Score: 9.5 points Editing: 9.5 points Stage: 9.5 points Photography: 9 points Script: 6 points
When you enter the plot, you have already lost. Because the plot of this movie can even be seen at a glance, so if you want to see how PT's life lived, then it is a complete waste of an ingenious audio-visual feast. You don't want to, and you don't need to enter the plot for a second, just immerse yourself in the song and dance. Compared with last year's "La La Land", singing and dancing are a few grades higher, one is top and the other is amateur. But I have to say that La La Land focuses on story and dramatic tension, which is different from that of the King of Circus.
The plot of the King of the Circus is basically a genre film. To say that the script score is low is simply to say that the script is not good for the movie. On the contrary, such a script and excellent singing and dancing are very suitable, leaving infinite room for audio-visual effects, rather than being immersed in the plot and unable to extricate themselves. This is a biography of PT, the greatest entertainer in the world. PT's life has been transitioned in a perfect way. All kinds of transitions are very beautiful. I can't help but think of my favorite "Singing in the Rain" and the King of Circus. The same is that they are all musicals, and they are all biographies. But Song in the Rain records the present, and it becomes a classic. The King of the Circus is more like it, and it tells about the problem of new things being born and not being respected and accepted. The world's first circus performance was neglected, and the world's first sound film was questioned and criticized. Although the torrent of history cannot be stopped. Nowadays, there are no silent movies in theaters, and even musicals are rare. Speaking of which, in fact, there was a basis for the criticism of sound films back then. According to the understanding of some film theorists at that time, in order to tell a good story in a silent film, it must make good use of action language. After all, there are only action words. Then the sound movie came out, which must have impacted those actors who speak by action. Imagine how much less interesting action elements would have been if Chaplin had suddenly opened his mouth and said, "Where's my hat?" instead of looking around. Therefore, there were some basis for criticizing sound films in those days. However, compared with the analysis of the pros and cons, the appearance of sound has brought more infinite possibilities to the film art, breaking many constraints, and it can also be more diversified (not applicable to domestically produced films). some shit).
In the late 1920s, musical and sound films came out together. And Song in the Rain (1952) is a story that new things are born and are not respected. Unlike Broadway, the song, dance and story core of Song in the Rain are still very advanced. The handed down dance combined with the eternal dramatic power has pushed it to the top of the movie. The texture is fascinating, and sometimes I feel honored that I was born in the 20th century. Whether it is the beginning or the end of the 20th century, I feel that I have gone through this hundred years. year. In the end, I still think that musicals don't need some of the logic of movies. On the contrary, it just so happens that you don't need a too perfect script to overwhelm the guests, if your audiovisual design is really perfect. After all, film art has no borders, no state, and no limit.
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