Instead of thinking about how to die beautifully, it is better to think about how to live beautifully

Torey 2021-12-06 19:21:08

The first is the brief introduction of the plot that is not very concise:

the story of this film takes place after the X-Men trilogy. Logan suffered severe psychological trauma because he personally killed the Phoenix girl. He had a strong desire to self-destruct and exiled himself. Live like a beast in a deserted cave. He often had nightmares, and the most common dream was that the Phoenix girl in pajamas urged him to die with him. He dreamed of the atomic bomb explosion in Nagasaki that day, but it was a dream, followed by the Phoenix girl in pajamas, and then he was frightened awake...

Wolverine lives in the deserted wilderness with birds and beasts. On this day, he discovered that his bear friend had been half-dead by poachers with poison, so he went to the bar where poachers gathered to seek revenge. Here he met the red-haired Japanese woman Yukio. The Japanese woman showed off a sword skill, and took Logan away. Xuexu is also a mutant. Her superpower is to be able to see people's death dates and ways to die. She predicted that the poachers would die in a few days, so she advised Logan not to waste her energy to kill them.

Xuexu came to Logan because of the trust of the old boss of the Yashida Foundation in Japan. The old man joined the imperial army during World War II, and he was basically hostile to Luo who served in the army at that time. But when the Nagasaki atomic bomb exploded, Logan used his body to protect him from being bombarded by the shock wave of the nuclear explosion on the spot, which also allowed him to see Logan's special physique as a mutant. Over the years, the old man has been following Logan and collecting a lot of information. Now that he is about to die, he specially sent someone to invite Logan to Japan, hoping to see this life-saver for the last time. In addition, Xuexu, who saw Logan's tendency to self-destruct, also suggested that with the funds and technology of the Tian family, he might be able to satisfy his wish and let him go to death like a samurai. Wolverine was originally not interested, but perhaps it was moved by Xuexu, or he thought that he could retrieve some of the lost memories by this, so he agreed to only stay for a day and leave alone.

In Japan, he met the elderly Yashida who was weak on the hospital bed. He expressed his admiration for Wolverine and said that he hoped to exchange with him. Several other important figures have also appeared here. First is the old man’s son Shingen, a middle-aged man who is proficient in kendo, who is unsmiling and not a good kind; then is the chief physician of the old man, a mysterious blonde; and finally the old man is the most The close granddaughter is also Shingen's daughter, Mariko - she didn't leave a good impression on Logan, who met for the first time, but instead disliked him for being too sloppy. So Wolverine was pushed to the two aunts to clean them from top to bottom. Next, through a dialogue with Xuexu, she learned about her life experience-she was living on the streets when both of her parents died when she was young. Later, she was adopted by the elderly as Mariko's playmate and raised at home.

Wolverine had a nightmare again that night. He dreamed that the blonde female doctor would feed him something weird—it’s a bit like Smith implanted a bug in Neo’s body in the Matrix, like he was dreaming, but It happened for real. Logan, who woke up from the nightmare, heard the bad news. The old man passed away. While Xuexu on the side was sad, he said something like, "This is different from what I predicted"—this is an important foreshadowing.

Before his death, the old man asked Wolverine to take care of his granddaughter, because she would inherit all of her property, which is bound to become a thorn in the eyes of Xinxuan and others. At the funeral, a gang of gangsters attacked Mariko, but fortunately, Wolverine was protected. However, even though Mariko retreated all over, Logan found that his body had changed-the blood flow continued after the injury, and the original rapid healing ability did not work. During the fierce battle, Wolverine got the help of an archer.

Although Mariko was not harmed under the protection of Wolverine, she did not appreciate it, and instead wanted to get rid of Wolverine. After that, the two met again on the Shinkansen, but the hunting killers also followed, so Wolverine and them hit the roof of the car and started a fierce battle. The scene on the top of the train is considered to be a more exciting part of the film.

In the process of avoiding pursuit and killing all the way, the two passed through the pachinko shop, love hotel and other places with more Japanese urban characteristics. The two finally came to the old house of the Yashida family in Nagasaki and settled down here a bit. Here, Wolverine knew that the archer who helped him withdraw from the enemy turned out to be Mariko's childhood sweetheart. Unfortunately, Mariko's father Shingen insisted on marrying her to a prosecutor in order to open up his connection with the political world.

Then Wolverine discovered that this small town was the Japanese military camp, where he met Mariko's grandfather. When the two met, Wolverine would often call Phoenix Girl's name in his dreams, which attracted Mariko's attention. But even knowing that Wolverine had another love in his heart could not prevent the young girl from being attracted by Wolverine's charming figure, and the two soon rolled the sheets together without warning.

The good times didn't last long, and Mariko was taken away shortly after rolling the sheets. Wolverine, who had lost his ability to heal himself, was unable to catch up and was injured in his leg. Fortunately, Xuexu who drove there was rescued. Wolverine said that no matter what Longtan Tiger's lair, he would break into and rescue Mariko. Xuexu objected because she foresaw the death of Wolverine—he would hold his heart before he died—here was a small foreshadowing.

The archer man who had been with Mariko's childhood sweetheart secretly cooperated with a blond female doctor with a mysterious origin. What kind of conspiracy the two are engaged in. The archer is very scared of the female doctor-because the latter is one of the few mutants in this film, Mrs. Viper, her ability is to release deadly toxins. At the order of Mrs. Viper, the archer is also actively looking for Mariko.

After interrogating Mariko's useless fiancé, Wolverine learned that Shingen had kidnapped her in order to force her to cede her inheritance. So Wolverine and Xue Xu went to the mansion of Yashida's family and prepared to rescue Mariko. Unfortunately, they arrived a step late. The ninja army led by the archer had already brought Mariko from the mansion to Madame Viper's secret base. Shingen, who had always had the face of a big villain in front of him, learned that he was just a pawn, and he was poisoned by Mrs. Viper before he could go wild.

Wolverine and Xue Xu could not find Mariko in the mansion. However, in front of the old man Yashida’s hospital bed, Wolverine figured out the reason why his power failed. Through X-rays, he found Mrs. Viper implanted at the time. A poisonous spider in his heart that affected his ability, so he decided to perform heart surgery on himself. At this time, Xinxuan, who was poisoned but not dying, tried to attack Wolverine, but Xue Xu gave up his life to protect him. At the very moment, Wolverine woke up, and his self-healing ability was fully restored, and finally killed the unrepentant Xin Xuan.

Mrs. Viper gave Wolverine a clue to her secret base. Although she knew it was a trap, Wolverine still wanted to make a break. On the road, Wolverine was ambushed by the archers, and was captured by Mrs. Viper after being in a coma with a poisoned arrow. In its base, Wolverine was attacked by a warrior-shaped mecha made of Edman alloy. On the other hand, Yukio also rushed to help, and started a fierce battle with Madame Viper, and finally subdued her. Wolverine, on the other hand, severely wounded the mecha under the cover of the archer found by his conscience, but his pair of steel claws were also cut off. Only then did he realize that the man hiding in the mecha was actually the undead old man Yashida— -After he was saved by Wolverine that year, he didn't have any gratitude report, but began to covet his abilities, and deliberately wanted to get it so that he would live forever. While he was constantly absorbing the essence of life from the broken claws of Wolverine, he was unconsciously attacked by the righteous martial artist Mariko, and then was completely wiped out by Wolverine who had regrown bone claws.

At the end of the story, Mariko took over the property of the Yashida family, hoping to keep Wolverine, but he eventually left Japan by plane with Yukio. After all, Wolverine is the lone star of Tiansha, and he has already killed two girlfriends, and more importantly, as a warrior, he doesn't want to continue to evade. He has a foreboding that there will be new battles waiting for him.

The content of the easter egg was Wolverine returned to the United States and saw an advertisement of Trask on the airport TV. Then his two old friends moved the coins and other metal objects inside the airport and removed all passengers in the airport except Wolverine. The way to settle down declares his strong return.
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The most exciting part of the whole movie is the easter eggs. The appearance of two popular characters made me wait for the loyal X-Men series audience excited. This time the easter egg preview is the upcoming release of "Future Yesterday", which gathers the most luxurious lineup of all the new and old versions of all the horses. As a separate film series, Wolverine may very well end here and return to the X-Men series. among. The assembly of Paramount's Avengers created a movie-watching craze, but Fox's opposite approach to let Wolverine, who was originally in the hero group drama, stand on its own, obviously did not achieve the desired effect. The first one 4 years ago can still be attributed to the impact of the internally leaked version, but this second one is not at the level of a superhero movie at all-this film is not much gorgeous and full of imagination Powerful visual effects, most of the action scenes are hand-to-hand combat and cold weapon confrontation, which is similar to the style of domestic martial arts movies, and is very different from the scenes expected by superhero fans. Maybe Fox had already intended to end this series, just put out a little money to finish it quickly, so that even if the box office is not good, it will not lose too much, and it will be an extended trailer for the next movie-that year. Paramount's "Captain America" ​​gives people this feeling.

The story of the film is not compact either. It is a bit deliberate to show the customs and customs of Japan, which weakens the tension of the protagonist in avoiding the enemy's pursuit. The emotional drama of the hero and heroine is very abrupt and not very contagious. On the contrary, the red-haired female No. 2 Xuexu who looks like Huang Zijiao has a clearer personality. At first, she was not quite acceptable when she saw her. Later, she gradually became fond of this role.

In addition, in fact, the logic of the plot is also very problematic, of course, it may be that I did not understand it. The most incomprehensible thing is why the old man had to trouble Wolverine so much—especially when he lost his self-healing ability. This is a very dangerous thing, because he may be caught halfway by an unknown young man. If it's done, the old man won't have to suck it anymore. In addition, for Wolverine, who has lost his self-healing ability, I think that frequent extension of his steel claws is enough to cause him to lose too much blood and die.

Of course, there are some interesting sections in this film. For example, when Wolverine first arrived at Yashida’s house, a metal detector rang at the door, Mariko taught Wolverine not to put chopsticks on the rice, Wolverine taught Mariko’s fiance, etc. Compared to the overall boring plot, this sporadic joke is really a drop in the bucket.

Probably the director of the film also wants to learn Iron Man 3, by letting the protagonist fall into an unprecedentedly weak situation to hone the protagonist and increase the tension of the story. Similar to Iron Man 3, the protagonist in this film is also deprived of his most proud ability and is in trouble. But Iron Man 3 Tony rekindled his fighting spirit with the help of Xiao Zhengtai, and finally proved that he was Iron Man regardless of whether he was wearing iron armor or not. In this film, Wolverine lost his self-healing ability and fell into a fight with Xiao Yi. It seems very useless in the final process of regaining abilities. Although there is a feeling of rebirth from Nirvana, the lengthy scenes in the front seem to be of little help to the protagonist’s growth, just to lose his ability-to retrieve the two abilities. Just plug some plots in between points to make time.

Similar to Iron Man 3, the protagonist in this film has also been suffering from psychological trauma. This is a bit like Batman 3 last year-the protagonist is also indulged in pain because of the death of his beloved woman. However, compared to the two handsome superheroes, Uncle Wolf, the lone star of the gods and the king of the superhero, played melancholy and seemed less contagious. In this film, it is not clear how the protagonist’s heart knot is solved. At the very least, there should be a decent and iconic change-unless the director says that it will be the same as the heroine. It seems that it is not just "good-looking and rich people have youth", even if it is psychological trauma, it is not something that a diaosi can have casually.

Of course, the values ​​conveyed by these three movies are all good-Batman tells people that being completely fearless is not a good thing, while Iron Man tells us that security comes from his own strength and is not attached to foreign objects, and Wolverine tells us to use Take a positive attitude to grasp life.

The film incorporates a lot of Japanese samurai elements, and I think the changes in Wolverine’s attitude towards life and death actually reflect the process of the Bushido spirit from blindness to maturity. The Bushido spirit before World War II, as Xue Xu said at the beginning of the film, pursued glorious death. And the modern Bushido spirit is, "Instead of thinking about how to die beautifully, it is better to think about how to live beautifully"-this is what Yinshishi said to the wig. A real samurai should use the sword in his hand to protect the people who are important to him. It is not a samurai but a coward who uses the sword to scratch his stomach.

Of course, like the big villain in the film, although there is no childish begging for death, the goal of the dedication and struggle is to live forever, so that you can betray your faith and avenge your gratitude. Such a person is not worthy of becoming a samurai—because the sword in his hand is Selfish sword. The selfish sword cannot be used for protection, only for aggression. Therefore, like this old man, the Japanese soldiers who participated in World War II, especially the non-indigenous invaders, were not worthy of being called samurai no matter how brave they were.

At the beginning, I was a little worried that the Japanese war criminals would be overly glorified. Fortunately, the trend of the plot later was that the former imperial army still did not repent even when he was old. I think this setting is very good. I am not disgusted with Japan and Japanese people, but what I cannot accept is that as long as the Nazis appear in Hollywood movies, it is absolutely ugly, giving people the impression of "Nazis = shameful"; and they are also the defeated countries of World War II. Japan's film and television image is rather ambiguous, and sometimes even positive. Also suffered aggression in World War II, it seems that those who are invaded by Germany will enjoy higher treatment than those who are invaded by Japan. I agree that even war criminals in World War II have the right to get a second chance, but at the same time they must have the consciousness of themselves as sinners. In other words, using the opportunity of rebirth after the war to make efforts to build a better world and repent of your sins are two things that can be done at the same time and are not inconsistent. Deliberately avoiding the latter thing or even forgetting it will not necessarily help the person to do the first thing better.

China is a big movie market, and I believe that there are definitely a large number of audiences who have a much more irrational attitude towards Japan than I am. I hope that in the future Americans will be treated equally in movies. Since they are all defeated countries in World War II, they should be portrayed as the same type of image on the screen. I look forward to future American movies involving Japanese soldiers in World War II, which can convey this signal: You were a Jap soldier, and you'll live with that.

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  • Hoyt 2022-03-23 09:01:08

    One star for Jackman’s good figure, the plot really can’t be worse, don’t waste time and money..........

  • Chelsea 2022-03-24 09:01:08

    Rotten! Stupid plot, file martial arts. Samurai and ninja only turn their heads, and Wolverine’s "injured-self-healing-claws" are the same. The dad and grandfather who killed the girl are still in love, which can only show that this girl is the one who really knows how to use Wolverine. Captain Sanada has too few scenes, and the leading actor and actress Ekin Cheng and the red-haired grunt are annoying.

The Wolverine quotes

  • Yukio: You're a soldier, and you seek what all soldiers do.

    Logan: And what's that?

    Yukio: An honorable death. An end to your pain.

    Logan: Who says I'm in pain?

    Yukio: A man who has nightmares every night of his life is in pain.

  • Logan: Your father was a good man.

    Shingen: He would often say the same about you. But then, he was always fascinated with your kind. Tell me, why do you think he sent for our little Yukio to fetch you?

    Logan: To say goodbye.

    Shingen: And now you have. Time for you to go back to your cave.