A mutual examination between man and god by Maning

Rosalee 2021-12-18 08:01:14

When a friend invited me to watch "God War: Eyes of Power", I refused at first: this title sounds too much like the fake big empty "blockbuster" filmed to collect money and invest a lot of money, but the effect is not good. NS. I think it’s just an appointment with a friend whom I haven’t seen for a long time. Let’s take a moment to see what a Hollywood movie with the "God of Egypt" as the subject can be made.


Compared with Greek mythology and ancient Roman mythology, ancient Egyptian mythology feels very remote and unfamiliar. Except for "Mummy", "Pharaoh", and "Sphynx", Egyptian mythology does not seem to have any images or plots that are too deeply rooted in the hearts of the people. To clarify the characteristics, functions, and relationships of the ancient Egyptian gods, for most people It is also a difficult thing.

Unexpectedly, as soon as the film opened, people held their breath-the scene was extremely magnificent, the special effects were extremely beautiful, and the picture was extremely gorgeous.


There is a clear difference in the proportions of the figures between gods and mortals. From a visual point of view, gods and humans are in the same frame and harmoniously and comfortably. It seems that this simple visual effect is already a metaphor, which indicates that the film will cooperate with each other and stimulate each other. "Double male and female protagonists" structure. After that, this compact and sleepless viewing experience remained until the end of the film.


The actors are all beautifully chosen. The hostess of the Western world, Hathor (the character is almost equivalent to Aphrodite in ancient Greek mythology or Venus in ancient Roman mythology), has a slim figure, and the corners of the eyebrows. It is full of amorous feelings;


one of the heroes, Horus, is tall and big Kong Wu, with a graceful gesture;


even the mortal heroes and heroines Baker and Zaya are also a pair of handsome men and beautiful women.


Their beauty is very special, their facial features and temperament are full of the exotic style unique to the Egyptians, which is different from the images and feelings of European, American or Chinese movie stars on the big screen that we are familiar with before. Coupled with the magnificent palaces, crowded squares, and radiant gardens, the whole film is full of just the right amount of luxury and sexiness. This luxury and sexy is not annoying at all, because you will take it for granted that it is part of the protagonist's life and himself.


Ra, the supreme sun god, lives outside the Nine Heavens. His mission is to fight against the god of chaos Apophis night after night with his own power; Ra has two sons, the benevolent god of fertility, Osiris and the cruel and violent. Set, the god of storms. The former ruled the fertile and vast Nile River basin, while the latter was exiled to the edge of the vast desert. The yearning for power and the conceit of strength made Sete psychologically deformed. At the coronation ceremony of his nephew Horus, he brutally killed his brother who loved his relatives and friends, and removed Horus' eyes. The real good show starts here, and it belongs to Horus' journey-an ancient Egyptian God Realm version of the "Prince's Revenge" kicked off.


Interestingly, Horus' revenge was not a conscious action. After losing his parents and his eyes, the once suave, he became decadent, passive, violent and depressed. At this time, it was a mortal who drove him to retrieve his "God of War" character and complete the double redemption of Egypt and himself. The identity of this mortal is even a bit disgraceful, he is a thief. Because he lost his lover and hoped that Horus could help him save his lover's life, the mortal Baker and Horus were "bound" together and embarked on the road against Seth together.


This is the most thought-provoking aspect of the whole film-although God is a God, he is not perfect. They may be dark and violent (such as Dorset), self-contained (such as Horus), or upright and conceited (such as Thoth, the god of wisdom in the film), but the cutest image and most complete character is a mortal. This mortal, he is smart, quick-witted, courageous, persevering, and loyal. He has the perseverance of never giving up unless he achieves his goal, and he will not give up lightly unless he has tried all the possibilities. I especially like that energy. It is expected that Horus, who is a god, was also moved. Although he said dismissively, he involuntarily followed Baker's actions, tried, and resisted.



A better part is that Zaya, the lover of the atheist Baker, is a full believer. Her most faithful god is Horus. The film repeatedly shows Zaya’s worship and trust in Horus. . Horus itself is not so good. Faced with Zaya’s belief in himself and life and death, he finally carried the "idol baggage" on his back, and became a better self step by step, and his responsibility became more and more in line with Zaya. Look forward to. This is a very dialectical thinking-the admiration of mortals makes Gods regulate their behavior and thus becomes more and more perfect. The increasingly perfect gods become more and more credible in the minds of mortals, and then mortals urge themselves to get closer to the stalwart gods in their hearts. Getting better and better. I am also an atheist, but if "faith" has such a two-way stimulating effect and can achieve such a virtuous circle of so many wins, then theists are still very logically self-consistent.



There is one of the most breathtaking scenes in the movie, where Horus and Set are standing on the spire of a towering tower PK. He wants to get his other eye (Baker has already got one back for him) suddenly. Falling, but at the same time Baker also fell from the tower in the fight. Horus was not without anxiety and entanglement in his heart, but in the end he chose to ignore that eye and stretched out his hand to Baker. This stretched out his hand, gave up a divine eye, but got the ultimate redemption of self. The battle power of God of War was thoroughly strengthened at this moment. The "Bible" says "God loves the world". This value should be universal!




"Eye of Horus" is a typical intention of ancient Egyptian mythology, representing the blessing of the gods and the supreme sovereignty. In this play, it is disassembled to reveal a deeper meaning-according to the theory of psychology, a person and a god have an id, a self, and a "self in the mirror". The eyes of humans and the eyes of gods, in the process of gazing at each other, examining each other, and introspecting each other, jointly opened up the power of perfection, beauty, and power.

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  • Lola 2022-03-24 09:02:07

    One star for the special effects, it means that the protagonist of the story in Egypt is a blond white man... um...

  • Violette 2021-12-18 08:01:14

    Ahahahahahahahaha. The movie itself has 0 stars and 3 stars for Captain Barbossa who is driving the Cosmic Black Pearl and shooting lasers with Longinus' gun! Tears burst into laughter! ! ! By the way, if you want to understand the plot, review the Lion King again. XDDDDD

Gods of Egypt quotes

  • Ra: [to Set] If your tower were any higher, it would get in my way.

  • Set: [meets Osiris at his party] It took me four days to get here - three to come out of the desert, and one to come through this crowd!