[Lost in Z City - Are you really telling an adventure story]

[Lost City of Z] From the famous Oscar harvester "Plan B" production company, its producer is Brad Pitt, but the film that should have the most standard Hollywood-style structure is always giving people a kind of drama It's boring, the whole film is still a little flat, and I didn't feel obvious emotional ups and downs without doing any background information. The whole film is in the rhythm of dealing with errands, like a running account written by a primary school student. Well, it still has the most obvious interlude structure...

This article recounts that the male protagonist Fawcett was forced to embark on an adventure in South America composed of several people in order to honor his ancestors, but after that he seemed to discover an unknown civilization, so he was caught in the adventure and could not extricate himself, and finally together with his son A story of "he got his shoes wet by the river" by the primitive man as a hot pot base. The show is based on the true experiences of legendary adventurer Fawcett, and is identical to Raiders of the Lost Ark, but the pacing of this movie always makes me feel like a practice movie
... Of course, it can be said to be both its innovative point and its biggest bland beginning, not to mention that it is a movie of the same name based on the history of real characters, but in terms of the structure of the plot, the hero's adventure is different from that of most simple characters. The adventure experience of victory or defeat, but multiple superimposed presentations, this biased presentation makes it away from the heroism in simple adventure films, not only one person can save the world, and not every time you save The world will succeed. The male protagonist did not escape his bad luck when he put on his son's halo bodyguard.

It's just that the many adventures are constantly interspersed with the male protagonist's uninspired and cyclical life scenes, forming a dull cycle in which the male protagonist goes home, has a child, goes on an adventure, and comes back to have another child. The egalitarian arrangement of time and plot for each adventure led to the lack of detailed descriptions in each adventure, and the lack of focus in the presentation of multiple adventures. Except for the first adventure, which was slightly longer by one or two, the middle adventures were all Very tasteless, it did not effectively promote the plot, I think it can be deleted.

Another major problem with the rhythm of the plot is that the transformation of the male protagonist in the early and late stages is unclear. The transition from simply exploring for fame to adventure for exploration is too abrupt, which leads to the inexplicable speech when the male protagonist returns with the ruins. We don't even know when he started to fall in love with adventure, which directly makes the "lost" in the title of the film do not reflect the effect. In fact, most of this is caused by the lack of details and the improper rhythm of the plot. Just imagine if the first adventure was written more vividly and interestingly, instead of heavy casualties, and the unknown civilization discovered by it was spoken from the mouth. "Look at how many bottles are here", transforming it into the mystery of an unknown civilization from multiple angles and multiple levels. I believe that this sudden change will make a difference.

Secondly, the first half of the film titled [Lost in Z City] also uses a lot of line design to tell you that there is an unknown civilization, they are very local, they are very xenophobic, etc. It seems that they are trying to draw a bright blind you. The big scene of the eyes, but the adventures of the male protagonist and the magnificence of the mysterious civilization that should have unfolded at the same time in the film have only just explained the adventures of the male protagonist, and the real mystery of the city of Z in the title is very few, it is really difficult. Convince the audience, so many people who want to explore the jungle are disappointed. Take the example around me. After the film was shown, everyone didn't leave the table, because we didn't believe that "this film is over like this, there will be no such mysterious civilization", and the ending of the film with the male protagonist being murdered is even more impressive. I feel the sense of loss of "show me this when I take off my pants", even if it is like this in history, such a sloppy ending will still make people fall into the big hole dug in the early stage, attracting some of us to be in the hole Zhong couldn't help but yelled, director, if you want to get a box lunch, you should have said it earlier, why bother with so many moths in front~

In addition, there are always endless useless plots in the film. Various long shots are trying to drag time at every node. It seems that the director team is saying that the length of the film is still not enough for the volume of the film. After all, the interspersed use of these useless plots and scenes directly disrupted the narrative rhythm of the entire film, which can be described as one of the culprits of the dullness. Another point about the particularity of the plot structure that needs to be emphasized is that this film was cut for 40 minutes when it was introduced to the mainland, which is another new record for the devil's scissors, but many film critics have But they didn’t take it seriously. There were film critics in the United States who said that they actually deleted it to make it look better. Of course, we can’t see the deleted content. If the deleted part is the details and turbulence of individual adventures, then it is really true. The only thing is that it directly disrupts the narrative rhythm of the film, resulting in slightly uneven details. But if it's just the repeated boring and useless plot ramblings and useless camera delays that I mentioned above, then I think he should delete a little more~
Of course my love for Charlie Hunnam Directly from [King Arthur], Charlie's acting skills are still quite outstanding. Although Charlie's age is not a real actor, the films in recent years have shown a powerful posture that can hold the role and perform well. , just wait for time to feel that it will become a great thing. Charlie's style in this film is even more followed by King Arthur's moustache. To tell the truth, this style is really a grade more handsome than [Pacific Rim]. It's just that Charlie's acting skills are quite satisfactory in terms of this film. Although the little Batman has a fresh face as soon as he appears, the total shots are not more than a quarter of an hour. In short, the protagonist is dull, and the supporting characters are not invested enough. There is a lot of fast snapshots. After the filming, I can get my lunch.

In terms of lighting and framing, the whole film is filled with a dark and resentful temperament. Due to the particularity of the plot, the whole film always revolves around the waterway and jungle, and the dark and damp framing runs through almost the entire film, which makes people feel that there is a kind of Visual fatigue, of course, is related to the reason why the film was shot on film throughout, but the eerie and humid viewing experience is too metaphorical and gloomy. By the way, the director, it’s okay to be gloomy when you’re shooting adventure scenes, you don’t want to go back to the city, the light is still like the black clouds that are rolling in the sky, okay~

Due to a series of major narrative defects such as unclear plot details, excessive repetition, and bland emotional climax, the core theme of the whole film is not clear, and it is difficult to summarize a very core outline. A few aspects: First of all, there is no imaginary superman in the world, no one can achieve the goal of HTC and retreat completely, and no one can be invincible. The truth of not getting wet shoes; secondly, it can also be said that what we know and have today is the result of countless hardships and even sacrifices of our predecessors; secondly, every explorer has a legend, Expeditions are inherently high-risk activities, and it is difficult for anyone to retreat completely; or it is a reflection of the hedge between different cultures, telling people that their attitudes towards cultures should be more inclusive rather than hostile to each other. Of course, I think the director still wants to express that the exploration should be endless. There are always people who are obsessed with exploration in a way that we can't understand like a madman, but you tell me throughout the film that you are really serious about this direction. Is the story...

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