"Doctor Strange" Benny.
"Spiderman" Dutch brother.
"X-Men" beast Hank Nicholas Holt.
"Batman v Superman" villain Zord General Michael Shannon. Catherine Waterston of
and Tina, the heroine of "Fantastic Beasts".
...
Look at the cast, are they acting in a Marvel movie that made Martin Scorsese "break the heart"?
is not. The theme of
is very serious and the layout is very grand.
At the end of the 19th century, a large-scale tear-off that could change human progress, technology and business. The hero of
, Edison.
"War of Electricity"
The Current War
result?
still makes people feel bad.
kept saying Chongao, but it was delayed for two years before the release. The reputation of
is terrible.
IMDb 6.4, Douban 6.5, and 50 points that directly failed MTC are all attacks on this masterpiece. The evaluation of
from all parties is:
discovered that the most exciting movie is only its name after watching it. Such a dreamy cast couldn't hold back the rhythm of the running account, and at the end, he didn't see where the so-called "battle" was.
"Battle of Electricity" forces viewers to spend a lot of time on its aesthetics, so that it is easy to forget its main point, or because it is too boring to continue watching.
tragedy of the year.
has been disappointed with such a burst lineup, whose pot?
out of the Edison of the textbook
Weinstein's pot? part of
.
2 years ago, he used this movie as a killer of Chong'ao.
However, as the Me Too incident swept Hollywood, Weinstein was not only swept out by the Oscar Organizing Committee, the British Academy of Film and Television Arts and the production staff, but was also sued for multiple sexual assault incidents.
lost a strong public relations "Battle of Electricity" at the premiere of the film in Toronto, but it encountered word-of-mouth Waterloo.
Until this year, "Battle of Electricity" did not see the light again.
had an accident, which dragged down the whole team. But the tragedy of this year's tragedy movie is not only the postponement of withdrawal.
After watching the film, Sir felt that Weinstein could not be completely blamed for "Battle of Electricity".
first look at the plot, it was originally a selling point.
could have been a wedging of a needle to explore "humanity and magic under the changing circumstances of the times".
Two factions, what to grab?
you and I use it every day now, without it, you can't live without it-
electricity.
Now we all know that there are two types of electric current: alternating current and direct current. Alternating current is the electricity we usually use from the plug, while direct current is the No. 5, No. 7 battery, cell phone lithium battery and so on.
However, the use of electricity was still not popular at the time. Whether alternating current or direct current is more suitable for daily life and industrial development is still under discussion.
Therefore, Thomas Edison, who promoted direct current, and George Westinghouse, who supported alternating current, launched a competition to change human history.
In other words, two people with independent personalities were chosen by history to be on the PK station.
DC leader.
Edison (Benedict Cumberbatch), a super inventor who no one knows, has more than 1,500 inventions in his life. He invented the incandescent lamp. He also designed the DC power grid at that time, and it was also an Edison electric lamp. The founder of the company (later General Electric).
When his incandescent lamps gradually replaced fuel lamps as universal lighting tools, Edison embarked on a grand plan to expand his DC grid to the United States. The plan of
not only attracted large consortiums such as Morgan Corporation to invest in him, gaining more R&D capital and customers, but also made him a huge reputation and a higher level.
And Edison himself is a marketing master, very good at using the media and public opinion to promote himself.
But the problem lies in the limitations of direct current. The central power supply system of
direct current can only cover a distance of one mile in diameter.Build power stations to achieve transmission. Compared with
, the advantages of alternating current are highlighted. Not only can it be transmitted over a long distance, but it is also lower in cost and consumes less electricity.
AC power leader.
George Westinghouse (Michael Shannon) is not an idler. Not only invented the steam brake to ensure the safety of railway transportation, but also established the Westinghouse Electric Company, holding more than 400 railway-related patents. At the same time, conduct research on AC power and develop AC power grids.
It didn't take long for the AC grid of Westinghouse to become the biggest competitor of Edison's DC grid.
More and more people are optimistic about the development prospects of alternating current, and investment is naturally coming.
But as the big guy in the electric field, Edison is of course unhappy. In order to ensure the promotion and use of direct current, Edison had to borrow media and public opinion to carry out various fatal attacks on alternating current.
Although alternating current is convenient, there are potential safety hazards. Once the voltage is not properly controlled, fatal accidents are likely to occur.
Edison held on to this, not only letting his subordinates use alternating current to electrocute animals for experiments in the media, but also for them to report.
On the other hand, he provided the government with the method of making the electric chair for execution, but pushed the pot to the Westinghouse side.
Obviously, the character in the elementary school Chinese textbook, the C-bit of the ancient inspirational chicken soup, Eddie has become a conservative and selfish "devil". The "anti-personal design" of
was originally quite shocking.
The two sides entered into a fierce competition.
The new and the old are evenly matched. If
wants to break the game, only a third party can be introduced.
Tesla (Nicholas Holt), the key figure in this battle, is here.
Tesla, who had just arrived at the first time, went to Edison to work as a wage earner, because Edison said that as long as he solved the generator problem, he would give him $50,000 (it was a big sum at the time).
Just after Tesla really solved the problem, the "profiteer" Edison began to play tricks for not giving money, and even mocked Serbian Tesla for not understanding American humor.
Angrily, Tesla left the Edison company, and then began to do things.
actually foresaw the broad prospects of AC when Tesla worked for Edison. He even recommended to his idol Edison to switch to the AC motor design he made.
But Edison not only refused, he also felt that his design was hopeless and a waste of time.
At the moment when Tesla fans turn black, the ending of this power war has been written.
The uninvested Tesla and Westinghouse hit it off. The latter not only gave him time and money to produce an AC motor, but also supported him in completing the great idea of the Niagara Falls AC power station.
At the time when the Columbia World Expo (Chicago in the movie) was approaching, Edison finally missed the bid and Westinghouse became the only lighting supplier.
This vigorous power battle ended in Edison's defeat. The plot of
was relayed, and when it comes to this, it seems to be very interesting.
Isn't this the story of Xiang Yu's self-use and Han Xin's fall to Liu Bang?
capital makes people swell, desire makes people take risks, and the competition of winning or losing has already been written to death. The story of the
PPT blockbuster film
is supposed to be no worse than those low-dimensional "Gong Dou" "workplace" dramas in China.
However, the director made a lively trick and made it into a brilliant MV.
is obsessed with making beautiful pictures for good shows. The picture of
is really beautiful, with a sense of design.
For example, Edison experienced psychological changes during this battle. He was penetrated by the tones of the background, transitioning from bright bright colors to darkness, and finally turned into blood red. The multi-angle top view lens of
is intended to capture the grandeur of that era. A large number of close-ups and backlit lenses clearly show the expressions and images of the characters.
even in order to make the audience feel that era, the film carried out a pixel-level restoration of the 1893 Columbia World Exposition.
However, that's the old saying.
format is greater than content, fun kidnapping thinking, vanity destroying the original intention. The collapse of
's reputation began here.
is like Edison standing on the opposite side he once resisted-the stubborn old guy
killed himself.
What you see is the chronology in the history book, which has become a moving PPT.
time nodes pop out one by one, and historical events will be shown to you one by one. The characters of
are thus flattened and face-shaped.
Edison is a bastard who can only spread rumors.
Westinghouse is a "saint" who only wants to benefit all mankind.
Tesla is the aggrieved young immigrant who has been complaining about, "anti-bone boy".
and Sir's question to these three characters, but did not get the answer.
What is Edison afraid of?
Does Westinghouse desire fame and fortune?
Does Tesla have ambitions?
The depravity of genius
story running account, the characters walk through the scene. The most critical failure of
-the whole film did not stand up any "person".
casts, indeed many.
But their more role is in the preface of the film promotion.
such as the Dutch brother. On
IMDb, the Dutch brother is among the best. What about
in the movie?
Sorry, the total number of scenes does not exceed 5. What about the protagonist with the most pages of
?
is even more regrettable. The pity of
Sir is Benny.
Following the roles of "Detective Sherlock", Turing, Assange, Van Gogh, Hawking, etc., Benny once again played the role of "genius".
Who makes him look like a good brain.
But in the film, he is reduced to a purely emotional venting machine.
Of course, a few catharsis did indeed see the gold content of Benny's acting.
scolded Westinghouse and other inventors for stealing the scenes he invented, as well as the remorse scenes of his wife's death that he had no time to accompany him.
In addition, all are repeated.
In the play, genius has fallen; outside the play, the play is dumb.
Edison is arguably Benny's most boring role in recent years. In this pot of
, apart from Benny’s repeated choice of roles, the director has the greatest responsibility.
looks back at the whole movie, there is only one scene that can impress Sir. The birth of the
film projector. The moment
is not only the moment of Edison's epiphany, but also the most emotional scene of Sir as a heavy movie fan. The
machine started slowly, and the lens stretched into the black box that didn't penetrate the light. A dream scene of
appears-
's eyes, and the illusion of light and shadow, flicker alternately.
The virtual and the reality are intertwined, the dream machine and the reality faced by Edison respond to each other. This moment of
should be a springboard for sublimating characters.
is a pity. The
character is once again lost in unfounded emotions. At the end of
, after he learned that he had lost the bid, he returned home and watched his son observe the prototype of the movie.
Immediately afterwards, he asked his son to smash his "dream map" one by one.
's grievances against the heavens and the others are flooding again.
and just created, the aftertaste of the characters and the times are secretly connected, chicken flying eggs.
Sir certainly understands that the director tried to create contrast with the failure of a great man.
But this kind of contrast is dry and routine.
Sir thinks of another movie, "Social Network".
is also a biography, and also an epoch-making great figure.
also ends with failure.
But how does it shoot? The last shot of
film, without any emotion, rendering, exaggeration.
At that time, the protagonist Mark Zuckerberg (Jesse Eisenberg)’s company Facebook developed explosively and accumulated more than one million users.
However, he also faced the cruel stage of clearing the door after the rebellion.
When the company person went to the building, he held the computer alone, entered the Facebook page of his ex-girlfriend, and sent an invitation to add friends.
Then, press F5 repeatedly, refresh, refresh, refresh...
movie ends in this mechanical action.
Has he succeeded?
obviously.
Did he fail?
of course.
However, it is the flames of countless successes and failures that make the outline of a "person" clearer.
