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Netflix's most expensive movie this year is finally here.

Total Cost$160 million(approximately RMB 1.14 billion).

It was released in two parts, and the extravagance is visible to the naked eye.

The director is Zack Snyder.

The main characters include Sofia Boutella, Charlie Hunnam, Anthony Hopkins, Bae Doona, etc.

Initially, the film did not receive very good reviews.

However, those who know Zack Snyder well know that he has a trump card -Director's Cut。

On several occasions before, Zack Snyder has made a comeback for his works through director's cuts.

This time, a director's cut was released in the same way.

It is longer, has more content, and the scale jumps directly from PG-13 to R.

Can the reputation be restored this time?

Today, Uncle Yu will take you to talk about it——

Director's Cut of Moon Rebels

Rebel Moon - Part 1&2

The biggest attraction of this film is undoubtedly the director——

Zack Snyder, known as "Zack Director".

He started out shooting commercials and music videos, and later got involved in everything from low-cost R-rated films to top commercial blockbusters.

He has created many stylized high-scoring films, which has earned him a large number of loyal fans.

There are two most notable aspects of Zack Snyder's film style.

First, yesAesthetics of violence。

In the hands of Zack Snyder, killing and death are commonplace.

But it's not about unlimited blood plasma and tricky and ingenious ways of dying.

Instead, it uses oil painting-like art and romantic slow motion to create magnificent images.

The early "300 Spartans" is the culmination of all of these.

The exposed flesh presents a sculptural beauty.

The blood and blood of the battle erupted into a tremor in the soul.

We do not feel that the killing is cruel and ruthless, but rather that it is gorgeous and elegant, like a work of art.

The most classic ones are the slow-motion shots of killing enemies.

The slowed-down image freezes the last moment of life.

The exquisite composition allows every frame to be frozen into a world-famous painting.

Second,Dark style。

Director Zack Snyder prefers grand narratives to create a sense of heaviness in the protagonist.

He doesn't shoot "happy stories", but uses complex stories to show the multi-faceted nature of the characters.

Take "Watchmen", which is hailed as one of the best superhero movies.

There are no great and glorious superheroes. Instead, everyone is caught in moral dilemmas and even philosophical problems.

Rorschach, the narrator throughout the film, is the protagonist, but he is also a villain who is both good and evil.

He beats up the bad guys, but he is also deeply questioning his own mission.

This is exactly what a superhero looks like.

After joining the DC movie universe, Zack Snyder's personal style has been released unprecedentedly.

Despite a lot of controversy, it still successfully left its own mark on the DC movies at that time.

But compared with his distinctive personal style, his storytelling ability is greatly compromised.

For example,Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice。

The theme is serious, the style is somber, and it is full of style.

At the same time, the plot is dragged out and the narrative is confusing.

There is a serious split between the two.

For example, the followingArmy of the Dead。

It failed to replicate the glory of its famous work "Dawn of the Dead".

On the contrary, due to the excessive obsession with the picture, the movie completely collapsed in terms of story logic and character creation.

Nowadays, wherever Zack Snyder goes, he is surrounded by controversy.

However, he has another distinctive feature:

Relying on the director's cut to turn things around。

PreviousWatchmen, Zack Snyder's Justice LeagueThey all have similar fates.

The director's cut of the former is more substantial and detailed based on the original version.

The latter has a completely different story and style from the theatrical version.

This helped him become a god again in the hearts of his fans.

This is enough to prove that he has strong ability.

But, it also confirmed invisibly,He is unbalanced in targeting the mass market.

Therefore, the audience's evaluation of him is always polarized.

It is precisely because of this that his works are even more intriguing.

"Moon Rebels", this time in collaboration with Netflix, is still very ambitious.

Director Zack Snyder vowed to use two movies to tell a grand science fiction epic.

This film has a grand cosmic view.

The Milky Way was ruled by a tyrant and became known as the "mother planet" of the empire.

At the edge of the distant Milky Way, there is a planet that relies mainly on agriculture.

Every person there is a farmer and lives in poverty.

One day, imperial warships appeared in the sky to collect food from the planet.

On one side is the brutal empire, and on the other side are the poor people.

The small village faces a difficult choice.

After the brutal imperial army arrived, they killed the village elders without any explanation.

A team of soldiers was also left behind to guard it.

The villagers dared not speak out and allowed them to do whatever they wanted.

Only one girlCoraThere are different opinions.

She believed she had to fight back.

Only by overthrowing the empire can the lives of the people be radically changed.

So, Korra began to travel across the stars to find like-minded people to form a resistance army.

Meet various masters along the way.

There are bounty hunters.

He calls himself a speculator who only wants to share the money after the success.

There were warriors who were captured as slaves.

He has a muscular body and can train birds and beasts with his bare hands. He is both brave and resourceful.

There is also a down-and-out general.

Living in a slum without sunlight, I am trapped in the nightmare of the past all day long.

Finally, a team was formed.

What they had to face was the well-equipped imperial army.

The difficulties we face are far more than we expected.

This film gives people aStar Wars clones's perception.

They both have a grand view of the cosmic background.

A brutal empire, resentful people, and rebellious warriors.

There is also a protagonist whose background is a mystery.

Vow to overthrow the empire, travel across the universe and become the backbone of the resistance.

There are also cosmic creatures of various shapes and forms.

It shows just the tip of the iceberg of the universe's vast ecological chain.

What makes people exclaim "too similar" is a weapon in the film.

Bae Doona plays a female warrior holding a pair of glowing red swords.

It's hard to say that this posture was not inspired by Darth Vader.

Darth Vader calls it "professional"

But the difference is that this film is much darker than Star Wars.

The overall tone is dark, with a retro sci-fi style.

No matter how advanced the technology is, the inside and outside of the spacecraft will always be dark, dirty and messy.

The director's cut is indeed more explicit.

Extremely explicit sex scenes and bloody fights.

Once he lets go of the rules, Zack Snyder completely lets himself go.

Precisely because the director is Zack Snyder, the movie is both "dark" and "beautiful".

Even a dilapidated remote planet can live a peaceful life under the red sky.

On the chaotic and noisy battlefield, the soldiers charged forward with a sense of sacrificing their lives.

The protagonist team arrived in the dilapidated town, like a hero born.

The empire's wanton massacre was like the madness of doomsday, highlighting the cold-bloodedness of the dictator.

From empty shots and scenery to fights and close-ups, director Zack Snyder's strong aesthetic design is highlighted everywhere.

I have to admit that many scenes in the film are really beautiful.

But unfortunately, the only thing that looks good is the picture.

"Moon Rebels" can be regarded as the culmination of Zack Snyder's work.

only,The strengths and weaknesses are brought to the extreme。

Apart from the beautiful pictures, the movie has big problems in story plot and character creation.

Take the story logic for example. The two movies, which are nearly seven hours long, still fail to make clear the core conflict between the Empire and the Rebels.

What we see is that the empire is struggling to survive because it can't get food.

The main storyline is so lagging, which directly leads toThe characterization is hollow and flat.

For example, the heroine Korra.

It's clear that his identity is not simple even after he appears on stage for less than 2 minutes.

Ask how to tell.

All she needed to do was write "I have a secret" on her face.

The process of finding teammates and forming a team afterwards was even more of a joke.

If you come across one, there will be no obstacles.

Just like a diary, the most powerful team in the universe was born.

Could it be that the heroine has some personal charm that we mortals cannot see?

On the eve of the battle, Director Zack Snyder intended to create a reversal.

However, the "undercover" drama was too low-level.

After a few shots, Korra said, "It doesn't feel right."

There has been no action over there yet.

The undercover agent came forward himself.

I was just showing off for a few seconds.

The undercover was killed.

It feels like the actor is not playing with the character, but playing with the audience.

After watching the film for more than six hours, you will find that the ending is the same as the original protagonist.

There is no growth or change.

Every move was just following the script, there was no logic at all.

If the protagonist is like this, the other characters are naturally not much better.

Everyone was just passing through, as if they were teammates automatically assigned by the system.

Some people are responsible for being handsome, some are responsible for being angry, and some are responsible for being expressionless.

If you look at it in a positive way, the characters in this film are quite consistent from beginning to end.

If you look at the end, the whole story can be summarized in one sentence.

A group of people inexplicably want to rebel against the empire, and after they succeed, they find that the biggest boss has not yet appeared.

The grand cosmic background is just a background, and the characters have no emotions at all.

Everyone in the film was collectively indifferent, and I was silent outside the film too.

The ending did not forget to continue digging holes to shoot a sequel, it is estimated that the suspense

Another big problem isAbuse of Zack Snyder's aesthetics。

There are so many slow motion shots this time!

Fights are always in slow motion.

I wish the two seconds of action could become twenty seconds.

Gunfight, that's it.

I counted it, this step took 11 seconds

Hand-to-hand combat, still the same.

Even the death of passers-by is shown in slow motion.

It's as if he's afraid that the character won't die fast enough.

What left me speechless the most was the long wheat-harvesting scene at the beginning of the second part.

With the background music of the opera version that Zack Snyder likes, a group of ruthless warriors went to the fields to harvest wheat.

There are slow motion shots of rubbing wheat, cutting wheat and harvesting wheat.

Quadruple speed

I understand that Director Zack wants to use this to praise labor and farmers.

But cutting such long wheat still makes people a little impatient.

Or four times the speed

The excessive use of slow motion directly leads to the extremely slow pace of the film.

If you see it too much, you will naturally get aesthetically fatigued.

I don't feel what Zack Snyder meant by "epic feeling", it just feels slow and procrastinating.

Unfortunately, this director's cut failed to help him save his failed reputation.

Compared to the original version, the director's cut does not have any substantial changes to the original version.

There are just more sex scenes, more blood, and more meaningless time.

On Douban, the two movies only have5.2 points and4.9 points。

This is the worst result in Zack Snyder's career.

One can't help but sigh and wonder how the once unique Zack Snyder ended up in such a situation.

The ambitious "Moon Rebels" is like tearing off the fig leaf of Zack Snyder.

Unrestricted creation has led to the proliferation of personal styles and has also infinitely magnified the weaknesses of narrative.

Those beautiful images are just a burden to a boring story.

Director Zack Snyder seems to be trapped in the aesthetics he has always pursued.

He gave way to many important film elements such as plot and characters in favor of personal aesthetics, and invisibly pushed himself into a dead end.

If this continues for a long time, it is hard to say whether it will not become the next "King of Bad Movies".

His success will always remain in the past.

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Assistant Editor: Dada