First of all, I don't reject subversion of the original. As long as the subversion is good, it is still a good movie. For example, the "American Journey to the West" series "Wasteland" is equivalent to a reinterpretation of the original, but it has a different flavor; In Nezha before the fire, it also had subversive designs, not to mention the spirit pill and the magic pill. It's just that the character Jing Li, the original core of this story, has been subverted, but the movie is still quite good.
This subversion is either to add something new to the original design, or to tear it down and rebuild it directly, and tell the audience the information of reconstruction through the plot, so that the audience can understand this new world. However, this film is about what happened after apotheosis. Some default audiences understand the basic settings of the original story, and they should want to add new elements to these basic settings. However, the content of the film completely broke the original basic setting and was not given enough explanation. This is quite unfriendly to the audience who know or have seen the Romance of the Gods, and even some places are hard to immerse, even giving people the impression that directors and screenwriters have never seen the Romance of the Gods.
Secondly, no matter what the original works are, from the perspective of a movie, the most important things are the characters and the plot. As long as the characters can stand up and the plot is not lame, even if the special effects are slightly worse, they can basically be accepted by people. For example, the legend of the new White Snake, its special effects now look simple, but ok? It looks good! It's classic! Unfortunately, neither the characters nor the plot of this film is OK, especially the motivation and logic of the characters are completely incomprehensible.
Let's talk about the plot and the failure of the whole movie according to each role. The overall narrative will still be compared with the original, and then put aside the original and talk about the remodeling in the film.
First, Yuanshi Tianzun and Twelve Jinxian
The most puzzling thing about the film is that the original Tianzun always called them "immortals", but both the original Tianzun and Twelve Jinxian are "immortals". Is the screenwriter completely ignorant of "immortal" and "immortal", which are two completely different systems?
We all say that "enlightenment becomes immortality", which shows that "immortals" are free and powerful, and they are very advanced beings. We should all have heard of "Luo Jinxian", but there has never been "Luo Jinxian" and "Twelve Jinxian" has never been called "Twelve Golden Gods", so the status of "Immortal" is arguably higher than that of "Immortal". What is "God"? According to the present occupation, that is a civil servant.
According to the setting of the Romance of the Gods, the Emperor of Heaven intends to recruit Twelve Jinxian, a subordinate of the God of Yuan Dynasty, as a civil servant in heaven, to eat official meals and do housework, which is also restricted by the rules and regulations of heaven. But who among the twelve immortals wants to exist in the system, so there is a list of gods. The list of gods was signed by Sanqing. To put it bluntly, it is the application of Tiandi to apply for civil servants. But both teaching and interception are involved, but both have evasive strategies.
In the early Yuan Dynasty, the Buddhism of Buddha's collar conformed to the weather, helped Zhou to attack Zhou, and gave him a bunch of magic weapons. At the same time, he let the twelve immortals widely accept his disciples and let them seal the gods on his behalf, thus escaping. In some "Jiuqu Yellow River Array", there are also some ways for disciples to return to earth, which naturally excludes them from the list. And the leader of Tian Tong told his master not to go out of the mountain because of anything. As long as he stays out of the mountain, he can naturally avoid robbery. It's just that his master Dachuan has a very similar temper, holds the belief that "life is mine", and explains that Shen, an undercover sent by education, is a stirring stick. Naturally, most interceptors cannot escape the fate of the final list. In addition, this World War I also gave some mortals who didn't have a chance to climb up, some immortals with insufficient ability, and an upward passage, such as those who died in the Ten Commandments and disciples like Tu.
Therefore, when the gods of the Yuan Dynasty were reduced to "gods", they were really reconciled. Moreover, the whole battle of sealing gods has also become provoked by the Buddha in the early Yuan Dynasty, which is even more puzzling.
If you abandon the original, what about this role?
First of all, the behavioral motives of his characters are puzzling. He keeps saying that all this is to save people, but the problem is that the fox demon does not belong to people? Why must we destroy the fox demon? What have they done wrong or what do they want to do, so they should be eliminated? There is no corresponding explanation at all. Some people may say that Su Daji, the fox demon, harmed the world, but according to the logic of the story itself, it is obvious that the Buddha wanted to punish all the fox demons, so Su Daji, the fox, began to harm the world. This cause and effect cannot be reversed.
Even if the fox family really did something unnatural, the Buddha really wanted to save the world and destroy the fox demon, but in terms of combat power, when he went down with an axe, the fox demon group was completely destroyed. Why do so many things? Before we start, we still have to tie humans and foxes together. Are you sure you didn't take off your pants and fart? Can the director and screenwriter tell us the exact reason?
Secondly, what is the purpose of World War I in the film? According to its expression, it is definitely not to choose civil servants. Is that to save the whole life? But why did people get into trouble after the whole World War I? The village where Xiao Jiu was born in the film, and what she saw and heard along the way with Jiang Ziya all imply that the world is in ruins. So how did the Buddha save the whole life? He just shouted slogans? Or do you want to portray him as a big liar? Moreover, in the case that all fox spirits have been suppressed (it is often mentioned in the film that there are no fox spirits in this world), what causes it to intensify now? There is no explanation at all! After Jiang Ziya broke the ladder, it was peaceful and peaceful at once. What happened? Destroy a ladder, how can we let the people live a good life? Even if it can be said that the ladder was created in the early Yuan Dynasty to control the Three Realms, which led to the chaos of the Three Realms, the ladder is the way for mortals to climb, not the way for immortals to fall. Does he want to manage and rule the Three Realms? Or is it that with the ladder, there is desire, so the competition between creatures leads to tragedy, so the ladder is destroyed, there is no desire, and everything has no desire? Please let me know if anyone can understand. I really didn't get any answers from the film, and I didn't even see the hint.
Besides, if you destroy a ladder, can't you build another one? And finally said that the Buddha would be punished, so what crime did he commit? Can you give some clear explanations? Besides, what does this punishment have to do with what Jiang Ziya did in the whole movie? He will be punished just because he broke the ladder. Is it because the Buddha disturbed the Three Realms, or because his disciples destroyed the ladder? If it is the latter, it means nothing has changed. Don't forget, Jiang Ziya also went to be punished. It all feels strange.
Among them, Twelve Jinxian is a symbolic tool in the film, without any sense of existence, and the characters are also very strange, without any flavor of "immortals". It's no exaggeration to call it a demon. Perhaps this is to show that these "immortals" are actually not good things, but deliberately made shapes.
Second, Jiang Ziya is unlike Si.
As the first actor in the film, Jiang Ziya's modeling is very skinny, especially the proportion of legs and feet is really penetrating. It is hard to imagine that such thin calves and ankles can hold up such a big sole. Moreover, in terms of temperament, he should be a mature and steady general spirit. You can refer to Lyon in Black Boy Not Too Cold and Logan in Wolverine 3, but the texture of this film is that he can't talk and plays the role of a mature second-class fresh meat all day, which is somewhat strange in terms of temperament.
Back to the topic, the film keeps saying that Jiang Ziya should be deified, but anyone who has seen the original works knows that Jiang Ziya is definitely not deified! According to the original work, he was not deified for three reasons. The first reason is that Huigen is not enough and has limited ability (Yuanshi Tianzun once let him and Shen enter the Book of Heaven to see the essence of the two), which is not suitable for synthesis; The second reason is that the list of gods was finalized in Sanqing, and everyone must have a certain ability. More than one person can't get in. Jiang Ziya is just an unqualified little disciple of Yuanshi Tianzun (at most, he is the messenger of Yuanshi Tianzun), and he is excluded by himself. The third is that the deified person must die once, and the soul can only be deified after being deified. Jiang Ziya is not really dead. Moreover, he has a whip, and only after sealing the gods can it work wonders for those gods. Although he is a human being, he is also a immortal (the Buddha didn't take it back at first to make up for Jiang Ziya's failure to become an immortal). It was just a conventional weapon before the gods were sealed.
This film made a drastic change to this setting, which not only made Jiang Ziya a great disciple of the Buddha at the beginning, but also made him a little more gentle and martial. Although he belongs to some kind of magic change and can be accepted without affecting the normal plot, is there really nothing wrong with his plot?
On the altar, the nine-tailed fox broke out, and Jiang Ziya let everyone calm down and not be bewitched by hallucinations. The next second, he was delirious by hallucinations, which hit him in the face too quickly. He was demoted to earth and laughed at by a group of monsters in the pub. How dare these monsters? Besides, primary school students don't talk so weakly when they quarrel. At the same time, he also thought about it on earth, but what he thought didn't make the audience feel at all. According to the deity, it is to make him no longer bewitched by the magic of the fox, but how to see through it and how to be seen through it failed to give a clear direction and orientation. It really depends on his own practice. In addition, it is also the reason why his mana will go backwards in recent years. Is it that thinking about the truth needs to consume the source of mana, or is it that he neglects his practice? Of course, the film says that his magic is sealed, but why can he still use spells? And wasn't this seal sealed by the Buddha from the beginning? He wants to break the seal. How can he finally wake up?
Later, he and Xiao Jiu walked along and said, "If you can't save one person, how can you save the world?" , but at the expense of Si Buxiang and Shen. Oh, it turns out that in his opinion, Si Buxiang and Shen are not "one person". But it is also true that one is a pet and the other is a leopard essence. But what is the purpose of so many dead people, just to untie his heart? For himself? Why didn't he die himself? Isn't it more qualified to sacrifice yourself to save one person or save the whole life? I feel that he is so scum! Finally, he was awakened to save Xiao Jiu, but why did he destroy the ladder? How did the ladder become the source of all evil, just because it was created by the Buddha? In addition, there is a scene about his reincarnation with Xiao Jiu in his arms. Can the stable picture be a little more fake?
As for his core, "If you can't save one person, how can you save the world?" Yuan Shi Tian Zun gave him too much compassion, so he can't be a god, and he can't be a god without worldly desires? Why is this? No explanation! Later, he gave Jiang Ziya a seemingly "tram problem" choice. Either Xiao Jiu lives and the world dies, or the world will prosper when he dies, but back to the original question, what is the connection between fox demon and the fate of the world? ! There is no explanation from beginning to end. How do you make the audience understand your core? !
Moreover, the "tram puzzle" itself is an alternative proposition, and this movie obviously has a third option, that is, the Buddha of Yuan Shi unlocks Xiao Jiu and the nine-tailed fox, and then kills the nine-tailed fox (whether he did it himself or Jiang Ziya did it). Why don't they try? Because the Buddha himself said that the lock could not be opened? If not, why did Jiang Ziya use magic to break the lock before? He was demoted? Or use the fourth scheme to seal the nine-tailed fox and let Xiao Jiu live well, such as the relationship between the nine-tailed fox and Naruto Uzumaki in Naruto, but why hasn't anyone considered this possibility? Are they all mental deterioration? This conflict is a bit too deliberate.
Therefore, the conflict at the core of the whole story itself has a big problem, which is also the reason why Jiang Ziya failed to impress me from beginning to end, because he had no choice. Besides, in the whole movie, can you see what Jiang Ziya is struggling with? He has always been very quiet inside, and he has always been in a state of "looking at my deadpan Leng Yan", which also makes him lack of growth and personality arc.
The attribute of his obsessive-compulsive disorder can be seen, and he wants to play some jokes with it, especially at the end of the film, but this attribute has no meaning to the story, and the film itself is not comedy style. Why is this attribute mandatory? It can be seen that the director and screenwriter are not confident about the story and want to increase the seasoning to keep the box office in this way, but this attribute is very out of touch with the whole film style.
There is the four unlike, according to Jiang Ziya, it gave up the protection of the static virtual palace, so it became a tiny one. Then why did you suddenly change back to the original appearance when you faced the nine-tailed fox? There is no reason at all. Moreover, in general animated films, when an image like Meng Chong appears, it will play the role of a flavoring agent. Even many people like movies because they like them. For example, Minions in Despicable Me, or the dogs in Flying House and Journey to the Dream, all have the same property: they won't die, but this movie actually makes Alice look like she is not dead! The point is, it's not that its death can't promote the plot, but what plot does its death promote? What is the inevitability of its death? What I can't see at all is that the director and screenwriter feel that this time it is going to be sensational, so they will write Meng Chong to death and make the audience cry. This is unnecessary!
I really looked like a question mark when I saw the four elephants die. I really want to say, that's it, let this movie be ruined!
Third, Xiao Jiu (Su Daji) and Xuanniao
Xiao Jiu's character image is pleasing, although the girl's texture is somewhat different from that of the most beautiful woman in the world. At the same time, the thought of Zhou Wang and that girl makes me feel very sad (after all, I remember Xiao Jiu was a girl when she was sent to the palace! ), but the wild and poor temperament and independent people are more in line with the aesthetics and values of modern people, and will not have much impact on the main plot itself. Unfortunately, the plot doesn't support her at all.
First of all, why does she call herself "Xiao Jiu"? As a person with amnesia, why is it related to the nine-tailed fox? Besides, even if she had a little memory before her death, why not call her "Susu" or "Dada" or change her name? If this is a screenwriter who wants to create suspense in the early stage, make her life more exciting, or make everyone mistakenly think that she is a nine-tailed fox, then the trailer will be ruined, and the fairy story at the beginning of the story will be ruined. Why do you have to have such a deliberate name?
Secondly, the bond between her and Jiang Ziya failed to hold. As a person who has been hurt by human beings, she has no affection for Jiang Ziya. As a result, after experiencing the fallen soldiers, the mood quickly warmed up, because there was no foreshadowing and extension, which was really unconvincing.
Then, her ultimate task in this film is to prove that she is human, but the film can't explain it from beginning to end. Why can she prove that she is human by finding her father? Is it because her father verbally confirmed that she was originally human, and then all other creatures will turn a blind eye to her fox ears and think she is human? It doesn't make any sense. And the emotional bond between her and her father is also a big failure of this film.
According to the original book, Su Daji and his father Su Hu really have a very good relationship. When Zhou Wang wanted Su Daji, Su Hu and his son Su Quanzhong tried their best to protect her, even when the war began, they didn't want her to enter the palace. Until the end, Su Daji volunteered to give it to Zhou Wang, but she was bitten to death by a nine-tailed fox on the road, and was finally named (only in folklore, he made her a peach blossom star in a hungry wolf star), which can be said to be an absolute tragic figure. How did this film shape the love relationship between her and her father? Don't! The only relationship between them in the whole movie is that Su Hu gave her to Zhou Wang and took her doll. There is no love, no disappointment, only ruthlessness. Xiao Jiu was later bewitched by the nine-tailed fox because of despair, and locked up with her. Then why did Xiao Jiu insist on finding her father, and she was sure that such a father would be willing to give her the answers she wanted? This is no longer fantasy or romanticism, but brainless or brainless can-ism!
If this is subversion, then your subversion is reasonable. Just like the 0 1 Irene Wan version of "The List of Gods", Su Daji and the Nine-tailed Fox became mentors, and joined the scene of Su Daji being persecuted in the palace, giving her a motive to blacken. This is also a thorough subversion, but it paves the way for the change of her mood, and also gives a considerable room for improvement for why she became one with the fox demon.
Alas, all the tears should have come from her, but because of her sloppy background design, it is difficult to move, leaving only the capital word "embarrassed".
The design of the mysterious bird, as well as the design of ancient wind chimes and the souls of fallen soldiers, is somewhat puzzling in itself. What does it have to do with the main line of the whole story? ! Do you want to express that the deceased didn't cross over because of the battle of sealing the gods, and then let the original Buddha take the blame? Or let the audience feel very sad and know how to remember the dead? Hehe, I just want to send three words to the screenwriter: psycho.
The anti-war theme itself is innocent, but it appears here and has nothing to do with the main plot. If we put aside this metaphor, this scene has only one purpose from the bright side, that is, to make Xiao Jiu and Jiang Ziya friends in World War I, which is embarrassing enough. One second, Jiang Ziya said that the bird was not born long ago, and the next second, the bird came out. It's too sudden to hit the face, so why not give birth suddenly? Just to take beautiful pictures of Xiao Jiu and them? At the same time, why did Xiao Jiu completely trust Jiang Ziya after this experience, because she was stupid and naive? According to normal logic, she has experienced so much persecution. Will she really trust others that easily?
In addition, Xiao Jiu said that she originally had a doll with two stones on it, which often jingled. This passage is really weird. If the stone here is really a stone, I really want to know why the doll should tie the stone, how to tie it to be stable, and can the bell made of stone ring? And if the stones here are quoted and made of bones, it would be too scary. Think of toys for children ... and powerful toys! But the dolls in memory were not made of stone, and the last dolls did not conform to the dynasty, so there was cotton in the Shang or Zhou Dynasties. To tell the truth, it's really strong, and it has something to do with bone bells and mysterious birds.
Four, nine-tailed fox and fox family
According to the original work, nine-tailed fox, pheasant essence and pipa essence were all given by Nu Wa Niangniang to fight against Shang Dynasty. On the one hand, I was angry because Nu Wa was molested by Zhou Wang. On the other hand, because it was only a few days, the nine-tailed fox accepted it gladly because she knew that she could become a god in the future. However, she was finally beheaded and failed to enter the list of gods. On the one hand, it may be that she broke her word, and more importantly, she was too cruel to be a god (this is the explanation of Nu Wa Niangniang). Although it is also pitiful, all this is her own abhorrence. Her fox son and grandson set fire to the fox hole because Bigan saw through the fox pretending to be a fox on the deer platform, and even skinned the fox to make a coat, and then gave it to the nine-tailed fox (Su Daji), which made the nine-tailed fox furious. After that, Beagan was dug up.
It doesn't matter if the film doesn't have pheasant essence and pipa essence, and it's not a problem to tap its use attributes, but this cauldron has been thrown on the Buddha's head in the early Yuan Dynasty, which is somewhat puzzling. What is even more incomprehensible is why the nine-tailed fox has become the biggest villain in the three realms. What can she do? Besides, what did the fox family do? It can even be understood that the whole war of sealing gods was launched to calculate the extermination of the fox family. Why? ! The whole film has no explanation at all. I especially want to ask directors and screenwriters, if foxes are so intolerable in this world, then it is good that foxes in serial studios don't exist. I really want to feel wronged for them.
The same demon, other demons can live and work in peace and contentment. Only when the fox demon is treated differently in this way, and even all creatures in the world have to kill the fox demon can they win the recognition of the Buddha at the beginning. What was the great hatred between the Buddha and the fox demon? And it is obvious that fox demon can be killed under normal circumstances. Why do we have to tie the fox demon to the human before killing it? Is it because humans have provoked someone, or the fox demon is too powerful, so why should they tie up the weakest creatures before killing them? There is no reason at all.
There is also why the nine-tailed fox does not mention the place where the broken fox family was sealed. This place should not be discovered, right? Is it true that the big disc will only appear when the Buddha opens, and the nine-tailed fox can be eliminated? There is no explanation at all. Moreover, after saving those fox sons and grandchildren, their first reaction was not to recharge their batteries first, but to work directly with Yuanshi Tianzun. I really want to applaud them. They are too six! And why are many human necromancers sealed, because they are all bound to the fox demon? Or are they the only ones with the foxes? In the picture, there is a fox demon image for a while and a ghost image for a while. I don't know anything about it. They're tied up. Why are they all haunting Xiao Jiu? Xiao Jiu can't release them. I really don't understand the story about the nine-tailed fox and their fox family.
In addition, the masked nine-tailed fox is really ugly, and the ratio of broad shoulders to the neck of the nine-tailed fox is also uncomfortable.
Verb (abbreviation of verb) Shen Yu
Finally, let's talk about another subversive character in this movie, Shen.
He is not a magnificent image in the original works or in many film and television works that worship God. According to the original work, he is actually a chess piece buried by Yuan God. He has always respected the teacher's life and spoiled everywhere. But at the same time, he really doesn't like Jiang Ziya. After all, compared with Jiang Ziya's man of iron Hande attribute, he is too smart and belongs to the wise general of SHEN WOO, while Jiang Ziya can get the "list of gods". He also needs to often wipe Jiang Ziya's ass with cleverness, which makes him jealous and dissatisfied with Jiang Ziya, but the teacher's life is hard to violate.
Of course, there is also a corresponding legend about his leopard becoming a fine man, which can be explained. After all, people who give lectures basically regard people as immortals and think that this is the right way, but they don't like to cut off the teaching that everything can become immortals, which is one of the differences between giving lectures and cutting off teaching.
How does the film handle this character? He became a fan of Jiang Ziya's younger brother, not to mention that his brain really doesn't work. He even openly questioned Master Yuan Shi Tianzun. There is still no evidence. Because of everyone's talk, he trusted Jiang Ziya and Xiao Jiu completely. Is this really not an idiot? I can feel that the writers and directors are trying to shape him into an iron and pure image. On the one hand, it can be compared with the weak image of Jiang Ziya whose IQ is obviously improved, on the other hand, it can also create a joke through him. However, this film is not a comedy, and it is a bit overdone on the whole, especially the opening scene, which is just a confession with Jiang Ziya. Are you sure it's not malicious selling corruption? And finally he sacrificed himself for Jiang Ziya, for what, just to achieve Jiang Ziya? The question is, how did Jiang Ziya achieve you before? You don't have to fight for your life. Can you clarify some preparations? Otherwise, with the audience's understanding of the original "Romance of the Gods", this role will be really confusing! And it's really not touching!
There is another figure, which is equally puzzling, and that is the tool man Zhou Wang.
Yes, he is a tool man. He only played to show that Xiao Jiu and the nine-tailed fox were locked, and then the dog was put on a leash. This kind of killing function is used up ... heheheheheheheheheheheheheheheheheheheheheheheheheheheheheheheheheheheheheheheheheheheheheheheheheheheheheheheheheheheheheheheheheheheheheheheheheheheheheheheheheheheheheheheheheheheheheheheheheheheheheheheheheheheheheheheheheheheheheheheheheheheheheheheheheheheheheheheheheheheheheheheheheheheheheheheheheheheheheheheheheheheheheheheheheheheheheheheheheheheheheheheheheheheheheheheheheheheheheheheheheheheheheheheheheheheheheheheheheheheheheheheheheheheheheheheheheheheheheheheheheheheheheheheh
In the original, Zhou Wang's brain is really not good enough, and he is cruel and lewd. This movie portrays him as an infatuated person, and there is nothing wrong with a mental derangement, but he keeps saying "Give me back my love princess", because no matter according to the original or the narrative of this movie, his love princess was transformed into a nine-tailed fox before entering the palace, so the love princess he wants is the nine-tailed fox. So which love princess is he looking for? Can you be a little more humorous?
In addition, according to the original work, he was finally named Tian Xing, in charge of marriage and childbirth. This is different from Yue Lao's marriage. It's really against peace to draw so many red lines for his bedroom and let him lead the red line. Xiao Jiu is obviously looking for his father. How come his father's whereabouts are not explained at all? Instead, he found Zhou Wang and explained everything. What is the purpose of her father's search, just to incite emotions? Even better, she thinks there is an answer to the mystery of her life here, but she doesn't know what it is.
Generally speaking, this film gives people the impression that it didn't seriously study the characters and background settings of Romance of the Gods, but just borrowed a shell of it and then filmed what you wanted to express. However, there is not much problem with this method of borrowing and recreating, but almost none of the motives and logic of the characters are smooth, and even the value of many characters is embarrassing. The setting and death of the characters are hasty, which eventually leads to the complete collapse of the plot. I can't justify myself at all, which makes the whole story seem to muddle along and unscrupulously connects all kinds of truths for no reason. There is no real central idea, only an empty, ungrounded, seemingly unfathomable theory of case B, and I am afraid that the audience will tell you all the lines directly, as if telling you not to watch the film with your brain.
To put it bluntly, what's the difference between this and those scribbled anti-Japanese dramas, and those plots that are obviously workplace dramas but actually idol love dramas? No matter how good and beautiful the picture is, it can't hide its bad true colors.
(douban author name: empty bottle)