is not the case. "Sexual Zhuan" does not occupy a prominent space in the film. Moreover, for "sexual Zhuan", the scale of "Game of the Brave" is much larger than "The Shameful Iron Fist". many. The sex-turned character of
, Bethany, was originally the school flower, and everyone was surrounded by her, a little princess who was loved by thousands.
Bethany is obsessed with social interaction, and the first sentence after crossing is "what about my phone". After
crossed to "Youmanji", she became a middle-aged fat uncle who is a geologist.
Bethany saw his appearance after crossing, crashing the scene.
has always been the most interesting part of the "toilet" link in the case of "sex transition". "Game of the Brave" has a detailed scene description. When Bethany urinates for the first time, he must draw a boy and teach her How to stand and hush, she will look at the xx in her lower body like Columbus discovered the New World, exclaiming "this is too convenient", and then even have a physical reaction to the boy she likes (xx is hard). The moment; back to the real worldAfter the world, treat his breasts like an old friend who has been away for a long time. These immediately activated the atmosphere in the theater. In "The Shame of Iron Fist", these are all taken or not visible.
Its comedic effect comes from the "contrast"
"sex turn", but it is only one of the factors that cause the "contrast" in the character image changes after crossing the game world. After all, the four students traveled to the world of "Umanji" Later, only Bethany had a sexual transition. The others did not change their genders, but the image difference was huge-the real-world nerd became a muscular man, but he was obviously a strong man, but he became short and small.
is especially the heroine, Martha, an inferiority conservative girl who only knew how to bury her head in study and thought exercise was useless.
Martha (first from right), she initially resisted joining the game. After passing through, he became a "boy killer" with high martial arts skills.
Masha, the game is set to be good at karate and Brazilian war dance. There is a plot in the
film that requires her to attract the attention of two thugs guarding the warehouse to help others sneak in. The first to use the beauty plan, but Martha has never had the experience of striking up with a boy before. After being instructed by Bethany, the lover, whether it is winking, shaking her hair, biting her lip, or imitating very poorly , The action is very stiff and funny. Seeing that the guard was about to see through the sneak, Martha broke out and began to beat the two guards with her own strength. Johnson felt unable to get in when she wanted to step forward to help. You know, in the real world, she doesn't even have the slightest athletic ability.
is the same with others, generally using an extremely exaggerated technique, trying to shape the image contrast before and after the crossing, to achieve a comedic effect.
For the gameplay of changing the soup and not the medicine, it is difficult to have the freshness of when I saw "Umanji" at the beginning of the year. Therefore, the focus of this film has shifted. The game is no longer the core of the film, but more focused on portraying The player himself can be called a coup.
The core of entertaining and entertaining remains unchanged
Although this film brings many changes and innovations above, it still maintains the core value of the previous film, which is "growth."
In the 95 version of "Game of the Brave", Robin Williams played Alan Paris, who was bullied by other students when he was a child, afraid of facing these school bullies. At the same time, after his father's shoe factory got into trouble, He slipped away and was afraid to take responsibility, causing others to take care of him and lose his job. After triggering "Yumanji", facing the hunter who came out of the game to kill him, he evaded and dared not deal with it head-on.
hunters buy new guns in order to kill Allen.
But as the game progresses, he gradually realizes his sense of mission and must complete this game to end all this and restore the peace of the real world. At the end of the film, he stood fearlessly in front of the hunter's gun, bravely facing the enemy who had hunted him for 26 years. The same is true for
’s new work. The protagonists are all “problematic youths” in the school, with poor grades and unable to finish the class so they can find someone to do their homework for the football team, and the social mad school flower who lives in their own world with their mobile phones and insists. Nerd girls who are useless in physical education. They are either inferior or selfish or arrogant, but in the game world, they experience tempering, accept tests, find their right position in the team, learn to unite and cooperate, give play to their expertise, and overcome weaknesses-a few Not such a good boy, through the precious experience of "Yumanji", became a better person. Isn't this the core of "Game of the Brave"?
Four problematic teenagers were punished to clean the warehouse before they came into contact with Yumanji.
But don’t worry that the movie is too chicken soup. Just like in the movie, Kevin Hart just started "mouth escape" to Johnson, and just said a few words, he started to complain: "what the fxxk, how can I Become like the principal". The film pays special attention to the atmosphere adjustment in such a link to avoid the emotional flooding of chicken soup. In the
95 version of "Game of the Brave", Robin Williams has been trapped in the world of "Umanji" for 26 years. There is no way to find out what that world looks like. Now, it is spread out in front of you, in the film The "Ellen Paris" plaque that appeared, and the cabin where Allen once lived, paid tribute to the hurriedly passing star. Of course,As Johnson said, with a sequel above the standard to remember the "Captain", what could be better than this? The content of the
film (seriously involving spoilers!)
A group of imperfect students have become better people through games. The
movie tells the story of 4 high school students who accidentally entered the game and became a member of the game while playing the "Umanji" video game. The idea of
is very good, it is very close to life, and may even become a reality in the near future. Today's VR devices have been developing immersive experiences, and it may be possible to "enter the game" in the future.
Many movies have adopted this kind of creativity, such as "Genesis: War", "Escape from Heaven and Earth", "The Matrix", and the upcoming "Number One Player".
4 high school students just entered the game with their consciousness, possessing the bodies of 4 game characters.
Spencer became "Dr. Yongshi", his skills are climbing, speed, boomerang, and he has no weaknesses.
He is the strongest in combat, subduing the villain every minute and running the fastest.
But in fact, Spencer is just an ordinary student in reality. He is still not able to adapt to the sudden change of becoming a big man. This contrast also makes a lot of jokes. At the end of the film, he continues the brave characteristics of the game. Kissed Martha.
Frisch is the opposite. He is a big man in reality, but he has become a short man after entering the game. The
movie also uses this kind of contrast to create a laugh. For example, Fridge wants to bully Spencer, but finds that he can't beat the opponent at all.
Bethany is a goddess in reality, but in the game it is Uncle Tuyuan.
She speaks yin and yang strangely, and her actions are very silly, she doesn't even know how to use a man's body to pee, and she needs a companion to teach her.
Martha is the opposite. She is not eye-catching in reality, but becomes a goddess in the game. There is a fragment in the
movie, Martha is not used to her body like Bethany, so she had to ask Bethany to teach her how to be a goddess.
So, "Uncle Tuyuan Fatty" flamboyantly, began to wink, flick his hair, and walk catwalks.
and the "goddess" is imitation and parody.
is not a clever method. I have used it in "Ice Fist of Shame" before, but the effect is really good. The audience really laughed happily. After all, "the one who can catch a mouse is a good cat". The real bodies of these four high school students
are completely different from the bodies in the game, or even opposite. The first meaning of
is to make a laugh.
A small man becomes a strong man, a big man becomes a short man, a goddess becomes an earthen fat uncle, and ordinary girls become a goddess, which is a joke in itself;
plus they have not had time to adapt to this change, habitually Doing what you love to do before is an upgrade of your laughter.
For example, "big guys" comfort themselves "don't cry, don't cry", "little guys" want to hit people, "tuyuan fat uncles" want to show goddess charm;
when they start to learn their new body, they just laugh For example, the “big man” showed deep eyes, the “little man” found himself running very slowly no matter how far he ran, the “tuyuan fat man” peeed like a man, and the “goddess” learned to be a goddess . The second meaning of
is that the protagonist grows up in the game.
Jack Black, who plays the role of Uncle Tuyuan, once voiced Abao in the "Kung Fu Panda" series, and there is such a line in "Kung Fu Panda 3": If you only do what you can, you will never make progress.
In other words, only by doing difficult and unwilling things can you improve yourself.
Spencer is an ordinary high school student. Once he becomes a muscular man, he must learn to use his strong body to save the world. After going through this process, he will develop masculinity and grow from a boy to a real man.
Fridge is most proud of his body, but his academic performance is not good. Not only does he cheat, but cheating will also be found. It can be said that he has developed limbs and simple mind.
lost his strong body this time, so he had to think and win with wisdom.
He is a wildlife expert in the game, and his brain will suddenly appear in various animal related knowledge, this is not only aThis laughing point provided him with an opportunity to use his knowledge and brain to play his role, resolve the immediate crisis and save the lives of his companions.
For example, they want to get a note next to the viper. When Spencer's force doesn't work, Frisch's knowledge comes in handy.
Bethany is a goddess in reality, she is very popular, everyone treats her like a princess.
Therefore, she becomes narcissistic, self-centered, and does not consider other people's feelings; in the game, she must learn to get along with others and learn to have a collective consciousness.
At the same time, she is a mobile phone control, mobile phones occupy her life and take away her eyes of beauty. In the game, she needs to adapt to life without a mobile phone. It is precisely by putting down the phone that she can discover the beauty around her and care about others.
Martha is a marginal person. She is inferior and lonely. She does not participate in group activities. She shows the appearance of "incompatible with the world". She is afraid that people will hate her, so she hates others first, which is a vicious circle. In the
game, she needs to use her beauty to attract villains and buy time for Spencer and others. She suddenly realized that she was not useless, but an indispensable member of the team.
Alex, who has been trapped in the game for twenty years, is inferior and timid. With everyone's encouragement, he finally regained his confidence and proved that he is an excellent pilot.
In people’s impression, games are often derogatory, and people’s views on games are often "waste of time", "amusement", "lost oneself", "meaningless" and so on. Games-related movies are more likely to make people feel full of violence and crime.
"Game of the Brave" has three positive perspectives. It allows the audience to see the other side of the game: the game is not about killing time, it can also be meaningful.
is either an inferiority complex or a selfish protagonist. He has seen his own shortcomings in the game and discovered the strengths of others. They become more confident and braver. They played their role and found their value. They learned to consider the feelings of others, learned to encourage each other, and learned to work together.
A group of imperfect students have become better people through games.
Through these changes, we can see that everyone has a distinct personality, and the film has been very successful in shaping the image of these characters.
On the surface, "The Brave Game" is just good-looking, funny, and fun. In fact, "learning to grow, unite, temper, and be brave through games" is also the theme of the movie, which is why the movie is called "The Brave Game". The action scenes of the
movie are excellent, but not so exciting. It is difficult to fight visual effects with other Hollywood blockbusters. The strategy of "Game of the Brave" is to save the country by curve. The various meanings and themes of the film mentioned above set the film apart from those brainless action films.
Secondly, there are not many major productions in this film, instead, the filming is as interesting as possible. The big production of
does not mean that it is interesting, and the audience does not want to see the big production, but the interesting or interesting big production. This is why "Transformers 5" with a production cost of US$217 million is called a bad film, and "Ace Agent 1" with a production cost of US$81 million is called a masterpiece. The reason is that the former is boring and the latter is very interesting.
"Game of the Brave" is an interesting route to take, such as knocking the villain with a punch, such as being eaten by a hippo, such as being chased by a rhino, such as risking being hit by a rhino to repair a plane, which means using one dollar for three The effect of dollars.
This is based on a small blog, four or two to a thousand catties.
last week's North American weekend box office list (2018.1.5-2018.1.7), "Game of the Brave" reached the top with 37.23 million US dollars.
"Game of the Brave" not only tops the North American weekend box office list, but also the global weekend box office (2018.1.5-2018.1.7) champion.
"Game of the Brave" reached the top with US$106 million, "Star Wars 8" took the second place with US$88.25 million, and "Predecessor 3" received US$79.02 million, equivalent to RMB 514 million, ranking third.
Among them, "Star Wars 8" was released in foreign countries on December 15th, and "Game of the Brave" was released in foreign countries on December 20. The release time of the two films was only 5 days apart.
"Game of the Brave" can be in North AmericaThe weekend box office charts and the global weekend box office charts both surpassed "Star Wars 8". The reason is simple: it is entertaining and suitable for audiences of all ages. The elderly and children can watch it.
"Star Wars 8" is a family carnival movie and popcorn movie, which is more entertaining. "Game of the Brave" is more family friendly, more popcorn, and more entertaining than "Star Wars 8". At first glance,
says this is to belittle "Game of the Brave". In fact, a movie with a strong entertaining nature is not necessarily bad.
"Mission Impossible 4", "Ace Agent 1", "Fast and Furious 7", and "Doctor Strange" are typical examples. Although the plot is simple, the rhythm is smooth, easy and pleasant, and there are no obvious loopholes or flaws, so that the audience I watched it very well, and I was willing to ignore the shortcomings of the plot, so the final word of mouth was not bad.
If the plots of these movies are a little more complicated, it will affect the viewing experience and make the audience who are holding "cool" feel disturbed.
"Game of the Brave" is also simple in plot, because the purpose of the screenwriter is to avoid overwhelming guests and let the audience appreciate the real selling points of the film: colorful game world, thrilling action scenes, brilliant visual effects, and interesting humor plot .
Generally speaking, this movie is not so good, but it is a good popcorn movie with satisfying visual effects, script, rhythm and laughter.
1. This game can be said to be very conscientious. There is no need to fight monsters to level up, open boxes, hang up, and the most important thing is that there is no need to recharge, and you will not encounter RMB players. The downside is that it will play (Sony) ads.
2. The quality of Dawn Johnson's motorcycles is better than that of tanks. Are you sure you are not playing fast and passion?
3. Movies teach us: addicted to games can lead to hair loss, and even grow strange things. .
4 game Uncle reality may be soft sister
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