˝Oh shit, I just don’t know how to make this scene a bit longer.˝
˝Hmmm... A few flashbacks, just to stretch the movie a bit more.
Studio: Focus Features
Release: February 25, 2011
Director: Kevin Macdonald
Writer: Jeremy Brock
Cast: Channing Tatum, Jamie Bell, Donald Sutherland, Mark Strong, Tahar Rahim
Genre: Adventure
RATING: 6 / 10
I honestly knew very little about this film, I saw the first trailer and then nothing. After The Gladiator (Russell Crowe) I think there has been a rediscovery (if it ever had been lost) of Ancient Rome, and were created several movies and TV series on the subject, not least the series on Spartacus.
Admittedly, the first 15 minutes of the movie are done really well and is very very close to reality. The problem of the flick is that after this brief introduction, the film loses a bit on the ability to involve the viewer in the story.
The action sequences are taken along the lines of the last action movies, net shot cuts , shooting a bit blurry mode, and there is no use of the steadicam, so it's not really clear what is happening during the fight. The good thing on the other hand is the fact that the special effects are kept to a minimum (which is already in itself a remarkable fact) instead the stunts are used, which makes it much more realistic.
Another thing that bothered me a lot during the movie is that director Kevin Macdonald (The Last King of Scotland) seems to concentrate more on the secondary role of Jamie Bell rather than the star Channing Tatum who plays Marcus Aurelius Aquila. Kevin Macdonald is trying to make a balance in the characters, but there was no need for this. Then not to mention the use of flashbacks, useless ... no sense. And as if to say: ˝Oh shit, I just don’t know how to make this scene a bit longer.˝
I honestly knew very little about this film, I saw the first trailer and then nothing. After The Gladiator (Russell Crowe) I think there has been a rediscovery (if it ever had been lost) of Ancient Rome, and were created several movies and TV series on the subject, not least the series on Spartacus.
Admittedly, the first 15 minutes of the movie are done really well and is very very close to reality. The problem of the flick is that after this brief introduction, the film loses a bit on the ability to involve the viewer in the story.
The action sequences are taken along the lines of the last action movies, net shot cuts , shooting a bit blurry mode, and there is no use of the steadicam, so it's not really clear what is happening during the fight. The good thing on the other hand is the fact that the special effects are kept to a minimum (which is already in itself a remarkable fact) instead the stunts are used, which makes it much more realistic.
Another thing that bothered me a lot during the movie is that director Kevin Macdonald (The Last King of Scotland) seems to concentrate more on the secondary role of Jamie Bell rather than the star Channing Tatum who plays Marcus Aurelius Aquila. Kevin Macdonald is trying to make a balance in the characters, but there was no need for this. Then not to mention the use of flashbacks, useless ... no sense. And as if to say: ˝Oh shit, I just don’t know how to make this scene a bit longer.˝
˝Hmmm... A few flashbacks, just to stretch the movie a bit more. ˝
All in all the movie is worth the price of the ticket, but do not expect The Gladiator.
The film is about honor, country, family. Surely there's a good thing that there are NO love stories - and just for this deserves a 10.
All in all the movie is worth the price of the ticket, but do not expect The Gladiator.
The film is about honor, country, family. Surely there's a good thing that there are NO love stories - and just for this deserves a 10.
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| Channing Tatum |
VOTO: 6 /10
Sinceramente di questo film sapevo ben poco, ho visto il primo trailer e' poi niente piu'. Dopo The Gladiator (Russell Crowe) credo ci sia stata una riscoperta (se mai si fosse persa) della Roma Antica, sono stati creati vari film e serie TV sul tema, non ultima la serie su Spartacus.
Bisogna ammettere che i primi 15 minuti di film sono fatti veramente bene, ma sopratutto si avvicinano molto alla realta'. Il problema della pellicola consiste nel fatto che dopo questa breve introduzione, il film perde un po sulla capacita' di coinvolgere lo spettatore nella trama.
Le scene d'azione sono riprese sulla falsa riga degli ultimi film d'azione, tagli di ripresa netti, riprese un po sfocate, non vi e' utilizzo della steadycam, quindi non si capisce bene cosa stia succedendo. La cosa positiva dall'altro canto e' che gli effetti speciali sono tenuti al minimo (il che gia di per se e' un fatto degno di nota) vengono invece usati stuntman, il che rende il tutto molto piu' realistico.
Un'altra cosa che mi ha disturbato parecchio durante il film consiste nel fatto che il regista Kevin Macdonald (The Last King of Scotland) sembra concentrarsi piu' sul ruolo secondario di Jamie Bell che non invece sul protagonista Channing Tatum che interpreta Marcus Aurelio Aquila. Disturba inquanto si cerca di dare un equilibrio nei personaggi, ma non ce ne era bisogno. Poi per non parlare dell'uso dei flashback, inutili... non hanno alcun senso. E come dire: ˝Cavolo in questa scena non so cosa inserire.˝ ˝Hmmm... Un po di flashback, giusto per allungare un po il film, cosi non sembrera un mediometraggio.˝
Tirando un po le somme, il film vale il prezzo del biglietto, ma non aspettatevi The Gladiator.
Il film parla di onore, patria, famiglia. Sicuramente ce di positivo il fatto che non ci sono storie d'amore – e solo per questo il film meriterebbe un 10.
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| Jamie Bell |
Ocena: 6/10
Iskreno povedano sem vedel bolj malo o tem filmu, videl sem prvi trailer, potem pa nič več. Po Gladiatorju (Russell Crowe) mislim da je Hollywood ponovno odkril (če so sploh kdaj izgubili) strast do starega Rima, in so nastali številni filmi in TV serije na tem področju, nenazadnje serija Spartacus.
Dejansko je prvih 15 minut filma narejenih zelo dobro in so zelo zelo blizu realnosti. Problem filma pa je, da po tem kratkem uvodu, film izgubi nekaj na sposobnosti vključevvanja gledalca v samo zgodbo.
Akcijskih prizorov, ki so po vzoru zadnjega trenda pri snemanju celovečercev, hitri rezi pri snemanju prizorov, snemanje na nekoliko nejasen način, in ne uporaba steadicama, naredijo celotno dogajanje ne jasno. Dobra stvar na drugi strani pa je dejstvo, minimalne uporabe posebnih učinkov (ki je že samo po sebi izjemeno dejstvo), ampak se uporabljajo stuntmani, zaradi česar so dvoboji veliko bolj realistični.
Druga stvar ki me moti v filmu je da režiser Kevin Macdonald (The Last King of Scotland), se osredotoči bolj na sekundarno vlogo Jamie Bella kot pa na glavnega igralca Channing Tatuma, ki igra Marka Avrelija Aquila. Kevin Macdonald se trudi, da bi uvedel nekakšno ravnovesje med igralcama, vendar ni bilo potrebe za to. Potem da ne omenjam uporabe flashbackov, nekoristni ... in nimajo nobenega smisla. In kot bi hotel reči: ˝ Oh sranje, ne vem kako bi to sceno podaljšal ker je prekratka˝.
˝ Hmmm ... Nekaj flashbackov pa bo. ˝
Glede na vse navedeno je film vreden cene vstopnice, vendar ne pričakujte, Gladiatorja.
Film govori o časti, domoljubju, družini. Zagotovo pa je dobra stvar, da ni nobenih ljubezenskih zgodb - in samo za to zasluži 10.
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| Kevin Macdonald |
