"Game of Thrones" has finally come to an end, and for old fans who have chased a full eight seasons of "Game of Thrones" and even read five volumes of "A Song of Ice and Fire", this final curtain call is not good.
After cutting off the audience's thoughts about "Game of Thrones", fans began to complain mercilessly, so they maintained a high rating of 7 episodes and finally fell off the altar.
The eighth season's Game of Thrones rating dropped to 7.9, and there was even a petition from the people to remake the final season of Game of Thrones.
Sure enough, without the blessing of the original work, the plot began to collapse, the most criticized of which was the long-awaited "Battle of Winterfell".
It is reasonable to say that this war that has paved the way for nine years should at least have the appearance that an excellent war drama should have, but I did not expect that the process of watching really wanted people to "die on the spot"!
A battle that gathered the highest IQ in the game of power, and did not have any military acumen at all?
Seeing them throw stones without a plan, and then a close-range archery battle, without even basic military tactics, is it really just for the sake of the camera to look good?
Speaking of which, not to mention the "Lord of the Rings" with the same magical background, the defensive battle section alone, this season's "Game of Thrones" has to lean aside.
That is the war scene of Saladin's army attacking Jerusalem in "Heavenly Dynasty", which can be called a model for medieval war drama.
Barian, a good mechanical engineer, first calculated the trebuchet's range and then marked it on the ground.
Then, according to the distance of Saladin's army from the city wall, a targeted counterattack was carried out, when to throw stones, when to pour oil and ignite, all in the calculation.
It is said that in order to shoot this scene, director Scott used nearly 2,000 extras and was assisted by the Moroccan military.
Stunt crews erected towers, giant ladders and arrow-firing machines, repeating tests to make sure everything was working properly.
It was during filming that in order to capture every important shot, 6 cameras were set at different angles, one of which was used for aerial photography.
However, the "Heavenly Dynasty" can not only be seen in the war drama, this article will have a good chat about this epic masterpiece.
《Heaven Dynasty》
When it comes to "Dynasty of Heaven", the first thing that cannot be avoided is its past of being "murdered" because of editing, the theater version of the film is 144 minutes long, the director's cut version is 193 minutes, 50 minutes, step by step heaven and step by step hell.
When the film was released in 2005, there was no 50 minutes, the box office was very dismal, and it was a double hit at the word-of-mouth box office, and the director's cut version that was later released was 50 minutes more, which saved the reputation.
Many fans, after watching the director's cut version, shouted "This is an underrated god work" and "Definitely an ancient war masterpiece worth entering the history of cinema.".
Of course, this article is also for the 193-minute director's cut.
Looking back at the Cast lineup of "Heavenly Dynasty", it is really the Immortal Lineup.
Director Ridley Scott is one of the few directors in Hollywood whose work is "almost invulnerable".
For example, his "Alien", "End of the Road", "Gladiator", "Silence of the Lambs 3", "The Martian Rescue", "Black Hawk Down", and in 2018, he also won the Lifetime Achievement Award at the 71st British Academy Film Awards.
And the main actors are also the best actors, Liam Neeson, Jeremy Irons, David Hughes, Marton Sox, Edward Norton are too many to count, superb acting skills make the group portraits in the film very colorful, by the way, James of the game also played soy sauce in it.
Regarding the film, director Ridley Scott wanted to make a film about medieval knights.
He saw knights as medieval "cowboys", fascinated by their integrity, convictions, and the pure and harsh laws of chivalry.
So the playwright William Mohana recommended to Scott a filming plan that had been buried in hollywood archives for more than 20 years.
From the perspective of the knight Barrian, the film tells a story that takes place during the Second crusade and the Third Crusade around the kingdom of Jerusalem under Bowen IV and Saladin.
At first, Barrian, a Catholic who calls himself a "blacksmith" who is actually a mechanical engineer, is heartbroken and confused by his wife's suicide.
At this time, the Crusaders bound for Jerusalem passed by, and the leader of the team, who was also the Baron of Iberin, asked Barian to build equipment and weapons for their army.
When he discovers that Barian is actually his illegitimate son, he invites Barian to travel with him to Jerusalem, because the holy city of Jerusalem is the center of the request for forgiveness.
Barian then discovers that his deceased wife's necklace is actually on his brother, and in anger he kills his brother to retrieve the necklace.
Because of their religious beliefs, those who committed suicide could not enter heaven, so in order to redeem his wife and at the same time regain his faith, Barian joined his father's crusaders and went to the holy city of Jerusalem.
Because of Barian's killing, the local church wanted to arrest him and return him, and under the fierce battle between the two sides, Godfrey's team suffered heavy losses.
Godfrey himself was seriously wounded, and died immediately after canonizing Barrian as a knight, granting him an oath, and then passing the knighthood to Barian.
After the storms and waves of the sea, Balian was left alone, and in the desert a duel with a Muslim warrior over the ownership of a horse.
After the victory, led by Muslim servants, they finally came to Jerusalem.
But jerusalem was no longer a simple holy city, but a place to use faith for wealth.
After seeking Forgiveness from Jesus for his deceased wife, Barian was found by his father's former subordinates and met the princess Hibera, who made him fall in love at first sight.
He was then received by Bowen IV, King of Jerusalem, and Barian, with the authorization of the King of Jerusalem, went to his father's fiefdom and began to build a new countryside here.
Transform the original barren land into farmland with abundant water and grass.
Here Edward Norton plays King Bowen IV of Jerusalem, who suffers from leprosy and has been showing his mask.
But Norton has the ability to not show his face throughout the whole process, relying only on movements, eyes, tone, and even breathing, and it is admirable to interpret a male but vicious young king into the wood.
However, life was not stable, and the Saracen knights led by Saladin had always wanted to retake Jerusalem, and war between the two sides was on the verge of breaking out.
At this time, there were two parties in Jerusalem that were competing with each other, the lord and faction led by the Mask King advocated a peace agreement with Saladin, while the main war faction led by Guy and Raynald had always wanted to stabilize their knighthood by provoking war.
Although the first provocation was unsuccessful, the Mask King soon fell seriously ill and died.
Before his death, in order to choose a better leader for the people of the city, the Mask King proposed that Barian marry a princess and naturally rule Jerusalem.
Barrian, on the other hand, did not want to execute Gai, who had a marriage contract with the princess, and disobeyed his knights, so he chose to return to the fiefdom and did not accept the king's proposal.
Here Barian's choice actually largely confirms his rational warrior status, although it seems unwise to accept small evils while fulfilling the great righteousness.
There's even a little bit of Jack Sue's Virgin Complex, but it's actually his faith, as he says:
"If Jerusalem cannot be a righteous nation, it is nothing."
But The king, Gai, was not so merciful, and in order to consolidate his position, he sent people to massacre the people of Barian's fiefdom, fortunately, Barian did not die because of this.
At this time, in order to show the majesty of the new king, Guy and Reynald decided to take the initiative and launch a final showdown with Saladin.
However, the soldiers who lost their water were no match for Saladin's army, and Sakadin captured Gai and killed all the soldiers led by Gai.
Barian became the last guardian of Jerusalem, and he had only a few days to plan how to resist Saladin's attack.
In this siege battle, I will not say more, directly look at the picture.
Although it ended with Barian abandoning the city, he exchanged this condition for the peace of the whole city. That's the end of the film.
Films based on history are the most detailed.
In the film, both the degree of scene restoration and the polishing details of the weapons are perfect, recreating the style of the 12th century period.
And their costumes are also basically restored from the costumes of the Crusader period, and each character has its own corresponding identity costume.
In addition, the film can be called an epic masterpiece, not only in the entire details of the study, the color and composition of the entire picture is also a must, can be called a model of war aesthetics, not to mention several war scenes.
And although it is an epic film, to be honest, it does not fully follow the historical facts.
Without changing the general structure of history, the film incorporates the exploration of personal beliefs.
For example, the Mask King, for the sake of peace in Jerusalem, regardless of his own life, only to protect the people in the city until the last moment.
There is also Princess Shibela, who in the film is more than just a vase of existence, she is both strong and weak.
After learning that her child also had leprosy, she decided to end her child's life with her own hands.
There is also the rational knight Barian, who travels to Jerusalem in order to regain his faith, and finally finds his faith in the war - to guard peace and cherish life.
In the final siege, he mobilized the people in the city not with the ambition of meritorious achievements, not with the lure of wealth and money, but with the responsibility of guarding the life of his family.
At this moment, he finally understood the true meaning of peace that his father said before his death, and he received a new redemption.
And a conversation he had with Saladin was one of my favorites:
Barian asked Saladin, "What is the value of Jerusalem?" ”
Saladin smiled lightly: "Nothing."
After walking out of a paragraph, he turned back and said, "Everything." (Proud little expression)
At this moment the two men must have felt sorry for each other, for Jerusalem, for the people, and for faith.
That's why when the crowned Lionheart finally came to ask Barian to take jerusalem with him, Barian simply replied, "I'm just a blacksmith." ”
So the film conveys to us that it is not a value judgment between religions, not the cruelty of war, nor a reduction in the exposition of historical events.
Rather, it conveys the belief of a true warrior, putting the people first, the faith, the life, and the respect for the people.
Finally, remember to watch the director's cut!