Rebirth In Hollywood

The fighting scene in the first 20 minutes is a standard commercial technique, and it can even be said to be used in Hollywood epic movies. The purpose of this is very clear, to attract the audience to continue watching. From the perspective of my eyes, it fully achieved the expected effect.

What is the most critical factor for a movie to sell well? Reflective, artistic, or profound themes? Certainly not, blockbuster movies have the same key factor of providing enough entertainment for audiences.

There were no accidents, as all audiences expected, the well-equipped and well-organized regular army wiped out the Germanic mob.

This war scene, which has little actual connection with the plot, came to an end with the cheers of "Long Live Rome" driven by Maximus played by Ryan.

The film entered the stage of conspiracy. Commodes killed his father and seized the throne. Quintas betrayed the legion. The new emperor who took refuge wanted to execute Maximus...

The tense plot caused the audience's tense emotions. Gene held Luya's hand tightly, but rarely spoke. As a senior person who has watched movies for many years, he knows how to make strange admiration or admiration sounds, What an annoying behavior to be around.

As a moviegoer in a movie theater, what is the most annoying thing?

If you ask the audience about this question, you must have seen a super bad movie. If you ask the second person, it must be that there are people around who are constantly making noises, which affect their emotions.

Gene still remembers "Scary Laughter", in which there is a section where the female audience keeps making noises to disturb the tranquility in the theater, and the other audience members who are irritated as a result cut themselves into pieces, which is actually a mockery of some people in the theater who cannot watch movies quietly .

In most mainstream theaters in North America, it is the most basic courtesy to keep a quiet viewing state.

Just from the appeal of actors. This movie is undoubtedly much better than the previous life, not to mention Ryan and Leonardo DiCaprio, who became a superstar after "Mission: Impossible", Jennifer Lopez can also attract many male audiences , although the only female character with some weight. She acted as an out-and-out big vase.

no doubt. Compared with Maximus, he was valued by the old emperor and loved by his subordinates. Commodes is a tragedy.

He wanted to be the great emperor of the Roman Empire, but his heir was not himself. No matter how noble and upright Maximus was, he was as insidious and despicable as he was.

But he was also a poor man. It is also a very real person, or it reflects the other side of people - selfishness! ambition! **!

It's just that he is more extreme,

It's just more perverted.

And what about Maximus? His series of tragedies may not have been caused by his own character.

However, it is this kind of character that can show the dramatic conflict between the characters and highlight the charm of the protagonist.

The leadership of Maximus and the responsibility of a man. The love for family members is what can easily impress the audience.

The god of fate seemed to be playing tricks on this heroic general. He gave up the mission of bringing the Roman Empire to a republic, and wanted to return home to reunite with his wife and children. However, what greeted him was the cruel reality-the home was destroyed and his wife and children were killed by the new emperor's troops.

After burying his family, Maximus’s previous wishes and longings were all shattered. At this time, what he wants is not power, status, and the future of Rome. Without courage and honor, he probably wants to die more.

It's all over after death, and you can reunite with your family, and you don't have to worry about the disturbances in this world.

Some viewers may think this way, but the plot of the movie is tortuous after all. Maximus is rescued and fully explained what fate means to trick people, his real mission has not been completed, and his greatest wish is to die after death. Reunion with family - also impossible to be satisfied.

However, at this time, he has lost all the aura he originally possessed, and the situation is impossible to complete the task entrusted to him by the old emperor, but the gears of fate will not stop turning because of these, he must wake up after going through hardships.

What was the transition from being the commander of the Roman Northern Legion to being a slave?

Like a walking dead, Maximus seemed to have lost all his goals, just lived a life of numb slaves, and was eventually bought by a gladiator merchant and became a gladiator.

The sword is held in the hand of a gladiator, and life or death depends on one's own struggle. This is the fate of a gladiator!

Hacking, hacking, and killing is undoubtedly the skill Maximus is best at. He has won the arena time and time again and has become the most popular gladiator in the area. The name 'Spanish' has become the king of gladiators in his area.

The arena of blood and sand, fierce battles, and fanatical atmosphere are undoubtedly the best ways to attract audiences.

And Ryan used his own performance to show Maximus's process of gradually returning to normal from confusion in front of everyone. Although it inevitably has the characteristics of expressionism, in his own opinion, it is better than Russell Crowe in his previous life was at least one step ahead.

The decent protagonist will eventually collide with the despicable villain, and no movie can escape this fixed pattern.

After Commodes succeeded to the throne, in order to stabilize the hearts of the people, he decided to restart the banned gladiatorial competition. The news spread here quickly. Maximus agreed to the request of the gladiator businessman, and he went to Rome to stand on the emperor's side before.

It's just that he is not for freedom, but for revenge, to make the emperor pay for his crimes.

The city of Rome, the center of the Roman Empire, its splendor represents the civilized side of the Roman Empire.

The huge arena is majestic, but like a bloody slaughterhouse, it is the other side of the barbaric Roman Empire.

Although the film used a large number of models combined with post-production special effects to reproduce the great city of that year, the current audience has been baptized by too many special effects, and they will no longer make exclamations like when the Titanic broke and sank.

In recent years, visual effects have developed rapidly and become a common film technology for ordinary audiences.

Unless a huge breakthrough can be achieved in special effects, relying on the existing technology, it will be difficult to shock the audience to the point of dumbfounding.

Besides, the special effects technology displayed in "Gladiator" is definitely not top-notch, nor is it the biggest selling point of the movie.

The life in Rome is presented in front of the audience. Commodus, the emperor, is not easy to do as he imagined. He has conflicts with the Senate and his sister, and he must always be on guard against others coveting his position...

The only good thing is that lifting the ban on gladiatorial competitions seems to have won him the support of the people, and tens of thousands of people shouting in unison in the arena seems to satisfy him.

Facing this bloody and savage competitive gladiatorial fight, the sword in his hand is undoubtedly the most reliable partner. After the long-term filming of "The Lord of the Rings" and learning the special gladiatorial swordsmanship, Ryan fully demonstrated the strong and brave side of a man, and at the same time Not lacking in wisdom, the Maximus played by him, just like himself, has been striving for victory after struggle and hard work again and again, and has created his own personality charm!

So, he and Commodus faced each other in the arena. After Commodus found out his true identity, but due to the pressure of the public, he could only resort to some despicable methods to kill him in the arena , but he resolved them one by one, and won more support from the public.

However, the bloody massacre and the passionate scenes of the crowd confused Maximus' understanding of Rome. What is his ideal life in the Roman Empire? Definitely not what it is now!

Seeing these scenes of distorted concepts, watching people fight with blood type and madness towards death, even Commodes who is admired is envious, but Maximus does not have any sense of glory. More of a rant to this real world.

The Roman Empire needs to be saved and needs to move towards a republic.

As if this was the mission of Maximus, his former servants came to him, the princess, members of the Senate, etc. appeared one by one. Maximus had to make a choice to fulfill the mission entrusted to him by the old emperor, and at the same time complete his own mission. revenge!

Failed to escape, arrested, arrested by the resistance alliance, etc., a series of things are just to prove a point, and if there is anything, just solve it in the arena.

Commodus wanted to kill Maximus, more than anyone else, but his reason told him he couldn't do it openly, because Maximus had become a popular hero, and once he killed Maximus, in the eyes of the people, has become an out-and-out tyrant. Under the current Roman system, he knows better than anyone what will happen at that time.

Therefore, Maximus and Commodes, as well as all the main characters who appear in the movie, inevitably have to show up in the magnificent, bloody and barbaric arena when the time comes.

Since the villain is insidious and despicable, he will naturally be more insidious and despicable before the death, so that the audience can completely hate him, so that the suppressed atmosphere that has been suppressed since he killed the old emperor can be completely released!

Like all movies, the villain will eventually die in the hands of the protagonist, even if he exhausts his intrigue and uses a poison dagger, he will definitely end up betraying his relatives.

And what about heroes? A dead hero is greater and more memorable.

What's more, Maximus' greatest wish is to be reunited with his wife and children, and his death may be a relief.

Revenge succeeds, and the movie has to show what is best for American values. In order to eliminate dictatorships and tyrants, the hero will do whatever it takes.

"Quintas, let my people go, restore the power of the Senate, the Roman Republic is a dream, it should be realized!"

Quintas, who said at the beginning of the film that "people must accept their fate", may not be the smartest character in the film from a certain point of view.

"Glory to him!"

In the magnificent background music, everyone held up Maximus.

"He's a hero!"

This is undoubtedly the most true psychological portrayal of the audience at the moment. ()