Immortal gimmick and empty cannon - "Guardian of Eternal Life"
Today, let's talk about the movie "Guardian of Eternal Life".
The film title The Old Guard (2020), alias Undead Legion (Hong Kong/Taiwan) / The Old Guard.
Recently, "Guardian of Eternal Life" is a film that ranks at the forefront of the movie hot list. The film has become a hot topic due to its immortal setting and the starring Charlize Theron.
"Guardian of Eternal Life" is adapted from the American comic "Undead Legion". The core setting is a group of people with undead bodies who tirelessly guard the world.
Immortals in American comics or movies are not uncommon, and Deadpool in Marvel is a typical representative.
In "Guardian of Eternal Life", it is a group of mercenaries with immortal bodies. They guard the world under the banner of love and peace for thousands of years.
Like they suddenly become immortal for no reason, everything in the film is endless. Therefore, the label of the film is also fantasy, not science fiction, anyway, just talk nonsense, not self-consistency.
The undead guard is the same as they choose to guard the world, the value orientation is endless. Especially after they were brutally abused by ignorant and violent people, they were still able to guard the world without forgetting their original intentions. Their firm ideals and beliefs are also endless. They have always indulged in violent means to solve problems, and never thought of changing the world from a system.
One monk carries water to eat, two monks carry water to eat, and three monks have no water to eat. Everyone understands this principle.
When there is only one Deadpool, you can focus all your energy on one character for an R-rated action comedy.
When the two Deadpools coexist, they can be combined into rival action scenes like "Underworld Police Station", "Ace Bodyguard" and the upcoming "Farja Mak".
What happens when a group of dead servants appear? The group portrait scene has always been the most difficult scene to shoot. When a group of people with similar abilities get together, how to distinguish the primary and secondary becomes a major proposition. If it is not handled well, it will be like this "Guardian of Eternal Life".
The difference between the characters is not obvious, and the fighting method also relies on resurrection as a gimmick. Among the team members, thousands of years of joint actions did not form teamwork, and the effect of 1+1>2 was exerted, but it was a way to find death together and resurrect again.
How to play unlimited resurrection coins?
How to fight if the lock is opened?
The answer given by "Guardian of Eternal Life" is very simple and rude: hit hard. It’s not necessarily how refreshing it was to play, after all, death and resurrection disrupted the overall rhythm.
Moreover, the level of performance in the film has been weakened a lot. The bloody and violent scenes in the comics are much more explicit than the stimulation in the film. If there is a disagreement, the body and brain are all over the sky.
The philosophical discussions about immortality involved in the film are also limited by space and superficial.
Whether it is the regrets and pains brought by immortality or the unsatisfied emotional demands, they have been deeply discussed in previous works. The right to death is an equal right enjoyed by every living being, but the people of the undead army have been deprived of this for no reason. right. After living for a long time, they have experienced everything, and when there is nothing to stimulate their nerves, they will naturally become interested in death.
"Guardian of Eternal Life" uses immortality as the biggest gimmick, and shoots according to the number of cool films. And being able to rush to the hot list is entirely due to the goddess Charlize Theron's own traffic.
It can be seen that Charlize Theron played very well, but the audience is not sure whether it can be fun. Audiences will definitely compare the cool films of the same period produced by Netflix at the same time. At least Chris Hemsworth's "Shocking Rescue" some time ago is much better than "Eternal Guard". "Guardian of Eternal Life" is not even as good as another movie of the same type, "City of Extreme Cold", of the goddess deity.
Undead gimmick to blow air guns,
Goddess cool film homogenization.
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