Chaplin once said a saying that is enough to stop the development of film technology in a century:
Silent drama is the basis of all dramas, and audio films are just add-ons. When the movie
was first born, there was actually no sound. In 1927, Warner Bros. developed the audio video "Don Juan" , which was strongly opposed by the masters of silent film led by Chaplin. The sentence starting with
comes from the "Declaration on Anti-Dialogue Films" published by him.
If Chaplin's resistance is successful, then the first revolution in film technology may be in his infancy.
Fortunately, technology is the big trend. After Warner Bros. "Jazz Singer" was a great success, and the film technology finally completed its first revolution: went from silent film to audio film.
Just 8 years later, the filmmakers’ innovative genes began to move again, and the second technological revolution of is already brewing.
Movie Magician Merry Love At first I thought of giving the movie a creative idea. The method at the beginning was simple and crude, that was to color the film negative.
In order to make color movies, Meiliai hired more than 20 female workers to paint the negatives frame by frame, which also laid a creative foundation for the birth of color movies.
Then, director Ruben filmed the world's first colorful story " flashy world " . From that moment on, the big screen had color, and the second innovation of film technology was completed.
Until 1991, a truck driver named James Cameron used digital synthesis technology to make a movie called " Terminator " .
Cameron is almost obsessed with film technology, which also means that the third film technology innovation will start with him.
As expected, after creating the " motion capture " technology in 1997, in 2009, James Cameron used the independently developed "3D photography" technology to shoot the first 3D feature film, called " Avatar ".
"Avatar" still occupies the top 1 in the world of movie box office rankings. The audience was not only amazed that the movie world could be so dreamy, but also amazed that visually, they actually saw the picture that should be flat "moves".
From 2D to 3D, it is definitely a revolution in the film industry, and the name of James Cameron is also destined to be written into the history of world film.
It has been 13 years since the release of "Avatar". In these 13 years, the first generation of Avatar fans have all gone out of campus, started their own families, and became middle-aged people.
"Avatar 2: The Way of Water"
You can always believe in Cameron's appeal. The pre-sale exceeded 10 million in 6 hours. On the day of its premiere, " Avatar 2" won the total box office of .164 billion . As of the time of publication, the box office had reached 273 million.
A single platform material playback volume exceeds 1 billion , Douban scores 8.4, making it one of the best movies this year. Although the ticket price of
is not cheap, many theaters are hard to get tickets, and some even sell for a high price of 300 yuan.
Someone questioned: Is such a high ticket price worth it?
Tomato Jun bought tickets and watched the pre-screening as soon as possible. Now let everyone see it immediately. Can this century-old movie that is in the Lunar New Year holiday be played?
First of all, let’s take a look at the plot.
Tomato Jun first follows "Avatar" and tells the story background of the second part.
"Avatar" , translated from "Avatar", is derived from Sanskrit , which means "the incarnation of the god who descends on earth".
In the film, this is a synonym for humans to transform into Pandora people through technology.
The story took place in 2154. The lack of earth resources forced the earthlings to explore the universe with great strides, so Pandora planet was discovered.
In order to plunder Pandora's various resources, humans launched the Avatar program to combine human DNA with Pandora's DNA and create a new race.
Disabled Earth soldier Jack Sally joined the plan and became a member of the Navi people.
After becoming an alien, Jack put himself in his shoes and felt the disaster brought to the entire Pandora Star. He empathized with it and decided to fight for Pandora Star as the Navi clan.
During the battle, he and the Princess of Navi tribe Natiri . On the verge of crisis, he helped the Navi people defeat the earthlings in the way of heroes and maintained the security of the entire planet Pandora.
At the same time, he also got his wish and got married with Natiri.
Jack completely became a Navi man, and the story of "Avatar 2" happened more than ten years later in the first movie.
In the past ten years, Jack and Natiri have given birth to three babies and two adopted sons.
Two adopted sons, one is Dr. Grace's posthumous son Qili , and the other is the son of Colonel Miles, the villain in the first part, Little Spider .
In the whole video, the little spider appears as a human body, but his life habits are completely Navigable.
More than ten years have passed, and the earthlings have made a comeback, especially the villain Colonel Miles. Although he is dead, he still resurrected as the Navigarian through the gene technology and returned strongly.
He only has one task, that is, kill Jack Sally.
This mission has the dual attributes of human beings occupying Pandora Star, and it is also the only way for Miles to revenge.
On the one hand, Jack is the leader of the Neville people, and killing him can hit the morale of the entire Neville people.
On the other hand, Myers' human body was killed by Jack and his wife, which is also an irreconcilable personal grudge. With the setting of
, the story begins.
Although the Jacks were happy in the jungle, Myers' arrival broke everything.
Jack knew that humans came for him this time. In order to protect the ethnic group and family, he decided to give up his identity as the leader and flee south, hiding to avoid human pursuit.
, confused, Jack's family broke into the territory of the island reef tribe.
Island Reef people are Pandora people living by the sea. Their living habits are very different from those of the Navi people living in the jungle.
Land duck Jack not only needs to learn various water survival skills, but also deal with the problems created by a few children's naughty things, and also have to maintain good relations with the locals. It can be said that he is in a state of confusion.
Until one day, a human warship appeared on the sea.
undertakes the previous one, and from the first part, the discussion of grand propositions such as man and nature, invaders and locals, returns to the analysis of the core concept of "family".
The entire story of "Avatar 2" revolves around Jack's family, and Cameron also devoted his best to present the family's blood-thickness and family affection with extremely delicate brushstrokes.
What is different from other movies is that although it is about family, Cameron chose the "hardest" method.
says that 13 years of waiting is too long, but when I saw "Avatar 2", everything seemed to be worth - This is a real visual feast, a unique visual wonder in the world today.
We all know that Cameron has a unique emotion for "water". He loves the ocean deeply and has been obsessed with the deep sea since he was a child.
When it comes to making movies, "water" is exactly the most difficult to shoot.
For this reason, Cameron did not hesitate to to build a water tank with a volume of 900,000 gallons, and had devices that imitate various marine mechanical environments, which allowed the underwater state to be presented clearly.
The actor also put in a lot of effort. After filming the movie, Kate Winsley held air underwater for an astonishing 7 minutes and 14 seconds.
Cameron uses the ultimate clear and extremely dreamy lens language to create a Pandora Ocean World for us that can almost be fake and real. The view of
in the movie is extremely shocking.
You can clearly feel Cameron's confidence in his image from the lens. Those close-ups can be enlarged and enlarged like a microscope until the reflection of the character's pupils reflects each other with the audience's eyes, and
Until every detail of every creature is clearly presented.
Every marine life that appears in "Avatar 2" can be found on the earth, as small as an invisible fish, as big as a map Kun that jumps up to cover the sky and the sun.
In "Avatar 2", you can see the perfect combination of the ocean, the sky and the forest,
can see the Navi people who are clear to the pores,
can feel the ultimate harmony between man and nature,
can find the long-lost peace and tranquility from the ocean.
Although the video lasts 193 minutes, "Avatar 2" is enough to make the audience exclaim for 3 hours.
Because in these three hours, there are almost no waste shots. Every frame is a unique experience, and every frame is worthy of opening your eyes and enjoying it.
Cameron said: "Avatar has achieved great success in visual experience, dynamic and beautiful. The same is true for the sequel, but we set a higher goal."
After watching the movie, I could probably understand the meaning of the words of God Ka.
Immersion is the most basic viewing experience of "Avatar 2". It attracts people's attention and immerses people in the dream of outer space in another world created by him. It is the movie enjoyment that "Avatar 2" should provide to the public.
Of course, viewers who have watched "Avatar 2" may also hear other voices in their evaluation.
The one with the heaviest voice is the "old plot".
Because it does not have the stunning and amazing feeling of the first movie, this movie "Avatar" not only appreciates the visual effects, but also focuses on the story.
It turns out that in movie text, the Card God is still seeking stability.
for three hours, Cameron basically presented it one by one according to the most classic three-act structure of Hollywood . The first act of
is to explain the grudges and help the audience recall the story of the first part.
Here, there are the jungle scenes we are familiar with, the joy of children flying in the sky, and of course, more importantly, it shows the grudge between Colonel Miles and Jack after the resurrection.
Act 2 explains Jack's escape and his learning and integration in the island and reef tribes. The scenes in
are mainly about beauty and enjoyment.
The third act is the ultimate battle, explaining the final duel between the couple and Miles and humans.
In order to take into account commerciality, some actions, gunfights, racing and special effects scenes have also been incorporated, and the tension of science fiction has been further amplified here, reaching a level that is enough to shock the eye.
When the technology cannot go further, it is Cameron's wise choice to ensure the visual effect while ensuring stability.
The audience also made extremely high evaluations of this practice:
is so old-fashioned, but so beautiful, magical!
is not inferior to the character creation of the card god.
Since "family" is the core, more scenes in "Avatar 2" fall on several children.
Although the brother and younger brother are "comfortable reverse " and cause trouble everywhere, their personalities are very similar to Jack. There is a detail in the film
. It is a brother fighting with the child of the leader of the island and reef tribe. Jack will ask quietly: Who won? How is he?
Although it is very strict on the surface, in his heart, he is full of love and recognition for his two sons. Although they are both family members, they obviously have more special significance.
Qili has super powers to control marine life, but she has a serious identity crisis and has been looking for her father.
Although the little spider is the spirit of the Navi people, it is always the human body and cannot integrate into this Navi people.
Even so, they have never been abandoned.
In "Avatar 2", the god of Ka still carries his awe of nature. The relationship between the ocean beast Tukun and the island reef tribe is the highest level of his philosophical thinking of "harmony between man and nature".
The moment when the younger brother and the expelled Tu Kun touched each other with his hands, it is definitely one of the most classic scenes in the history of film in the next ten or even twenty years.
It can be predicted that Jack Sally will soon launch the world of "Avatar".
Because according to the shooting plan of God of Card, three other films have been successively scheduled, namely "Avatar 3: The Scared", "Avatar 4: The Knight of Zugu", and "Avatar 5: The Search for Eva".
And several young actors who play children have almost certainly participated in the next three works.
Cameron once said that doing "Avatar" himself is to make a universe like "Lord of the Rings".
It seems that God of Card is not a joke. After 13 years of decline, the universe of "Avatar" is indeed gradually spreading out and slowly moving towards us.
This time, you don’t have to wait for 13 years, 2024, 2026 and 2028, almost every movie in two years, which is enough to look forward to it.
However, as for watching the sequel, of course, it is still better to enjoy this long-simmering "Avatar 2".
Looking forward to your feelings after watching it, you will gain the best viewing experience this year, and you are also welcome to discuss in the comment section and leave a message.
(Movie Rotten Tomatoes Editorial Department: 11)
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