"The Last Wizard Hunter", also known as "The Man from the Old Country"

Mazie 2021-12-18 08:01:05

When I saw the movie poster in the theater, Fan Erye's costume looked very much like Geralt in the famous game "The Witcher 3." Since I have done a special topic about game adaptation movies for game magazines, when "The Witcher 3" was hot, I also made a special "Witcher 3" column for the game website, plus the scars that fell on Geralt in the game. Under the sword and leather pants, I couldn't help but look forward to seeing such names and posters.

As my own unique movie-watching obsession, I usually don’t collect too much information about the movie before watching the movie. In addition to the overwhelming microblog promotion or WeChat adware promotion of certain movies, after all, this is an era of information explosion, and many times people are forced to accept countless fragments of information. However, by comparison, "The Last Witch Hunter" did not adopt an overwhelming propaganda method. Fortunately, it kept the hopelessness in my little mind. Otherwise, apart from Fan Erye who can be used as a gimmick to attract the box office, such a film is very easy to be missed.

After watching the film, I just want to shout something. I never thought that the people of Wanxing couldn't help but want to hum along with it. The world is amazing. (Haha, you have been recruited, wicked smiley.) But the movie is also very strange. Although there are many similar elements in the film with the "Witcher" game, such as dress, such as the image of a witch, such as the powder mentioned in the film and the powder used by the hero, it really has nothing to do with the game.

The whole film runs through countless old stalks, as old as the male protagonist who has lived for more than 800 years in the film.

Let me talk about the male protagonist who lived for more than 800 years. It was used as early as in "This Man Comes From Earth". If this movie is not so popular, when I saw Fan Erye, a middle-aged uncle, called "kid" to an old man who looked much older than him, Professor Du suddenly appeared and called his friend. The sense of sight of young people. Except for the little fresh meat comparison with Du Min Junxi, Fan Erye seems to be a middle-aged uncle, but he still can't help playing in "You From the Star".

Stranding over and over will start YY. Will there be a violent girlfriend like Qian Songyi in the movie? There is still a trace of rationality left by the screenwriter. After all, the image of Tiehan for a muscular man like Fan Erye has been deeply rooted in the hearts of the people. If you want to find another violent girlfriend, even Tiehan's tender style will still be somewhat inconsistent. So there was a girl like Fan Erye's match used in countless movies. Although it seemed that there were some little sisters at first, it was expected that the two would be unlikely to be together. Then Fan Erye said coolly, "I don't believe anyone." Unexpectedly, there are also overbearing presidents in fantasy movies. In the end, the girl's stalking and the use of her elves-like ability won the heart of the male god. There are really few emotional dramas, and there is nothing to be said.

Let’s talk about the main line of the story. It’s also the story of the heroic protagonist who is not stupid and sweet but was deceived by everyone around him. In the end, he found out the truth because of a situation with his closest friend and rose to fight back. In the end, of course, he achieved his deeds and escaped from betrayal. Your own organization, bring your boyfriend, and your girlfriend can fly freely. The villain in the film has too few scenes, from the beginning to the end, it seems to be righteous, causing the conflicts to be not fierce enough.

Perhaps the director wants to find a touch of newness from the old stereotypes, or find a touch of warmth and freshness in the hard and dark. Dreams appear repeatedly in the film, and the beginning of the dream is always a halo under the sun. If you fast-forward and watch a movie at home and jump to this scene by accident, you will unconsciously think it is a small and fresh beautiful video. There are also layers of dreams. Is it possible that "Inception" recently released a sequel to the circle? Recently, this kind of stalk has been used repeatedly. The same period of "Sherlock" coincides with the film, and I really don't want to watch two dizzy scenes. Fortunately, the whole story structure of "The Last Wizard Hunter" is more logical and clearer than Sherlock.

At the end of the film, the director probably still did not resist Fan Erye's "Super 7" magic, and made up a fast-moving scene of a drag racing. Alas, it's another scene.

Old and old, the whole hodgepodge of the film is still worth seeing. Fighting scenes and thrilling shots are not strong enough, but they are also remarkable. In the end, a muscular man and middle-aged uncle like Fan Erye would just be quiet and cold, just let it go smirking at the camera like a silly white sweet boy, the picture is so beautiful that I don't dare to look at it.

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The Last Witch Hunter quotes

  • Kaulder: [flying in turbulence] These are ancient runes. They can manipulate weather. Rain, wind, cold, heat... And you just jammed them together in your bag? You know what you get when you mix a thunderstorm with cool, moist air at 40,000 feet? It's simple science.

  • Witch Queen: You cling to your pathetic life, those closest to you betray you and those you claim to protect don't even know your name