The first part of "Maleficent" had a low Douban score, and the second part fell to 6.2 miserably. The Zhihu score was only 5.7, and it was difficult even to pass.
brings together three generations of goddesses, Michelle Pfeiffer, Angelina Jolie, and Elle Fanning, but they are facing such an embarrassing situation.
If the core highlight of the first part of is to "deconstruct the classic fairy tale model and reshape the unexpected but reasonable ending", the second part completely loses the ability of digging into the motif and "new explanation".
embeds the confrontation between "mother-in-law and mother-in-law" in the fairy tale pattern, and adds racial contradictions to the narrative of the shriveled kingdom. There are many story models of
, but none of them are thoroughly chewed, and each is pale and hasty.
deconstruction speech skills fail, the motif is scribbled. The main line of the first part of
is very clear, and every link is buckled on the classic fairy tale: the "vicious" witch cursed the princess, and a kiss of true love saved her. The rationality of the “deconstruction” of
lies in . The story analyzes the complex love and hatred under the appearance of “virulent” and has consequences before it. In the end, it comes out that “the kiss of true love does not come from the prince but from the stepmother (godmother)”. trick.
has two layers of "one light and one dark". The part of
is the big frame of the movie and the fairy tale : curse, kiss, waking up and other important nodes. The dark part of
is the film's redefinition of typified and functional characters : "evil" witches are not necessarily evil, but love at first sight is not a "love kiss". The two parts of
mirror each other, the same but different, breaking and standing.
Therefore, even though there are many problems and bugs in the first part of , it still breaks a bloody path with the subtle reorganization of the traditional motif. What about the second part of
? There is no "one light and one dark" narrative model that can be closely referenced.
has introduced several more magnificent motifs, but each motif is outside the control ability of "Maleficent 2", very much like a house, scribbled and thin. On the one hand,
is a "naive" language constrained by the fairy tale background system, and on the other hand, it is a small space where too many things are forced to compete.
First of all, mother-in-law vs. mother-in-law: the separation of innocence and sense of the market .
This dog-blood family TV series has torn a headache topic, appearing in "Slumber 2", the characters' lines are very effective in pediatrics.
The quarrel is not exciting at all, and the lines are not advanced at all. It depends on the actress's shocking weather and powerful acting skills.
This is the contradiction and separation between the "fairy tale model" and the real "daily model".
Fairy tales are very allegorical, and their words or values are different from reality. But "the maiden-in-law's dispute" is another topic that is too popular, and the movie obviously failed to find a way to reconcile it.
Secondly, the struggle for kingship: fable the thin texture of the young and young.
Soon, the movie turned the contradiction between the two mothers-in-law to the royal power struggle behind it.
, like Disney's too many allegorical movies, the language of government is too simplified.
If the whole film only implements this main narrative line, the degree of completion may be much higher, but they tend to fight multi-headedly, and soon they cut into race disputes, bloody differences between "spirits" and people.
Again, the superficial implantation of "animism".
Whether it is the "half-human" face in the form of trees, flowers, and mushrooms, or the setting of the energy contained in the undead flower, or the wonderful scene of all things flying and flowing in the forest, they all permeate the ancient "animism of all things". ".
There is bound to be an eternal conflict between the perspective of nature as a symbiotic organism and the perspective of materializing it.
This is a huge motif that can be dig deep. The performance in the first part is barely quite satisfactory, and the second part actually runs off and adds a dark night clan part .
Whether it is the so-called "Phoenix" that looks like a giant roast chicken in the large freezer, the habit of the Dark Night tribes going out to wipe things on their faces, or the cold scenes in their hidden crypts, they are all in line with "ancient beliefs." "Complex Totem"There is a secret connection. The problem with
is that it is too shallow, too complicated, and too messy. Each line above
can be used as the main body of the movie, but the three lines are juxtaposed together and the effect is very scattered.
For example, there are two representatives of the main battle faction, the Lord and the faction in the dark night clan. The ending is very hasty. One died to save the female lord, and the other was suddenly influenced by the prince on the battlefield.
Because the movie really has no time and space to give them more, deeper and better pen and ink.
The restraint and flattening of the fairy tale context
This movie gives people the most intuitive feeling. Why are the male characters so soy? Why is the princess being scolded in hot searches for being "stupid"? Princess
appears to be very "brainless". First, the symbolic character of "truth, goodness and beauty" naturally has the attribute of vase .
The princesses in most fairy tales are highly typified, face-like, innocent, beautiful, kind and innocent, waiting to be awakened by the kiss.
is especially a vase in the context of emphasizing the heroine's "doing something".
Second, the layout of the drama is too lacking in texture.
50 cents scam of future mother-in-law, very pediatric. In the
movie, when there is not enough time to introduce each character well, how can it be possible to lay out a deep "trap" game? The
scam is thin, the princess still gets into the set, and IQ has become a questionable option in the eyes of netizens.
The third is serious routineization. There are many details in the first part of
, but "the stepmother is true love for the princess" is enough to break the routine. It is a pity that there is no such essence change in the second part.
Three-year-old children have heard of the routine model that has been circulating for hundreds of years. Every step is predictable, and the impression is naturally very weak. One big advantage of
this movie seems to be very inclined to the so-called "female perspective." The three female characters in the
movie take on most of the scenes, and the king and the prince, father and son, sleep until the end of the movie, and ask for a marriage at the beginning of the movie. It seems that there is no sense of existence.
seems to be the story of "women and men vases".
is indeed the case in terms of playing time, but the essence of the problem lies in the fact that the characters are very flat, men and women are all "vases", half a catty.
In the first part of the role of Julie, from the resentment and humiliation after being cut off by her lover to the love for newborn babies, Beasty can very well show the meticulous changes in her mind. In the second part of
, her role has lost emotional support and psychological basis. Every step is "because the plot requires this."
The role of Michelle Pfeiffer is a very facial villain.
has hatred and ambition. In fact, there is a lot of space, but the story and lines are too thin.
is purely the actor's "empty shell" for the role to be supported by acting. The lines written by the
screenwriter countless times made me act out, and every time it was her expression that pulled me back.
rely on performance to hold a strong model of boring scenes.
Of course, the visible advantage of Maleficent 2 is the highly industrialized level of the film’s audiovisual language.
Whether it is the beautiful scene of little elves flying across the river, the cute appearance of "Little Mushroom Man", or the precise soundtrack, the magnificent battle scene, the visual effects and special effects are maintained above the standard.
In this way, Angelina Jolie and Michelle Pfeiffer are lucky after all. Even if they don’t have a good script in depth, at least there are scenes and opportunities to support the scene with acting skills.
Zhou Xun's "Keep Silent" played by one person next door is too difficult to describe. Trying to choose a good script with room for full play, in the end, there are few opportunities to "support the scene with acting skills".
Comfortable Concluding Remarks
If the first part of "Sleeping Curse" strives to make naive and traditional fairy tales have a slightly different base color, the second part is in the chaotic and simple multi-head disorder, losing the already precarious Deconstruction ability.
This is actually a script that makes all the characters flat and vase-like. Fortunately, some people have broken through the blockade with their own professionalism and brilliance. However, even so, no one can save the loose mediocrity of the entire movie.
can be called the "trailer is better than the feature film" series: at first glance, the scenes are correct, except for the scenes, it is full of timidity.
