Do you know the origin of the name Harley Quinn, the clown girl? This name actually comes from the most famous harlequin in Italian impromptu comedy. This role is known as the "smart servant or liar", and at the same time, it is also called For the homeless.
In the first trailer of "Birds of Prey and Harley Quinn", Halle's narration said: "Do you know what Harley Quinn means? It's just serving, and it's nothing without the master. "The words
can be said to be the title of this movie. Harley Quinn, the clown girl who has been living under the clown halo, is like a clown's servant, follower, and statusless girlfriend. And how to break the original meaning of the name Harley Quinn is what this film will talk about.
The comments on today’s program "Birds of Prey" will be explained from four aspects: film production, look and feel, in-depth analysis and easter eggs. Let's start without nonsense.
film production
"Birds of Prey" is the eighth work of DC Expansion Universe. After listening to it, many people will probably say that DC Expansion Universe has long existed after "Justice League". Indeed, there is not much DC Universe today. The connection of the plot, even the superhero characters dare not even record a face, let alone play with each other, at most they only bring out some eggs in the mouth, each DC work is more like doing their own things, there is a kind of wish The feeling of being dead.
, especially the popularity of the previous independent DC film "Joker", seems to have once again changed the weather vane of Warner and DC superhero movies.
Now this "Birds of Prey" is regarded as the first R-rated movie of DC Extended Universe Cinema. Before, the Blu-ray version of "BVS" was rated as R-rated, but the theater was PG-rated.
The emergence of "Birds of Prey" was a completely unintentional plan. The previous "Suicide Squad" with rave reviews, one of the characters that can make people shine and praise it, is Harley Harley.
So Margot Robbie, who plays Harley Quinn, took three years to convene a team to write a plan for an independent film about Harley Quinn and voted it to Warner, and Warner DC also happened to be developing Harley Quinn. For the main character's work, the two sides hit it off instantly, and Margot Robbie became one of the producers of the film. After
, the film recruited first-line stars including Ivan McGregor and Mary Elizabeth Winstead to join, and the director was a Chinese-born Chinese-born female director Yan Yuqian who also became a superhero movie. The first Chinese female director.
Before the deadline, the Rotten Tomatoes professional score and the popcorn index both gave a good score of 86%, and the film critics and the audience finally had a relatively consistent unity. However, IMDB, which has always been tolerant, has only 6.5 points, and the very serious METASCORE has just passed the passing line with only 61 points. Douban currently has a small number of people rated at 7.6 points, which is considered a work that can be viewed and has a good reputation.
movie impressions
how well is this "Birds of Prey", then we will talk about impressions, there will be slight spoilers, but it does not affect the viewing.
For me, my score is hovering around 7.0. "Birds of Prey" is a very direct and resounding feminist work. It is a female director and female character. It tells the story of how Hallie can find confidence after being dumped by the clown. There are many characters in
film for the first time, which is actually very unfriendly to the audience, so the film uses a not advanced but useful way of narration explanation, one by one, the identities of all the characters are connected with the background story. The
film adopts Harley Quinn’s diary expression. Following Harley’s perspective, the audience gradually opens Harley’s Gotham circle, as well as the background introduction and relationship of some characters. The narration style of
almost runs through the whole film, especially in the first half. Even the editing logic is adjusted according to Halle's dictation to play a suspenseful suffix narrative technique, using plot hooks to attract the audience to look down.
However, this kind of narration interpretation method brings about the incoherence of the narrative, the rigidity of the relationship between the characters, and what to say.
Of course, to understand from another angle, this narration and film style are also very suitable for the character of the heroine Hallie, lack of concentration, talking and jumping, crazyCrazy, random, big strips, these are all implemented in the film.
Margot Robbie is undoubtedly an excellent actor, it can be said that without her, the Harley Harley of "Suicide Squad" would not have such a beautiful scenery and popular audience, of course Harley also gave Margot Robbie has more opportunities for exposure. In "I, Queen of Flowers" and "Breaking News", Margot Robbie was nominated for an Oscar, and his performance should not be underestimated.
"Birds of Prey" is a story between villains, but in order to stand up Hallie is actually a pure heart, the film also spent a lot of thoughts, Hallie is different from the innocent clown, she plays more Crazy prank, even when he went to raid the police station, Hallie didn't use real guns.
is an action movie, and the action scenes in "Birds of Prey" are not too impressive, but for the new director Yan Yuqian, it is necessary to complete a commercial blockbuster with such an important action scene. , It is considered a good report card. The scene of sprinkling water in the prison is impressive. I feel like I watched Halle's version of "The Grand Master". The use of savage colors in
is also a highlight. Yan Yuqian’s previous work was also Virgo's "Floating City on the Sea". She did a lot of articles on color and came to this "Birds of Prey". The use of the movie is even more elaborate, the whole film is full of neon-style dazzling color, even in the blasting of guns, there is a gene of dazzling color.
has upgraded the texture of the film more than a little bit in the selection of the soundtrack. Hip-hop, R&B, rock and other styles, as well as the adaptation of some classic old songs, make the film more interesting and cool. Of course, these songs are all performed by female singers. The full name of this movie
is very long, and it is directly translated as Raptor Team: and Harley Quinn’s magical and cool liberation.
is like the title of this movie, and the film’s story clues are also very long. Just talking about the background and story of each character takes up a lot of space. Finally, when the characters of the Raptor team start to team up, the movie is actually It has reached the final moment of the battle, which makes people feel that it is still unfinished. In the connection of the role relationship, there is less and more interaction.
In terms of villain shaping, the villain of DC Expanded Universe still has not escaped the curse of one side. In short, the villain is just blindly bad and finished, and I don’t want to give the villain too much room for thinking. The next movie "Wonder Woman" The villain of 1984 is probably the kind of simple-minded character who wants to destroy the world.
In short, if you haven't seen DC's works before, the "Birds of Prey" is actually not too stressful, because the film will explain to Xiaobai audiences very clearly, and the plot is very straightforward.
in-depth analysis
friends who want to learn more about the characters and plot, please continue to read my in-depth analysis, will involve spoilers, 3, 2, 1.
The story of "Birds of Prey" corresponds to the back of "Suicide Squad". It is a derivative work. Of course, it is difficult for the master to show his face in this work. Superheroes like Batman are probably still dealing with bigger ones. Crisis events.
And when Harley Quinn appeared on the stage, he was directly dumped by the clown. The two broke up and dealt a huge blow to Harley. In the process of healing the broken love, Harley became more and more out of control and crazy. She opened the bar in the black mask. Buying drunk offends more people, and even Halle bombed the chemical factory where she and the clown had been in love at the time to relieve the pain of breaking up.
But when everyone in the circle knew that Hallie and the Joker broke up, the Joker’s umbrella was also lifted. All the villains and black forces who had been offended by Hallie in the past began to chase and kill Hallie, and wanted to kill them most. Halle’s is the black mask she used to offend.
On the other hand, a Chinese girl named Cassandra has very flexible stealing skills. In a daily pickpocket, she accidentally stole a 30-carat diamond from a black mask, and this diamond has a gangster The code for the huge family property.
In order to save herself, Hallie decided to help the black mask find the missing diamonds. But in the process, Hallie and Cassandra established a friendship with each other, and Hallie was unwilling to hand over the little girl in time , Leading to more and morePeople chase and kill Hallie. In order to clear her dark history, Hallie finally chooses to be a villain and betray the girl.
But at this moment, the black canary, huntress, and police detective suddenly assembled to resist the black mask forces. In the end, Halle killed the black mask, raised her title and deterrence by several levels, and finally got rid of it. In order to gain the identity of being pursued and killed, at the same time, he accidentally formed a raptor team. The story of the
film is actually very simple. Knowing the plot does not affect the ease of watching the movie. After all, the main action is the action component, which also leads to the film abandoning the action. In fact, there is nothing worth digging into the plot.
But the idea of the film is very high, that is, feminist awakening and self-awareness. Whether it is the heroine Hallie, the huntress, the black canary, the policewoman, or even the little girl, they all amplify feminism to a certain extent. Light.
For example, Hallie lives under the shadow and influence of the clown, and even Hallie's crazy prank character is somewhat like a clown, but in the end, Hallie walked out of the pain of the clown's breakup and truly became herself.
and the huntress’s only living purpose is to kill all the enemies who killed her family, and she lost the joy of life, until the huntress met Hallie and the others.
Black Canary did not dare to offend the black mask or release her kind heart for her livelihood, but when she helped Hallie again and again, she began to truly liberate herself. The female detective
has been arresting criminals for justice, and even prosecuting the most powerful black mask in Gotham City, but the police station and boss she thinks is the biggest backer has disappointed her again and again, and finally she chose to resign and go it alone.
These female characters have been awakened and grown in their own experiences and experiences. What's interesting is that these female characters are not good people at the legal level. They have done more or less bad things, but they all It does not affect their inner justice and kindness to be redeemed, which may be one of the reasons why the film has a relatively high rating.
easter egg analysis
If you want to really understand this "Birds of Prey" merge into the pit, but also understand more interesting stories behind these characters, and then I will sort out some of the characters and event eggs in the movie.
is Halle with weird temperament. She is the biggest egg and surprise in the film. In fact, before Hallie knew the clown, she had already had a lot of love history, and before she knew the clown, Hallie’s heart had been hit a lot. Time, so this time the Joker broke up with her, for Hallie, it was another sad break up in her life.
In the comics, many people think that Halle’s true love is not the clown, but the Plant Ivy. The Plant Ivy is the villain hero whose body is injected with plant toxins and is an extreme environmentalist.
Yes, Halle is a bisexual in the comics, but in the film, there is actually a hint.
Harley also pays tribute to comics and animations in many places, such as the costume of skates, which appeared in the comics of "Harley Quinn".
in the movie Harley wears a No. 92 skating suit, which also implies the role of Harley Quinn, which first appeared in the 1992 Batman animated series.
There is also a dancing clip that Hallie imagined in the movie. The song is from Marilyn Monroe's "Diamond is a Girl's Best Friend", and Halle's clothes are similar to the original Marilyn Monroe.
The experimental factory where Hallie was blown up at the beginning of the film is also the place where Hallie and the Joker became lovers in "Suicide Squad", where Hallie was bleached.
After breaking up with the clown, Hallie found a hyena as a pet. In the comics, there are actually two hyena pets, named Bud and Lou.
However, in the film, this hyena spoofed it as Bruce, which was actually a mockery of the master Bruce Wayne. Of course, some people think that this is a tribute to Bruce Tim, one of the founders of Harley Quinn.
Except for Bruce this live pet, Halle also has a specimen of Bernie the Beaver. Bernie has several close-ups in the film, which makes people feel a little strange.
In the comics, this beaver actually has a great background. It comes from Hallie's first love, Bernie Bash. Later, Hallie entered the detention center and stole the beaver who was originally a specimen, and named it Bernie. After
, Halle stayed with Bernie for a long time, talked to him, fed him food, played house together, etc., even the beaver indirectly saved Harry, Hallie and Haili during the time he was with Harry. Bernie also played a lot of crazy things together.
We also indirectly reflected Hallie’s mental state from Hallie’s attitude towards Bernie, and peeked into Hallie’s somewhat neurotic personality.
When Hallie was making trouble at the police station, there was a picture of Hallie seeing a wanted photo, saying that I know this guy, this guy is the captain of the boomerang, and appeared in "Suicide Squad".
In the third act of the amusement park decisive battle, the amusement park was the old nest of the former clown and Hallie. There are some personal belongings and weapons hidden there. If the sharp-eyed friends can see, there is a room where Hallie and the others chat. There are hahaha graffiti everywhere, which is consistent with the hahaha tattoo on the clown.
In addition, when someone tried to put on one of Hallie’s previous clothes for battle, it was the "Daddy’s Little Monster" dress. This dress was worn by Hallie in "Suicide Squad". A token of the clown's love period, so when the clothes were taken out, Halle wouldn't let others wear them.
And this amusement park seems to pay tribute to the abandoned amusement park where clowns roam in the comic book "Fatal Joke", of course I know they are not the same.
In the film, the bird of prey squad that Hallie accidentally promoted, in the comics, in fact, Halle Quinn has never been in the team, which is just like Hallie's departure at the end of the film, each playing his own. The roles of
Raptor team in DC Comics are different in each period, but Black Canary and Huntress have always been in the team, and the team leader of Raptor team is actually Batgirl, which is Chief Gordon’s. daughter.
Next is the black canary. In fact, in the comics, the black canary is a white woman, who is called the black canary because she wears a black jacket.
Black Canary is a female superhero in DC, and the only superhero in the film with its own superpowers. Her skill is that she can emit destructive sound waves through the roar of birds, which is also shown at the end of the film.
Black Canary’s mother is a black canary of the previous generation, and his father is a policeman. In the film, Black Canary and the police detective mentioned their parents, saying that they were killed during the mission. Blame it on the injustice of society and the police.
In the comics, Black Canary's father did die during the mission, while her mother died of cancer. The background of
in the film’s story is not very different from the comics. She is the daughter of a gang boss, and her family was killed in the process of black eating, so she embarked on the road of revenge for her family. In the story, the Huntress and Batman have a close connection, and she has been a Batgirl for a short time. The female police detective
has a strong sense of justice. Everyone can understand her as the female version of Chief Gordon. However, the female police detectives in the film also have a large degree of gray character description, which is not so just and awe-inspiring. She is a lesbian in both comics and movies. In the film, the female police detective's predecessor is the female prosecutor wearing glasses.
girl Cassandra, the film and comics are very different, in the comics, Cassandra’s father is David Cain, is the top killer of the Assassin League, also known as the world’s number one killer, and her mother is also very strong , Is a female martial arts master Mrs. Shiva.
and Cassandra later became a Batgirl.
In the film, Cassandra’s background is not introduced too much, but it can be seen that her adoptive parents are ordinary people, and in the comics, Cassandra’s adoptive father is the famous Bruce Wayne, yes. It is the master himself.
In the comics, Cassandra was trained by her biological father, but because she was cut off from the outside world, she did not learn to speak. She can communicate normally in the film.
At the end of the movie, Cassandra’s master became Halle Quinn. It is estimated that it will be difficult for Cassandra to lean in the direction of Batgirl with this kind of plot relationship. As for the two famous Cassandras The biological parents, I don’t know if they will appear later.
After talking about the relatively decent characters, let's take a look at the black mask that went bad to the end. The family background of the
black mask is very similar to that of the master. He was also born in a wealthy family. But when he was growing up, he saw the ugliness of human nature, so he fell in love with the mask madly and used the mask to cover the hypocrisy of human nature. Then he met his true love but was beaten by his parents. Objected, so he created his own tragedy, set fire to his parents, and carved a black mask out of his parents' coffin.
In the film, the Joker and Batman disappear because of the plot needs, making the black mask the evil godfather of Gotham City, which is almost equal to the Joker, so at the end of the film, he can summon a lot of dark forces to kill together. Li them.
Those who confront Halle also wear various masks. In the comics, they are the masked social organization of black masks.
Another black masked killer, Victor Sass, his original intention of killing was to free people from the dark and ugly world, and every time he kills a person, he will scratch his body. To commemorate.
The relationship between Black Mask and Victor Sass in the film is ambiguous and imaginative. It can be said that this film not only talks about feminism, but also tries to take some steps on the topic of LGBT.
At the end of the subtitles, there is a voice egg of Hallie, which talks about Batman, where he went and what he did, but when Hallie wanted to say something, she was cut off. This also hints at the work "Batman" after DC expanded the universe.
's latest "Batman" is expected to be released in 2021. Robert Pattinson will play the latest Batman. In January this year, "Batman" has been filmed in London.
It is understood that if "Birds of Prey" has a good box office reputation, it will start a trilogy, and it will all feature Harley Quinn as the protagonist. The second part will be based on the comics of "Gotham City", but As far as DC plans to expand the universe, the sequel of "Birds of Prey" is not within the scope of the plan.
We can also see that DC has begun to walk out of its own superhero road, not blindly following the trend, nor rushing to catch up with anyone, take it slow, and faster.
Okay, today’s "Birds of Prey" will talk about it first. Now the pneumonia epidemic is very severe, and it has reached a critical period of decisive battle. I hope that the epidemic will end soon and the world will be quiet.
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