The first time I knew about this movie, I was because I watched a recommendation from a movie.
What happens when the mysterious "mechanism" and "ink classic" combine "fine art design" and "gorgeous visual effects"?
Well, douban scored 4.2, and 69.1% of the audience rated 1 and 2 stars.
First of all, do not rush to complain, on the one hand, the ratings of the big movies on the Internet are generally not high, on the other hand, there are indeed some movies with good story content, but they are seriously underestimated, such as "The Legend of Yan Chixia Hunting Demon" starring Shi Xiaolong.
The setting of the "middle innings" is confusing at first glance, and if you take a little more time to understand, you will find that all the reversals are paved in the early stages, telling a fairly rigorous fantasy story.
Some time ago, "The Legend of the Hunter of Xing'anling", folk tales combined with human thinking, also gave us a bright feeling, saying that it is the benchmark of the current domestic horror film.
Is "Mo Jia Organ Technique" a pearl or a brick?
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Shen Tuo is a descendant of the Mo family's organ technique, and in order to rescue his fiancée Jiang Blade, who was captured in the organ city, he took the initiative to enter Wuji Prison. In the original plan, Shen Tuo and Jiang Blade exchanged secret codes and fled at noon.
Betrayed by traitors, the plan failed before it could begin, and Ginger Blade was held in a cage and publicly humiliated. (Legendary edge green?) ）
In order to save his wife, Shen Tuo made a deal with mo shouxin, the owner of Wuji Prison. Within two hours, if Shen Tuo could take out the controller that controlled the mechanism heart on Mo Shouxin's body from the Organ City, Mo Shouxin would release the Ginger Blade.
In desperation, Shen Tuo had to take Liu Shi, Ma Guan, Shen Xuanzi, Yang Cheng, and Hu Sanjin's five friends into the organ city, leaving Ah Bao alone in prison to take care of Jiang Blade's safety.
Shen Tuo and his party who entered the Organ City first encountered the Organ People. The organ personnel were both offensive and defensive, and their strength was strong, forcing Shen Tuo to hang in the balance. At the moment of the first attack, Shen Tuo discovered the weakness of the organ people- as long as they stood still, they would not be attacked.
Although the method is good, but the plot still has to advance ah, what can be done about this? The witty director immediately arranged the tool man- Xiao Xia.
Although we don't know who she is, why she is here, and why she spent five minutes telling her story, Xiao Xia, under the deep realization that "I don't want to go any further", led away the organ people. Shen Tuo and his party took the opportunity to enter the next level.
The second level is the Zodiac, which is surrounded by twelve statues made according to the zodiac. Under the deduction of the small partner God operator "Dry for horses, Kun for cattle, Zhen for dragons, Kan for pigs, Bagua Zhongshengmen corresponding to Gong, that is, dogs", the function of organ formation was activated....
The huge suction force pulled several people towards the iron thorns on the wall, and if there was not a pillar in the central area, several people would probably become lamb skewers.
Sitting and waiting for death is not always the way, the witty protagonist Shen Tuo saw the small hole in the wall, immediately understood the operation principle of the whole organ, and easily broke the situation with a flying arrow.
The third level, Stonehenge. The huge rolling stones that suddenly appeared forced Shen Tuo and his party into a dead end. Seeing that it was about to be crushed into a meat cake, Shen Tuokou read " The southwest lack of angles is called life, the northwest lack of angles is called death, three long and two short convex tails, three short and two long concave in it, the closing door is like eight heavy dangers, the broken shaft is over the dangerous mountain" and then pressed the button on the wall to successfully pass the pass.
The fourth level is the Giant Wood level. The key point of this level is that the speed of people can not be lower than the sweeping speed of the giant wood, in line with the principle of "we can't be chased by the giant wood, we have to run after the giant wood", Shen Tuo took out 4 small skateboards from the backpack.
As for why Shen Tuo has been carrying the production parts of four small skateboards, we don't know, and we don't dare to ask.
In this way, in the setting of what is needed to pass the pass, Shen Tuo has what to do, and pass the pass safely.
The fifth level is a more fragrant level. One person plays the lute, and many people dance. Although he had never understood the problem that the beautiful woman's fingers could make a sound without touching the pipa, Shen Tuo and several people still sank into the illusion.
If it continues, it is the rhythm of the group that is destroyed. How can this be broken? Witty director, let the god operator eat the reassuring pill in advance, did not say before? The director said he ate it, he just ate it.
With the help of the Divine Operator, the crowd regained consciousness.
The accident happened at this time, and Liu Shi, who had sunk into the illusion, remembered his previous sadness and stabbed the snitch Ma Guan to death under the missing hand. Despite Liu Shi's sad crying, several people around Shen Tuo seemed to have nothing to do, let alone comfort, as if they hadn't seen anyone dead.
Shen Tuo and his party, after many dangers and obstacles, and even paid the price of one person's death, finally arrived at the first level of the organ pass.
But now The Shen Tuo is no longer the Shen Tuo of an hour ago, he can see through the operation principle of the organ at a glance - through the silk thread on the head.
"Each level of the organ city is constantly moving, but the central area will not move, so we only need to move it little by little according to its laws to reach the central position." What are the operations of the fifty-six levels? We don't know, and we don't dare ask. Anyway, as soon as the camera turned, Shen Tuo led several people into the central area.
In the central area, Shen Tuo successfully found the controller that controlled the heart of the Mo Shou Heart Organ, but also activated the Mechanism. Under the random arrow, Xiao Xia, Yang Cheng, and Hu Sanjin were all injured by the arrows. As the protagonist, Shen Tuo stepped forward again, and unlike the previous high-precision and high-damage, the flying arrows at this time all became human stroke masters. Although the bookshelves around Shen Tuo were all beaten into sieves, as long as he was in the place, he could not shoot. Don't ask, ask is the protagonist aura.
Shen Tuo, who safely climbed into the inside of the organ, stopped the operation of the mechanism with a chain. The crowd managed to escape.
At this time, Ah Bao successfully launched a rebellion with the strength of one person, and delayed the return of Shen Tuo and others. However, the disparity in strength between the two sides was too great, Liu Shi and Hu Sanjin were knocked to the ground, and seeing that Mo Shouxin was about to kill mo shouxin, Shen Tuo rushed to the scene in a plane and killed Mo Shouxin in an instant.
In the end, all the people trapped in Wuji Prison were let go by Shen Tuo, leaving mo shouxin alone. Loneliness is the best punishment.
It is undeniable that "Mo Jia Organ Technique" has spent a lot of thought on some special effects scenes. The elaborate setting of the six levels in the organ city and the detailed explanation of the operation principle of the organ can see the director's intentions.
The gorgeous cloak that can open the special effects exposes the inconsistencies of the plot setting, the unclear motivation of the characters, and the failure of the protagonist Shen Tuo's character shaping.
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The movie is actually two story lines, one Shen Tuo and one Ah Bao. The two lines that should have complemented each other originally became an obstacle to Shen Tuo's main line, and even directly denied the original motivation of Shen Tuo's story.
Shen Tuo
In order to save his wife, Shen Tuo led a group of people into the Organ City. According to the agreement, the time is only two hours, otherwise the ginger blade will be drowned.
Survival and protection are the more commonly used story settings in movies, which is the original instinct that is most in line with our cognition. In order to survive and protect, we can do our best.
Shen Tuo's intrinsic motives for risking into organ city in order to save his fiancée were reasonable. The two-hour limit also gives us a sense of urgency. But this sense of urgency only appears before entering the organ city and after getting the controller from the central area, and the intermediate process throws this setting away.
Throwing it away is not a big problem, it can only be said that it has not worked. However, the later story seriously conflicts with this setting, that is, the line of Ah Bao.
Bao
After Shen Tuo and his party entered the Organ City, Ah Bao stunned one of the guards, and then changed into the guards' clothes to steal the token. Then, Ah Bao released all the prisoners in the prison and untied the device around his neck. If it were not for the final attempt to highlight Shen Tuo's role, with the strength of Ah Bao alone, he could completely overthrow the rule of Mo Shouxin.
At this point, two more questions arise:
The first is the setting of two hours. This setting is meant to create a sense of urgency. In other films, it may be set up as the feeling of just returning with a little time left at the end, or going beyond time but accidentally finding that Ginger Blade is still alive. But when Ah Bao's line appeared, he overturned this setting. Because we knew that Ah Bao would definitely be able to save Jiang Blade, and it didn't matter if two hours came. Then this setting also loses its meaning.
The other is the motivation for entering the Organ City. Originally, Shen Tuo and a few others ventured into the Organ City in order to complete the agreement with Mo Shouxin and then save Jiang Blade from coming out, but if Ah Bao could plan a rebellion with the strength of one person, then there was no need for the other people to enter the Organ City at the beginning, and they could directly rebel. It is completely meaningless to go around in a big circle and die several people.
Originally, Shen Tuo's reasonable motive for entering the Organ City was negated by the plot itself, and it had to be said that the plot was quite careless.
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The dazzling organ city actually has a lot of BUGS. At first glance, it sounds very mysterious, and after a little thought, it will feel completely unreasonable.
Organ people
There are many threads of silk under the floor, which run through the ceiling to the top of the organ's head. As long as the people on the floor do not move, the organ people cannot judge the position of the people and cannot launch attacks. Then two problems arise:
1. When the organ people first moved, Shen Tuo's several people obviously did not move (stunned), but the organ people began to attack.
2. When Xiao Xia led the organ people away, Shen Tuo did not attract the attention of the organ people when he fled, but when there was a fight in front, as long as someone moved, there would be organ people chasing after him.
Zodiac signs
This mechanism resembles a giant bellows, sucking people into the wall through small holes in the wall, and the iron spikes on the wall will wear all the people who suck them into meat skewers. Shen Tuo shot a flying arrow into the small hole, and successfully stopped the mechanism.
The problem here is not the principle of operation, but the omission of the setting of the organ. Since something is destined to be sucked in, something must also be sucked into the small hole. Other designs are so sophisticated, but left such a bug, should the person who set up this organ say that he is strong or that he is stupid?
Central area
The most incredible thing is the method by which Shen Tuo stopped the mechanism after entering the central area.
In front of him, Shen Tuo grabbed the chain and jumped on another pillar like a swing, and then pulled the chain down with a little force. How can this power be seen to exceed the weight of the whole body, so the chain that can withstand the weight of the whole body cannot withstand a gentle pull? This is a complete insult to the intelligence of the audience.
The central area is broken in a similar way to the Zodiac, using chains to stop the operation of the entire mechanism. One end is connected to the mechanism gear, and the other end is in Shen Tuo's hand. Shen Tuo, with his mortal body, stopped the operation of this huge machine without blushing or beating. With his arm strength, holding the golden hoop stick should be no problem.
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In order to allow the plot of the movie to advance normally, the character motivation can be said to be a mess in the movie.
Prison women
At the beginning of the movie, when Ma Guan comes to rescue Willow, he wants to let the prison personnel escape, but the others are unwilling. These people have been oppressed for a long time, living a life that is worse than death, and it is difficult to have the possibility of escape, but they have refused, why is this?
Survival is an instinct, but the film completely ignores this instinct, which makes people speechless. Some people may say that they know that someone has gone to ventilate the news, so they dare not run.
Then there is a new problem, knowing that someone is going to report, then the most profitable person is this whistleblower, and others still have to continue to suffer. From its own point of view, it does not make sense to sacrifice the interests of the group to protect the interests of a certain bad person. Therefore, it is more reasonable for these people in prison to either block the report or fight together to run together.
Shen Tuo and Ah Bao
Before entering the Organ City, Shen Tuo patted Ah Bao. What is the significance of this act? Except for telling Mo Shouxin that this is my person, there is no practical significance. Knowing that there is danger, the identity of the companion can generally be hidden as much as possible, but Shen Tuo exposed himself, leaving Ah Bao in danger, which is quite excellent.
Keep your mind shut
When Mo Shouxin talked to Shen Tuo, with a lot of iron guards around him at that time, he didn't hesitate to say that he would die if he left the controller within five miles. This kind of secret that concerns the life of the family is normally known to fewer people, but it is like being afraid that others will not know. It's like when you're taking an exam and you ask the invigilator for answers. The picture is so beautiful!
There are too many plots of this strange behavior in the movie, such as when Ma Guan died, except for Liu Shi who was crying, everyone else turned a blind eye, and Xiao Xia casually made up a head to become a tool man, and so on. One or two can also be said to be careless, so much adds up to reflect the strength of the director.
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Just as the so-called plot is not enough, the acting skills come together. As the main actor, Liu Lincheng obviously cannot bear this heavy responsibility. Not to mention the multi-layered sense of acting, a little change in expression has become a luxury here, to put it simply, it is to use an expression to complete the whole movie.
Yang Cheng died
Ah Bao died
Xiao Xia died
After watching "MoJia Organ Technique", I deeply felt what is called IQ insult. The director's carelessness, the actor's unprofessionalism, the perfunctory plot, and the netizens gave a rating of 4.2, which is not unjust at all, and even some are high.
The current film market seems to have entered a strange circle, with special effects, stars, publicity and other aspects without stinginess in funding, but it is a mess in storytelling. But for the audience, whether you can tell a good story is the most intuitive feeling.